Hoverboards, Charismatics and Liturgical Abuse

At least 10 years of seminary formation.

One decade!

That is how long a man spends inside the seminary before he is ordained to the priesthood.

You might be surprised to know that in all those years that a man is trained in the seminary, not a single day is dedicated to train them to respect the liturgical norms of the Church.

Truth of the matter is that these seminaries and theology schools don't even read the General Instructions of the Roman Missal.  Instead, they bombard the poor seminarians with liturgical wackology from Chupungco and the San Beda Gang of Liturgical Hooligans subjecting the poor students to a liturgical mind conditioning sessions as if they are under a liturgical water treatment  torture.

Inculturation? Check.
Creativities? Check.
Wanton disregard for liturgical patrimony? Check.
Do-it-yourself liturgy? Check.

These are the people who always claim "Vatican II reformed this!" but would not even tell you that Gregorian Chant was mandated by Vatican II!  EMHCs was never mandated by Vatican II.

"Oh TPC. You're being too legalistic!"

Oh really, now?

So when do we follow the rule and when do we disregard it?

Whose law are we going to follow?

Chupungco and his gang of liturgical hooligans?

Is it really about the law or is it about who we really worship at Mass?

When the Holy Mass becomes a personal play thing for the liturgist (a woman who just doesn't know what doctorate she wants in her life...hello there San Beda!) and for a priest who wants to desperately become a bishop he begged to be transferred to a shrine near the seat of civil power (hello there inside the lamp!), thing is you would rather have Willie Revillame, Vice Ganda and Joey de Leon whip up a smorgasboard of an worship service masked as an entertainment program (or vice versa) and it will rake in the ratings and big bucks!  More entertaining and you folks at home get to bring home the cash! *ka ching!*

So we get the adoring fans of these priests, thinking that "Hey!  Mass isn't boring with this guy around!"  Thanks to our world class liturgists who spend more time destroying the liturgical reforms of the popes and creating their own brand of the Mass (hello Misa ng Sambayanang Pilipino!), rather than catechizing the laity about what the Mass really is.

So these fanatics whip out their cellphones and proudly video their hunk of a priest gliding down the aisle of the church in a sassy hoverboard, thinking "Hey!  This guy's great!"  (You can hear her admire how great the priest was in using the hoverboard while singing.)

And...boom! You get the priest suspended (and still whining and bitching that what he did is ok.)

PS:  The Diocese of San Pablo is a bed rock of liturgical abusers. Remember this YES Camp?  That priest there acting ala Willie R is the Diocesan Youth Minister.  Swag!

If the exception becomes the rule, then by all means, pose all your pictures in Facebook and Instagram and we'll be collecting them here in The Pinoy Catholic as long as we want!

If you think that what you are doing is right and acceptable by Church law, then go and videotape yourself like that priest in Megamall who can't stop orating and watching tambourine dancers every Sunday!

Go ahead!  And share what you have to offer in liturgical creativity to the whole world!

As I have said before, again and again, and after the Synod of Bishops on the Family...imagine the Second Vatican Council happening during this era, when all the technology is at our disposal, things would have turned differently.

I am afraid that these liturgical hooligans wouldn't dare document their adventures.  They know it's wrong and they know they will find their day in court.

Kudos and more prayers to Bishop Buenaventura Famadico of San Pablo for immediately addressing the issue of liturgical abuse in his diocese.

Kudos to you Your Excellency for having the episcopal spine to stand up and do what is expected of a Roman Catholic bishop!  You need a lot of our prayers and supports because your diocese has full of misfits and hooligans and I'm not just talking about liturgical abuse..........yes.......I know who you are.......


In hindsight, do you think people will give a hoot if the priest did not ride a hoverboard?

Was it because that gadget is too expensive and people are up in arms against a cleric using that?  Maybe he borrowed it?

Was it really about the gadget or is it a sign that people are now thinking about what the Mass really is.

If you think it is another specialty course you can get from Bukidnon, San Beda and Rome that you can just experiment with, just look at this picture and go party!

Blame Fr. Diwa and other proponents of Communion in the Hand!

This is a screengrab of the "performance artist's" (ring a bell?  Yup. Carlita Celdran the tour gay of Intramuros.) Instagram account proudly showing his "art" in the form of the not-so-politically correct way of sending his message.  He claims to have collected "242 pieces of consecrated hosts" which he used to place on the concrete pavement to spell "pederasty".  You can read more about this here.

For the uninformed, Pederasty is the homosexual activity between a man and a pubescent or adolescent boy, or in today's language, before the age of consent.  This became prominent in the 6th century especially in Athenian Greece. It was evidently a jab against the Catholic Church and the sex abuse scandal.  It was evidently implying that there is a culture of pederasty in the Church.

To dissect this event we can look at it at both ways.

The Celdranite says that he was able to collect the hosts by attending Mass.  If we put that in numbers, he would have at least attended every single Mass every day for a whole year to accomplish that.  How would the hosts not deteriorated?

If he attended Mass 4 times in a day, it would have taken him at least 60 days to accomplish that collection.  If that were the case, does this guy even have a real job? Or he does

Or it could be that these hosts are not actually consecrated and are just used for publicity.

Well, the "artist", the organizers and the City Council of Pamplona who allowed this to happen got the publicity they got as lawsuits left and right are filed against them.

Which now begs the question...

Will this "collection" ever happen if Communion were distributed on the tongue?

News of host desecration, hosts being found under pews and on the floors of churches and chapels continue to abound.

And we have liturgists who flaunt their degrees and certificates in Liturgy but do not do anything against liturgical abuse?

I'd blame them for this!

I'd blame them for the continuing lost of the sens of the sacred of the people!

I'd blame them over and over again!

PS:  And we have seminarians being trained this way!

If we have future priests like this, God save your Church!

When younger priests won't kneel

I am suffering from arthritis and I know the pain.

But you have just got to push through with that effort to show how much you love this Person.  And so you bend it, even though it cracks, even though it is painful.

You just have to do it.

Why?

Because it is the right thing to do.

Because it is the proper thing to do.

Because I want to show this as an example to the younger generations.

Because it is how I show my love for Him.

Make this viral!

You see younger ones who would not serve the Mass if it were not a celebrity cleric celebrating.

Or if the wedding is not Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes.

Or the baptism, confirmation and first communion does not involve Liza Soberano.

And you see younger ones who don't even kneel.

You know who you are.

In fact they teach it seminaries, convents and schools of liturgy.

Proof of it is that you see it on TV every week.  And everyday in parishes.

Nakakahiya.

Annibale Bugnini, the master architect of the New Mass, took out almost all of the genuflections of the Mass even though it was not mandated by the Council Fathers or Sacrosanctum Concilium.

When he was assigned to Iran as pro-nuncio, it was then that the ruthless Ayatollah Khomeini took power and so a theocracy ruled the country.  The Ayatollah summoned the members of the diplomatic corps into his presence and made them kneel down to him as a pledge of obedience.  Among those in the presence of the Ayatollah was Bugnini. He knelt.

When news of this event reached Rome, members of the Curia, in traditional Italian fashion, joked that Bugnini in Iran was doing all the genuflections he had removed from the Mass.

So the next time you are in the presence of Christ, in the church, during Mass, during the exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, inside a Eucharistic Adoration chapel.............KNEEL!

NOT THAT ONE!!! (those who are into the Christopher Reeves Superman would know this.)

These ones!

Do it before the opportunity is FORCED upon you.

St. Josemaria Escriva celebrated ONLY the Traditional Latin Mass

St. Josemaría was always first and foremost obedient, but he could not read the faded print in the new edition of the Roman Missal (see this photo). He had cataracts and found it difficult and painful to read the poor quality typeset. Also, the saint had experienced certain mystical moments associated with particular words, sentences, and structural parts of the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. Such moments had been a part of his spiritual life since boyhood and through his priesthood. In having to celebrate the Mass of Paul VI, the saint would have been cut off from this.

Finally, it was the saint’s secretary, Don Alvaro del Portillo, who at the behest of the saint telephoned Msgr. Annibale Bugnini to ask permission to continue celebrating the Classical Rite. Monsignor Bugnini was quick in his response: “You don’t need permission from me. Just continue to celebrate the Mass of St. Pius V.”

This was taken from the blog of Rome tour guide, Mr. Orbis himself, John Sonnen.

Another account says that the Saint simply didn't like the New Mass and applied for an indult to say privately until his death, the Mass of his ordination.

The saint himself is nurtured by the Mass of All Ages.

And this is also the same reason why Pope Benedict XVI liberalized the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass now officially known as the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.

Which made me remember something.

There was once a raging lunatic cleric who said that those who attend and celebrate the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite are "sedevacantists, attackers of Vatican II and haters of Pope Francis".

The photo above shows the Saint celebrating the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.  Note the placement of the Missal is on the Gospel side (left side of the altar) and the Host is resting on the corporal. That is the reason why the corporal is called THE corporal.  The Body of Christ rests on it.

There are those who say that this is NOT a Traditional Latin Mass but a Novus Ordo Mass and they use this photo below as "proof".

They claim that this is a concelebrated Mass which only happens in the Traditional Latin Mass during an Ordination.

If you see priests now concelebrating with a stole over a surplice, that is a ONE IN A LIFETIME thing!  Bring out your phone cameras and click away!  Most Filipino priests especially in their private Masses would celebrate Mass, offer the Holy Sacrifice in their jammies like these!

So seeing them in their cassock, surplice and stole concelebrating and NOT in the proper vestments (alb, stole, cassock) is such a PRIVILEGE to behold! You won't expect these priest to dress up this way when they get invited to a party in a posh hotel or in a VIP gathering in Malacanang or the US Embassy. Noooooooo!  They dress properly for every event EXCEPT for Holy Mass.

Watch out!  I got a lot of photos of that CREATIVE Mass in San Agustin.

Stay tuned.

Going back...

The photo of St. Josemaria with the priests behind him is NOT a concelebrated Novus Ordo Mass.

Those priests are properly vested to assist in distributing Holy Communion. Why?  Even today, THAT is the proper vestment for a priest not concelebrating, not celebrating but distributing Holy Communion because a priest, bishop and deacon are the ORDINARY ministers of Holy Communion.  Lay people, including nuns, are EXTRAORDINARY Ministers of Holy Communion.

That was a lot for a post.

Whew!

Time to go rest for the moment.

Meanwhile, somewhere in Molo, Iloilo

Not even the gnarly little fingers of Geny can influence the priests here to take away the crucifix at the center of the altar!

Bring back the crucifix at the center of the altar, not on the side, but at the center and on the altar!

This is the Benedictine Altar arrangement.  Benedictine meaning from the liturgical influence of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI and not the Benedictine monk who started the liturgical nonsense in the country.

TPC Kudos to the parish priest of St. Anne Parish in Iloilo!  You make your church befitting as a house of worship!  God bless you Father!!!

Kudos too to the TPC reader who sent this via Facebook.

GULP Alert: Desecrating a Catholic church

This is not a scene from a movie.

This actually happened.

It was a masquerade ball for their parish priest who will be re-assigned to another parish.

This happened in Sampaloc, Manila.

A holy place, dedicated to the worship of the One True God, turned into a social hall.

If young Catholics treat holy places such as these for such a mundane manner, why be surprised if people do not regard marriage or life in the womb as sacred?!

We do this to our youth. So stop the whining why the world is into same sex "marriage" now.

Nothing is holy anymore. Nothing is sacred anymore. Nothing deserves respect anymore....EXCEPT......

A person's "rights" also know us....WHIMS and CAPRICES.

Right, Fr. Diwa?

What is happening in the Archdiocese of Cebu?

Before when Benedict XVI was still pope, this was how it looked like in the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral.

And now, since Benedict XVI isn't pope anymore, this is how it looks like.

Was the placement of the candles aka Benedictine Altar arrangement really the right thing to do or was it done BECAUSE it is the POLITICALLY right thing to do?

Not even a candle near the altar!  And the last photo was taken during the Chrism Mass.

What is happening to the Archdiocese of Cebu?

Diwa caught you now?

Sad.

Faithful Catholics were pinning their hopes on you.

Glory to God for the 2015 Papal Masses in PHL

Composed by Fr. Manoling Francisco, SJ now being sung in Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of Manila.

I heard it sung at Edsa Shrine this Sunday.  Lasted for almost 10 minutes!  That beat your usual Gregorian chant, Missa de Angelis Gloria which only runs for 3:20!

The antiphon is in English, Latin, Bisaya, Tagalog and Ilocano.

Three verses.  First in Ilocano, next in Tagalog, and then the last one in Cebuano.

So if you are like most of Filipinos here in Manila, chances are you will only understand two out of five languages/dialects used.

Which makes you scratch your head.

Why not just one language?

Why not just English?  Why not just Tagalog?  Why not just Latin?

So the liturgists of the Archdiocese will spend time asking the people to learn this new song while deriding the centuries old Gregorian chant?

Tell me.  Is this what San Beda and PIL taught you?...........to despise anything from the past just because they are old?

Latin is hard to learn?  Tell it to these youths.

Tell that to the Muslims.  Young people already chant and read Arabic....I mean young FILIPINO people.

It can be done.

They just don't want to.


PS:  I saw photos of a young seminarian serving the Beatification Mass of Lorenzo Ruiz and companion martyrs at Luneta.  That seminarian is now a cathedral rector and the other one is an archbishop.

Why'd I say this?  Simple.  Professional Lay Liturgists especially the one from Cubao would love to take the spotlight even from seminarians.  Why not enter the seminary instead of being a perpetual altar server.  Let me give you a hint.  FLUNKED.  REJECT.

OPEN LITURGICAL DISOBEDIENCE!

In the Diocese of Novaliches, this LITURGICAL DISSENT continues; ang MISA NG BAYANANG PILIPINO.

Jeff Velasco admits that the MBP has not received any recognitio, but at the same time says that it has not been prohibited.  Dahil hindi pinagbawal, puede na? LOGIC NAMAN!

Ang mga larawan na makikita sa baba ay mula sa pagdiriwang ng SMB sa Saint Vincent School of Theology sa kapistahan ni Sn Vicente Ferrer.

Misa ba ito?

Malong???  Nasa kultura ba ng mga tao na nasa larwan na ito ang MALONG?

 1) Is the malong a Filipino clothing? Some say that it is clothing used in Mindanao. If it were so, why use it in a Mass celebrated in Luzon? This "inculturation" is not really speaking of the culture of the assembly gathered for that Mass! 

(2) If it is so, is it really worn over shirt and long pants? As far as I know, the men wearing it should drape the cloth around their waists and the women should drape themselves with it so that they can be covered from breast down. 

(3) Is the malong appropriate for Christian worship?

My point is: if ever we want to use local clothing in the liturgy for the sake of inculturation, let us choose the appropriate ones and wear them correctly!

Krus na walang Korpus. Malalim ang Theology dito.

Paghuhugas ng kamay.  Kailan naghuhugas ng kamay ang tao? Bago kumain. Kasi MEAL lang naman ang MISA.

SELF-COMMUNION. 

Nawa ipatigil na ni Bishop Antonio Tobias, D.D. ang kapalastanganan na ito sa loob ng kaniyang Diocese.  

Italian blog notices the illegal Misa ng Bayang Pilipino

The blog has a hyperlink linking this blog.

In it, the blog noticed that despite not getting the approval of the Holy See, some bishops (notably our dear Cardinal Tagle) and our "expert - world class" professional liturgists keep on celebrating the Misa ng Bayang Pilipino.

While these liturgists of the Chupungcan school openly deride and prevent the celebration of the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite which was given universal indult by Pope Benedict XVI....they openly promote, celebrate and encourage people to celebrate the ILLEGAL Misa ng Bayang Pilipino.

They are openly calling for LITURGICAL DISSENT which they have been doing for the past four decades.

Make this you war cry against these liturgical dissidents.

MISA NG BAYANG PILIPINO IS ILLEGAL!

MISA NG BAYANG PILIPINO IS ILLEGAL!

MISA NG BAYANG PILIPINO IS ILLEGAL!

MISA NG BAYANG PILIPINO IS ILLEGAL!

MISA NG BAYANG PILIPINO IS ILLEGAL!

MISA NG BAYANG PILIPINO IS ILLEGAL!

MISA NG BAYANG PILIPINO IS ILLEGAL!

MISA NG BAYANG PILIPINO IS ILLEGAL!

MISA NG BAYANG PILIPINO IS ILLEGAL!

MISA NG BAYANG PILIPINO IS ILLEGAL!

MISA NG BAYANG PILIPINO IS ILLEGAL!

MISA NG BAYANG PILIPINO IS ILLEGAL!

MISA NG BAYANG PILIPINO IS ILLEGAL!

MISA NG BAYANG PILIPINO IS ILLEGAL!

MISA NG BAYANG PILIPINO IS ILLEGAL! 

     MISA NG BAYANG PILIPINO IS ILLEGAL!      

      

BREAKING NEWS!

The infamous Jeff Velasco, a supposed liturgist (cough, cough) and former tour guide, and I have been told, a cosplayer too, has publicly declared that

THE MISA NG BAYANG PILIPINO HAS NOT RECEIVED A RECOGNITIO FROM THE HOLY SEE.

Kung walang pahintulot, pero walang pagbabawal, puede na? Is that how it works? COMMON SENSE, susme!

GULP ALERT

Isang malaking GULP ang naganap sa Davao. Susme, sa mismong Archdiocese pa ng tinuturing ng ilan na 'conservative' daw na Archbishop Romulo Valles.

Can you guess what the GULP is? 

Ang pasimuno, following the footsteps of his master (small m), seen in the background.

Salamat, Master Chiriko sa pictures!

Liturgical Dissent happening again!

Though illegal, Filipino liturgists and some bishops continue to promote and celebrate the Misa ng Bayang Pilipino, a rite completely invented (and lacking in Magisterial or Conciliar Document support) on the academic desk of the late Fr. Anscar Chupungco, OSB

DAVAO City, August 13, 2014—The Archdiocese of Davao will be hosting the 29th National Meeting of Diocesan Directors of Liturgy (NMDDL) from August 11 to 14.

To be held at the MerGrande Ocean Resort, the conference will focus on “The Liturgy for Special Groups” with discussions about Basic Ecclesial Communities (BEC), celebrations with children and youth, Trans-parochial Communities, and Persons with Disabilities (PWD).  [Why was it that before the liturgical revolution of the 1960s, the Mass appealed to all people, disabled or not?  Why?]

Aside from these, the conference will also tackle the proper catechesis on the approved New English Translation of the Rite of Marriage for the Philippines and the Rite of Confirmation.

Participants will be treated with a welcome dinner on the August 11 and on the second day, they will join the Misa ng Bayang Pilipino. [aka Participants will be treated to a form of Mass not approved by Rome, therefore making this form of worship illegal.]

NMDDL is a yearly gathering of all directors of the diocesan liturgical commissions in the Philippines in order to update them on liturgical concerns, promote coordination with the Episcopal Commission on Liturgy, and to create closer ties among liturgical commissions. The first NMDDL was held in 1986 in Tagaytay City. 

This is the second time that the Archdiocese of Davao will host the same meeting as the first one was held in September 1998. (John Frances C. Fuentes)


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A yearly event that does not even talk about the REALITY and LEGALITY called the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite aka Traditional Latin Mass.  If you have shepherds who are uncharitable and suspecting you of being SSPX because of your attachment to the ancient form of worship that is UNIVERSALLY legal and binding as per the Motu Propio, Summorum Pontificum, I couldn't help but scratch my head, in disbelief how Catholic Masses with all the liturgical creativities and nonsense like dance, and Misa ng Bayang Pilipino could be allowed even if they are blatantly ILLEGAL in the eyes of the competent authorities of the Church.

Diocesan Directors of Liturgy MUST always teach first and foremost adherence to the liturgical norms of the Church.  These men and women wallow in their liturgical academic degrees as their license to do whatever they want with the Holy Mass EVEN IF Holy Mother Church forbids anyone from adding or subtracting anything from the approved texts and norms.

Where is Misa ng Bayang Pilipino in Sacrosantum Concilium?

Inculturation?

Where is that in ANY Vatican II document?

The ghost of Chupungco continues to haunt us...

Dom Anscar's Admission

"In 1999, the conference approved the Philippine Supplement to the Roman Sacramentary containing the particular liturgical calendar and Masses for the country. As a sign of inculturation the conference endorsed in 1975 the Misa ng Bayang Pilipino, which is gathering dust in the Vatican archives...

I believe that inculturation is foremost among the areas that suffer the brunt of counter-reform. And this is happening a few years after the publication in 1994 of the Instruction: The Roman Liturgy and Inculturation. The council fathers must have perceived that liturgical inculturation is of such consequence to the renewal of worship in local Churches that they approved four relatively long articles on the subject.

Liturgical inculturation has lately been silenced because of the emerging desire of some sectors to reinstate medieval traditions represented by the Tridentine liturgy."

Dom Anscar Chupungco, OSB (2011)
“The Liturgical Reform of Vatican II: The Philippine Experience"


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The late Filipino liturgist admitted that his fabricated and experimental liturgy whose main purpose is JUST INCULTURATION is gathering dust in the Vatican archives.  And rightly so.  Because it is anything but an expression of the Roman Rite.  It is a completely fabricated right.

Let us turn to the Holy See's instruction about inculturation of the Liturgy. With these quotations from the Instruction: Inculturation and the Roman Liturgy issued by the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments on March 29, 1994.  This is the fourth instruction for the right application of the Conciliar Constitution on the Liturgy.


27. In the liturgy the faith of the church is expressed in a symbolic and communitarian form: This explains the need for a legislative framework for the organization of worship, the preparation of texts and the celebration of rites.[59] The reason for the preceptive character of this legislation throughout the centuries and still today is to ensure the orthodoxy of worship: that is to say, not only to avoid errors, but also to pass on the faith in its integrity so that the "rule of prayer" (<lex orandi>) of the church may correspond to "rule of faith" (<lex credendi>).[60]

However deep inculturation may go, the liturgy cannot do without legislation and vigilance on the part of those who have received this responsibility in the church: the Apostolic See and, according to the prescriptions of the law, the episcopal conference for its territory and the bishop for his diocese.  [Take note of this instruction's paragraph.  The buck stops at the Apostolic See, not the table of some liturgist, not from the table of a bishop of a diocese, but the Apostolic See.]

36. The process of inculturation should maintain the substantial unity of the Roman rite.[75] [The inculturated Misa ng Bayang Pilipino is anything but in substantial unity of the Roman Rite.  The opening rite itself of the MBP is completely different from the Roman Rite.] This unity is currently expressed in the typical editions of liturgical books, published by authority of the supreme pontiff and in the liturgical books approved by the episcopal conferences for their areas and confirmed by the Apostolic See.[76] [The MBP was celebrated under the authority of the dissident Filipino bishops and priests who have the audacity to publicly celebrate a rite not having the approval of the Holy See.  "What is important is we serve the Lord and worship Him in spirit and truth."  My dear, what are rules for?  Why would these bishops get their appointments from Rome if Rome is nothing but a figure head?  What is Rome for when these bishops openly defy the Holy See?  When it comes to liturgical dissent you can always point your finger at FR. GENARO DIWA.  When it comes to public dissent, there is no other way of putting it plainly. Fr. Diwa WILL support liturgical dissent but will never ever support the LEGAL celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass which has been granted UNIVERSAL freedom to be celebrated in all Latin Rite Catholic churches and chapels.] The work of inculturation does not foresee the creation of new families of rites; inculturation responds to the needs of a particular culture and leads to adaptations which still remain part of the Roman rite.[77]   [The MBP is a NEW RITE and it does not respond to a particular need.  It responds to an EGO need of a liturgist!]

54. For the celebration of the eucharist, the Roman Missal, "while allowing ... for legitimate differences and adaptations according to the prescriptions of the Second Vatican Council," must remain "a sign and instrument of unity"[107] of the Roman rite in different languages. [The MBO became a symbol of public dissent like how Communion in the Hand was "allowed" by dissident bishops who opted to practice it before securing the permission of the Holy Father!]  The General Instruction on the Roman Missal foresees that "in accordance with the constitution on the liturgy, each conference of bishops has the power to lay down norms for its own territory that are suited to the traditions and character of peoples, regions and different communities."[108] The same also applies to the gestures and postures of the faithful,[109] the ways in which the altar and the book of the Gospels are venerated,[110] the texts of the opening chants,[111] the song at the preparation of the gifts[112] and the communion song,[113] the rite of peace,[114] conditions regulating communion with the chalice,[115] the materials for the construction of the altar and liturgical furniture,[116] the material and form of sacred vessels,[117] liturgical vestments.[118] Episcopal conferences can also determine the manner of distributing communion.[119]  [No mention of dance here!]


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And yet with all the bragging about a world-class, professor magnificus of liturgy we have in the Philippines....with a liturgist like Fr. Diwa still in power, twisting elbows and working underground to pin faithful priests who would want to celebrate the Roman Rite (ordinary form or extraordinary form) legally and according to the liturgical books approved by competent authority, he still pushes  for his liberal liturgical agenda by teaching the MBP which is now systematically being celebrated and taught in seminaries, convents and schools for future priests, religious and professional lay liturgists.

While they sit back and watch these things happen.

Yes, LITURGICAL ABUSE is being legitimized!

What's your response to this?

Openly support priests who are faithful to the Church, who celebrate the Holy Mass the way it was meant and intended to be.

Or go to a priest and have him celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass.

If you had enough of the liturgical nonsense that goes on in your churches every single week, go and look for a priest who celebrates TLM.  JUST STAY AWAY FROM THOSE WHO CLAIM VATICAN II IS HERETICAL. 

There are priests whose ego have just eaten them up, and they are present from both ends of the spectrum.

One is a Franciscan, one is a colorum priest hiding in the USA.

One thinks everything in Vatican is now under Freemasons, one thinks everything about the TLM is SSPX and all those who celebrate and attend the TLM are SSPX.

These priests need a lot of advice from DOCTORS.

Their ego is eating them up, slowly, painfully.

But I digress.

The only way to address liturgical abuse, since the bishops would not even lift a finger against this is to STOP SUPPORTING PRIESTS WHO ABUSE THE LITURGY.

Support only those priests who love the Church and celebrate the Mass faithfully!

There is no other way.

Brainwashing

Ano naman kaya ang tinuturo nila sa mga server?

Pwede mag-uwi ng hostiya para sa personal adoration!
Pwede mag-sayaw sa sanctuary kasi dapat lively ang Misa!
Pwede mag-kamisa de tsino kasi yan ang suot ni San Lorenzo Ruiz at San Pedro Calungsod!

We shall see the results in the coming months. Abangan!

An open challenge to Rev. Fr. Genaro Diwa

If you cannot show it then...

Show us the approval of the Holy See of the Misa ng Bayang Pilipino!

Why celebrate a form of the Mass that is not approved by the Holy See?

Aren't you a priest subject to the authority of the Successor of St. Peter?

Don't you hold a higher degree in Liturgy?  Does that degree give you the license to openly rebel and disobey against the Holy See?

What kind of example are you showing young Catholics about respect for those in authority?

Do you expect the young ones to respect you when you openly disrespect Rome?

And then, why would you be so hostile against the Extraordinary Form of the Mass when it is legalized and liberalized by Pope Benedict XVI through his motu propio Summorum Pontificum?

Are you saying to all of us that just because you possess a higher degree in Liturgy, you overrule the Pope?

You can read more about the illegal and improper Misa ng Bayang Pilipino here and here.

The ring of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

I can't help my trained eye to notice what the pope emeritus was wearing during the Canonization Mass.

You have to click the image for a larger view.

 

As most of us knew now, the pope emeritus is not wearing the Piscatorial Ring anymore, of course, since he is not the reigning pope.

As you can see, he is wearing a different ring.

Here is a close-up of his ring.

And you can see his papal coat of arms on the cane.  No, he is not pope anymore so stop that conspiracy theory.

And here is another image of the pope emeritus and his ring.

And here is the close up of that ring.

It is called the Conciliar Ring or the Episcopal Ring of the Council Fathers or more famously known as Vatican II Ring.

Here is another view of the ring.  You can see that this is an open type so it is perfect for anyone with varying ring sizes considering that these rings were made without asking the Council Fathers their ring sizes.

This was given to all the Council Fathers after the closing session of the Council by Pope Paul VI.

(Sedevacantists:  Cue video clip of Sauron giving the rings of power to elves, dwarves and men!)

I personally saw this on one archbishop who was a Council Father.  I kissed it and he let me take a good look at it.

Considering the number of Council Father, I think the material is rather cheap and this is easily done.  The back of this ring open so it can fit any ring size.

But in some aspects, I like the design.

Father Ratzinger was a peritus (expert) for Joseph Cardinal Frings of Cologne.  He certainly was not a Council Father so he definitely did not receive this ring.

This might be from Cardinal Frings or from another bishop.

So, for the liberals, Benedict XVI was a traitor of the Council.  See the ring?

For the traditionalists, he is an apostle of the Council.  Summorum Pontificum?  SSPX reunification efforts?

As far as I can still remember the Pope emeritus is the pope of Christian Unity and of the hermeneutic of continuity.

And even if you produce 1 million Anscar Chupungco's or 1 billion Genaro Diwa, it would still not suffice for one Joseph Ratzinger in terms of sound theology and liturgy.

Continuity (Ratzinger)

Rupture and Innovation (Chupungco and Diwa)

If there is one humble man the whole world is missing with all the hoopla about the simplicity of Pope Francis, it is Benedict XVI.

Only a humble man can admit that he is done enough and it is time to step down.