THE SMOKE OF SATAN IS BECOMING A RAGING FIRE!

Southern Orders ^ | May 8, 2014 | Fr. Allan J. McDonald

[NYer]

The post I have below on a woman filming her abortion and gloating about it in the most pathological way possible (she reminds me of an unrepentant murderer who gloats over his crimes) really is an example of the smoke of Satan becoming a raging fire, especially in the abortion industry which is very lucrative for so many.

Now there is a story about a "Black Mass" that Harvard University within the Archdiocese of Boston will allow on their campus. Earlier reports advertised it as a truly satanic ritual where a "consecrated Host" would be desecrated in this worship of the devil. Later the organization providing this sacrilege stated that it would not have a consecrated host (although I though that was necessary for a valid black Mass).  Can you trust or believe anyone associated with this sort of thing?

Now the Archdiocese of Boston has come out with a strong statement on this chilling event:

The Catholic community in the Archdiocese of Boston expresses its deep sadness and strong opposition to the plan to stage a “black mass” on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge.

For the good of the Catholic faithful and all people, the Church provides clear teaching concerning Satanic worship. This activity separates people from God and the human community, it is contrary to charity and goodness, and it places participants dangerously close to destructive works of evil.

In a recent statement, Pope Francis warned of the danger of being naïve about or underestimating the power of Satan, whose evil is too often tragically present in our midst. We call upon all believers and people of good will to join us in prayer for those who are involved in this event, that they may come to appreciate the gravity of their actions, and in asking Harvard to disassociate itself from this activity.

And Father Jabarek writes on his blog what many of us priests already know about Communion in the hand, that it is so easy for people to walk off with the Host to do God only knows what with the Precious Body and Blood of our Lord. We have found hosts on the floor, in missalettes and have had to chase people down walking out with the Host. We've seen parents break off a bit of the Host and give it to young children clamoring for it. In my previous parish a follower of Satan took the Host and immediately ran out of the church with it. I can assure you when Communion on the tongue and at an altar railing was the only method of distributing Holy Communion prior to Vatican II that what I have reported and have actually seen with Communion in the Hand seldom if ever happened. Read on:

Black Mass at Harvard – Communion in the Hand

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Father Jerabek

Various blogs today are reporting about a “black mass” that is to be held at an institution connected with the once-great, but now-lost, Harvard University. (For example, see here.)

Fr. Finelli has rightly observed one of the things that is at the root of this problem: communion in the hand. See his excellent post here.

Satanism seems to be on the rise throughout the West, but many people naively still hold on to the idea that “black masses” and such are things that really don’t happen, that they are legends, that they are only in movies, etc. No. They do happen. And the reception of Holy Communion in the hand makes it even easier – and more common – for people to steal the host and use it for such nefarious purposes.

Fr. Finelli also rightly points out that many priests who worry about such things are quickly dismissed as uptight, “rigid rubricists”. I would add that people also accuse such priests of being “scrupulous”. Neither accusation is in any way founded.

No, communion in the hand – I am more and more convinced – is a bad idea that has not contributed to greater devotion towards the Holy Eucharist. On the contrary! As Fr. Finelli points out, many people do not receive properly in the hand, no matter how much they are instructed. I can confirm this from my own experience. It is simply a bad idea. There is also no historical precedent for the manner in which it is currently received in the hand.

Read my previous post about this topic here. And be sure to read what Fr. Finelli wrote.
And please, whether you agree with me (and Fr. Finelli, and MANY other priests) or not, PLEASE say a prayer of reparation for this horrible thing that is happening in Massachusetts. This “black mass” is publicly known; but there are many others that happen unbeknownst to us. Whether a consecrated host is involved or not, these ceremonies are always very grave evils, outrageously offensive to God and all that is holy, and they always put immortal souls in danger of being eternally separated from God in hell.

Perhaps we can all, as an act of reparation, make a resolution always to receive Holy Communion reverently on the tongue! At the very least, let us take some time in prayer to console our Lord and beg that he bring the offenders to conversion. May Our Lady of the Rosary and Blessed Bartolo Longo attain this grace for them all!

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Want something more substantial to read about the problems with communion in the hand? Read this short and excellent book by Bishop Athanasius Schneider.

[NYer]

Ping!

[Jeff Chandler]

Now the Archdiocese of Boston has come out with a strong statement on this chilling event:

I found the statement rather tepid.

[rarestia]

Perhaps the conflagrations that consumed Sodom and Gomorrha were an allegory for the sociocultural fires that are being stoked and raging now in America.

[Alex Murphy]

Various blogs today are reporting about a “black mass” that is to be held at an institution connected with the once-great, but now-lost, Harvard University. Fr. Finelli has rightly observed one of the things that is at the root of this problem: communion in the hand.

It's kinda hard to sneak out with individual servings of communion wine.

[ryan71]

A lot of the things I see happening today I give satan credit for. How else can you explain things Pelosi and Reid say, for example?

[livius]

I don’t think there’s a big demand in the Black Mass world for unconsecrated fruit juice.

[livius]

Ooops, I deleted the rest of my post.

That said, now the Black Mass crowd is saying it will not be a consecrated host, but just bread. However, be that as it may, if the Satanists were going to parody the Japanese tea ceremony (one of their scheduled events) by using goat urine instead of tea, for example, would Harvard permit it?

This is an event that is meant to attack another religion, and I certainly don’t think it’s appropriate for it to be under the aegis of Harvard in any way. But they would only permit it in the case of something attacking Catholicism.

[Salvation]

Me too.

[NYer]

I found the statement rather tepid.

Ditto.

Father makes a good argument for banishing communion in the hand. As you know, though RC, I practice my faith in a Maronite Catholic Church where communion is by intinction and only on the tongue. Recently, one of the other RCs invited a friend to attend our Sunday mass. When the friend learned there was no communion in the hand, she refused. That struck me, initially, as such an odd response. On further reflection, it occurred to me that communion in the hand is like a power trip that some will never relinquish.

[Alex Murphy]

I don’t think there’s a big demand in the Black Mass world for unconsecrated fruit juice.

And ironically, there's not a big demand inside Catholicism for consecrated wine.

[Jeff Chandler]

Catholics Come Home had a video which included a quick nostalgia scene. Some viewers had a fit over it because it was communion in the hand:

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[kidd]

This is the best reason that I’ve heard for the return of the communion rail AND communion on the tongue.

Has to be both.

Most arguments focus on what was practiced in the 1950s and 1960s as tradition. But ensuring that the communicant actually consumes the Host to prevent sacralige is a valid reason to return to this practice.

[livius]

Huh? Communion “under both species” was introduced after Vatican II. You must not have been to mass for awhile, because otherwise you’d see the faithful (in the US, at least - less common elsewhere) lining up to “take the chalice,” usually from some little old lady “extraordinary minister.”

I, personally, think it’s a mistake. It has decreased reverence for the sacrament in general, in appearance has reduced the role of priests, and also permits a lot of milling around at communion ... which permits people to take the host in their hand and walk out the door with it.

[Biggirl]

I have partaking in both the body and blood of Jesus and my reverence for both is very high, but that is me.

[Biggirl]

The problem with having a communion is for folks like myself who have knee issues, have hard time kneeling.

[redgolum]

I think we talked of this once before.

I asked my Catholic mother in law about this, and while she liked communion in the hand (she doesn’t like someone touching her near her mouth) it wasn’t a big deal.

For my wife, however, she would never receive any other way. She views it, and many of her age do also, as almost sacrilege NOT to receive in the hand. Something about sanitary practices, and that you need to have your head bowed to receive the Host

[NYer]

It has decreased reverence for the sacrament in general ....

BINGO! Up until then, NO ONE, other than the priest, could touch a consecrated host. And then, Vatican II ended and - suddenly - it was okay for anyone to touch the host. This changed happened overnight. We went from kneeling at an altar rail to receive communion on the tongue to standing before a parish volunteer to receive communion in the hand. Personally, though only a teen at the time, I was shocked and confused.

The argument given for this change was that this is how it was done in the Early Church. The first christians were still developing an understanding of the Eucharist. According to St. Cyril, those early christians, were to make their hands a "throne". The “make your hand a throne” passage goes on to say that the faithful should touch the Holy Body of Christ to their eyes before consuming it. Then it also says that the faithful should touch their lips still moist with the precious Blood of Christ and touch the Blood to their eyes. Do you hear anyone making the argument for those practices, as well?

I strongly encourage all to read the background on this practice at the following links:

Did the Church Fathers Practice Communion in the Hand? (Not Exactly)

Communion-in-the-Hand - from EWTN.

[NYer]

Some viewers had a fit over it because it was communion in the hand

Did you mean to say "wasn't communion in the hand"?

One of our parish children who made his First Communion last Sunday (in the Maronite Rite and on the tongue), attends Catholic school and also wants to join his classmates for First Communion at the school's Latin Rite parish. I'm really curious as to how those children have been instructed in the reception of communion and how this young boy will receive on that day. He is a very sharp and resourceful young boy. At age 4, he asked our pastor to allow him to be an altar server (only boys may serve). Our pastor is a young, monastic, missionary priest and gave him permission. The lad has done an outstanding job as altar server, carrying the incense boat or holding the candle during the reading of the Epistle and/or Gospel. He has an excellent understanding of proper form while serving and also dresses appropriately (no sandals or sneakers). He has also had full support from the parish.

[Biggirl]

Have you ever heard of this book?

http://www.amazon.com/Mass-Early-Christians-Mike-Aquilina/dp/1592763200/ref=la_B001JPBSAG_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1399586982&sr=1-3