BulldogCath:
They did not attend the new mass-St Lucia was receiving the TLM in her convent. She was kept in seclusion and NEVER allowed to speak-Ratzinger supposedly “reinterpreted” her third secret-because it revealed the deep despair the of the church and the hold the devil has on her Priests and Bishops. Padre Pio hated the changes-the Vatican and the propaganda machine it possesses is good at spin, like they tried to do at Fatima allowing the Hindu ceremony-then blaming the Bishop-and the Bishop said no, I was TOLD By Kasper and the Pope to do this…I call that something that I would rather not say as I am not a man to judge
Oh, good grief. When you say, “They did not attend the new Mass” do you mean Mother Theresa and Sr. Lucia? A link to prove Mother Theresa and Sr. Lucia were rad trads would be most helpful. BTW, I find it curious that you would claim Padre Pio as one of your own. Wasn’t it just a few days ago that you attacked the Pope for canonizing too many saints? Here’s a secret: He canonized Padre Pio too.

And for someone who was NEVER allowed to speak, Sr. Lucia sure is gabby in this article:
home.earthlink.net/~grossklas/sr_lucy_rejects_grunerites.htm
Please note:
With reference to the third part of the secret of Fatima, she affirmed that she had attentively read and meditated upon the booklet published by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and confirmed everything that was written there. To whoever imagines that some part of the secret has been hidden, she replied: “Everything has been published; no secret remains.” To those who speak and write of new revelations she said: “There is no truth in this. If I had received new revelations I would have told no-one, but I would have communicated them directly to the Holy Father.”
Sr. Lucia clearly rejected the rad trads, and their fellow travelers like the Grunerites as well.
As for Padre Pio, he may very well have “hated” the changes. That wasn’t my point. My point was he accepted the changes with** humble obedience.** We are not taught to only obey when we agree. We are taught to obey even when superiors place uncomfortable burdens on us.
St. Paul wrote to the Romans: "Let every soul be subject to higher powers: for there is no power but from God: and those that are are ordained of God.
“Therefore he that resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God. And they that resist, purchase to themselves damnation.” Rom 13:1-2
Did you even read the article on Michael Davies, God rest his soul, that I linked to in my earlier post?
*For these persons, for whom reality and history are simply too complex, neither the post-Nietzchean secular culture of moral transgression and death, nor anything else can explain widespread rebellion in the Church. They prefer to absurdly blame the Council and the Pope for it all. It is a principle for them to put the worst possible construction on every event. In this we see our true Catholic fundamentalists. Such Integrists live in unhinged time, unable to accept the “today” of the Church’s proclamation. If the Eucharist is not cloaked in their anachronistic, Gothic, Baroque, Tridentine daydreams, they would rather not see It/Him at all. Thus they turn away from Him, the Eucharistic Christ, and attach only to the outward and the accidentals of time-bound sacred rites, neglecting the Substance, Him Who is with us “even to the end ofthe world”.
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Bulldog, I love the TLM. But the Mass is the Mass. It is the re-presentation of the Sacrifice of Calvary. The same miracle takes place on the altar at a TLM as at what you derisively refer to as the NO Mass. You are focusing on the “outward” and “accidentals” and ignoring the Eternal who is there, right there on our altars, regardless of whether the Mass is in Latin, English, Japanese or Greek, regardless of whether the priest is a practicing homosexual, regardless of whether he believes women should be ordained priestesses or whether he believes any other modernist nonsense. As long as there is valid matter, valid form, a validly ordained priest and as long as that priest intends to do what the Church does in confecting the sacrament, Christ is there on that altar.
Our Lord does not make false promises. He promised he would be with us until the end of the world. He did NOT promise us we would always have it easy: “Take up your cross and follow me.” I’m convinced God is raising up some great saints in the midst of the chaos in our Church over the past 40 years. By their example of
obedience and humility, these men and women are going to lead us to a glorious renaissance. All we have to do is keep the Faith and not despair. And pray, of course. Always pray.
