The Easter season ended with the feast of Pentecost last Sunday. Looking back we see how the Passion began -- with the betrayal of Judas with a kiss. We have spent Lent and Eastertide thinking about Jesus, offering prayers and sacrifices and giving alms. Then we spent 50 days rejoicing at our salvation proved by Christ rising from the dead.Will we now return to "ordinary time" by once again betraying Him? Have we changed at all in the 40 days of Lent and the 50 days of Easter?
The author of the excerpt below is Fr. Frederick William Faber, a convert from Anglicanism to Catholicism and a follower of John Henry Newman. What zeal he had for the "Faith of Our Fathers," which he articulated when he wrote the well-known hymn. Think of how many in the Church overlook and coddle heresy today. How many Judases betray Christ with a kiss. Read Fr. Faber's meditation and weep. Let us take it to heart and pray for a Catholic awakening, especially among the clergy!
The author of the excerpt below is Fr. Frederick William Faber, a convert from Anglicanism to Catholicism and a follower of John Henry Newman. What zeal he had for the "Faith of Our Fathers," which he articulated when he wrote the well-known hymn. Think of how many in the Church overlook and coddle heresy today. How many Judases betray Christ with a kiss. Read Fr. Faber's meditation and weep. Let us take it to heart and pray for a Catholic awakening, especially among the clergy!
If we hated sin as we ought to hate it, purely, keenly, manfully, we should do more penance, we should inflict more self-punishment, we should sorrow for our sins more abidingly.
Then, again, the crowning disloyalty to God is heresy. It is the sin of sins, the very loathsomest of things which God looks down upon in this malignant world. Yet how little do we understand of its excessive hatefulness! It is the polluting of God’s truth, which is the worst of all impurities.
Yet how light we make of it!
We look at it, and are calm. We touch it and do not shudder. We mix with it, and have no fear. We see it touch holy things, and we have no sense of sacrilege. We breathe its odor, and show no signs of detestation or disgust.
Some of us affect its friendship; and some even extenuate its guilt. We do not love God enough to be angry for His glory. We do not love men enough to be charitably truthful for their souls....
Where there is no hatred of heresy there is no holiness....We need St. Michael to put new hearts into us in these days of universal heresy.
How many of us today betray Christ with the kiss of heresy. We pick and choose the doctrines of Holy Mother Church like we browse through the produce at the grocery store. And we reject Christ's teachings while we "kiss Him" with the kiss of Judas by unworthy reception of Holy Communion.
Help me, Jesus, to be faithful to you in both great matters and small. Let me never give you the Judas kiss believing my own stupid opinion is greater than your teachings through your Church.
Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom, pray for me!
There is no “ordinary time” in the true Church, we have the “Season after Pentecost “ . Ordinary time only exists in the Novus Ordo….
ReplyDeleteExcuse me, but this made me laugh. I think "ordinary time" exists in all our lives. And I'm oh so thankful for it.
DeleteI thought 1962/SSPX Paschal time went until the Saturday after Pentecost (Regina Caeli). Pentecost has a privileged octave (I know traditional Catholic does). 1970 Novus Ordo abolished it:
ReplyDelete(AI) "The 1962 Pentecost Octave is an eight-day liturgical celebration following Pentecost Sunday in the Traditional Roman Rite. Characterized by red vestments and the chanting of the Veni Sancte Spiritus sequence daily, it also features the penitential Ember Days on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.
The structure and highlights of the 1962 Octave of Pentecost include:
Liturgical Characteristics
Liturgical Rank: The octave is a "Double of the First Class."
Vestments: Red is worn throughout the entire week to symbolize the Holy Spirit.
The Sequence: The Veni Sancte Spiritus is sung or said at Mass every single day within the octave.
Divine Office: The Regina Coeli concludes daytime hours until None on Ember Saturday, after which it is replaced.
Key Days & Observances
Pentecost Sunday: The great feast day celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit.
Monday & Tuesday: Historically considered privileged days with a higher liturgical rank (Doubles of the First Class).
Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday: These are the Ember Days of Pentecost. They are traditional days of fast and abstinence originally instituted for prayer and fasting, and they retain their own distinct Mass propers (Scripture lessons and collects) in the 1962 Missal.
Conclusion: The octave ends on the following Saturday, and the liturgical Season of Paschaltide formally concludes on Pentecost Sunday evening in the 1962 calendar.
Modern Observance
In the reformed liturgical calendar (Novus Ordo), the Octave of Pentecost was abolished in 1970, leaving only Christmas and Easter with octaves. The Pentecost Octave is still actively observed today in traditional Catholic parishes and communities that utilize the 1962 Roman Missal (such as those associated with the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter or the Institute of Christ the King).
To look up daily Mass readings, texts, or find a traditional parish celebrating this liturgical calendar, you can use the 1962 Ordo reference or check schedules for traditional communities near you. "
In addition, Novus Ordo US extends fulfilling of Easter Duty thru Trinity Sunday (Sunday after Pentecost).
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the information.
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