Traditional Mass W/ a Commemoration for The Order of Our Lady of Ransom - 24 September 2006 A.D.

Robert Drobot | 24 September 2006 A.D. | The Most Holy Trinity

[Robert Drobot]

Traditional Mass Propers, Commemorating
The Order of Our Lady of Ransom
( Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost )
24 September 2006 A.D.
Missa Miserére Mihi
".... "He that hunbleth himself shall be exalted."...."

"Nothing is so consoling, so piercing, so thrilling, so overcoming, as the Mass, said as it is among us. I could attend Mass forever, and not be tired. It is not a mere form of words; it is a great action. The greatest action that can be on earth. It is. . .the vocation of the Eternal."

-- John Henry Cardinal Newman

[Robert Drobot]

Traditional Mass Propers, Commemorating
The Order of Our Lady of Ransom
( Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost )
24 September 2006 A.D.
Missa Miserére Mihi
".... "He that hunbleth himself shall be exalted."...."

"All whatsoever you do in word or work, do all in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ,
giving thanks to God and the Father by Jesus Christ our Lord," --- Blessed Apostle Saint Paul

I n the Gospel for the Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost, the supernatural life of our souls requires that the grace of God should always go before us and accompany us ( Collect ). To Him therefore be glory ( Epistle ).
It is He ( Christ Jesus ) Who heals our infirmities ( Gospel ), and Who is our support. Wherefore He teaches us in the Gospel the virtue of humility. In a short parable He shows that God raises whoever humiliates himself.

For Low Masses today there is a commemoration of the Order of Our Lady of Ransom, founded in the Thirteenth Century by Saint Peter Nolasco ( January 31 ) and Saint Raymond of Pennafort ( January 23 ), aided by King James of Aragon. The object of the Order was to redeem Christians held in slavery by the Mohammedans. Pope Gregory IX instituted the feast of Our Lady of Ransom, and afterwards it was extended by Pope Innocent XII to the Universal Church.

A special 'Thank you' to the Friends of Fatima for these Proper resources. Sources: Saint Andrew Daily Missal and the Marian Missal 1945.

Colors: Green Vestments	A Semi-Double Observance

Introit ¤ Psalm 85:3, 5

Miserére mihi, Dómine, quóniam ad te clamávi tota die: quia tu, Dómine, suávis ac mitis es, et copiósus in misericórdia ómnibus invocántibus te.Psalm 85:1. Inclina, Dómine, auram tuam mihi, et exaudi me: quoniam inops, et pauper sum ego. v. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. Repeat Miserére mihi...

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried to Thee all the day; for Thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild, and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon Thee. Psalm 85:1 Bow down Thine ear to me, O Lord, and hear me for I am needy and poor. v. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Repeat Have mercy on me...

COLLECT

Tua nos, quæsumus Dómine, grátia semper et prævéniat et sequáatur: ac bonis opéribus júgiter præstet esse inténtos. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen. Collect Commemorating The Order of Our Lady of Ransom Deus, qui per gloriosíssimam Fílii tui Matrem, ad liberándos Christi fidéles a potestáte paganórum, nova Ecclésiam tuam prole amplificáre dignátus es: præsta, quæsumus; ut, quam pie veneramur tanti óperis institutrícem, ejus páriter méritis et intercessióne, a peccatis ómnibus, et captivitáte dæmonis liberémur. Per eúmdem Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen. Collect For The Intercession Of The Saints Acunctis nos quæsumus Dómine mentis et córporis defénde perículis: et intercedénte beáta et gloriósa semper Vírgine Dei Genitrice María, cum beáto Joseph, beátis Apóstolis tuis Petro et Paulo, et ómnibus Sanctis, salútem nobis tríbue benígnus et pacem; ut destrúctis adversitátibus et erróribus univérsis, Ecclésia tua secúra tibi sérviat libertáte. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen. Collect For God's Holy Church Ecclésiæ tuæ, quæ-sumus, Dómine, preces placátus admítte: ut, destrúctis adversitát-ibus et erróribus univérsis, secura tibi sérviat libertáte. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

M ay Thy grace, we beseech Thee, O Lord, ever go before us and follow us: and make us continually to be intent upon good works. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God. Forever and ever. Amen. Collect Commemorating The Order of Our Lady of Ransom God, Who for the ransoming from slavery of the Christians held captive by pagans wast pleased, through the most glorious mother of Thy Son to enrich Thy Church by a new order: grant, we beseech Thee, that she, whom we piously venerate as the founder of so great a work, may, through her merits and prayers, deliver us from all our sins and from the captivity of the devil. Through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God. Forever and ever. Amen. Collect For The Intercession Of The Saints D efend us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, from all dangers of mind and body: and through the intercession of the blessed and glorious Mary, ever Virgin, mother of God, of St Joseph, of Thy holy apostles, Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, in Thy loving-kindness grant us safety and peace; that, all adversities and errors being overcome, Thy Church may serve Thee in security and freedom. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, Forever and ever. Amen. Collect For God's Holy Church Graciously hear, O Lord, the prayers of Thy Church that, having overcome all adversity and every error, she may serve Thee in security and freedom. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, Forever and ever. Amen.

EPISTLE ¤ Ephesíans 3:13-21

   Léctio Epístolæ beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Ephésios.
Fratres, Obsecro vos, ne deficiátis in tribulatiónibus meis pro vobis, quæ est glória vestra. Hujus rei grátia flecto genus mea ad Patrem Dóminum nostri Jesu Christi, ex quo omnis patérnitas in cælis, et in terra nominétur, ut det vobis secúndum divítias gloriæ suæ, virtúte corroborári per Spíritum ejus in interiórem hóminem, Christum habitáre per fidem in córdibus vestris: in caritáte radicáti, et fundáti, ut possítis comprehéndere cum ómnibus sanctis, quæ sit latitúdo, et longitúdo, at sublímitas, et profundum: scire étiam supereminéntem sciéntias caritátem Christi, ut impleámini in omnem plentúdinem Dei. Ei autem, qui potens est omnia fácere superabundánter quam pétimus, aut intellígimus, secúndum virtútem, quæ operétur in nobis: ipsi glória in Ecclésia, et in Christo Jesu in omnes generatiónes sæculi sæculórum, Amen.

Lesson from the Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Saint Paul to the Ephesians.
Brethren, I pray you not to faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory. For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom all paternity in Heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened by His Spirit with which might unto the inward man, That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts: that being rooted and founded in charity, you may be able to comprehend with all the saints, what is the breadth and the length, and height, and depth. To know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all knowledge that you may be filled unto all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do all things more abundantly than we desire or understand, according to the power that worketh in us: to Him be glory in the Church, and in Christ Jesus, unto all generations, world without end. Amen.

GRADUAL ¤ Psalm 101:16, 17

T imébunt gentes nomen tuum, Dómine, et omnes reges terræ glóriam tuam. v. Quóniam ædificávit Dóminus Sion: et vidébitur in majestáte sua. Allelúja, allelúja. v. Psalm 97:1 Cantáte Dómino cánticum novum: quia mirabília fecit Dóminus. Alleluia.

The gentiles shall fear Thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth Thy glory. v. For the Lord hath built up Sion, and He shall be seen in His majesty. Alleluia, alleluia.v. Psalm 97:1 Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle, because the Lord hath done wonderful things. Alleluia.

From A Series of 153 Woodcuts by Jerome Nadal, SJ,
published in Evangelicae Historiae Imagines c.1593

GOSPEL - Blessed Apostle Saint Luke 14:1-11

† Sequentia sancti Evangelii secundum Lucam. In illo témpore: Cum intráret Jesus in domum cujúsdam príncipis pharisæórum sabbáto manducáre panem, at ipsi observábant eum. Et ecce homo quidam hydrópicus erat ante illum, Et respóndens Jesus, dixit ad legisperítos, at pharisæos, dicens: "Si licet sabbáto curare?" At iili tacuérunt. Ipse vero apprehénsum sanávit eum, ac dimisit. Et respondens ad illos, dixit: "Cujus vestrum ásinus, aut bos in púteum cadet, et non contínuo extrahet illum die sabbáti?" Et non póterant ad hæc respondére illi. Dicébat autem et ad invitátos parábolam, inténdens quómodo primos accúbitus elígerent, dicens ad illos: "Cum invitiátus fúeris ad núptias, non discúmbas in primo loco, ne forte honorátior te sit invitátus ab illo, et véniens is, quis te et illum vacávit, dicat tibi: Da huic locum: et tunc incípias cum rubóre novíssimum locum tenére. Sed cum vocátus fúeris, vade, recúmbe in novíssimo loco: ut, cum vénerit qui te invitávit, dicat tibi: Amice, ascénde supérius. Tunc erit tibi glória coram simul discumbéntibus: quia omnis qui se exáltat, humiliábitur: et qui se humíliat, exaltábitur."

† Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Blessed Apostle Saint Luke At that time, when Jesus went into the house of one of the chiefs of the Pharisees on the Sabbath day to eat bread, they watched Him. And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had the dropsy: and Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and the Pharisees, saying: "Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?" But they held their peace: but He taking him, healed him, and sent him away. And answering them, He said: "Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit, and will not immediately draw him out on the sabbath day?" And they could not answer Him these things. And He spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them: "When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the first place, lest perhaps one more honorable than thou be invited by him and he that invited thee and him, come and say to thee: Give this man place: and then thou begin with shame to take the lowest place. But when thou art invited, go, sit down in the lowest place: that when he who invited thee cometh, he may say to thee: Friend, go up higher. Then shalt thou have glory before them that sit at table with thee: because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled and he that humbled himself shall be exalted."

Homily The Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Missa Miserére Mihi
24 September 2006 A.D.
by Father Louis J. Campbell
Qui legit, intelligat
"....The Power at Work in Us...."

-- Ephesians 3:20

Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus is a Dogma of the Church, but some take it to such a degree that they miss Christ's message and what Holy Mother Church teaches about salvation. We can not presume on Our Lord's judgment for we know not the heart of His children. We can only judge one's actions and words, but too often we can jump to conclusions and set ourselves up as judges. Let us follow what The Church, her Doctors, the holy Council of Trent and pre-Vatican II Pontiffs proclaimed.

"'Outside the Church there is no salvation!' True! Let us take the greatest care to work out our own salvation 'in fear and trembling,' as Saint Paul warns ( Philippians 2:12 ). But let us not be too hasty in assigning most everyone out there to the fiery dungeons because they have not fulfilled the letter of the law. And let us leave judgment with the One to Whom it belongs - Jesus Christ, Who will come to judge the living and the dead."

Note: In Father Louis Campbell's [ homily ] for the Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost, he strives to balance the mantra of the Evangelicals and conciliar church that 'alleluia, everybody is saved and we're all going to Heaven,' theoretically quoting the satirical character of Mad Magazine fame, Alfred E. Newman - "What, me worry?" - with the other extreme which is the rhetoric of some who have become so narrow-minded that they are even condemning fellow Traditional Catholics and consigning to hell anyone who does not agree with them. Father points out that we must take the Scriptures literally and abide by what Holy Mother Church has decreed through her Traditions and decrees of dogmatic councils such as Trent, holy saints such as St. Alphonsus Liguori, a Doctor of the Church no less, and the last Traditional Pope His Holiness Pius XII.
Father Campbell documents what the Church truly teaches, which is [ not only dogmatic ] law, but what [ The One true God and Savior ] preached from His merciful Heart - for those who fail to shepard His faithful; who do not believe; or refuse baptisism - will be condemned.....".

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Don't be deceived by the "don't worry, be happy," brand of Christianity that has overtaken the Catholic Church. You must set out resolutely on the road that leads to eternal life, not looking back, for "no one, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God", says Our Lord ( Blessed Apostle Saint Luke 9:62 ). Christians must search for the narrow way Jesus described:

"Enter by the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many there are who enter that way. How narrow the gate and close the way that leads to life! And few there are who find it" ( Blessed Apostle Saint Matthew 7:13,14 ).

But the current gospel is: "Relax! You're saved!" You don't even have to accept Jesus as your personal Savior like the Evangelicals do. You're saved from the moment you are conceived, since the effects of the Incarnation and Crucifixion of Jesus Christ are extended to all men of all time - pagans, Buddhists, Baptists, Catholics, even atheists. They're all on their way to Heaven. This sounds more like the broad way that leads to destruction than the narrow path Jesus spoke about.

How do we know that the wide gate and the broad way are being preached? We have talked to people who belong to Novus Ordo parishes. Most of them seem to take it for granted that they are going to Heaven, and that the other religions are just other ways that lead to the same place. Perhaps this is not being preached explicitly, but the ideas are implicit in the usual Sunday homily, in funeral homilies, and in their ecumenical adventures, in which all religions are "respected" and no one is asked to believe in Jesus Christ [ AND ] be baptized.

A survey recently conducted by Newsweek asked the question, "Can a good person who doesn't share your religious beliefs attain salvation or go to heaven?" Those answering "Yes": 73% of Non-Christians; 68% of Evangelical Protestants; 83% of Non-evangelical Protestants; and, 91% of Roman Catholics. 91% of Catholics now believe that any "good" person can go to heaven, whatever his religious beliefs.

There are many "good persons." Those whose hearts are moved with compassion for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and lend a hand to help in some way are good persons. Those who work hard to make a good life for their families are good persons. Those who are kind to dogs and children are good persons. There are good persons in every religion. There is some good in every human being, even the most depraved and degenerate.

But ordinary human goodness counts for nothing without faith. Blessed Apostle Saint Paul points out in today's Epistle that you must have Christ "dwelling through faith in your hearts; so that, being rooted and grounded in love, you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know Christ's love which surpasses knowledge, in order that you may be filled unto all the fullness of God" ( Ephesians 3:17-19 ). The "power that is at work in us" is the Holy Ghost, Who is given to those who are "born again of water and the Spirit" ( Blessed Apostle Saint John 3:5).

But must we go from one extreme to the other? We do not accept the Modernist doctrine that all men are being saved and are on their way to Heaven, whether they like it or not, nor even that the good people of all religions will be saved. Yet it was commonly taught, and commonly believed by Catholics of a previous generation that those who were invincibly ignorant of their obligation to join the Catholic Church, yet had a sincere desire to do God's will, could be saved. Yet now, some would condemn as heretics those who hold to that opinion, even though such authoritative sources as the Council of Trent, St. Alphonsus Liguori, and Pope Pius XII, may be quoted in support of it. The Council of Trent defines Justification:

"Justification is a passing from the state in which man is born a son of the first Adam, to the state of grace and adoption as sons of God through the second Adam, Jesus Christ our Savior. After the promulgation of the gospel this passing cannot take place without the water of regeneration or the desire for it, as it is written: 'Unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God' ( Blessed Apostle Saint John 3:5 )" ( DS 796 ).

The Holy Office stated in a communication to Archbishop Cushing of Boston in 1949:

"When a man is invincibly ignorant, God also accepts an implicit desire, so called because it is contained in the good disposition of soul by which a man wants his will to be conformed to God's will. This is clearly taught by the Sovereign Pontiff Pope Pius XII in his dogmatic letter on the mystical body of Christ, dated June 29, 1943… (in which) the Holy Father mentions those 'who unsuspectingly belong to the mystical body of the Redeemer by some kind of desire or longing.' He by no means excludes these men from eternal salvation; but, on the other hand, he does point out that they are in a condition 'in which they cannot be secure about their salvation… since they lack many great gifts and helps from God, gifts they can enjoy only in the Catholic Church.' With these prudent words the pope censures those who exclude from eternal salvation all men who belong to the Church only with implicit desire; and he also censures those who falsely maintain that men can be saved equally as well in any religion."

The Lawgiver is above the Law. Is there any evidence that Our Lord sometimes works independently of the laws He established for His Church, and that some people have experienced the proper effects of Baptism before actually receiving the Sacrament? Yes, there is. The Holy Scriptures themselves testify to this fact. In the early days of the Church as Blessed Apostle Saint Peter rose up to speak at a synagogue in Caesarea, "the Holy Spirit came upon all who were listening to his message. And the faithful of the circumcision, who had come with Peter, were amazed, because on the Gentiles the grace of the Holy Spirit was also poured forth; for they heard them speaking in tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter answered, 'Can anyone refuse the water to baptize these, seeing that they have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?' And he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ" ( Acts 10:44-48 ).

"Outside the Church there is no salvation!" True! Let us take the greatest care to work out our own salvation "in fear and trembling," as Blessed Apostle Saint Paul warns ( Philippians 2:12 ). But let us not be too hasty in assigning most everyone out there to the fiery dungeons because they have not fulfilled the letter of the law. And let us leave judgment with the One to Whom it belongs - Jesus Christ, Who will come to judge the living and the dead.

OFFERTORY ¤ Psalm 39:14, 15

Dómine, in auxílium meum réspice: confundántur et rever-eántur, qui quærunt ánimam meam, ut áuferant eam: Dómine, in auxílium meum réspice.

Look down, O Lord, to help me; let them be confounded and ashamed that seek after my soul to take it away; look down, O Lord, to help me.

SECRET

Munda nos, quæsumus, Dómine, sacríficii præséntis efféctu, et pérfice miserátus in nobis, ut eius mereámur esse partícipes. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Filium Tuum, Qui Tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen. Secret Commemorating The Order of Our Lady of Ransom Tua, Dómine, propitiatióne, et beátæ Maríæ semper Vírginis íntercessióne, ad perpétuam atque præséntem hæc oblátio nobis profíciat prosperitátem et pacem. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Filium Tuum, Qui Tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula Amen. Secret For The Intercession Of The Saints Exaudi nos Deus salutáris noster: ut per hujus sacraménti virtútem, a cunctis nos mentis et córporis hóstibus tueáris, grátiam tríbuens in præsénti, et glóriam in futuro. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen. Secret For God's Holy Church Prótege nos, Dómine, tuis mystériis serviéntes: ut divínis rebus inhæréntes, et córpore tibi famulémur et mente. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

C leanse us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, by the virtue of the present Sacrifice, and, in Thy mercy, provide that we may be worthy to be partakers therein. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God. Forever and ever. Amen. Secret Commemorating The Order of Our Lady of Ransom By Thy mercy, O Lord, and the intercession of blessed Mary, ever virgin, may this oblation profit us unto eternal and present prosperity and peace. Jesus Christ Thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God. For ever and ever. Amen. Secret For The Intercession Of The Saints Graciously hear us, O Heavenly Father, and, by virtue of this Sacrament, defend us from all enemies of soul and body, bestowing upon us Thy grace here and Thy glory hereafter. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, Forever and ever. Amen. Secret For God's Holy Church Protect us, O Lord, who assist at Thy mysteries, that, cleaving to things divine, we may serve Thee both in body and in mind. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, Forever and ever. Amen.

PREFACE Of The Most Holy Trinity

Vere dignum et justum est, aequum et salutare, nos tibi semper, et ubique gratias agere: Domine sancta, Pater omnipotens, aeterne Deus. Qui cum unigenito Filio: tuo et Spiritu Sancto, unus es Deus, unus es Dominus: non in uninus singularitate personae, sed in unius Trinitae substantiae. Quo denim de tua Gloria, revelante te, credimus, hoc de Filio tuo, hod de Spiritu Sancto, sine differentia discretionis sentimus. Ut in confessione verare, sempitiernaeque Deitatis, et in personis proprietas, et in essential unitas, et in majestate adoretur aequalitas. Quam laudant Angeli atque Archangeli, Cherubim, quoque ac Seraphim: qui non cessant clamare quotodie, una voce dicentes: SANCTUS, SANCTUS, SANCTUS

It is truly meet and just, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times and in all places, give thanks unto Thee, O holy Lord, Father almighty, ever-lasting God: Who, together with Thine only-begotten Son, and the Holy Ghost, are one God, one Lord: not in the oneness of a single Person, but in the Trinity of one substance. For what we believe by Thy revelation of Thy glory, the same do we believe of Thy Son, the same of the Holy Ghost, without difference or separation. So that in confessing the true and everlasting Godhead, distinction in persons, unity in essence, and equality in majesty may be adored. Which the Angels and Archangels, the Cherubim also and Seraphim do praise: who cease not daily to cry out with one voice saying: HOLY, HOLY, HOLY...

COMMUNION ¤ Psalm 70:16-18

Dómine, memorábor justitiæ tuæ solius: Deus, docuísti me a juventúte mea, et usque in senéctam et sénium: Deus, ne derelínquas me. Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

O Lord, I will be mindful of Thy justice alone: Thou hast taught me, O God, from my youth, and unto old age and gray hairs. O God. forsake me not.

POSTCOMMUNION

Purífica, quæsumus Dómine, mentes nostras benígnus, et rénova cæléstibus sacraméntis: ut consequénter et córporum præsens páriter, et futúrum capiámus auxílium Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen. Postcommunion Commemorating The Order of Our Lady of Ransom Sumptis, Dómine, salútis nostræ subsídiis: da, quæsumus, beátæ Maríæ semper Vírginis patrocíniis nos ubique prótegi; in cujus veneratióne hæc tuæ obtáúlimus majestáti. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti,Deus, Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen. Postcommunion For The Intercession Of The Saints Mundet et múniat nos quáesumus Dómine dívini sacraménti munus oblátum: et intercedénte beáta Vírgine Dei Genitríce María, cum beáto Joseph, beátis Apóstolis tuis Petro et Paulo, et ómnibus Sanctis; a cunctis nos reddat et pervérsitátibus expiátos, et advérsitátibus expedítos. Per eúmdem Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fiiium tuum: Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spíritus Sancti, Deus. Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen. Postcommunion For God's Holy Church Quæsumus, Dómine Deus noster, ut quos divína tribuis participatióne gaudére, humánis non sinas subjacére perículis. Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fiiium tuum: Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spíritus Sancti, Deus. Per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

May the efficacy of the heavenly gift, we beseech Thee, O Lord, possess our minds and bodies: so that its effects, and not our own impulses, may ever prevail in us. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God. For ever and ever. Amen. Postcommunion Commemorating The Stigmata of Saint Francis of Assisi That Thy sacrifices may give us health, O Lord, may blessed Augustine, Thy bishop and illustrious doctor, we beseech Thee, act as our intercessor. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God. For ever and ever. Amen. Postcommunion For The Intercession Of The Saints May the gift of this Divine Sacrament which we have offered, cleanse us and defend us, we beseech Thee, O Lord; and through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of God, of St. Joseph, of Thy holy apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, free us from all iniquity and deliver us from all adversity. Through the Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God. Forever and ever. Amen. Postcommunion For God's Holy Church O Lord our God, we pray Thee that Thou suffer not to succumb to human hazards those whom Thou hast been pleased to make sharers of divine mysteries. Through the Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God. Forever and ever. Amen.

† - Holy Queen of Heaven and Earth, pray for us. - †

[Robert Drobot]

PRAYER FOR HOLY PRIESTS

O my Jesus, I thank Thee, that Thou art truly, actually, and substantially, human and divine,
present here in the mystery of the Sacrament of the Altar.

Thou hast said, "Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you."
See, Lord, I come and knock. I ask Thee:
Send us holy priests!

O my Jesus, Thou hast said: "Whatever you ask the Father in MY Name, it shall be granted you."
See, Lord, in Thy Name I ask Thy Father the grace:
Send us holy priests!

O my Jesus, Thou hast said: "Heaven and earth shall pass away but My Word shall not pass away."
See, Lord, in trust of the infallibility of Thy Word, I ask Thee:
Send us holy priests!

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in Thee!
Please bless Thy priests!

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, it is not possible for Thee to have no sympathy for us wretches.
Have mercy on us sinners, and grant us through the threefold full of grace, beautiful, and
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Thy Mother and ours, the grace to which we pray to Thee. Amen.

O Mary, Queen of the clergy, pray for us:
obtain for us many holy priests.

O Lord, grant unto Thy Church saintly priests and fervent religious.

Send forth, O Lord, laborers into Thy harvest.

O Lord, grant us priests!
O Lord, grant us holy priests!
O Lord, grant us many holy priests!
O Lord, grant us many holy religious vocations!

Pope Saint Pius X, pray for us.

[Robert Drobot]

Prayer for the Universal Church

Pray for those who have been wandering and wondering in the conciliar desert for lo over 40 years. Pray for the conversion of the Novus Ordo hierarchy from the highest to the lowest echelons of the clergy, who, in the same manner as the Arian bishops, have apostasized from the True Church which Jesus Christ established on the Rock of Peter. Pray that they will wake from their devastating slumber, cast off their lukewarmness, and demand the unadulterated dogmatic Faith with no novelties, no ecumenism, no modernism, no anything but truly Catholic, embodied by true shepherds who will mandate the only possible Catholic worship - the true and continual sacrifice: the Traditional Latin Mass, set in stone for all time by Pope St. Pius V.

O God, our refuge and our strength, smite those failing to lead Thy Holy Church,
by and through the intercession of Saint Michael the Archangel; the immaculate Virgin Mother Mary; Beloved Saint Joseph; Thy blessed apostles Peter and Paul; and all the saints.
Hear our fervent prayers for more holy priests consecrated according to Thy will;
Provide Your Church leadership with the courage to convert all heretics, pagans, false idolaters and false god worshipers, and especially non-Catholics who refuse to accept the One True Church founded by Your Son and our Redeemer, Christ Jesus;
We pray for a sacred reformation of our Holy Mother Church - according to Your servant, Pope Pius XII in his Apostolic Constitution Sacramentum Ordinis.
We pray for these intercessions through the mercy and grace of Your Son, our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus.
Amen.

[Robert Drobot]

Prayer for Heretics and Schismatics

Orémus et pro hæréticis et schismáticis: ut Deus et Dóminus noster éruat eos ab erróribus univérsis; et ad sanctam matrem Ecclésiam Cathólicam, atque Apostólicam revocáre dignétur. Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui salvas omnes, et néminem vis períre réspice ad ánimas diabólica fraude decéptas; ut omni hærética pravitáte depósita, errántium corda resipíscant, et ad veritátis tuæ rédeant unitátem. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum, Qui Tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Let us pray for heretics and schismatics, that our Lord and God may deliver them from all their errors, and vouchsafe to recall them to their holy Mother, the Catholic and Apostolic Church. Almighty, eternal God, Who dost save all, and willest not that any should perish, look upon the souls deceived by diabolical fraud, that, abandoning all heretical depravity, the hearts of the erring may regain sanity and return to the unity of truth. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Who livest and reignest, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.

[Robert Drobot]

CALENDAR of the SAINTS

24 September 2006 A.D.

Our Lady of Ransom / Our Lady of Mercy
Commemorates the foundation of the Mercedarian Order and the apparition of Our Lady of Ransom. In this appearance she carried two bags of coins for use in ransoming Christians imprisoned by Moors. On 10 August 1218, the Mercedarian Order was legally constituted at Barcelona by King James of Aragon, and was approved by Pope Gregory IX on 17 January 1235. The Mercedarians celebrated their institution on the Sunday nearest to 1 August because it was on 1 August 1218 that the Blessed Virgin showed Saint Peter Nolasco the white habit of the Order. This custom was approved by the Congregation of Rites on 4 April 1615. On 22 February 1696 it was extended to the entire Latin Church, and the date changed to 24 September.

Our Lady of Walsingham
In 1061 Lady Richeldis de Faverches, lady of the manor near the village of Walsingham, Norfolk, England, was taken in spirit to Nazareth. There Our Lady asked her to build a replica, in Norfolk, of the Holy House where she had been born, grew up, and received the Annunciation of Christ's impending birth. She immediately did, constructing a house 23'6" by 12'10" according to the plan given her. Its fame slowly spread, and in 1150 a group of Augustinian Canons built a priory beside it. Its fame continued to grow, and for centuries it was a point of pilgrimage for all classes, the recipient of many expensive gifts.
In 1534 Walsingham became one of the first houses to sign the Oath of Supremacy, recognizing Henry VIII as head of the Church in England. Dissenters were executed, and in 1538 the House was stripped of its valuables, its statue of the Virgin taken to London to be burned, its buildings used as farm sheds for the next three centuries.
In 1896 Charlotte Boyd purchased the Slipper Chapel and donated it to Downside Abbey. In 1897 Pope Leo XIII re-founded the ancient shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, and pilgrimages are permitted to resume. The statue of Our Lady is enshrined in 1922 beginning an era of cooperation at the shrine between Catholics and Anglicans. In 1981 construction began on the Chapel of Reconciliation, a cooperative effort between the two confessions, and located near the shrine. The feast of Our Lady of Walsingham was reinstated in 2000.

Saint Anathalon

Saint Andochius

Blessed Anton Martin Slomsek

Saint Bercthun

Saint Chuniald

Blessed Colomba Gabriel

Saint Erinhard

Saint Gerard Sagredo
Benedictine monk. Abbot at San Giorgio Maggiore abbey, Venice. He passed through Hungary while on a pilgrimage to the Holy Lands. While in Hungry, he met with King Saint Stephen who persuaded him to stay and minister to the Magyars. Tutor of prince Saint Emeric. First bishop of Csanad in 1035. Saint Gerard was stabbed to death with a lance in 1046 at Buda, and his body was thrown into the Danube River during the pagan backlash that followed Saint Stephen's death.

Saint Geremarus
Part of the court of King Dagobert I. Married layman. With his wife's consent, he retired to the abbey of Pentale on the Seine. Abbot at Pentale, but he was so severe with his monks that a group tried to kill him. He resigned, then retired to become a hermit in a cave near the abbey. Founded the Flay abbey between Beauvais and Rouen in 655; it was later renamed Saint-Germer in his honor.

Saint Gislar

Saint Isarnus of Toulouse

Martyrs of Chalcedon

Saint Pacificus of Severino

Saint Paphnutius

Saint Rupert

Saint Rusticus

Saint Terenzio of Luni

Saint Ysarn

[Robert Drobot]

Petitions

Our Lady of La Salette, pray for us.

Precious Martyrs conceived in His image and likeness,
denied their right to a full and blessed life as He intended,
please forgive us.

Terri Schindler-Schiavo, please forgive us.

Saint Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church and Protector of the Faithful,
pray for us.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, comforter to the many who seek your healing grace, pray for us.
Saints Peter and Paul, pray for us.
Saint Jerome, pray for us.
Pope Saint Gregory the Great, pray for us.
Pope Saint Pius V, pray for us.
Pope Saint Leo the Great, pray for us.
Pope Saint Pius X, pray for us.
Saint Padre Pio, pray for us.
Saint Athanasius, fierce fighter of the Arians, pray for us.
Saint Clare, the great apostle of Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration, pray for us.
Sister Maria Lucia of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart, pray for us
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, pray for us.
Father Gommar DePauw, pray for us.
Father Paul Wickens, pray for us.
Saint Michael the Archangel, protect the faithful from the snares of the disciples of Lucifer in disguise, and
bring ruin to those who intimidate, oppress, imprison, torture, and murder His faithful servants
throughout the world.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world,spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

[Robert Drobot]

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help or sought your intercession was left unaided. Inspired with confidence, I fly to you, O virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me. Amen.
-- Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

[Robert Drobot]

All glory to our Lord and Savior;
In the presence of the many;
During every Holy Mass.
Amen.

[Robert Drobot]

"....A survey recently conducted by Newsweek asked the question, "Can a good person who doesn't share your religious beliefs attain salvation or go to heaven?" Those answering "Yes": 73% of Non-Christians; 68% of Evangelical Protestants; 83% of Non-evangelical Protestants; and, 91% of Roman Catholics. 91% of Catholics now believe that any "good" person can go to heaven, whatever his religious beliefs...." -- From Father Louis J. Campbell's homily for today.

[vox_freedom]

BTTT

Thank you, once again Robert. Beautiful readings and Propers for this Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost and Feast of Our Lady of Ransom.

[murphE]

Thanks for the post and the ping Robert.

[Robert Drobot]

My thanks to the both of you for your continued kind expressions to my Sunday posts. My His blessings embrace you and your loved ones on this day of rest, and the days ahead.

[vox_freedom]

My gratitude is to you for displaying the Mass of Ages and the Propers each week:

[murphE]

Right back at-cha Robert!

[Robert Drobot]

As Father Campbell stated in his homily this past Sunday:

"....the current gospel is: "Relax! You're saved!" You don't even have to accept Jesus as your personal Savior like the Evangelicals do. You're saved from the moment you are conceived, since the effects of the Incarnation and Crucifixion of Jesus Christ are extended to all men of all time - pagans, Buddhists, Baptists, Catholics, even atheists. They're all on their way to Heaven. This sounds more like the broad way that leads to destruction than the narrow path Jesus spoke about."
How do we know that the wide gate and the broad way are being preached? We have talked to people who belong to Novus Ordo parishes. Most of them seem to take it for granted that they are going to Heaven, and that the other religions are just other ways that lead to the same place. Perhaps this is not being preached explicitly, but the ideas are implicit in the usual Sunday homily, in funeral homilies, and in their ecumenical adventures, in which all religions are "respected" and no one is asked to believe in Jesus Christ [ AND ] be baptized."

Pope Expresses Respect for Muslims

Pope Benedict XVI, who has been protested for his offensive remarks on Islam and its prophet, met with diplomats from more than twenty Islamic countries on Monday. In an effort to alleviate the tension, the pope expressed his esteem and profound respect for Muslims.

Be merciful in Your forgiveness of Your Vicar on Earth heavenly Father for his wanton and shameful disregard for the Sacred Dogma and Holy Teachings You clearly provided in the Books of your blessed disciples, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, as well as the Sacred Dogma of the Holy Mother Church.
I fervently pray with the faithful of the One True Church and One True Faith for the Holy Father's embrace and espousal of your most Holy Instruction. I ask this in the name of Your Son and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.

[Robert Drobot]

Please pray for the conversion of our Holy Father.

[ArrogantBustard]

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI is already Catholic. I'll be happy to pray for his continued growth in holiness and perseverance in the Faith.

I'll also pray for the conversion of the world's schismatics, heretics, Jews, and pagans.

[marshmallow]

Please pray for the conversion of our Holy Father

Errr......no.

I'll pray for the conversion of Moslems, schismatics and my miserable self, thank you very much.

If you feel the urge to support the Pope as he leads the world in confronting the Islamic threat, then kindly do so.

The contribution of the excommunicated to this cause is presently zero.

[Robert Drobot]

The Altar of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass has served Roman Catholics for 2000 years as the steady ship on the turbulent seas of this fleeting life. If we faithfully serve Jesus Christ, present Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity on the altar, and remain in the state of Sanctifying Grace, we can be assured we will be safely anchored between the pillars of the Holy Eucharist and Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary; thereby meriting - through Our Lord - safe passage to everlasting life. The Daily Catholic is committed to defending the Truths and Traditions of Holy Mother Church that the faithful may KNOW THE FAITH in order to KEEP THE FAITH and share such a precious gift with others through conversion, not compromise!

Pope Saint Adrian II decreed that "The first requirement of salvation is to keep the standard of the True Faith."

Yet, for forty years this first requirement has been abandoned in favor of placating man, not God. The ramparts of Holy Mother Church have been ransacked and pummeled, the turrets turned in a worldly direction, the treasure of the great Deposit of the Faith greatly diminished; the liturgical legates seized and ransomed for finite goals as the Infinite is forgotten in a desert of deceit. Like the Holy City of Jerusalem a millennium ago, the infidels have captured her and hold her ransom under the sign of the new religion formed by a conciliar Church, which for over 40 years has slowly but steadily been deconstructing the truths and absolutes. We can see daily in the scandals and statements coming out of almost every diocese and even the Vatican itself that the conciliar Church of modern Rome has slowly but surely ebbed more and more toward the Protestantization of our beloved Church in liturgy and belief until a pan-Christian ecumenism will be complete and we will all be one in the one-world religion of the prince of darkness. The truth is that we have been wandering in the desert for 40 years; failing in the surging seas of ambiguity with countless casualties of souls lost in the depths of sin and lukewarmness.

It is time to muster the forces of right and goodness, to speak up for the rights that have been wronged. That is why The Daily Catholic exists and provides proof that all that was passed down and observed before Vatican II must be adhered to today in deference to the modernism of the new faith formed in the sixties when man replaced God with the destruction of true Catholicism beginning with the ransacking of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the Tridentine rite. To return to what Pope Saint Pius V decreed infallibly in his Papal Bull Quo Primum must be said "in perpetuity" seems more and more difficult as more of the sheep are dumbed down and caught up in the innovations and novelties of the fruitless "Civilization of Love" and "New Springtime" of ecumenical syncretism - something previous reliable Pontiffs condemned. If what was taught and observed was right for nearly 2000 years and produced countless saints and the means to salvation, then it is still right and must be faithfully adhered to. To many this may seem an impossible dream, but consider Our Lord's affirming words "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible" ( Blessed Apostle Saint Matthew 19: 26 ). Let us follow the wisdom of Saint Augustine, "Pray as if everything depends on God, and work as if everything depends on us." The time has come to right the wrongs. The time has come for a holy crusade to recapture the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church founded by Jesus Christ and built on the Rock of the Petrine Primacy. St. Augustine also said, "Wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it, and right is right even if nobody is doing it."

So how do we know we are right? Two reasons: First, because what so many Sovereign Pontiffs had condemned as anathema, the Vatican II popes have contradicted and become the apostates that holy saints warned against. Secondly, because prior to Vatican II, the four indelible marks of the Church were intact and in full effect: One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic. With so much dissension and veering from the Truths and Traditions of Holy Mother Church the church of Vatican II is no longer 'One'; the barren fruits stemming from Vatican II along with the shocking scandals and lowering of the moral virtue bar give solid evidence the church of Vatican II is no longer 'Holy'; because, except in the Remnant Church, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass has been abandoned in favor of a Protestant service that seeks to de-mystify the Mystery of Faith, thus eliminating the "universal language of the Church" - Latin and therefore the church of Vatican II is no longer 'Catholic' or 'Universal'; and finally, because of the modernist, progressive agendas and the insidious infiltration of the satanic, Masonic and Communist operatives within the Church, the bishops have, by their refusal to uphold the Faith and place their flock as their top priority, abdicated their apostolic succession and made this well known with their assertion that it is not necessary to become Catholic anymore. Therefore, the church of Vatican II is no longer 'Apostolic.'

Pope Saint Felix III stated clearly what we must do: "Not to oppose error is to approve it; and not to defend truth is to suppress it; and indeed to neglect to confound evil men, when we can do it, is no less a sin than to encourage them." With that charge, are we to stand idly by when we see what has happened to our beloved Church? Saint John Fisher said that "He who goes about to take the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass from the Church plots no less a calamity than if he tried to snatch the sun from the universe."

Yes, these are frightening times but we can take heart from the "Apostle of Tradition" Saint Athanasius who, in the time of the Arian heresy which pales in comparison to the heresies abounding today, stated, "They can occupy our churches, but they are outside the true Faith. You remain outside the places of worship, but the Faith dwells within you. Let us consider: what is more important, the place or the Faith? The true Faith, obviously. Who has lost and who has won in this struggle - the one who keeps the premises or the one who keeps the Faith? Even if Catholics who remain faithful to the Traditions are reduced to a handful, they are the ones who are the true Church of Jesus Christ."

Pope Saint Adrian II decreed that "The first requirement of salvation is to keep the standard of the True Faith." We plan to heed his holy wisdom.

The Two Pillars serve as guiding beacons to steer all safely over the seas of the confusion that swirls around all today. We use this imagery from the vision given to Saint John Bosco and the pertinent messages he received specifically for our times.

The mission of The Daily Catholic is to provide content in all phases of Catholic living so readers can KNOW THE FAITH in order to KEEP THE FAITH. The DAILY CATHOLIC is in full accordance with the Infallible and perennial Living Magisterium of the Church and obedient to the Primacy from Saint Peter through Pope Pius XII. This publication is dedicated to the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts. You can be assured what you read in these pages is solid and trustworthy and in full accord with the Doctrines, Dogmas and Traditions of the One True Faith taught for 20 centuries. We reject Vatican II for it formed a separate church, apart from the true Vine which has been proven by the bad fruits just as Christ affirmed in Blessed Apostle Saint Matthew 7:15-20. We thank you for your continued prayers and support in our on-going apostolate of reaching out to souls for Christ and His Mystical Bride - Holy Mother Church - in responding to His call in the Book of Blessed Apostle Saint Mark:

"Go ye into the whole world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that believeth not, shall be condemned."

.....from DailyCatholic.org