My Most Dear Friend is a Convert from Greek Orthodoxy. She seeks the Sense of Beauty in The Worship of The Lord at The Holy Sacrifice of The Mass.
As She learned from a few people that Sunday Mass Presence is Mandatory, I did advise her, in the form of an Informal Warning, that the Liturgical Music of Today, is NOT The Glorious, Majestic Music of Pre Vatican II Era.
Let me say that what became the “Standard”, came from the Modernist Arch Abbot of The Benedictine Monastery in a place, from whence a certain lighter than average beer was once made, Latrobe, PA.
That Arch Abbot later became the Archbishop of the Fictitious R C Archdiocese of Rembertland( With a Nod of Thanks to That Man in Black, Fr Joseph F Wilson), Weak in Doctrinal Practice, where High Altars are replaced with Pipe Organs. Since WHEN did Music become an Object of Worship?
For Three Hymns this morning at OLQM, they were Marian and Proper and Beautiful. But, come Holy Communion, like near the end of it comes “The Coupe De Gracie”, a phrase spoken by a Member of a Knights of Columbus Council in East Glendale, Queens.
In this case, this Liturgical “Treacle”, which means Syrupy Dreck, spoiled the Marian Theme of The Mass.
If you guessed that it was “Gift Of Finest Wheat”, you get a Cookie.
Strange how Modern Mass Music can ruin a Masterpiece, but then most of the modern Mass Muzak is void of Catholic Eucharistic Theology, is Heretical, or is just Syrupy Dreck.
Since WHEN does The Blessed Virgin Mary Theotokos suddenly not Rank with Jesus who she bore? Then again, it must be Summer in The Time After Pentecost in the Latin Rite, when you will have Musical Filler Played, such as “Come & Take a Drink”(I am waiting for “Come Have a Couple of Beers On Us” to be sung at Mass[Yeah, Right]) at Holy Communion Time.
That was NOT The End of My Most Dear Friend’s Resounding Ire, for such other Topics as Bishops, especially in Texas, receiving Federal Money from the Worst Pro Abortion President of The United States of America ever to occupy the White House, to push the Amnesty Illegal Immigration Agenda. We both agreed that these Bishops are no more than Politicians who have abandoned their Roles of Shepherds. “On Eagles Wings” is “Ghastly”, a description given by The Redoubtable Fr Joseph F Wilson, a description of which She and I, heartily concur(Though a Great Tune for writing Song Parodies about). Then there are Masses of The Ordinary Form, where the Attempts at Artistry are Woeful, especially the “Latin English Half & Half Mix”, which is Confusing to Parishioners. Please, Mass is NOT Entertainment.
To Which I said to My Most Dear Friend, it is no wonder as to WHY I choose to worship God at either the Tridentine Latin Mass of St. John XXIII or the Byzantine Catholic Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom. I can’t take all this Novelty.
She said & I agreed to meet up after Mass on Monday Morning.
Kyrie Elaison
M
A Roaming Catholic 
The Papal Obama Castro Brothers Affair & Cuba
22 DecI have not gone to 8AM Mass at Our Lady Queen Of Martyrs at Ascan Avenue and Queens Blvd in Forest Hills, Queens in a week. But, today I decided to go. It was a good day to discuss the USA Resumption of Diplomatic Relations with Cuba, starring Fidel and Raoul Castro, both Beneficiaries of a Catholic School Education at the Hands of The Jesuits, Barack Hussain Obama, who had no such Education with The Jesuits, and The Jesuit, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now known as Pope Francis I. The Conversation was Lively, to say the least.
The Last Time I had a Good Cuban Cigar was when I resided in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. A 1st Cousin had returned from Montreal, Quebec, Canada and he had a few Cuban Stogies on him. A Cuban Cigar in Brooklyn in 1981 was a Rarity.
I met a Most Dear Friend, one who aided me greatly during the 2013 Personal Emergency. But, she like me, found something rather amiss.
It involved the USA President, Mr Barack Obama and The Jesuit In Chief, Who is The Vicar of Christ, Papa Bergoglio, Pope Francis I as well as Fidel and Raoul Castro, the Dictators of Cuba since 1959, who were taught by The Jesuits. Never have the Castro Brothers had a day like they had on Wednesday. For you see, that the US Government is resuming Diplomatic Relations with Cuba, for the 1st Time since 1960 when there was this Country, called “The Evil Empire”, then called The Union Of The Soviet Socialist Republics, of which Russia was the largest of those Republics and Marxist Atheists to boot.
It was 1961 & 1962 @ St Sylvester School in the City Line Section of Brooklyn, just across a wide street from Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, called Atlantic Avenue(Alanic in Brooklyn Patois), where I 1st heard of Fidel Castro from a Nun called Sister Margaret Angela, SCH(Sisters of Charity of St Vincent De Paul-Halifax, Nova Scotia). As we were wee children being prepared Doctrinally for 1st Penance and 1st Holy Communion in May, 1962, we were told about about Cuba and Fidel Castro, a Communist(& “A Bad Catholic”, was Sister’s Precise Words to describe the Stogie Smoking Dictator in Cuba). A Roman Catholic called John Fitzgerald Kennedy, was President of The United States of America. In those days of Communist Party Russia and Christian USA, just a bit before the Start of The Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, when Vocations and Catholic Schools were flourishing. Two current Roman Catholic Priests who I know from Forest Hills, Queens, were Juniors in their Respective Catholic High Schools(Cathedral Preparatory Seminary High School in Brooklyn, and Archbishop Molloy High School in Briarwood, Queens, with both bearing the Title of Monsignor, and One of Them being Pastor of The Parish where he was Baptized, both Priests being of Irish Descent).
For those of you who are Old Enough to remember Air Raid Sirens, there were Air Raid Drills which were conducted. Most Often, Air Raid Sirens let people know that it was 12:00 Noontime. The nearest siren is still located at Atlantic and Nichols Avenue, Equidistant from both St. Sylvester School and where I lived in Cypress Hills.
Mr Obama was less than a Year Old, and Jorge Mario Bergoglio was a Jesuit Brother, about to enter the Seminary, where Leftist Jesuit Seminary Professors were running the show in South America, preaching the Unusual Philosophy of “Liberation Theology”, a cross between Catholic Theology and Marxism.
Cuba is a old, broke country, but still Communist with no freedom of Speech. But, suddenly, Cuba will be the beneficiary of The US $$$.
For my Most Dear Friend, what is disturbing is that Mr Obama, who, as it turns out, is the ONLY Illinois State Senator to actually vote for that Hideous Murder Procedure called Partial Birth Abortion, and is called by her, “The Baby Killer In Chief”, could look to keep Castro’s “Island Worker’s Paradise” Alive, she also refers to Obama as The Devil. What infuriates her as much is that she does NOT Trust Pope Francis I at all, claiming that he sounds like a Moron and a Devil. Add the way the Franciscan Friars of The Immaculate are being hacked to shreds by this Pope & she was more infuriated.
I would not say that this Pope is a Moron. Rather, he can be confusing when he speaks in vague, Modern Jesuitical Terms. The Man is a Modernist Theologian. And that is not a Good Sign for One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. His bit about the Eastern Orthodox Churches getting together with The Catholic Church in Reunion, well there is a lot more than the Filioque separating the Churches. There are many issues separating the two, all of it doctrinal.
But, this conversation is about Cuba, and since Barack Obama leans so far to the Left, as does The Jesuit Jorge Mario Bergoglio, that to go into Cuba, which is about as Freedom Minded as North Korea(NOT), utterly incenses her.
It infuriates me as well.
And to Michael Voris, what the Pope said in this case, is NOT The Result of another sure fire “Bad Translation.” I realize that this might be “The Party Line” @ CMTV, but why anybody would go to do business with Fidel and Raoul Castro is beyond me. No Doubt, Michael, you will blame the Cuba Affair on Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan, as you blame him for Blizzards in Ferndale, MI..
Like my Most Dear Friend, I read “The Remnant Newspaper” and “The Wanderer” and “Catholic Family News” & “Harvesting The Fruit of Vatican II.” They are where The Accuracy” is.
Kyrie Elaison!
M, Eh!
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