http://www.wnd.com/2013/04/did-the-brothers-tsarnaev-fail/
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Review of Garabandal
Garabandal has not been approved and it is still in the status in the Church of being "rejected". This means that no proof of supernatural involvement from God or Christ or the Holy Spirit or Mary can be ascertained.
The apparitions labelled "not approved" are not to be sought after, and in some cases, the CDF has made clear statements as to the danger of writings or groupings, as seen in other post on private revelations on this blog.
I, personally, do not understand Catholics, who do not read the encyclicals, the Catechism of the Catholic Faith, or any other doctrinal texts, chasing after apparitions which may be dubious.
In all cases, wait for Rome to decide. Your immortal soul may be at stake. Only a bishop or cardinal or congregation in Rome can make decisions on visions, NOT canon lawyers and not individual priests. If you are following direction from a priest who is in conflict with Rome, do not follow him. If a priest is wrong in one way, he may be wrong in other teachings of the Church as well.
Garabandal Letters http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/garabandal_letters.html
Letter from Cardinal Seper, Prefect of the Congregation For the Sacred Doctrine of the Faith, to Archbishop Philip M. Hannan of New Orleans, Louisiana.April 21, 1970 "This office has received you letter of April 1970 in which you expressed justifiable apprehension about the diffusion of the Garabandal movement in your Archdiocese and in which you asked for clear and reliable guidelines from the Holy See for dealing with this phenomenon. "The Holy See share your perception about the manifest and increasing confusion due to the diffusion of this movement among the faithful and desires with this letter to clarify its position on the matter. "This Sacred Congregation despite requests form various Bishops and faithful has always refused to define the supernatural character of the events of Garabandal. After the definitive negative judgment issued by the Curia of Santander this Sacred Congregation, after attentive examination of the proceedings forwarded to this office has often praised the prudence that characterized the method followed in the examination but has still decided to leave direct responsibility for the matter to the local Ordinary. "The Holy see has always held that the conclusions and dispositions of the Bishop of Santander were sufficiently secure guidelines for the Christian people and indications for the Bishops to order to dissuade people from participating in pilgrimages and other acts of devotion that are based on claims connected with or founded on the presumed apparitions and messages of Garabandal. (On March 10, 1996, this Sacred Congregation wrote a letter to this effect to the Bishop of Santander who had also asked for a more explicit declaration of the Holy See to the matter.) "However promoters of the Garabandal movement have tried to minimize the decisions and the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Santander. THIS SACRED CONGREGATION WANTS IT TO BE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE BISHOP OF SANTANDER HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE THE ONLY ONE WITH COMPLETE JURISDICTION IN THIS MATTER AND THE HOLY SEE HAS NO INTENTION OF EXAMINING THIS QUESTION ANY FURTHER, since it holds that the examinations already carried out are sufficient as well as are the official declarations of the Bishop of Santander. There is no truth to the statement that the Holy See has named an Official Papal Private Investigator of Garabandal and affirmations attributed to the anonymous personage to the extent that the verification of the Garabandal apparitions lies completely in the hands of the Holy Father Pope Paul VI and other such expressions that aim at undermining the authority of the decisions of the Bishop of Santander are completely unfounded. "In order to reply to certain doubts that you expressed in your letter this Sacred Congregation wishes to assert: that the Holy See has never approved even indirectly the Garabandal movement, that it has never encouraged or blessed Garabandal promoters or centers. Rather the Holy See deplores that fact that certain persons and Institutions persist in formatting the movement in obvious contradiction with the dispositions of ecclesiastical authority and thus disseminate confusion among the people especially among the simple and defenseless. "From what has been said so far you will easily realize that though this Sacred Congregation certainly agrees with the contents of the note of May 10, 1969 (as published in various countries and especially in the French magazine LA DOCUMENTATION CATHOLIQUE September 21, 1966, n:1547 p. 821) It must say that it is inexact to attribute the part of the text that deals with the lack of supernatural character of the events of Garabandal of the Sacred Congregation which has always striven to abstain from any direct declaration on the question precisely because it did not consider it necessary to do so after the clear and express decisions of the Bishop of Santander. This is the genuine meaning of the letter written on January 21, 1970 by the Most Reverend Paul Phillippe, Secretary of this Sacred Congregation to the editor in chief of LA DOCUMENTATION CATHOLIQUE "In order to contribute further to your pastoral action in this matter, this office is enclosing other essential documents already published in other countries such as Spain: The two official notices of the Bishop of Santander, two letters of the Sacred Congregation to the same Bishop and a letter to the Apostolic Delegate to Mexico. This office hopes in this letter to have clarified a question that concerns not just your Archdiocese but also other dioceses. "With sentiments of deepest esteem and cordial respect I am devotedly yours, Francis Cardinal Seper Prefect Paul Philippe , Secretary" Statement by Bishop Msgr. Jose Vilaplaua of Santander on alleged apparitions at Garabandal Diocese of Santander Santander, 11 October 1996 Some people have been coming directly to the Diocese of Santander (Spain) asking about the "alleged apparitions" of Garabandal, and above all for the position of the hierarchy of the Church concerning these apparitions. I must communicate that: 1. All the bishops of the diocese from 1961 through 1970 asserted that the supernatural character of the said apparitions, that took place around that time, could not be confirmed. [no constaba].* 2. In the month of December of 1977 Msgr. del Val, Bishop of Santander, in union with his predecessors, affirmed that in the six years of being Bishop of Santander there were no new phenomena. 3. Not withstanding, the same Msgr. del Val, the first years having passed in which there was confusion to enthusiasm, initiated an interdisciplinary study in order to examine with greater profundity these phenomenon. The conclusion of this study coincided with the previous findings by the bishops, which is to say, that it does not prove [no consta] the supernaturality of said apparitions. 4. This study concluded during the days in which I took possession of the diocese in 1991. Taking advantage, in that same year, of a trip to Rome for the motive of making the ad limina visit, I presented said study to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and asked for guidance for pastoral activity concerning the case. 5. On Nov. 28, 1992, the Congregation sent me its response, consisting in, that after having examined attentively the mentioned documentation, it did not consider it opportune to intervene directly, removing the ordinary jurisdiction of the Bishop of Santander, this subject that belongs to him by right. Previous declarations of the Holy See agree in this finding. In the same letter it was suggested, if I find it opportune, to publish a declaration in which it is re-affirmed that the supernaturality of the referenced apparitions was not proven, making my own the unanimous position of my predecessors. 6. Given that the declarations of my predecessors, who studied the case, have been clear and unanimous, I do not find it necessary to have a new public declaration that would give notoriety to something which happened so long ago. However, I find it opportune to redact this information as a direct response to the persons who ask for direction concerning this question, which I give finally, accepting the decisions of my predecessors and the direction of the Holy See. 7. In reference to the celebration of the Eucharist in Garabandal, following the dispositions of my predecessors, I only allow that it be celebrated in the parish church without reference to the alleged apparitions and with the permission of the current pastor, who has my confidence. With the wish that this information is helpful to you, receive my cordial greeting in Christ, Jose Vilaplana Bishop of Santander 1) constat de supernaturalitate (it is established supernatural) 2) constat de non supernaturalitate (it is established not supernatural) 3) non constat de supernaturalitate (it is not established supernatural) Provided courtesy of EWTN: ewtn.com/library/ |
....the Bishop of Santander determined a non constat—that is, the events could not be confirmed to be of supernatural origin. Regarding the alleged Marian apparitions at Garabandal, Bishop Jose Vilaplana stated that: "All the bishops of the diocese from 1961 through 1970 asserted that the supernatural character of the said apparitions, that took place around that time, could not be confirmed. [no constaba].[8] He expressed his opinion that it would be prudent to wait until the promised miracle happens to determine the veracity of Garabandal.
In a letter to Archbishop Philip M. Hannan of New Orleans, Louisiana, dated April 21, 1970, Cardinal Seper, Prefect of the congregation For the Sacred Doctrine of the Faith, stated:
"The Holy see has always held that the conclusions and dispositions of the Bishop of Santander were sufficiently secure guidelines for the Christian people and indications for the Bishops to order to dissuade people from participating in pilgrimages and other acts of devotion that are based on claims connected with or founded on the presumed apparitions and messages of Garabandal. On March 10, 1996, this Sacred Congregation wrote a letter to this effect to the Bishop of Santander who had also asked for a more explicit declaration of the Holy See to the matter.
"However promoters of the Garabandal movement have tried to minimize the decisions and the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Santander. This Sacred Congregation wants it to be clearly understood that the Bishop of Santander has been and continues to be the only one with complete jurisdiction in this matter and the Holy See has no intention of examining this question any further, since it holds that the examinations already carried out are sufficient as well as are the official declarations of the Bishop of Santander. There is no truth to the statement that the Holy See has named an Official Papal Private Investigator of Garabandal and affirmations attributed to the anonymous personage to the extent that the verification of the Garabandal apparitions lies completely in the hands of Pope Paul VI and other such expressions that aim at undermining the authority of the decisions of the Bishop of Santander are completely unfounded.
"In order to reply to certain doubts that you expressed in your letter this Sacred Congregation wishes to assert: that the Holy See has never approved even indirectly the Garabandal movement, that it has never encouraged or blessed Garabandal promoters or centers. Rather the Holy See deplores that fact that certain persons and Institutions persist in formatting the movement in obvious contradiction with the dispositions of ecclesiastical authority and thus disseminate confusion among the people especially among the simple and defenseless." [9]
In April 2007, Joey Lomangino, founder of a large organization for U.S. Garabandal devotees, received from Conchita a copy of a letter dated February 12, 2007 from Archbishop Carlos Sierra of Oviedo. Sierra is the acting Apostolic Administrator for the Diocese of Santander in Spain, and the letter was addressed to a prominent Garabandal supporter in that country.
"I want you to know that I am open to receiving and considering all information about Garabandal, and would like to continue—as long as our Holy Father wishes me to serve as Apostolic Administrator—the work that my brothers at the Bishopric have already done in reference to this subject. What I have just done is authorize the priests to go to Garabandal and hold Holy Mass at the Parish, at any desired time, and to administer the Sacrament of Reconciliation to anyone that wishes to receive it. I am sure the next Bishop will promote further studies to examine in depth the Garabandal events and will send the findings to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome. I respect apparitions and have known of authentic conversions. How can we not always feel the need to open our heart to our Mother Mary to tell her that we need her protection, her help, her courage, her hope, her faith and her love when faced with these events! I encourage you to keep maintaining such devotion toward our Mother." - Carlos, Archbishop of Oviedo[11]
sources on Wiki in this section:
- 8^ Donovan, Colin B., STL, Garabandal
- 9^ Vilaplana at EWTN
- 10^ University of Dayton, Garabandal Letters^ Sanchez-Ventura, p. 187 et seq.
- 11 ^ New York Center Update for May 2007, Workers of Our Lady of Carmel website. Webpage found 2009-01-08.
Tears for two bishops
UPDATE: These two bishops have been released, Praise God.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22259631#TWEET732393
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22259631#TWEET732393
Sources in Syria report that the Greek Orthodox archbishop of Aleppo, Paul Yazigi, and the Syriac Orthodox archbishop of Aleppo, Yohanna Ibrahim, were seized by “a terrorist group” as they were “carrying out humanitarian work.”
Reuters reports that “a Syriac member of the opposition Syrian National Coalition, Abdulahad Steifo, said the two men had been captured when Ibrahim went to collect Yazigi after he crossed into rebel-held northern Syria from Turkey.”
Living in the Ignorance of History: Catholics Must Be the People of History
I shall blog more later, but this morning, I am thinking of how two generations of Americans and English have completely forgotten or never learned the history of their own people and civilizations.
Those who do not know history (my first degree is in history with an emphasis on ancient) CANNOT judge current events properly.
They have no historical or philosophical framework to apply to peoples or events.
Prudence, a gift of the Holy Spirit and one of the Cardinal Virtues, builds on knowledge. As Catholics, we know that Christ entered history as a Man at a particular point in time and taught us. In the Old Testament, God entered history again and again to form His People, to make a covenant with them, and to renew that covenant.
Catholics should be a People of History. At the Fullness of Time, our God came into the world and became physically part of history as a Man. We are part of His History.
It does not take much effort to be educated.
One of my best friends does not have an elementary education. She never went past THIRD grade or so because of many childhood illnesses. She grew up in Ireland after WWII. No one made her go to school, as she was ill and her parents took good care of her.
She knows Latin, some Greek, Italian, some French, history, geography, art, drama, opera, music history, religion, grammar, writing, biology, zoology and many other subjects at the level of BA.
She is self-taught.
She knows more than most college graduates in the US.
Why? Her natural thirst for knowledge, given to all of us by God, was never destroyed by an ideological school system.
If she can learn enough to have more than one BA degrees, so can anyone.
If one is ignorant and wants to remain so, one is not being the person God created.
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| The Baptism of Clovis |
This proclivity towards ignorance is anti-intellectualism, laziness, but worse, it has been encouraged by governments.
An uneducated populace most easily falls into slavery. Without knowledge, one believes ideologies.
As we stand at the edge of the destruction of our basic freedoms, we have only ourselves to blame for not wanting or taking the time to learn who we are.
Relativism and individualism lead, ironically, to tyranny.
Think, reflect, act.
Monday, 22 April 2013
From Vespers
| Psalm 135 (136) A paschal hymn |
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Anyone who is in Christ is a new creature. Alleluia.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his love is for ever.
Give thanks to the God of gods,
for his love is for ever.
Give thanks to the Lord of lords,
for his love is for ever.
He alone works wonders,
for his love is for ever.
In his wisdom he made the heavens,
for his love is for ever.
He set the Earth upon the waters,
for his love is for ever.
He created the great lights,
for his love is for ever.
The sun, to rule over the day,
for his love is for ever.
The moon and stars, to rule over the night,
for his love is for ever.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
Anyone who is in Christ is a new creature. Alleluia.
| Psalm 135 (136) |
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Let us love God, then, since he loved us first. Alleluia.
He struck down the first-born of Egypt,
for his love is for ever.
He led Israel out from their midst,
for his love is for ever.
With a strong hand and an outstretched arm,
for his love is for ever.
He divided the Red Sea in two,
for his love is for ever.
He led Israel out through the sea,
for his love is for ever.
He overthrew Pharaoh and his army,
for his love is for ever.
He led his people through the wilderness,
for his love is for ever.
He struck down great kings,
for his love is for ever.
Sihon, king of the Amorites,
for his love is for ever.
And Og, the king of Bashan,
for his love is for ever.
He gave their land to his people,
for his love is for ever.
A heritage for Israel his servant,
for his love is for ever.
He remembered us in our affliction,
for his love is for ever.
He rescued us from our enemies,
for his love is for ever.
He gives food to all creatures that live,
for his love is for ever.
Give thanks to the God of heaven,
for his love is for ever.
Ah, the French Resistance-Magnifique-from Catholic News Agency
Nearly 15,000 French Mayors Will Refuse to Perform ‘Gay Marriages’
by CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY 04/20/2013
PARIS — A group of at least 14,900 French mayors has said it will not perform “gay marriages,” even if the government moves ahead with plans to legalize the practice.
The administration of French President Francois Hollande has put forth a measure that would legalize “gay marriage,” allow same-sex couples to receive medical treatment for artificial procreation and to adopt children.
“It is foolish to think that the mobilization of the elected mayors would stop if the law is passed,” said Franck Meyer, spokesman for the association Mayors for Children.
Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/nearly-15000-french-mayors-will-refuse-to-perform-gay-marriages/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#ixzz2RCX1lkuB
People No Longer Want to Be Free
I have been thinking of many things this past week after the sad days in Boston.
One thing which is more and more obvious to me is that most people only want security and not freedom.
They want to feel secure about money, public safety, health, housing, the future.
They look to the State for all these things. How sad, and how dangerous.
Most people do not want the freedom of personal responsibility.
Most Catholics are not aware that socialism has been condemned over and over and over again by all the Popes since 1848.
One cannot be a Catholic and a socialist.
One cannot wish for security outside of Providence.
It is trust in God, the Father and the assurance of the Indwelling of the Trinity which gives us security. Nothing else.
If we sell our souls for security on earth, we shall absolutely lost eternal bliss.
There is no middle ground, none.
Freedoms mean that we must take responsibility for our own lives.
We must work, pray, play, be good citizens, read, study.
I see in it adult Catholics who REFUSE to study the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
They are going to lose eternal life, as it is our baptismal duty to know our faith, which means giving it effort.
I cannot teach, as people do not want teachers. I cannot speak the Truth, as I am told to be quiet and be nice.
I make people uncomfortable with my blog.
Good.
To follow Jesus is to put rocks in your shoes, and to accept the ones there and move on towards the goal.
Never give up. Never give in, or you will be lost. Pray for perseverance.
History of Walsingham and An Order of Nuns
For Catholic girls in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, I suggest an order which is working here in Walsingham.
This is highlighted here today. This order has a great website as well and an link to another site which has a complete history of Walsingham.
Here are the links: the history link: http://livinginthemonasterywithoutwallsdotcom.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/pilgrimage-lament-for-walsingham-the-destruction/
and the order's link:
http://www.walsinghamcommunity.org/
This order needs a donor to help them buy a place in Walsingham. Please consider.
This is highlighted here today. This order has a great website as well and an link to another site which has a complete history of Walsingham.
Here are the links: the history link: http://livinginthemonasterywithoutwallsdotcom.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/pilgrimage-lament-for-walsingham-the-destruction/
and the order's link:
http://www.walsinghamcommunity.org/
This order needs a donor to help them buy a place in Walsingham. Please consider.
Maidens of the Miraculous Medal
http://latinmasstrenton.org/lmt/MMM/
My friend Therese sent this to me. How cool. Maybe you can start one in your parish. A group for girls 8-22.
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My friend Therese sent this to me. How cool. Maybe you can start one in your parish. A group for girls 8-22.
Sunday, 21 April 2013
Am being a pilgrim--see you tomorrow
And to all my friends for whom I lit candles, "I lit a candle for you in Walsingham." Of course, in the Catholic Shrine...
Erasmus, the Dutch scholar, visited Walsingham in 1513 and was impressed by the splendour of the Shrine. He wrote:
'When you look in you would say it is the abode of saints, so brilliantly does it shine with gems, gold and silver ... Our Lady stands in the dark at the right side of the altar ... a little image, remarkable neither for its size, material or workmanship.' From here
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The Walsingham Pilgrim Seal
Thoughts on our call to Christ........
I would like to ask you: have you sometimes heard the voice of the Lord which through a desire, a certain restlessness, invites you to follow Him more closely? Have you heard it? I can’t hear you…there you are! Have you had any desire to be apostles of Jesus? Youth must spend itself for high ideals. Do you think so? Do you agree? Ask Jesus what he wants from you and be brave! Be brave, ask Him!!! Behind and before every vocation to the priesthood or consecrated life, is always the strong and intense prayer of someone: a grandmother, a grandfather, a mother, a father, a community ... That's why Jesus said, "Pray the Lord of the harvest - that is, God the Father - to send out laborers into his harvest" (Mt 9:38). The vocations are born in prayer and from prayer, and only in prayer can they persevere and bear fruit. I like to underline this today, the "World Day of Prayer for Vocations." We pray especially for the new priests of the Diocese of Rome, whom I had the joy of ordaining this morning. And we invoke the intercession of Mary. Today there were 10 young men who have said "yes" to Jesus and were ordained priests this morning ... This is beautiful! Let us invoke the intercession of Mary who is the woman who said "yes." Mary said "yes," all her life! She has learned to recognize the voice of Jesus since she bore him in her womb. Mary, Our Mother, help us to know better the voice of Jesus and follow it, to walk the path of life!
Text from page http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2013/04/21/regina_caeli:_ask_jesus_what_he_wants_from_you/en1-685094
of the Vatican Radio website
And Happy Birthday to Rome-2766 years young! (Photos not from yesterday's celebrations.)
Pray for Persecuted Sheep
UPDATE ON PERSECUTION WATCH ABOVE
Good Shepherd Sunday and Vocations
Today is International Vocations Sunday in the Catholic Church and Good Shepherd Sunday.
Pray for vocations. Pray for me.
Pray for vocations. Pray for me.
Walsingham Advertisements: On Pilgrimage in Norfolk
I wish I could recommend the Catholic Shrine Cafe, but I cannot. There is no wifi, the food is not top drawer (understatement), and they do not accept swipe cards. Cards need to be used in Walsingham as there is no ATM in the entire village.
The Norton Cafe in the Anglican Shrine has all three, and God bless them for wanting to serve pilgrims.
Also, I want to highly recommend The Pilgrim Shop, which is also online at this address. http://www.pilgrimgifts.co.uk/
I have known the proprietor for three years, and he loves to go out of his way to serve his customers. One of the great beauties of his shop are Spanish lace mantillas, and gorgeous hand-made icons.
Take a peep.
God bless you all on this sunny but cold day from Norfolk.
The Norton Cafe in the Anglican Shrine has all three, and God bless them for wanting to serve pilgrims.
Also, I want to highly recommend The Pilgrim Shop, which is also online at this address. http://www.pilgrimgifts.co.uk/
I have known the proprietor for three years, and he loves to go out of his way to serve his customers. One of the great beauties of his shop are Spanish lace mantillas, and gorgeous hand-made icons.
Take a peep.
God bless you all on this sunny but cold day from Norfolk.
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