New Candidates for the Novus Ordo Seminaries are being taught that If You Want to Be a Pop Star, the Vatican II Church Wants You! In Desperation to Attract Anybody to Be Novus Ordo Seminarians
Traditional Catholics Say: "Garbage In, Garbage Out" What does a "modernist" organization like the Vatican II church do when it can't get seminarians? Why, create a new ad campaign, of course! It is well known that "vocations" to the New Order presbyterate are virtually non-existent. What man in his right mind could have a "vocation" to "preside over the assembly" and sit in a big chair idle while lay ministresses deliver the "eucharist" and "perform" the sacraments?
The best figure predicting the demise of Vatican II church is that of seminarians. In the United States, before Vatican II always a vigorous source for new priests, the number of seminarians fell from 48,992 at its peak just before the Vatican II changes changes started going into effect, to 4,522 in 2003. That is a drop of some 90% in less than fifty years!
What we know is that, as far as vocations are concerned, it is the traditional Catholic Faith enshrined with Latin and Gregorian chant that attracts vocations to traditional seminaries and journeyman-priests.
But the Vatican II church, is going to the cheap ploy. It seems that to attract Novus Ordo "vocations," the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has commissioned an "edgy" poster showing a somber presbyter in full black cassock and sunglasses posed like The Matrix star Keanu Reeves. [Washington Times]
Following the "saintly" leadership of JPII to sell to "pop" culture, 5,000 posters will be passed out at Benedict-Ratzinger's Woodstock Youth Day in Cologne later this month. Dioceses are borrowing from Tinseltown to compare the Newchurch presbyterate to the heroes of Lord of the Rings, Gladiator, Men in Black, Spider-Man, and Star Wars.
Supposedly, potential post Vatican II seminarians are inspired by cartoon characters, not Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Paul, let alone Christ!
According to the adage, "Garbage in, garbage out." One can only imagine what kind of presbyters the Vatican II church is going to have, if any. If these men ever make it through the "pink curtain," you will hear fatuous "homilies" praising Luke Skywalker and Obi Wan Kenobi instead of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
As a member of this "Novus Ordo" Church, I agree, this is nuts.
But I think you have to watch what you are getting yourself into. There is a danger in extreme Traditionalism, I am not saying you are there, but one must be careful lest they fall into it.
Is Benedict XVI the Pope? If you are silent on the matter, I will assume assent. But one wouldn't want to fall into sedvacantism.
God Bless
Are priests "recruited" or are they called by God?
..."If we can get high-school youth to hang a picture of a priest in their room, that's huge in helping young men to answer the call to the priesthood..."
.. Because we want young men to know that being a priest is, like, totally awesome... and chicks dig it...
Look on the bright side, he is actually wearing a cassock, as opposed to the black shirt and pants that one usually sees modern priests wearing.
Is there a picture of it anywhere?
Sorry, I didn't scroll down enough.
Now this is my kind of inspiration. Cross-refrence link