Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff.
Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for this Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross in both the Vetus and Novus Ordo.
Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass.
Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?
A couple thoughts about the sign of the cross: HERE A taste…
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Speaking of relics the Windy Prelate of the Lake opined in his archdiocesan newspaper that you – you, dear reader – are seeking after “dead faith” in your desire for the Traditional Latin Mass. He cited the tired old chestnut of Jaroslav Pelikan – Lutheran turned Orthodox – waved about by every liturgical demolition crew with Sacrosanctum Concilium in one hand and a sledge-hammer in the other. “Tradition is the living faith of the dead, traditionalism is the dead faith of the living” is trotted out as if it were a papal decree to justify every banal novelty from blessing after Mass with a guitar to wafting out giant soap-bubbles (2022 – Holy Family Catholic Community in Inverness, IL). He cited St. Vincent of Lérins about growth and development with the analogy of a child growing to be a man and still being the same person. But St. Vincent meant growth, not grotesque deformation. Sacrosanctum Concilium 23 required that in the liturgical reform desired by the Council Fathers,
Innovationes, demum, ne fiant nisi vera et certa utilitas Ecclesiae id exigat, et adhibita cautela ut novae formae ex formis iam exstantibus organice quodammodo crescant.… [T]here must be no innovations unless the good of the Church genuinely and certainly requires them; and care must be taken that any new forms adopted should in some way grow organically from forms already existing.
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In the Divine Praises we pray:
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