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[Catholic Caucus] Thousands of Spanish Pilgrims to Be Denied Traditional Latin Mass at the Shrine of Covadonga
Rorate Caeli ^
| July 6, 2024
| Peter Kwasniewski
Posted on 07/06/2024 9:54:58 AM PDT by ebb tide
[Catholic Caucus] Thousands of Spanish Pilgrims to Be Denied Traditional Latin Mass at the Shrine of Covadonga
The Dicastery of Divine Worship notified the Archdiocese of Oviedo that the pilgrims of Nuestra Señora de la Cristiandad are forbidden, at the end of their pilgrimage, to celebrate the TLM in the great historic shrine of Covadonga, as they have peacefully and fervently done the past three years. Here are a couple of photos from last year, showing the large numbers, and the poster for 2024:
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Photo of last year's pilgrims in front of the shrine |
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Worshiping in the shrine, as their forefathers had done |
This sad news comes less than a month before the event.
Here is the letter from the pilgrimage organizer, followed by a translation:
Beloved pilgrims,
In a few days we will see each other in Asturias for the fourth annual pilgrimage organised by Nuestra Señora de la Cristiandad (Our Lady of Christendom). Like every year, it will be a time of much joy and profound faith.
We want to make known that there will be a change compared to last year. The Archbishopric of Oviedo has informed us that they have received instructions from the Dicastery for Divine Worship indicating the Traditional Latin Mass is not to be celebrated in Covadonga.
Given this new situation, the Mass of the third day will be celebrated at the campsite, before the last stage. This situation must not be a reason for us to be saddened. Instead, it should strengthen us in persevering in the love and devotion that we profess for the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar within the bosom of Holy Mother Church.
Upon arriving to Covadonga, the chanting of the Te Deum will take place before the Blessed Sacrament solemnly exposed and the consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary as a way of concluding the pilgrimage.
Our Lady of Covadonga, save us and save Spain!
Diana Catalán Vitas
President of NSC-E
Commentary:
Despicable functionaries, seeking only their petty ideological victories. Recall the high official who said to Card. Müller: "There's no reason to rejoice in the 20,000 people who showed up for the final Mass of the Chartres pilgrimage, because they celebrated the TLM" (translation: better no youth, no future, no Church, than THAT!).
Can you imagine any other religion in the world saying: "Although it was unexpected, our youth nowadays are flocking to the most ancient and most demanding form of worship we have. Let's ban it and cause them as much pain as possible!"
This is sheer irrationality, if it is not diabolism. Such an attitude can only be founded on contempt for the bimillennial heritage of the Catholic Church, contempt for the workings of the Holy Spirit, and contempt for the baptized faithful, sealed with the mark of Christ.
If the men behind it are still (in some sense) Christian believers, they could only be modernists who are committed to the thesis that the old form of worship is false and wrong (otherwise, why prohibit something that so obviously suits the "New Evangelization"? Or have we given that up as an outdated relic of the JP2 pontificate? Is it now "backwardist" and "nostalgic" to want to reach modern people with whatever brings them back to the Church and to Christ? Somehow I thought that was the whole idea behind Vatican II...).
The recent letter of the 48 cultural figures in England, published on July 3 in The Times of London, drew attention to the very bad look (so to speak) that this kind of behavior has to anyone outside the Catholic Church, or, frankly, to anyone inside it too. It looks like trying to stamp out growth and vitality. In fact, that's exactly what it is—and in the name of what?
May the reign of such small-minded Vatican II hippies be as short as it is already nasty and brutish.
Thanks be to God, the good Spanish pilgrims will not abandon their program: they will simply offer the Divine Sacrifice in an open field, where God's cathedral, at least, offers them welcome.
TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Theology; Worship
KEYWORDS: apostatepope; covadonga; dictatorpope; frankenchurch; tlm
Can you imagine any other religion in the world saying: "Although it was unexpected, our youth nowadays are flocking to the most ancient and most demanding form of worship we have. Let's ban it and cause them as much pain as possible!"
This is sheer irrationality, if it is not diabolism. Such an attitude can only be founded on contempt for the bimillennial heritage of the Catholic Church, contempt for the workings of the Holy Spirit, and contempt for the baptized faithful, sealed with the mark of Christ.
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Thanks be to God, the good Spanish pilgrims will not abandon their program: they will simply offer the Divine Sacrifice in an open field, where God's cathedral, at least, offers them welcome.
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posted on
07/06/2024 9:54:58 AM PDT
by
ebb tide
To: Al Hitan; Fedora; irishjuggler; Jaded; kalee; markomalley; miele man; Mrs. Don-o; ...
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posted on
07/06/2024 9:55:32 AM PDT
by
ebb tide
("The Spirit of Vatican II" is nothing more than a wicked "idealogy" of the modernists.)
To: ebb tide
The excommunicated Archbishop Viganò should form a splinter church with priests that celebrate the Latin mass. They would steal 10% of Catholics overnight.
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posted on
07/06/2024 10:02:02 AM PDT
by
wildcard_redneck
(He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
To: ebb tide
If the men behind it are still (in some sense) Christian believers, they could only be modernists who are committed to the thesis that the old form of worship is false and wrong You may find the new belief, it will only bring you grief,
For a house that's built on sand is sure to fall.
And wherever you may turn, there's a lesson you will learn:
That the old religion's better, after all.
--Vernon Dalhart
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posted on
07/06/2024 10:16:18 AM PDT
by
Fiji Hill
To: ebb tide
Some wag wrote that the Catholic Church is the only institution on earth where octagenarians are telling twenty-somethings to hurry up and get with the times.
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posted on
07/06/2024 10:33:33 AM PDT
by
Campion
(Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
To: ebb tide
Somehow I thought that was the whole idea behind Vatican II... Sarcasm, I know ...
But I am convinced, at this point, that the whole idea behind Vatican II was the "fundamental transformation" of The Church, in the same sense that Mr. Obama's puppet-masters want[ed] the "fundamental transformation" of these United States.
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posted on
07/06/2024 10:37:43 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: ebb tide
Yes good news indeed.
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posted on
07/06/2024 11:27:04 AM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Yes good news indeed:
Thanks be to God, the good Spanish pilgrims will not abandon their program: they will simply offer the Divine Sacrifice in an open field, where God's cathedral, at least, offers them welcome.
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posted on
07/06/2024 11:29:58 AM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
To: wildcard_redneck
Catholics should stay in the Church and stand for Christ even under persecution.
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posted on
07/06/2024 12:02:34 PM PDT
by
MiddleEarth
(With hope or without hope we'll follow the trail of our enemies. Woe to them, if we prove the faster)
To: MiddleEarth
“... It looks like trying to stamp out growth and vitality. In fact, that’s exactly what it is—and in the name of what?”
That is the same question I have been asking for forty years.
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