These Last Days News- Sepember 6, 2023
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20-9. Miami Newspaper Highlights Growing Latin Mass Community: ‘They Don’t Want Something Watered Down’...
LATIN TO REMAIN
"It was the will of the Eternal Father that one universal language be used along with, in comparison with, together with the language of the land. This universal language, Latin, befit and was chosen by the Eternal Father as a universal language for the universal Church, the Roman Catholic Church under the leadership of Pope Paul VI, the successor of Peter...."
- The Bayside Prophecies
Our Lady of the Roses, April 10, 1976
RETURN TO YOUR TRADITIONAL RITES
”I send to My clergy, those whom I have given the grace to represent Heaven upon earth, this warning: You must now return to your traditional rites! You must restore My House from its crumbling exterior and rotting interior. You must rebuild what you seek to destroy--now!"Many who call themselves My chosen ones have set themselves to destroy from within. Your actions have not gone by unnoticed by the Eternal Father. Error, deception, deceit, in the guise of sanctity and piousness! You are unmasked before the Eternal Father. You shall start little by little and repair the foundation, or you shall be within and destroy.”
- The Bayside Prophecies
Jesus, November 22, 1975
The above Messages from Our Lady were given to Veronica Lueken at Bayside, New York.
LifeSiteNews.com reported on September 5, 2023:
by Raymond Wolfe
A Miami newspaper last week highlighted the city’s growing Latin Mass community and the traditional liturgy’s appeal to younger Catholics.
In a cover storypublished on August 28, the Miami Heraldprofiled Catholics attending the Latin Mass at Our Lady of Belen Chapel in West Miami, which serves a rapidly expanding congregation that includes many young people and families.
“One look around the picturesque Belen chapel and it’s clear that this Mass, though grounded in tradition and conducted mostly in Latin, is not just for older Catholics,” the Miami Herald said. “Amid the sacred chanting and echoing organs, babies fuss and parents distract their toddlers with toys and coloring books.”
Around 350 people attend Sunday Mass every week at the chapel, up from an average of 112 regular Latin Mass goers in 2017, according to Frank Andollo, who has attended the Latin Mass for 10 years.
“People drive from as far north as Palm Beach County and as far south as the Florida Keys to make it to Latin Mass at Belen on Sundays,” the Herald said.
The Latin Mass is widely known to attract young people, even as the Church hemorrhagesyounger members, and has continued to attract Catholicsdespite a series of harsh restrictions imposed by Pope Francis in recent years.
In Miami, the Latin Mass community “has steadily grown, relocating to five different chapels in the past 10 years to accommodate the growth,” according to theHerald.
‘They don’t want something watered down or compromised’
The Heraldspoke with several Catholics who attend Our Lady of Belen Chapel, including Eleonora Cacchione, a mother of four and a “lifelong Catholic” who said that “she did not fully understand what was happening during Mass until she started attending Traditional Latin Mass.”
“People wearing their Sunday best, seeing the priest facing the altar rather than the congregation, the solemnity and reverence of the liturgy — including the way people receive Jesus in the Eucharist — reminds one that something special, something supernatural and beyond human explanation is taking place,” Cacchione said.
Jose Ballon, 28, the choir director at Our Lady of Belen, told the Heraldthat the Latin Mass is “bound to attract people because I believe they are attracted to authenticity.”
“They don’t want something watered down or compromised.”
“There’s peace, there’s quiet, there’s moments of silence” in the Latin Mass, Ballon said. “Whereas maybe in other churches, I’m not trying to presume, but it would be more about ‘Let’s have everyone sing along,’ or where everything has to be a big show to keep you awake. They think it’s necessary to follow the trends of the moment … I love pop rock music, but I wouldn’t like that at church.”
“I remember I had a chance to go to confession before Mass, then receive our blessed Lord in the sacrament. And that was such a wonderful experience. Like you really feel something move in you,” he recalled. “It was like a sense of inner peace, especially after receiving communion. So I was just completely enamored by it.”
Another Our Lady of Belen congregant, Juana Maria Correa, grew up attending the English-language Novus OrdoMass but “prefers [the] Latin Mass because she sees it as more connected to God,” according to the Herald.
“When you find out about Latin Mass, you cannot go back,” said Correa, whose daughter sings in the chapel’s choir. “The first impression is that it’s so holy, that you are not the center of the Mass, the priest is not looking at you. … What’s important is that he’s talking to our Lord, representing us, giving him our prayers and our needs. He’s praying for us.”
Ballon, who was raised in Lima, Peru, also pointed to the unifying nature of Latin. “There’s a deep connection to know that people all over the world who don’t even speak the languages can pray together by using the common language, that’s why the Latin is important,” he said. “It’s a way to unify.”
‘Deeper, more authentic Catholic community’
Catholics interviewed by the Heraldrepeatedly cited the draw of the Latin Mass community.
“I was at the point in my life where I was looking for a deeper, more authentic Catholic community. And that’s what I found when I started going to the Latin Mass,” Andollo said. He added that “people don’t dash to their cars” after the Latin Mass, but stay to talk with each other about their faith, which he found appealing.
“They were having conversations about their faith and lifting each other up in their spiritual lives and giving each other advice,” Andollo related. “That was very inspiring to me. I love being there for that and seeing that.”
Ryan Ramos, 24, a firefighter and paramedic with the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department, “found out about Latin Mass in January through an Instagram post that caught his eye,” the Heraldsaid.
Though he grew up Catholic, Ramos told the newspaper that he eventually drifted away from the Church. “I wasn’t living a Catholic life. I wasn’t active in my faith. I was kind of dormant,” he said.
“After his first visit to Latin Mass, Ramos was approached by one of the younger members who invited him out to lunch. He’s now a part of a larger group of Latin Mass members in their early 20s, whom he calls his family,” the Heraldnoted.
“Making all those friends and family, it creates a stronger bond in the faith …. having that camaraderie. It’s a support group,” Ramos said.
The Miami Herald, however, also spoke with Ana Maria Bidegain, a left-wing professor of religious studies at Florida International University who falsely claimed that Latin “became Western Europe’s standard language for church communications” when Pope Pius V codified the Tridentine Mass in the 16th century. Latin overtook Greek as the language of the Roman liturgy and becamethe official language of the Church in Rome in the fourth century.
TheHeraldfurther stated that the Second Vatican Council “decreed that altars should be turned around and priests face parishioners when celebrating Mass,” which is false. The texts of the Second Vatican Council did not discussthe position of the altar or whether the priest should face parishioners during Mass.
Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, declared that “the use of the Latin language is to be preserved in the Latin rites” and that Gregorian Chant is “specially suited to the Roman liturgy.”
These Last Days News- September 6, 2017
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Ten Things You Miss by Going to the Traditional Latin Mass...
LiturgyGuy.com reported on August 31, 2017:
by Brian Williams
In the 1999 comedy Office Space, lead character Peter Gibbons (played by actor Ron Livingston) is interviewed by a pair of consultants hired by his employer to assess personnel. In one of the film’s more famous scenes, the consultants ask Peter about recent absences from work:
Bob Porter: Looks like you’ve been missing a lot of work lately, Peter.
Peter Gibbons: Well, I wouldn’t exactly say I’ve been “missing” it, Bob.
It is in that same vein that I present this list of ten things you will “miss” by going to the Traditional Latin Mass.
1. Altar girls.Look all you want, you won’t find them. As the justification for this modern innovation comes from the 1983 Code of Canon Law and a 1994 clarification from Rome, the traditional Rite (using the 1962 liturgical books & norms) does not permit for them.
2. Lay readers.Only the priest (at a Low Mass), or deacon and subdeacon (at a High Mass) can read the Lesson & Gospel, as this function is, of course, a liturgical function. In fact, prior to their elimination by Pope Paul VI in 1972, minor orders included that of lectorfor this very purpose.
3. Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. Or as they are sometimes erroneously called, Eucharistic ministers. Nowhere in the traditional Roman Rite will you find armies of laity (often female) storming the sanctuary in secular clothing to assist with the distribution of Holy Communion. When you assist (i.e. attend) at the traditional Mass you will only receive Our Eucharistic Lord from the consecrated hands of a priest.
4. Communion in the hand. At the Latin Mass the faithful receive as all western Catholics have since the first millennium: kneeling and on the tongue. This is, of course, a means by which the Church demonstrates her reverence for the Eucharist and our very belief in the Real Presence. It’s also a way to guard against profanation of the Sacrament.
5. Mass offered facing the people (versuspopulum). Not happening at the Latin Mass. Much like the pilot of a plane or driver of a car, the priest faces the same direction as we do during Mass, ad orientem (toward the east). Remember: the Holy Sacrifice is an action directed to God, and not simply a service or a conversation among friends.
6. Bad music. Oregon Catholic Press (O.C.P.), Marty Haugen and David Haas music, those banal folk hymns from the 1970’s and 1980’s, Protestant Praise and Worship songs…all are missing from the Traditional Latin Mass. In the ancient Rite you will have to either “settle” for the sacred silence of the Low Mass, or the sung Propers, Gregorian Chant, or even (if so blessed) Palestrina, Mozart, and Bach of a High Mass.
7. Standing. While you will still stand for portions of the Mass, there are three distinct occasions in which you kneel, instead of standing, at the Traditional Mass: during the Creed (at the profession of the incarnation…“And was incarnate by the Holy Spirit…”), for receiving Holy Communion (as stated previously), andforthe final blessing at the end of Mass (following the Ita Missa est).
8. Improvisation. At the Traditional Mass you will not be subjected to the celebrant’s personality, attempts at humor, or personal preferences. The rubrics of the old Rite are precise (some might say rigid), and for good reason. The Rite demands obedience and fidelity. It’s been given to us, to priest and faithful alike, and formsusrather than being formed byus.
9. The Sign of Peace. In the old Rite there is no interruption in the Mass for a meet and greet with the guy and his family in the pew behind you. Nothing at this moment will pull your attention away from the altar. We are all (together) proceeding forward in the liturgy, singularly focused on Our Eucharistic Lord.
10. The Vernacular. Maybe this one should be obvious, but it still requires mention. The liturgical language of the Roman Rite will indeed be heard at Mass offered in the Traditional form of the Rite, as has been the case since the third century. Of course, the homily (or sermon) will be delivered to the faithful in their language. Many Catholics unfamiliar with the Traditional Rite do not know this and assume otherwise.
It is my hope that more of the faithful will seek out a Latin Mass nearest to them and see just what they’ve been missing.
CHANGES MUST BE STOPPED AND REVERSED
"There is no excuse accepted now by the Eternal Father among the clergy, who now offend the Eternal Father by misleading the children of God upon earth. The experimentation and changes must be stopped and reversed! There is no other course.”
- The Bayisde Prophecies
Our Lady of the Roses, August 4, 1979
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