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Thank you all so very kindly for these posts! It does me good, gives me new courage...hopefully for others as well...

For those who grind away day after day against the grain of it all, these supportive remarks are as a spring shower on a soul.

To a Wonderful, Grace-filled Lent, then!


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Good point.

The priests here hadn't heard yet, this morning when I came in to work. Pretty shocked everyone was - but no hype about it.

We have to accept it, move on, and be careful not to get caught up in over-guessing/over-reacting to all the hay flying now.

No, I haven't. I did find something else about another "transaction" agreement (not with Allawi at all) but that's saved in a folder at home. Did you want any info? ~LMK.

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L'Osservatore...hm, in due time.

As for Zenit, I just got my email from them, no word, (before I read other's posts here) and I initially thought it must have been prepared and pre-sent before they got wind of it.

Some agencies have "timed" deliveries on their mass mailing, so as not to clog their system. Say, send this many now, this many then, this many then, etc.

Just my first impression.

I just want to see what Magister has to say on it, when he does...

A good book on this whole topic is Fatima in Twilight by Mark Fellows. Book description:


In 1917 Jesus’ Mother appeared to three children on a Portuguese hillside and gave them a message for the Church and the world. She confirmed the message was from Heaven by producing the Miracle of the Sun, a miraculous and terrifying event witnessed by tens of thousands of people, and reported in the secular press of the day. Then everyone moved on with the events of their lives. Ignored by the world, the Message of Fatima was revealed, slowly and by degrees, in the history of the Twentieth Century: the rise of Communism, the martyrdom of the good, and a worldwide descent into godlessness that has caused so much misery and confusion in our own day.

Many believe that the Third Secret of Fatima, never fully revealed by the Church, is writing the history of our new millennium. Can the message of Heaven given at Fatima really address our contemporary problems, and offer solutions that will benefit us in this life, and the next?

http://angeluspress.org/sspx_modern_crisis2.htm

(It's the last book on that particular webpage)

He was a true apostle - or so I've always been taught - until he despaired of salvation.

So, yes, technically: thirteen. It's odd to hear, but it's true.

Consider this: there were also 13 apostles at the last supper.

*Disclaimer~I post this just for interest's sake, NOT to hype up or undo the solemnity that should be in regards to her death...*

GOD IS WITH US ALWAYS - even to the consummation of the world...

On another note, a verse I learned back in high school rang in my head this afternoon, it's from Idylls of the King:

Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.
Wherefore let thy voice rise like a fountain for me night and day -
For what are men better than sheep or goats, that nourish a blind life within the brain?
If, knowing God, they lift not hands in prayer both for themselves, and those who call them friends:
For so the whole round earth is bound by gold chains about the feet of God.
~Alfred Lord Tennyson

She was supposedly to live to see the Reign of the Immaculate Heart. But that is just one of the many rumors surrounding the event of her death (rumors from years going)...

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She died at 5pm 02/13/05 in her convent in Portugal.

It's also the First Sunday of Lent...

ping

It's by Matt Anger! :-O

Interesting comment.

The Briggitine Rosary was a devotional prayer particular to (though not restricted to) the Carmelites. It was not instead of the rosary; rather, it was "extra-curricular" so to speak: the Pope did not announce the Briggitine Rosary to take the place of the Rosary; nor did it change the entire Church's position on the Rosary.

The problem with more mysteries, as mentioned above in a prior post, is that they primarily change the very nature of the rosary, the purpose of the rosary (from the aspect of gladdening the heart of Our Lady by most specifically meditating on her life with Christ), and change the entire Church's position on what has always been adhered to for centuries upon centuries.

I hope that since you have cited an SSPX website on the Briggitine Rosary, you have perused the following link, or will now if you have not already:

http://www.sspx.org/miscellaneous/luminous_mysteries_of_rosary.htm


Thank you!

I'm very sorry, I can't pass this up. After centuries of use, when the rosary served quite well with the Sorrowful, Joyful, and Glorious mysteries for all in the Church, now all of a sudden, they are just not good enough! I think it reflects rather, mankind's dissatisfaction in the world today: change, change, everything is change. What was fine, wonderful, and perfect for everyone before, a blessed means to honor Our Lady, now is just not good enough. Or rather, it's "out with the old, in with the new" all over again!
It is not for us to judge anyone's intentions. If anything, let us hope the Pope at least "meant well" and had the salvation of the Church in his command as his first priority when he elected to have the Luminous Mysteries added to the rosary. But what must be realized is that they indeed constitute no part of the authentic Rosary, the Rosary Our Lady herself wants us to say.

To quote, you say, "I used to play a little game when saying the Rosary, looking fo the most profound yet meaningful in terms of the life of Jesus through the eyes of Mary, wih the stipulation that it tie in with the existing mysteries. It was basically just a longing to meditate on more subjects." To limit your prayers/meditations solely to the Rosary is not necessary! The Church has offered us through the centuries a myriad of perfectly good meditaions - think of all the epistles, gospels, etc. etc. The sermons/homilies could reflect topics for meditation...so my point being that meditation is not to be solely restricted to the Rosary: the Sorrowful, Joyful, and Glorious mysteries cover all aspects of Our Lord's life that Our Lady knew to be perfectly useful for us to consider. Nothing more, nothing less. Outside our daily rosary, of course we are encouraged to meditate 15 minutes a day...if for some reason, you cannot find the "tie" with the "existing" mysteries, then either 1) try it anyway - perhaps there is a "tie" you'd not thought of before (besides, God is all-loving, and omnipotent. He is also most merciful: will He not see that you are trying to do what is right in His eyes? Could it be scruples that keep you from meditating on these "ties"?) or 2) If it be scruples, or whatever cause that keeps you from meditating on these topics, take the extra time of the day to do so! God is never outdone in generosity.

I hope that explains in brief why, really, the Luminous Mysteries are not necessary. I'm afraid I can't go into the Magisterium/Church's teaching on the Doctrine of the Rosary/etc. as I am not well-versed in that regard; but principles are principles, and the nice thing about them is that they are applicable in any situation.

God bless!

Well, considering it was just a saying that I'd use, I'd hoped you'd get my gist.

Can you not help in any way??

But did you notice, the pages are extremely strong? At mass this morning I was in awe, I was half as trepidous as when I first commenced using it - and it bore the brunt of use amazingly well!

The paper actually came from France, made by a company that used to make the cigarette paper for fine rolling in the 1940s...rather fascinating, that.

Wow! Yes, what a great idea.

My confirmation day was actually the day I received my first full-fledged missal ("way back" in third grade!)

It would be a real tool most necessary & eternally (!really!) useful as he embarks on the battlefield as a soldier for Christ!

This new missal is completely retypeset. The layout is quite clear, more clear than the St. Andrew's, which I used at one time as well. It has more prayers, is easier to follow, and is more user friendly - all the way down to the fact that the cover is flexible and sturdy, and the binding extremely elastic yet strong.

The ordinary of the mass has little "reminders" so to speak, on the outter gutter of each page, which really lift one's mind to God: explaining in brief the true, beautiful symbolism of the Holy Mass.

It also hosts all the rites for all the Sacraments, a myriad of litanies, blessings, etc. - even the Gregorian notation for the Kyriale! I really can't imagine using any other missal now..."$15 more" pales in comparison to what you actually get in return for purchasing this one of a kind work of art.

I hope that helps....