The Inspired Traditionalist: September 2006

Sunday, September 17, 2006

This is what happens when you try to keep Peace???

I beleive it was a big mistake for the Pope to apologize to the Islamics, what peace did it bring??? None of course. Their way of reasoning is so bizarre that no matter what you say or do they are going to find some reason to murder. It is not a religion that they follow. It is plain sickness of the mind. A brain-washing and done at a very early age.

The only way we are going to stand faithful and true to Our Catholic Faith is to do just that, and not "cave" in to these sick individuals and their madness

I am sure the Holy Father is paying the price for his words and the repercussions that follow this, for he is human also. But I sure wish that He would stand up for Mother Church. He is right in what he believes and should not apologize for offending the minds of madmen.

He needs our prayers and forgiveness and most of all God's forgiveness, if He feels it is justifiable.

Vatican Denounces Nun's Murder in Somalia
"A Terrible Incident," Says Spokesman
VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 17, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The Vatican's spokesman denounced the killing of 66-year-old Sister Leonella Sgorbati in Somalia's capital, which her order refrains from linking to Benedict XVI's recent commentary on Islam. Two armed men shot and killed the Consolata Missionary and a Somali bodyguard today in the SOS Kindergarten Hospital in Mogadishu, reported Reuters. "It is a terrible incident ... we hope it will be isolated," said Father Federico Lombardi to the Italian news service ANSA. "I think it is the fruit of violence and irrationality, arising from the current situation, which is without motive or reason," added the Jesuit priest. A sister of the Consolata Missionaries in Italy said in statements to Reuters that the congregation has "no reason" to believe that the Italian nun's murder took place in protest against Benedict XVI's discourse on Tuesday at the University of Regensburg. Speculation has arisen in the media, however, in light of an appeal launched on Saturday by a religious leader of Mogadishu to all Muslims to revenge the interpretation given to the Pope's words. Sheikh Muktar Robow, deputy security chief of Supreme Islamic Council of Somalia (SICS), said in a statement to Missionary International Service News Agency: "We condemn the killing of the nun." "It was barbaric and contrary to the teachings of Islam," he added. Leonella Sgorbati is a native of Piacenza in northern Italy. She had been working in Somalia since 2002, where she trained nurses at the children's hospital. Today's killing was the latest in a series of slayings of foreign aid workers in Somalia, including Italian Annalena Tonelli in 2003, a Catholic who had spent 30 years fighting tuberculosis among the Somalis, and a Swedish journalist, Martin Adler, who was shot dead in June during a demonstration in Mogadishu.

Saturday, September 16, 2006

Tagged Again

This time it is a Music Meme
Compliments of Vir Speluncae Catholicus
The Liar Of the Catholic Caveman

Best Title Ever for a piece of Music

Tchaikovsky's Waltz of The Flowers

Most Underrated Guitarist

"The Edge" U2

Music that moves me to Tears

"DannyBoy" and The "Ave Maria"

Most Unusual Lead Instrument in a Piece of Music

"Moby Dick" by Led Zeppelin

Coolest Name for a Rock and Roll Band

"The Who"

Worst Genre of Music Ever

"Rap" or as I like to call it "crap"

Best Guitar Jam

Eric Clapton's "Forever Man"

Music that has ever scared your kid

I asked my daughter ( just shy of 18) and she said anything by Black Sabbath or Ozzie Osbourne

National Anthem that gets the Blood Pumping

Star Spangled Banner

I tag anyone who feels like playing!

Friday, September 15, 2006

The Feast Of Our Lady Of Sorrows

Stabat Mater Dolorosa

Latin
Stabat Mater dolorósaiuxta crucem lacrimósa,dum pendébat Fílius.Cuius ánimam geméntem,contristátam et doléntempertransívit gládius.O quam tristis et afflíctafuit illa benedícta,mater Unigéniti!Quæ mærébat et dolébat,pia Mater, dum vidébatNati poenas íncliti.Quis est homo qui non fleret,Matrem Christi si vidérettanto supplício? Quis non posset contristári,piam Matrem contempláridoléntem cum Fílio?Pro peccátis suæ gentisvidit lesum in torméntis,et flagéllis súbditum.Vidit suum dulcem Natummoriéndo desolátum,dum emísit spíritum. Eia, Mater, fons amórisme sentíre vim dolóris fac, ut tecum lúgeam. Fac ut árdeat cor meumin amándo Christum Deum,ut sibi compláceam. Sancta Mater, istud agas,Crucifíxi fige plagascordi meo válide. Tui Nati vulneráti,tam dignáti pro me pati,poenas mecum divide. Fac me tecum pie flere,Crucifíxo condolére,donec ego víxero.Iuxta crucem tecum stare,ac me tibi sociárein planctu desídero. Virgo vírginum præclára,mihi iam non sis amára,fac me tecum plángere. Fac ut portem Christi mortem,passiónis fac me sortem,et plagas recólere. Fac me plagis vulnerári,cruce hac inebriári,et cruóre Filii. Flammis urar succénsus,per te, Virgo, sim defénsusin die iudícii. Fac me cruce custodíri,morte Christi præmuníri,confovéri grátia. Quando corpus moriétur,fac ut ánimæ donéturParadísi glória.

English
At the cross her station keepingstood the mournful Mother weeping,close to Jesus to the last.Through her heart, His sorrow sharing,all His bitter anguish bearingnow at lenght the sword had passed.Oh, how sad and sore distressedwas that Mother highly blessed,of the sole-begotten One!
Christ above in torment hangs,she beneath beholds the pangsof her dying, glorious Son. Is there one who would not weep,'whelmed in miseries so deep,Christ's dear Mother to behold? Can the human heart refrainfrom partaking in her pain,in that Mother's pain untold? Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled,she beheld her tender ChildAll with scourges rent. For the sins of His own nation,saw Him hang in desolation,Till His spirit forth He sent. O sweet Mother! fount of love!Touch my spirit from above,make my heart with thine accord. Make me feel as thou hast felt;make my soul to glow and meltwith the love of Christ, my Lord. Holy Mother! pierce me through,in my heart each wound renewof my Savior crucified. Let me share with thee His pain,who for all our sins was slain,who for me in torments died. Let me mingle tears with thee,mourning Him who mourned for me,all the days that I may live. By the Cross with thee to stay,there with thee to weep and pray,is all I ask of thee to give. Virgin of all virgins blest!,Listen to my fond request:let me share thy grief divine; Let me, to my latest breath,in my body bear the deathof that dying Son of thine. Wounded with His every wound,steep my soul till it hath swooned,in His very Blood away; Be to me, O Virgin, nigh,lest in flames I burn and die,in His awful Judgment Day. Christ, when Thou shalt call me hence,by Thy Mother my defense,by Thy Cross my victory; While my body here decays,may my soul Thy goodness praise,safe in paradise with Thee. Amen.

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Holy Name Of Mary

This was taken from Catholic Culture

Most Holy Name of MaryIn accordance with Jewish custom our Lady's parents named her eight days after her birth, and were inspired to call her Mary. The feast of the Holy Name of Mary therefore follows that of her Birthday, as the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus follows Christmas. The feast originated in Spain and was approved by the Holy See in 1513; Innocent XI extended its observance to the whole Church in 1683 in thanksgiving to our Lady for the victory on September 12, 1683 by John Sobieski, king of Poland, over the Turks, who were besieging Vienna and threatening the West. This day was commemorated in Vienna by creating a new kind of pastry and shaping it in the form of the Turkish half-moon. It was eaten along with coffee which was part of the booty from the Turks.
The ancient Onomastica Sacra have preserved the meanings ascribed to Mary's name by the early Christian writers and perpetuated by the Greek Fathers. "Bitter Sea", "Myrrh of the Sea", "The Light Giver", "The Enlightened One", "Lady", "Seal of the Lord" and "Mother of the Lord" are the principal interpretations. These etymologies suppose that the Hebrew form of the name is Maryãm, not Miryãm. From the time of St. Jerome until the 16th century preferred interpretations of Mary's name in the West was "Lady", "Bitter Sea", "The Light Giver" and especially "Star of the Sea". Stella Maris was by far the favored interpretation. The revival of Hebraic studies, which accompanied the Renaissance, led to a more critical appraisal of the meanings assigned to Our Lady's name. Miryãm has all the appearance of a genuine Hebrew name, and no solid reason has been discovered to warrant rejecting the Semitic origin of the word. The Hebrew name of Mary, Miryãm, (in Latin Domina) means lady or sovereign; this Mary is in virtue of her Son's sovereign authority as Lord of the World. We call Mary our Lady as we call Jesus our Lord, and when we pronounce her name we affirm her power, implore her aid and place ourselves under her protection.

Monday, September 11, 2006

Please remember in your prayers all the victims of The 911 Terrorist Attacks that took place in New York, Washington and Pa.

Please also pray for those family members and friends left behind

Also Pray for the soul of Juan William Rivera whom I have been selected to honor

I had a Mass said for him yesterday and we need to continue our prayers.

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

The Eucharist Trampled at an Outrageous Rate

I was having a discussion with a friend of mine on an article she read. She said it was about a Eucharistic Minister, who feeling guilty about handing out Our Lord, and why he stopped. He said that he couldn't be part of what he had come to realize. These realities are disturbing and when you actually give it thought, how can it not be true. I researched and found the article she was talking about

SEE STORY BELOW

He wanted to perform a test on his own. He distributed the bread to observe very closely the particles that could come off and how they can be transported about via means of hands, and clothing, and the floor. The amounts of particles had been astonishing

Now this whole story got me to thinking that if you add up the number of people receiving Communion in the hand an then add all the Masses in a weekend and then if particles are being dropped at a good rate, the amount of particles of the Eucharist that are being trappled on, stepped on, kneeled on, and sat on, just floors me. You are not safe anywhere you go even on the steps leading into the church. Now also,remember that the Church gets vacuumed as well. Our Lord is probably inside those filthy bas as well. If this doesn't sicken you and change your mind about receiving in the hand then I don't know if anything ever will. Our Lord is being dropped everywhere and we are crushing Him daily. I don't think I will ever enter a Church again knowing it is quite possible Jesus is being stepped on by Me!!! Oh Lord forgive us and please stop this outrage of Communion in the hand.

Even in our Traditional Masses we need to remind our altar boys of how important it is to be very careful of how they handle the paten, for Jesus could be present and they need to be extremely careful and guard that paten!

Thursday, August 17, 2006
"Eucharistic Minister's" Confession: Startling Study on Communion in the Hand

An article was published in the latest Fatima Crusader put out by Fr. Nicholas Gruner's Apostolate called the Confession of a Eucharistic Minister. This startling story is about a courageous man given the grace to see the absolute evil of Communion in the hand and its utterly unbelievable consequences.

He goes on to make a study on Communion in the hand and he records the number of particles which detach from the altar breads and with the naked eye are visible on the "ministers" hand, the communicants hand, and thus eventually the floor or another destination unknown. When we reflect that under the sacramental veil, in each little particle of the host is the true presence of the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, we are absolutely baffled at the result of this study.

The study consisted of 25 trial "Communions" which were done with altar breads. The result was 92 VISIBLE PARTICLES attached to the "ministers" hand and the communicants hand in those 25 "Communions". Each "Communion" averaged 3.68 particles per communicant. The conclusion of all this is that a typical Church which houses the Novus Ordo mass, with Communion in the hand, leaves a veritable mine-field of Eucharistic Particles which people trample under foot!!!!

This study showed with moral certainty that one would be stomping on the gentle Jesus if entering a N.O. Church if that Church was not properly purified! May God help us, and send an end to this horrible time, and bring us back exclusively to the Tridentine Mass and Sacraments, which so well protected our dear Lord in the greatest gift of Love ever given to this wretched world.

Monday, September 04, 2006

I've Been Tagged

Recta Ratio

Thomas Fitzpatrick
has been so kind as to have tagged me with this meme
It really made me think and some of these were difficult to choose, especially the Saints. There are so many to select from and I narrowed them down....

List in these categories, Whom you would like to "Have a Deep Conversation" with...

Saints

To Be Cannonized

American Heroes

Authors/Writers

Celebrities

Well here I go: (Keep in mind of course, this could be subject to change at any time)

1. SAINTS

A. St. Therese Lisieux
B. St. Francis of Assisi
C. St. Theresa of Avila
D. St. Alphonsus Liguori
E. St. Margaret Mary Alocoque

2. To Be Cannonized

A. Ven. Archbishop Fulton Sheen
B. Pope Pius XII
C. Ven. John Henry Cardinal Newman
D. Pope John Paul II
E. Mother Theresa of Calcutta

3. American Heroes

A. George Washington
B. Henry Hudson
C. Helen Keller
D. Susan B. Anthony
E. Abe Lincoln

4. Authors/Writers

A. St. Augustine
B. William Shakespeare
C. Dorothy Parker
D. H.G. Wells
E. Nathaniel Hawthorne/ Rudyard Kipling ( they were tied)

5. Celebrities

A. Mel Gibson
B. Mike Piazza/Thurman Munson (tied)
C. Carol Burnett
D. Bette Midler
E. The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem (sorry couldn't resist)

Now I get to Tag Five More