Novena for those making the Pilgrimage to Fatima

http://sspx.org/en/fatima2017

Novena Prayer: Fatima Pilgrimage

O Immaculate Virgin Mary, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, Woman clothed with the sun, thou who didst visit Fatima one hundred years ago to make known to all men thy maternal and Immaculate Heart, receive our act of total consecration to thee.

Welcome us into the safe refuge of thy Immaculate Heart as into the ark of salvation prepared by the Holy Ghost for us and for all the children of the Catholic Church in East and West.

Let each one of us find in thy Immaculate Heart this year a sanctuary of ceaseless prayer, a tabernacle of intimacy with the Most Holy Trinity, a hospital for the healing of every infirmity, a harbor of peace in the midst of the confusion that threatens even the bravest and most faithful souls.

Inspire us to take up the rosary that thou so lovest, and to make it during this year the ceaseless prayer of our hearts and the expression of our desire to live and to die consecrated to thy Immaculate Heart.

Turn our hearts to the Lamb who, once immolated upon the altar of the Cross, offers Himself still for our sakes from the altars of the Church and from the tabernacles where He abides hidden, silent, and so often forsaken.

Let this year be for us a great and powerful manifestation of thy compassion for poor sinners and the beginning of the triumph of thy Immaculate Heart in the Church from the rising of the sun to its setting, and indeed in the whole world.

Overcoming every resistance, be it of demons or of men, reveal to all souls the flame of love that burns in thy maternal Heart and the glory of the Father that shines on the face of His Christ, Jesus, the blessed fruit of thy womb. O clement! O loving! O sweet Virgin Mary!

Summorum Pontificum - The Motu Proprio's Out!

Te Deum Laudemus!

07 July 2007 (07-07-07)

First Saturday of the Month of the Precious Blood

Long Live Jesus! Long Live Mary!

Press Release from the General Superior of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X

The Motu Proprio, Summorum Pontificum is out! Together with a letter of His Holiness, Benedictus XVI to the Bishops n the Occasion of the publication of the Apostolic Letter Summorum Pontificum on the use of the Roman Liturgy prior to the reform of 1970. The Tridentine Mass has never ever been abrogated. It is official. Finally. :) Now, for the real fight to begin ... Holy Chaos ...

07-07-07 was a really historical date for the Church (yay), for all who have been praying for the liberalization of the Tridentine Mass. I will always remember yesterday, as it was also the day when my grandma turned 77. (lol :) all the 7s) Deo gratias et Mariae.

See my dearest Mother Mary, my heavenly Mother, in a representation (one of my favourites) as the Immaculate Heart of Mary, as she appeared to the 3 children at Fatima from the 13th of May 1917 onwards. (in the picture on the top right of this post) See here below also, my grandmama who just turned 77. Deo gratias et Mariae!

Here, I will reproduce in full, the Letter of the Superior General of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X, regarding the Motu Proprio, Summorum Pontificum:

Dear faithful,

The Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum of July 7, 2007 reinstates the Tridentine Mass in its right. In the text it is clearly acknowledged that it had never been abrogated. Thus fidelity to this Mass - for the sake of which many priests and lay people have been persecuted or even penalized for almost forty years - this fidelity never was a disobedience. Today it is merely a matter of justice to thank Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre for having maintained us in this fidelity to the Mass of all times in the name of true obedience, and against all the abuses of power. There is also no doubt that this recognition of the right of the traditional Mass is the fruit of the very many rosaries addressed to Our Lady during our Rosary Crusade last October; we must now know how to tell her our gratitude.

Beyond the re-establishment of the Mass of Saint Pius V in its legitimate right, it is important to study the concrete measures issued by the Motu Proprio and the justification given by Benedict XVI in the letter accompanying the text:

- By right, the practical dispositions taken by the pope must enable the traditional liturgy - not only the Mass, but also the sacraments - to be celebrated normally. This is an immense spiritual benefit for the whole Church, for the priests and faithful who were up to now paralyzed by the unjust authority of the bishops. However, in the coming months it will be good to observe how these measures are applied in fact by the bishops and parish priests. For this reason, we will continue to pray for the pope so that he may remain steadfast after the courageous act he has done.

- The letter accompanying the Motu Proprio gives the pope's reasons. The affirmation of the existence of one single rite under two forms - the ordinary and the extraordinary forms -, of equal rights and especially the rejection of the exclusive celebration of the traditional liturgy, may, it is true, be interpreted as the expression of a political desire not to confront the Bishops' Conferences which are openly opposed to any liberalization of the Tridentine Mass. But we may also see in this an expression of the "reform of the reform" desired by the pope himself, and in which, as he himself writes in this letter, the Mass of Saint Pius V and of Paul VI would fecundate each other.

In any case, there is with Benedict XVI the clear desire to re-affirm the continuity of Vatican II and the Mass issued from it, with the bimillenary Tradition. This denial of a rupture caused by the last council - already made manifest in his address to the Curia on December 22, 2005 - shows that what is at stake in the debate between Rome and the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X is essentially doctrinal. For this reason, the undeniable step forward made by the Motu Proprio in the liturgical domain must be followed - after the withdrawal of the decree of excommunication - by theological discussions.

The reference to Archbishop Lefebvre and the Society of Saint Pius X made in the accompanying letter, as well as the acknowledgment of the testimony given by the young generations which take up the torch of Tradition, clearly point out that our constancy to defend the lex orandi has been taken into account. With God's help, we must continue the combat for the lex credendi, the combat for the faith, with the same firmness.

Menzingen, July 7, 2007

+ Bernard Fellay

And, here's the link to a very good book, for those who are interested to know more about Archbishop Lefebvre and the history behind this fight for the Faith, which is still now ongoing, this spiritual warfare, which will only end, I firmly believe, with the triumph of HER IMMACULATE HEART. Dearest Mother Mary! as She promised at Fatima. :)

Archbishop Lefebvre and the Vatican by Fr. François Laisney; now to May 30, 1988.

Deo gratias et Mariae!

Sancte Pie Decime, gloriosi patrone, Ora, ora pro nobis! (ter)

Jesus, Mary, I love Thee; Save Souls!

Jesu mitis et humilis corde, Fac cor nostum secundum Cor tuum. (ter)

Bishop Fellay on YouTube

H.E. Bishop Fellay on May 16 2007,

Part #1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WieXocVu1hg / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS-7LeNqrq4
Part #2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CJcaQ9KNUM / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgnCDqv6m20
Part #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wJU-O1-QkI
Part #4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlE6swL0Blw
Part #5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWdaw1B6n14
Part #6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGQOD0BIPGE
Part #7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHyghM0pIbk
Part #8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OislOHWCzYw
Part #9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gLKTyyO4q4
Part #10: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDbT6h_V7qg
Part #11: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uQF7Us9tos
Part #12: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjLRd7WIElQ
Part #13: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdNb_HULbdY
Part #14: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhqsXbFK1Z8

http://www.traditionalcatholicmedia.com/flash/ - for the full (in Part I and Part II).

Jesus, Mary, I love Thee; Save Souls!

Regina Caeli, Laetare, Alleluia!

Cantata on the Passion (on the feast of the Chair of St Peter, comm of St Paul)

I was flipping through one of my favourite books on the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ by St Alphonsus Ligouri and I found this beautiful beautiful beautiful cantata(how often do you hear of a cantata on the Passion?) on the Passion by the Saint himself! It's just a little sad that I don't have the music for it ... but, here are the verses, and if such a word exists, what "beautiful-ness"!! :) Deo gratias.

Cantata on the Passion:

The Soul and the Redeemer

The original text of this cantata was discovered in London in the year 1859, the words and music being by St. Alphonsus, who, we are assured, composed them in 1760, with corrections made with his own hand. We here give the entire text, such as has been published in London by M.J. Philip. -Ed. (The original if I am not wrong, is in Italian)

The Soul

Tell me, thou judge iniquitous, ah! tell me why

Thou didst so oft my Saviour's innocence proclaim,

And yet, at length, condemn him to a death of shame,

Like vilest criminal upon a cross to die?

Of what avail the barb'rous scourges, cruel blows,

If, in thy heart, thou didst his future death decree?

Why not at once have doom'd him to the bitter tree

When the first cry of hate from surging crowds arose?

Since well thou knewest thou wouldst sentence him to die,

Why not at once make known his cruel destiny?

But what do I behold? an angry crowd draws near,

Confused cries are heard, and threat'ning groans resound;

Nearer still and nearer there comes a thrilling sound.

What is this clam'rous mysic breaking on mine ear?

Ah! it is the trumpet, whose shrill discordant breath

Proclaims aloud the sentence of my Saviour's death.

Now, alas! I see him: along the rugged road

Painfully he's toiling with tott'ring step and slow,

Wounded, sore, and bleeding, he bears the heavy load

Laid upon his shoulder by his relentless foe.

At ev'ry painful step he makes

Fresh blood-drops mark the way he takes.

A cross of wood

Upon his wounded shoulder rests;

His bruised flesh is staining it with blood:

His venerable head a mocking crown adorns;

His aching brows are pierc'd with long and cruel thorns.

'Tis Thy unfathom'd love, my dearest Lord,

That makes Thee wear this crown of mockery.

Where goest Thou, my God ador'd?

The Redeemer

I go to die for thee.

The Soul

Dear Lord, it is for me

Thou goest forth to die?

How gladly, then, would I

Lay down my life for Thee!

The Redeemer

Peace! till thy dying breath

Think on My love for thee;

After My bitter death

Forever love thou Me.

Remain, my turtle dove!

For My Heart give me thine;

My faithful one! be Mine,

And pledge Me all thy love.

The Soul

My Lord! I Thee adore,

To Thee my heart I bring.

I'm Thine, my treasur'd King,

I'm Thine for evermore!

p/s:

Please pray for a recently departed SSPX priest.

More can be found out at:

1) The Sleepless Eye

2) Un roi, une loi, une foi

and

Here are some interesting reading for those interested in the SSPX and on the current crisis in the Church, the awaited motu propiu etc. at:

The Catholic Upstart

1) Interview With The Abbot of Pecos

2) Interview With Secretary of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Roman Curia

3) They (SSPX) are within the Church

4) The Secrets of La Salette

Jesu mitis et humilis corde, Fac cor nostrum secundum cor tuum!