Mater Dolorosa Shrine
Omnis in Ea sine Ea nulla
Fr. Eric Ramos
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"Therefore, brothers, stand firm; and hold the traditions which you have learned,
whether by word, or by our epistle." 2 Thessalonians 2:14
Traditional Latin Mass offered clandestinely during the Cristero persecution in Mexico
Why the Latin Mass
In order to preserve and maintain the Roman Catholic Faith of all time, we only use the Tridentine Mass and Sacraments as was done until Vatican II. We do not adhere to the Latin Mass on account of a superficial preference but for the sake of fidelity to the Church and Her authentic Deposit of Faith. The Papal Bull of St Pius V, ‘Quo Primum’, approved and promulgated the Tridentine Mass in perpetuity. Furthermore, Pope St Pius V attached a curse to those who would even dare to change a single word. One can listen to the now deceased Fr. Gommar DePauw, explaining this very point and also the fact the Tridentine Mass is perpetually approved.
Fr. Gommar DePauw
Novus Ordo Missae (New Order Mass)
The New Mass was written with the help of six Protestants while the chief architect was Cardinal Annibale Bugnini who was known to be a Freemason. The New Mass does not come to us from our Holy Mother the Church, but from the hands of Protestants, FreeMasons, modernist heretics, and apostate innovators. These enemies of Christ sought to extinguish the light of Faith in Catholics. One can read an in-depth study on the theological shift found in the New Mass and also how Bugnini destroyed the Mass in the ‘Ottaviani Intervention’ by Michel-Louis Guerard des Lauriers. Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani spotted the deviation and was opposed to all the Protestant novelties. Cardinal Ottaviani was the Secretary of the Holy Office in the Roman Curia.
Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani
Missa Tridentina
The Tridentine Mass expresses the Faith of the Church regarding the Sacrificial nature of the Mass since it is the very same sacrifice of Christ on the Cross on Good Friday at 3PM. Even though the first Mass was celebrated by Our Lord on Holy Thursday within the context of a supper meal, the Last Supper was indeed the Sacrifice of Christ on the Cross and the first Mass. God is not bound to time, time is a measurement of motion on this earth. In fact, God is always in the eternal now. This is why the Last Supper and all the Masses ever celebrated and that will be celebrated are the one and same sacrifice of Christ on the cross on Mount Calvary.
The Error of Antiquarianism.
One is told that the New Mass is closer to how the early Christians said Mass, yet this is the error of Antiquarianism, condemned by Pope Pius XII in his encyclical ‘Mediator Dei’.
Vatican II. The reality is that the bare bones of the Tridentine Mass date back to Apostolic times. Additionally, the Traditional Mass has existed as we see it today only with minor changes. For example, Pope Saint Gregory the Great, moved the ‘Pater Noster”, to be prayed after the consecration during Mass instead of before the consecration. Pope Saint Gregory the Great took the Roman Rite as it was, and simply made a minor adjustment, unlike what was done at Vatican II. Instead, Vatican II discarded the Tridentine Mass and concocted a completely new Rite of the Mass over a short period of time, this was unheard of in the Roman Rite. One must recall the sobering words of Our Lord, “By their fruits yea shall know them.” One cannot deny the bitter fruits of Vatican II. One must ask himself if the New Mass is even pleasing to God with its verbatim, Jewish Seder Meal offertory, its down play of the instituted Priesthood of Jesus Christ, its removal of any reference to relics and very little mention of the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Saints. Furthermore, the New Mass has an exaggerated emphasis on the supper meal instead of The Sacrifice of Calvary resulting in a disdain for Christ's death on the Cross. This abhorrence of the Cross results in making the focal point of the Mass, the supper meal and the Resurrection of Christ, this is obvious in the music and the casual demeanor of the priests and faithful. Undeniably, the mystery of the Resurrection is a truth of our faith but not the essence of the Mass. The essence of the Mass is sacrifice, particularly, the Sacrifice of Calvary, the death of Christ on the Cross. On account of this reality, the Traditional Mass expresses the true sacrificial nature of the Mass clearly and beautifully, shrouding the Great Mystery of the Cross with Latin. Without the death of Christ on the Cross, there is no redemption no salvation, we were redeemed by the cross not the resurrection!
The Mass and Doctrine.
Attached to the Mass is the Deposit of Faith, all the doctrines that cannot be abandoned, downplayed, nor set aside. For example, outside of the Catholic Church, there is no salvation, Social Kingship of Christ, (reaffirming the sovereignty of Christ the King, including the union of Church and state, this teaching was reiterated by Pius XI in Quas Primas) In addition, the following doctrines were sidelined, Indulgences, the existence of Purgatory, the Perpetual Virginity of the Mother of God, the intercession of the Mother of God and the Saints. The Thomistic Philosophy and Theology which are the underpinnings that support and uphold the true essence of the Mass and Sacraments, are necessary tools for teaching and expressing the truths of the Catholic Faith without error. Catholics must remain faithful to the deposit of faith and never compromise the faith for the sake of approval, nor for the sake of canonical standing. St Thomas defines heresy as: “A species of infidelity in men who, having professed the faith of Christ, corrupt its dogmas”. The ambiguity with which the documents of Vatican II were written indeed corrupted dogmas and outright presented contradictions. To make matters worse, novel doctrines were introduced.
Francis praying at Istanbul Mosque
Novelty Doctrines
Lamentably, novelty doctrines have crept in with Vatican II such as: Collegiality which down plays the supremacy of the papacy and allows bishops to share in the power of the pope, religious liberty, teaching that we can pick and choose what religion we choose, according to our conscience, this teaching completely overthrows the reality that truth exists and that God has revealed a true religion, the Catholic Religion. Ecumenism is a dangerous source of scandal, calling Catholics to dialogue with nonCatholics. Ecumenism excludes any intentions of converting others to the Catholic Faith. Traditionally, the Church tried to bring souls to embrace the Truths of the Faith through debate and argumentation, this was one of the means employed to propagate the Catholic Religion. Instead, the ecumenism of Vatican II has killed the missionary spirit and its impetus, contradicting Our Lord’s command to go make disciple’s of all nations baptizing them.
Clearly, this is an unmistakable deviation from the Catholic Faith, this deviation concludes in heresy and apostasy. With Vatican II, Catholics were given an illegal New Mass with a Protestant spirituality at its core, new doctrines, new Philosophies and Theologies to support and promote all the errors resulting in heresy.
The problem with the Indult Groups.
According to “The Catholic Encyclopedia” by Wilhelm J, there are two ways in which heretics deviate: The first is in the flat out denial of Christ such as the Pagans, Muslims, and Jews. The second mode of heretical deviation, is in limiting belief in specific and selected points of doctrine and fashioned at pleasure.
This is exactly what the modernist heretics did at Vatican II. They deliberately wrote in an ambiguous manner. Then, they put a different spin on some of the Catholic teachings, they fashioned new doctrines and contradicted the Church's previous teachings. This is why all of Vatican II must be rejected, all of it is corrupted and tainted with new doctrines and riddled with the corruption of authentic doctrines. For example, the document of ‘Gaudium te Spes’ states that we worship the true God together with the Muslims and the Jews. This is blatant heresy and blasphemy. The Jews and Muslims both hate and reject Our Lord Jesus Christ denying His Divinity and rejecting His True Church.
Vatican II in session
According to Divine Revelation, the Sacred Scriptures, and the authentic Magisterium of the Catholic Church, the True God is a Trinitarian God i.e. Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Therefore, anyone who doesn’t worship the Most Blessed Trinity, is not worshiping the True God! Moreover, any Catholic, who denies the Catholic God, denies the Most Blessed Trinity and is a heretic!
The approved groups such as the Fraternity of St Peter, the Institute of Christ the King, and other similar groups, will indeed gripe behind closed doors about Vatican II, the New Mass, the change and shift in doctrine since Vatican II. Yet, these approved groups won't utter one honest remark exposing the evils of Vatican II from the pulpit. This approach is highly disingenuous and unethical. Sadly, conservative priests from the Novus Ordo who say approved Latin Masses have a similar yet distinct problem. They say the Latin Mass in gorgeous Churches, wear fine vestments, wear beautiful cassocks but they are not formed in Thomistic Scholastic tradition which is the necessary foundation to understand and teach the Faith expressed in the Latin Mass. These priests are no different than Anglican priests who say the Traditional Latin Mass. The Mass is undeniably attached to the Deposit of Faith. The reality is that these groups will remain silent for the sake of their false approval and supposed faculties which are actually null and void. Those who deny one iota of the Deposit of Faith, are preaching a different Faith and are outside the Catholic Church, outside the Mystical Body of Christ. Therefore, they do not have the authority to approve or disapprove of any member of the clergy and are also cut off from grace. Since they are outside of the Church with their new religion, they do not have any jurisdiction or canonical standing. Again, one must ask himself, from whom do these groups seek approval. Let us recall the sobering words of St Paul to the Galatians 1:9
“So now I say again: If anyone preaches to you a gospel, besides that which you have received, let him be anathema”.
We must recall the words and action of St John upon noticing the presence of a heretic: “Let us fly, lest even the bath-house fall down, because Cerinthus, the enemy of the truth, is within!” (Against Heresies, 3.3.4) St John ran out of the bath-house after saying these words.
St John running out after spotting the heretic Cerinthus
St Hermenegild refusing Communion from heretic bishop
Finally, let us call to mind St Hermenegild who refused to receive communion from an Arian Bishop and was consequently beheaded upon the orders of his staunch Arian father, the king of the Visigoths. St Hermenegild knew that receiving Communion is a symbol of Catholic Unity and he knew that Arian heretics were outside of the Mystical Body of Christ. This is why he refused to receive communion from the heretic, Arian bishop and was martyred for his fidelity to the Roman Catholic Church.
The New Code of Canon Law
The 1917 Code protects the rights of the faithful and guarantees the observance of due process in canonical cases. The New 1983 Code of Canon Law presents a grave problem since it is a practical application of the new theology and teachings that emanated from Vatican II. The purpose of the New Code of Canon Law is inverted and is designed to protect the rights of the clergy. This explains why the Novus Ordo is riddled with sex-scandals and the priests just transferred from parish to parish. The Novus Ordo clergy were actually following the protocol of the 1983 Code. One can read about this in the article “Interpretation of Canon Law allows priests to go Free…” by Matthew David.
https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2023/10/cameroonian-rapist-priest-rehabilitated/
The 1917 Code of Canon Law, Canon 1013 Section 1, states that the primary end of marriage is procreation and the education of children, the secondary end is mutual help and the allaying of concupiscence. The 1983 Code inverted the ends of marriage and thus opened the door to contraception and other evils. Furthermore, the 1983 Code creates new and unheard of loopholes opening the doors to ongoing annulments. The following are examples of the New loopholes in the 1983 code used often by the tribunals in order to grant annulments:
Canon 1095.1.2 those who suffer from a grave lack of discretionary judgment concerning the essential matrimonial rights and obligations to be mutually given and accepted;
Canon 1095.1.3 those who, because of causes of a psychological nature, are unable to assume the essential obligations of marriage.
Obviously, this makes a total mockery of the Sacrament of Matrimony contradicting the indissolubility of marriage, making the martyrdom of Saints John Fisher and Thomas More seem to be in vain. The Catholic Church has consistently upheld that marriage can only be annulled in very precise and rare instances that require evidence proving the marriage to be invalid from the very start, in accordance with the Church’s Tradition and the 1917 Code of Canon Law. Since the New 1983 Code supports the new theology, contributing further to the rupture from the Faith, it must entirely be rejected, in good conscience, by Catholics.
The Church’s Councils.
According to the history of the Catholic Church, Councils have always been convened by the Church to condemn error or to define dogma. Vatican II presented a complete departure from this role and gave Vatican II a totally new role, i.e. “A Pastoral Council”. This was absolutely never heard of in the Church! With this new twist, the modernists at the council got away with reinventing the Catholic Religion. When council fathers voiced concerns regarding the new teaching in the documents of Vatican II, they were simply reassured that nothing was being condemned nor defined since this was only “A Pastoral Council”. According to the deceased Bishop Salvador Lazo of the Philippines, the enemies of the Faith got away with so much destruction and dismantling of the Catholic Church by taking advantage of their trust and reassuring them that they needn’t worry about “A Pastoral Council”. Some books that speak about this are: ‘The Rhine flows into the Tiber’ by Rev. Ralph M. Wiltgen, ‘Vatican II About Face’ by Fr. Luigi Villa, ‘They Have Uncrowned Him’ by Archbishop Lefevbre, ‘Iota Unum’ by Romano Amerio.
The use of Latin
Since Calvary is such a tremendous mystery, it is fitting to use a dead language. The Roman Rite adopted Latin and after it became a dead language, the Church continued to use it to this day. Latin compliments the mystery of the Cross by adding an air of mystery. Nevertheless, the Protestants are wrong when they falsely accuse the Church of using Latin to keep the faithful in the dark, this is absolutely absurd. Since the Latin Language is dead, the words can no longer change in their meaning thus guaranteeing to the faithful, the confection of the Sacraments as long as the words are pronounced correctly. Also, it is fitting to reserve Latin exclusively for the worship of God. Latin is a precise and sacred language, it is not used to do business, to have idle conversations, or to curse our neighbors, but to worship God.
Wojtyla (John Paul II) praying with pagans and heretics in the name of Ecumenism https://youtu.be/niDpQx43K3w?si=HReEl2qrFGjGUNwJ
One must remember the prophecy of Our Lady of Lasalette, which was approved by the Church, “Rome will lose the Faith and become the seat of the Antichrist ''. In addition, Our Lady of Good Success told Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres that in the 20th century, the Church would be infiltrated by secret societies, priests would become cesspools of impurity, children would be born out of wedlock and corrupted at a young age.
Our Lady of Good Success appearing to Mother Mariana
Why should a sincere Catholic seek approval from a hierarchy that has apostatized with a good number of clergy belonging to the Masonic Sects who are also communist sympathizers and riddled with erroneous non Catholic doctrines, pedophilia, and Satinism? One ceases to be a Catholic when a single article of the Faith is denied. There are many amongst the Catholic clergy and hierarchy that are only nominally Catholic but are nothing but usurpers who make a mockery of the Catholic Church and seek to stifle her, dismantle and destroy her. How can one seek approval from these men who do not love Christ and His Church, who are not even Catholic due to their denial of the teachings of our Holy Religion? How can these jackals possibly have faith if they have adopted the New Religion of Vatican II with all of its errors and evolution of doctrine? Then, they oblige the laity to accept these errors under the pretense of “False Obedience”. The law of obedience does not bind when asked to commit sin including accepting errors! Those who are confused regarding the question of approval and jurisdiction, must ask of themselves, from whom they seek approval!
One must recall the words of Our Lady of Fatima regarding the diabolical disorientation causing many souls to be led astray and not knowing where to find the Truth. One of the hallmarks of Satan is inversion, what is up is now down and vice-versa, night becomes day and day becomes night. One cannot compromise any principle of the Catholic Faith for the sake of approval, never does a wrong make a right. Our Lord says: He who is not with me is against me: and he who gathereth not with me, scattereth”, Matthew 12:30 and “No errant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or he will hold to the one, and despise the other'', Luke 16:13.
Despite the enemies of Christ, the Catholic Faith is approved and operates with jurisdiction even in a crisis, since Our Lord is the invisible head of His Mystical Body! The Church was established by Christ and she will continue her work for the salvation of souls until the end of time. Our Lord promised the gates of hell would never prevail against her but this promise doesn’t imply at all that the church will be perpetually glorious as she has been in the past and that all the clergy would be faithful. In spite of the obvious apostasy today, the Church nevertheless supplies the necessary jurisdiction when the faithful approach traditional priests for the Sacraments. A simple analogy to explain: Suppose a priest from a certain American diocese were to get on a plane and fly to Europe, suddenly, as the plane flys over the Atlantic Ocean, a Catholic passenger has a heart attack and death is imminent. Due to the emergency/crisis, the priest has the supplied jurisdiction to absolve the passenger and give the Last Rites. Similarly, today, the Church finds herself in a crisis and state of emergency. Since Vatican II the "Mainstream Church" promotes the religion of man, the religion of the new world order and not the Catholic Religion. The Church has truly been reduced to a remnant. Consequently, there are only a few traditional Catholic priests upholding the Faith. The Church supplies the jurisdiction to these faithful priests for the sake of the salvation of souls since Christ instituted the Sacraments for the sanctification and salvation of souls. St. Alphonsus DeLiguori states that when the case of true necessity arises, a priest does not sin when he makes use of supplied jurisdiction in administering the Sacraments for the faithful who are in need.
Finally, Catholics will profit much today by familiarizing themselves and taking heed to the prophecies of Our Lady of La Salette, Fatima, Garabandal, Akita. Also, one would profit from reading Chiesa Viva by Fr. Luigi Villa about the Masonic infiltration of the Catholic Church. Fr Luigi Villa was chosen by Padre Pío to study the Masonic infiltration and approved by Pope Pius the XII himself to carry out this investigation.
Padre Pío, Fr Leo McNamara, & Madame Katarina Tangari.
Padre Pío and Fr. McNamara were both stigmatist priests who lived parallel lives in the 20th century. Padre Pío was a Capuchin priest in Italy while Fr. McNamara was a secular priest in the Diocese of Chicago, Illinois. Both priests were very holy victim souls, constantly attacked by the devil, even physically. Both priests refrained from saying the New Mass. Fr McNamara was persecuted by Cardinal Cody of Chicago for saying the Traditional Latin Mass until his death. Fr McNamara even made his own funeral arrangements to guarantee that he would have a Requiem Mass said for his funeral instead of the New Mass.
Fr Franklin Leo McNamara
Padre Pío saying his last Mass, the Traditional Mass
Madame Katharina Tangari was Padre Pío’s spiritual daughter for 18 years. Madame Tangari gives detailed accounts regarding Padre Pio’s life, miracles and faith in her book, “Stories of Padre Pio by Madame Katharina Tangari”. Padre Pio gave her the apostolate of helping souls under communist oppression by bringing to them religious articles. On one occasion she was caught by the communists and miraculously spared. After this event, she dedicated herself to promoting the preservation of the Traditional Mass. She helped SSPX traditional priests in setting up Mass centers, until her death. How is it that a spiritual daughter of Padre Pio, rejected the New Mass and clung to the Traditional Mass? It was on account of Madame Tangari’s Faith and the 18 years of Padre Pio’s spiritual direction that she was able to distinguish blind and false obedience, from authentic obedience to the Catholic Faith!
Madame Katharina Tangari
Spiritual daughter of Padre Pio for 18 years
In conclusion, in order to keep the Faith one cannot compromise it for the sake of false approval. One cannot accept the errors in the name of false obedience. One must remain faithful to Christ and His Bride the Roman Catholic Church. One must reject all the errors and innovations, especially the new mass, new sacraments, and new doctrines.
"And we charge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you
withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly, and not according to
the tradition which they have received from us." 2 Thessalonians 3:6
Who is Fr. Luigi Villa by Doctor Franco Adessa
https://www.chiesaviva.com/donluigivilla%20ing.pdf
St Hermenegild Martyr
https://www.traditioninaction.org/SOD/j304sd_Herm_4_13.htm
The Surprisingly Harsh Way St John Responded to a Heretic
https://www.churchpop.com/the-surprisingly-harsh-way-st-john-the-apostle-responded-to-a-heretic/
Vatican II: Renewal or New Religion?
http://www.catholicapologetics.info/modernproblems/vatican2/renew2.html
Our Lady of La Salette (Approved by the Church but now despised and discredited by the Modernist Rome)
https://youtu.be/quo2c8L-k9M?si=uHcBmvSZ3cv_P985
Our Lady of Fatima (Approved by the Church but now downplayed by Modernist Rome. Our Lady specified that Consecration of Russia was to be done by Pius XI before 1911 in order to avoid all of the atrocities of the 20th century including Vatican II. For some mysterious reason, Pope Pius XI never performed the consecration of Russia)
https://youtu.be/RxZBxEJz1v8?si=HyzLbtafZVz2Fb-2
https://youtu.be/Zvy2ADhwBKY?si=IUsk7g8bXGSjNQ_a
Our Lady of Garabandal (Discarded by Modernist Rome since it echoes Our Lady of La Salette and Fatima. Vatican II was unfolding when our Lady gave these messages. Also, the messages speaks about the perdition of the clergy and the lack of reverence to the Most Blessed Sacrament)
https://youtu.be/w2I-IVWsWmw?si=NGt9_9iGtCKFv-cE
https://youtu.be/lUYuO7M4k_s?si=wjwzgBXD4JuRb3xk
Our Lady of Akita (Discarded by Modernist Rome since it echoes the message of La Salette, Fatima and Garabandal. Sister Agnes was hidden away somewhere in a rest home in Japan.)
https://youtu.be/CAOFe1p26xk?si=pdjsuDvdJJ1G6If-
https://youtu.be/6MGMx5uVRQg?si=Kyrem6yQ1rLG3j12