First of all, I believe that the Novus Ordo Mass is a valid Mass. But also, in my personal opinion, it is insufficient. What do I mean by insufficient? It lacks some of the elements that mark it as our HIGHEST form of worship. Not because it is less elaborate in external elements. Not because it is not in Latin. But because it was stripped down in its prayers. Those prayers and psalms that are embedded into the rubrics themselves, most of them are gone. Now, this isn’t about whether the new Mass is valid or not. I’ve already said it is. That’s not the issue. The point here is that there’s an objective weakening in the new Mass that affects the doctrinal clarity of its sacrificial nature. And honestly, this ties into a bigger problem. Our society right now tends to oversimplify everything. But when you start simplifying the way we worship, it doesn’t just stay there, it starts to shape and weaken how we believe. Now my question is this: why did the reformers do it? If their only reason …More
The same case could be made for the 1962 Missal which saw over 100 changes from its predecessor. Nothing good has come or will ever cone from us whining about something that only the Vatican has control over.
Emperor Constantine the Great kissing the wounds of Holy Bishops ~~~ The Council of Nicaea in 325 AD was attended by bishops who still had eyes gouged and hands cut off...
Well, that's enlightening. What about the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and so on and so on...mouthpieces of the globalists. Same with social media. Too bad, hard to get anything that matters in terms of world news.
After destroying the town church, the Israeli occupation forces demolished the historic nun’s monastery and school in Yaroun, southern Lebanon despite the local Christians calls to preserve their heritage. Is this also an isolated incident?
A careful examination of this graphic, in and of itself, lends to the notion that this is itself little more than rough propaganda. For example, OFAC and the U.S. State Department are referred to (without any direct citations) as if they are legitimate sources of truthful information. I'm a bit disappointed.
Jesus didn’t come from within our system. He stepped into it. Born into time, but not bound by it. Fully human, yet fully God. Every other religious system begins with humanity reaching upward - trying to understand God, please God, or become like God through effort, discipline, or enlightenment. But the message of the Gospel is fundamentally different: God came down. Not as an idea or philosophy, but as a person who entered history, experienced hunger, fatigue, temptation, and suffering - yet without sin. This is the Incarnation: God becoming human, walking through our reality, and living under the same physical limits we do - feeling the same pressures of living in our broken world. Because of this, Christ offers understanding, representation, and redemption from within the human experience itself. Yet, death didn't hold Jesus. Sin didn't corrupt Him. Where every other human story ends in limitation, He broke through it. His resurrection wasn't just a miracle - it was a declaration …More
Cardinal Tagle participated in the Anglican liturgy and touted "our common faith and unity in Jesus Christ".
The optics of this really aren't good. Why did this need to happen in a Catholic church in Rome when there's a perfectly decent Anglican one within the walls?