Sunday, October 16, 2022

Thank you, Pope Francis

The fruits of the Church of dialogue, accompaniment, mercy, welcome, synodality…

This is my church on Sunday at 11 AM before September 21 when the deadly thunderclap of Traditionis custodes fell with full force on my archdiocese:


This is my church at 11 am on Sunday now:


Thank you, Pope Francis, for bringing the success of your pontificate to my parish.


19 comments:

  1. A picture is worth a thousand words. Would that there was an achieve of photos tracking the collapse of Roman Catholicism in the United States since 1965.
    God reward you, Father, for sticking with it in times such as this. You will have your reward.

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    1. The west has lost the sense of the sacred.

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  2. Seminarians in my diocese are no longer allowed to attend our diocesan TLM (we used to get plenty). And they are no longer allowed to learn the TLM either.

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  3. Once this generation passes, we will be able to rebuild the Church. Deo festina.

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  4. My condolences, Father. It's always sad when your children are taken from you through no fault of your own.

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  5. …..your leaders have mislead you, they destroy the paths you should follow.
    Isaiah 3:12

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  6. Was a mass scheduled that day at 11AM? Where is the priest? This does not seem real

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  7. Ouch...that has to be painful for the priest. It is painful for me just looking at it.

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  8. Reblogged at Liturgy Guy. Praying for you and all of your parishioners impacted by this unnecessary and uncharitable act of liturgical and juridical violence.

    https://liturgyguy.com/2022/10/18/the-tragedy-of-traditionis-custodes-in-two-pictures/

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  9. Despicable and heart-wrenching.

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  10. Despicable and heart-wrenching.

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  11. So sad to see, I remember it being packed every time I would attend at the 11 am Mass this year. Is there anything I can do to help support the parish Father?

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  12. You and your parish are in our thoughts and prayers.

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  13. The Latin Mass will survive.

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  14. This is so sad!🙏🏻

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  15. PL: What do you recommend to laypeople who are upset by this situation?

    Abp. Viganò: The laity are living members of the Mystical Body, and as such they have the native right to demand that its visible authority act and legislate in conformity with the mandate it has received from Christ. When this earthly authority, by the permission of providence, acts and legislates against the will of Christ, the faithful must first understand that this test is a means permitted by providence in order to open their eyes after decades of deviations and hypocrisy by which they have been overwhelmed, and to which many have adhered in good faith – precisely because they are obedient to the hierarchy and unaware of the fraud perpetrated against them.
    When they understand this, they will notice the treasure they have been robbed of by those who should have kept it and handed it over to future generations, instead of hiding it after devaluing it in order to replace it with a bad counterfeit. At that point, they will implore the majesty of God to shorten the time of the trial and grant the Church a supreme shepherd who obeys Christ, who belongs to Him, who loves Him, and who renders Him perfect worship.
    https://stateofthenation.co/?p=134880

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  16. May God console you, grant you strength and bring the Mass to your beautiful church.

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  17. Praying for you Fr. Cusick, and your outcast parishioners (i am one of those in the Arlington Diocese).

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