Spotted during the International Eucharistic Congress

Do you see it?

Thanks to a GULP officer for this contribution.

Speaking of the IEC, I will dissect what those liturgical heresiacs (heretic hierarchs) like Manabat and Fr. Mark Francis have been saying.

And I also heard that a Cardinal-wanna-be made a statement in support of Misa ng Bayang Pilipino, trying to sound so mabango to the Francis-led Vatican.

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!

What's up with these "crucifixes"?

From my first blog post about those ugly crucifixes in Japan, come this other ugly one.

They do not even show the bitter passion of our Lord?

How can they even be considered a crucifix or a representation of the Passion of the Lord?

They look cartoonish!

They look like a doodle of a 2nd grader in one of his notes, done because of his boredom in class!

It might have probably come from the same "artist" who gave us the twisted wire crucifix.  Probably.

What you have here folks is the continuing saga of the Japanese Catholics to have a decent looking crucifix in their churches and chapels.

Venerable Pius XII wrote in his encyclical on the Liturgy "Mediator Dei":

62. Assuredly it is a wise and most laudable thing to return in spirit and affection to the sources of the sacred liturgy. For research in this field of study, by tracing it back to its origins, contributes valuable assistance towards a more thorough and careful investigation of the significance of feast-days, and of the meaning of the texts and sacred ceremonies employed on their occasion. [Here the brilliant theologian-liturgist-diplomat Pope explains that the purpose of liturgical research is for the understanding of the texts and feast days and NOT how the Chupungcan liturgists have been doing it, telling us go back to how it was done in the catacombs!]  But it is neither wise nor laudable to reduce everything to antiquity by every possible device. Thus, to cite some instances, one would be straying from the straight path were he to wish the altar restored to its primitive tableform; [No thanks to Vatican 2!] were he to want black excluded as a color for the liturgical vestments; [the GIRM does not exclude it yet liturgists frown upon it like a demon-possessed human seeing the crucifix!]  were he to forbid the use of sacred images and statues in Churches; [do seminaries and retreat houses look like this?  Oh, I remember!  That Pyramid in Katipunan! And it was reportedly designed by the dean Filipino theologians!] were he to order the crucifix so designed that the divine Redeemer’s body shows no trace of His cruel sufferings; and lastly were he to disdain and reject polyphonic music or singing in parts, even where it conforms to regulations issued by the Holy See. [Thank the inculturated songs of Chupungco - Diwa - Francisco!]

We have these images to remind us what happened.

Will the Passion of the Christ movie by Mel Gibson generated that much attention from both critics and moviegoers alike if it were less gory and violent?  Will it evoke the emotion that a real crucifixion would have if it were less bloody?

How will you ever see the wounds brought about by our sins in this kind of crucifix?

How will you ever see how the Lord suffered if His Face is represented this way?

These kind of rubbish, childish art doesn't and should never ever have a place in our houses of worship, nor in any Catholic homes for that matter!

In fact, this kind of art belongs to those who do not want to see, reflect and be touched by the bitter Passion of the Savior!

Two popes speaking out against clapping inside a Catholic church

“I am very glad to have come here. But if I must express a wish, it is that in church you not shout out, that you not clap your hands, and that you not greet even the Pope, because ‘templum Dei, templum Dei.’ (‘The temple of God is the temple of God.’)

Now, if you are pleased to be in this beautiful church, you must know that the Pope is also pleased to see his children. But as soon as he sees his good children, he certainly does not clap his hands in their faces. And the one who stands before you is the Successor of St. Peter.” (St. John XXIII)

In case you forgot, St. John XXIII was the pope who called that overly hyped Vatican Council II.

And this one of course.

The barong is this priest's liturgical vestment

Obviously, he doesn't care what he wears to a very important event like the The Sacrifice of Calvary.

Or maybe he does. This priest must be thinking that the barong is THE right vestment for the Mass. 

So why even ask people to dress properly for Holy Mass when priests themselves don't know how to follow their own rules?

The members of the GULP are still active in case you didn't notice.

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.

Liturgical scarf

Stole or a scarf?

Summer wear for Father

How a priest chose to look like for a procession in his own parish.

How appropriate.

Can you name who this priest is?

What to watch out for this Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Vigil

It's Holy Week in the Philippines and it is the time "overflowing" with tradition and "traditional" liturgical abuse and weirdos.

Each parish has it's own beautiful, non liturgical tradition that we Filipinos can be proud of like the Good Friday processions, etc.

But this is also the season when the most notorious liturgical abusers bring out the big guns and just let it all out of their wacky heads to stage the most dramatic, tear-jerking cinematic production of the passion, death and resurrection of the Lord, which we once called the Paschal Triduum.

Yes, my dear friends.  Every year, priests who have been trained to BASTARDIZE the Sacred Liturgy, in the name of INCULTURATION and the SPIRIT OF VATICAN II, see the Holy Week as LITURGICAL OPEN SEASON, apart from Christmas.

So be on the lookout for these liturgical abuses.  They are most certainly going to happen.

1.  Women to be included in the washing of the feet

2.  "Apostles" washing the feet of other people in the pews.

3.  Ordinary bread for the Mass of the Lord's Supper

4.  One act plays for the Washing of the Feet

 

5.  Eating of actual bread during the Mass of the Lord's Supper

6.  Global Warming inspired Altar of Repose

7.  One act plays for the Stations of the Cross

8.  Families or celebrities (businessmen or TV/movie personalities) giving their "reflections" for the Seven Last Words.

9. Live action salubong. Actors as Mary and Jesus

10.  The usual dancing and tambourines for the Gloria of the Easter Vigil

11.  Wannabe balladeer layman singing the Exsultet instead of the priest (I heard from a friend that there is this brat from Paranaque, working in Ateneo, who thinks he can just do whatever he does with the Mass.  He is now on my GULP watchlist.)



Can you add more to the list?

Send your pictures to thepinoycatholic@gmail.com

GULP TIME!

GULP Exam #1

Nicely done. Dignified and characterized by noble simplicity. Walang kung anik-anik na palamuti.

BUT G.U.L.P. material!

Why? Type away in the comments section!

What's wrong in this picture? - HAND RAISING

Feeding the poor?  Definitely not!  Nothing wrong there.  They must be commended and encouraged to continue practicing this Corporal Work of Mercy.

Carry on dear friends!

I see this group every time I am at Quiapo Church.

But what is obvious here is already becoming a "trend" among Pinoy Catholics.

"Praying over the food".

Are we becoming more Protestant than Catholic?

I see more Catholics raising their hands rather than bending their knees (genuflecting) when entering the Church or kneeling during the elevation of the Host/Chalice/Exposition/Benediction.

This is the fault of the charismatic movement.

This is the fault of fashionista priests and clergy.

This is the fault of poor catechism.

ONLY THE ORDAINED RAISE THEIR HANDS.

Laity are not priests!

Put down your hands!

And just pray!

"But TPC! But TPC!  Why can't we pray and raise our hands at the same time?  Wasn't it mentioned in the Bible?"

Yes it was mentioned specifically in the Letter to James.

Is anyone sick among you? He should call for the priests of the Church and have them pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord and the prayer of faith will save the sick person and will raise him up. If he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven» (Jas 5:14-15)

But this text is also clear that this is sacramental in nature as the apostle reminded his audience to call the "priests of the Lord".  Not just anyone.  But those who are ordained.

Let us know our role and do it well.

Funeral Mass for the late mother of Kim Chiu

Just because they are Chinese, doesn't mean you will wear red all the time no, dear Fathers?

Red for a funeral Mass?

ALTAR

Minsan patungan ng laptop para sa powerpoint sermon

Minsan patungan ng sermon 'epekts' 

Mas pinaghahandaan pa ang homily imbis na ang Misa.

SELFIES IN CHURCH

Walang masama sa pagkuha ng larawan sa loob ng Simbahan. Pero san naman maayos at may decorum naman.

Japan-Japan pa!

Ang paring akala mo nasa comedy bar ka pag nasimba ka sa Misa niya.

GULP Alert: Just how HOLY is the Holy Mass for your Father?

 

Really Father.

Can you justify this?

In your streets, using a water goblet for the Precious Blood?

State Dinners have better dining finery.

Shameful.

What time is midnight?

What time should a Midnight Mass be? Have you ever heard of the Vigil Mass of the Nativity of the Lord? Yes, it exists.

But even that Mass, at 5:30 pm?

The Pink Sisters are now altar servers

But wait!!!

They are altar servers!

I mean, these are NOT Pink Sisters but Altar Servers at the Installation Mass of Fr Mar Lucas of Holy Family Parish, Brgy Catmon, Sta Maria, Diocese of Malolos.

Where in the world did the Church ever had a PINK surplice?  And what's that yellow stripe?

Maybe a poor version of a strawberry shortcake with lemon strips?

What is a surplice?

Click this link and this link, where this blog has written extensively about the surplice and how this has been GULPed, meaning liturgical abuses and creative nonsense of the colors and design of the surplice is happening here in the Philippines.

May I repeat for the nth time.

Church vesture has meaning.  They are not to liberally played with even if you blabber around that you graduated from PIL or San Beda, because quite frankly and TPCesque bluntess....nobody cares if you came from those two schools.

You are liturgically incorrect!

And the books will prove that!



PS:  Are you going to wear those when the Pope comes to the Philippines in January 2015?

Sunday Mess

In street clothes with just a stole.  Ordinary glass goblet for a chalice. No candles. Absence of Lectionary and Evangelarium. No Sacramentary.

RCAM Fathers, ito ba ang turo sa inyo ng world-renowned liturgists ng Archdiocese? Basta mabuti ang intention kahit ano pwede na?

You expect the faithful to show respect to the Mass pero you yourselves do not give the Mass the respect it deserves.

GULP Alert: Self-Serve Buffet Communion

Serve your own!

Happened at a Mass for the Franciscan Youth Movement celebrated allegedly by Fr. Rex Cutamora, OFM Cap.



What does the Church say about Holy Communion?

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal says:

160. The priest then takes the paten or ciborium and goes to the communicants, who, as a rule, approach in a procession. The faithful are not permitted to take the consecrated bread or the sacred chalice by themselves and, still less, to hand them from one to another.

The norm for reception of Holy Communion in the dioceses of the United States is standing. Communicants should not be denied Holy Communion because they kneel. Rather, such instances should be addressed pastorally, by providing the faithful with proper catechesis on the reasons for this norm.

The Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum also says:

94. It is not licit for the faithful “to take . . . by themselves . . . and, still less, to hand . . . from one to another” the sacred host or the sacred chalice. Moreover, in this regard, the abuse is to be set aside whereby spouses administer Holy Communion to each other at a Nuptial Mass.

Why is this so?

Because:

GIRM 85. Catholic ministers licitly administer the Sacraments only to the Catholic faithful, who likewise receive them licitly only from Catholic ministers, except for those situations for which provision is made in canon 844 §§2, 3, and 4, and canon 861 §2.166 In addition, the conditions comprising canon 844 §4, from which no dispensation can be given, cannot be separated; thus, it is necessary that all of these conditions be present together.

Canon Law states:

Can. 910 §1 The ordinary minister of holy communion is a Bishop, a priest or a deacon. §2 The extraordinary minister of holy communion is an acolyte, or another of Christ's faithful deputed in accordance with can. 230 §3.

With all these Church legislations stated, we invite Fr. Cutamora to explain his side for distributing Communion in such a manner.

We will be waiting.

GULP EXAM

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