Posted on 03/25/2011 10:24:54 PM PDT by Balt
Private revelations bind in faith only those to whom they were given; if they didn't, they'd be public.
O yes, because in the USA you can attend mass on Saturday night, instead of Sunday.
Where is the link?
Hi Campion, I appreciate that what you speak is an authentic, mainstream Catholic point of view. I also readily accept that the Blessed Virgin Mary acting for Our Lord can obsolete any prior opinion in a flash of Heavenly Glory.
It's kind of hard for rigid traditionalist such as myself (lol) since only two Tridentine Masses are offered during a typical month. If you drive 70 miles away you can find a third. But driving 180-220 miles away to a fourth Diocesan Latin Mass just isn't often possible for a family who has lived on savings for the last 12 years like us.
Yes, it really is, including the Miracle of the Sun. Despite it being "public" in the sense that many people saw it, it remains private revelation.
Now, given the multitude of witnesses for the Miracle of the Sun, as well as the Portugal being spared from the Spanish Civil War, I think it is imprudent for us to ignore Fatima.
If idiots like us know all this information, you can be sure that all the popes since the message was passed to Rome, all of them, knew exactly what they had to do, and thus are responsible before God for all the harm that was caused by their lack of belief, or weakness.
Yes, they are responsible for harm caused by lack of belief or weakness. That said, we don't know why they didn't do what Our Lady asked of them - maybe it is weakness, maybe it is lack of belief, maybe it is something else.
I would not presume to judge Pope Benedict, or any past Popes or any to come, concerning a matter of private revelation. I would hope you don't presume to do so either. Certainly encourage, but never judge.
The lack of an accessible TLM hardly excuses one from his obligation to attend Sunday Mass, when a Catholic Liturgy at a Church in communion with Rome is available.
That said, this is the whole reason for Summorum Pontificum: to make valid and licit Tridentine Masses available for those who are have an attachment to the TLM. It sounds like there is genuine pastoral need in your diocese for TLMs more often, and/or at more parishes.
Everything that you responded is accurate. I agree.
It does when attendance at a NewMass would endanger ones faith or that of others. Last time I attempted to assist at one my emotional distress was so great it was disruptive to those around me and totally antithetical to my own prayerfulness. Father was aware also.
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Is Balt a Byzantine Priest?
he says he is a pastor in an Eparchy, which is the same as a diocese. But he could be bi-ritual, which means he has faculties for both Eastern and Latin rite celebration. I have not read the article yet.
See his profile page.
a self-governing Church >>
what’s that mean? I thought they had to report to a bishop?
what’s that mean? I thought they had to report to a bishop?
It means they are sui iuris. NYer should have some good links for you that will it explain it better than I can.
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