KAPOW !!! Take That All You Cunning People Trying To Undermine Christ And His Church !!!

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URGENT: Romanian Greek Catholic Doctor’s speech to Synod! Members (all) get a serious talking to!

Posted on 18 October 2015 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I saw this at Voice of the Family.  You can find it other places too.

The entire Synod of Bishops (and the fancy people running it) received a marvelously cold slap in the face with the wet towel of real “reality” in a speech by a lay woman from Romania.  She didn’t waste time or words, but laid right into them.

My emphases and comments:

The following intervention was made by Dr. Anca-Maria Cernea,  President of the Association of Catholic Doctors of Bucharest (Romania), at the Ordinary Synod on the Family on Friday.

Your Holiness, Synod Fathers, Brothers and Sisters, I represent the Association of Catholic Doctors from Bucharest.

I am from the Romanian Greek Catholic Church.

My father was a Christian political leader, who was imprisoned by the communists for 17 years. My parents were engaged to marry, but their wedding took place 17 years later.

My mother waited all those years for my father, although she didn’t even know if he was still alive. They have been heroically faithful to God and to their engagement.

Their example shows that God’s grace can overcome terrible social circumstances and material poverty.

We, as Catholic doctors, defending life and family, [that is, actually doingsomething] can see this is, first of all, a spiritual battle.

Material poverty and consumerism are not the primary cause of the family crisis. [BAM!]

The primary cause of the sexual and cultural revolution is ideological.  [BIF!]

Our Lady of Fatima has said that Russia’s errors would spread all over the world. [Do I hear an “Amen!”?]

 

It was first done under a violent form, classical Marxism, by killing tens of millions.

Now it’s being done mostly by cultural Marxism. There is continuity from Lenin’s sex revolution, through Gramsci and the Frankfurt school, to the current-day gay-rights and gender ideology. [Naming names, too!]

Classical Marxism pretended to redesign society, through violent take-over of property.

Now the revolution goes deeper; it pretends to redefine family, sex identity and human nature.

This ideology calls itself progressive. But it is nothing else than the ancient serpent’s offer, for man to take control, to replace God, to arrange salvation here, in this world.

It’s an error of religious nature, it’s Gnosticism. [KA-POW!]

It’s the task of the shepherds to recognize it, and warn the flock against this danger.[OORAH!  Is that what the Synod Fathers are doing?  I’m just asking.]

“Seek ye therefore first the Kingdom of God, and His justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.”

The Church’s mission is to save souls. Evil, in this world, comes from sin. Not from income disparity or “climate change”. [Do I hear an “Amen!”?]

The solution is: Evangelization. Conversion.

Not an ever increasing government control. Not a world government. These are nowadays the main agents imposing cultural Marxism to our nations, under the form of population control, reproductive health, gay rights, gender education, and so on.

What the world needs nowadays is not limitation of freedom, but real freedom, liberation from sin. Salvation.

Our Church was suppressed by the soviet occupation. But none of our 12 bishops betrayed their communion with the Holy Father. Our Church survived thanks to our bishops’ determination and example in resisting prisons and terror.  [I guess they were culture warriors.]

Our bishops asked the community not to follow the world. Not to cooperate with the communists.  [Can we hand the Synod over to this gal?  Please?]

Now we need Rome to tell the world: “Repent of your sins and turn to God for the Kingdom of Heaven is near”. [Is this what you are hearing from your pastors these days?  Or are you getting a bunch of half-mumbled, mealy-mouthed temporizing?]

Not only us, the Catholic laity, but also many Christian Orthodox are anxiously praying for this Synod. Because, as they say, if the Catholic Church gives in to the spirit of this world, it is going to be very difficult for all the other Christians to resist it.  [THWACK!]

Forward this to everyone.

God bless Dr. Cernea!

I have an imagine of some of the bishops, especially those from a certain country, blinking faster and faster as the speech goes on and, perhaps, pawing the ground with one of their feet while their hands work, aimlessly.

Saint Hilarion. Abbot. Feast Day 21 October.

Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Saint Hilarion.

Abbot.

Feast Day 21 October.

Simple.

White Vestments.

English: Saint Hilarion Castle, Kyrenia, Cyprus.

Français: Château Saint Hilarion à Chypre.

Date: 17 September 2005 (original upload date).

Source: Atak.

Author: Atak Kara.

(Wikimedia Commons)

After the era of Martyrs, to whom the Church had exclusively reserved the honours of public Veneration, she began to raise to the Altars the Servants of God, who had distinguished themselves by their heroic virtues, although they had not won the glory of shedding their blood for Jesus Christ.

Saint Hilarion, in the East, and Saint Martin, in the West, are at the head of the list of Saints known as "Confessors". A native of Palestine, Saint Hilarion studied at Alexandria, and, desiring to embrace a more perfect life, he left all to follow Jesus (Gospel).

He heard of Saint Anthony's holiness and went to see him in Egypt. The Saint kept him for two months in order to train him to a life of penance and contemplation. He then  gave to this boy, of fifteen years of age, a hair-shirt and a garment made of skin, saying: "Persevere to the end, my son, and thy labour shall be rewarded by the delights of Heaven."

Hilarion returned to Palestine and founded Monastic Life there. After having built several Monasteries, for which he made laws, as Moses had done of old for God's people (Epistle), he retired to the island of Cyprus, to escape the crowd of admirers attracted by his heroic virtues. He died a holy death, at the age of 80, about 372 A.D. Saint Jerome wrote of his life.

Mass: Os justi, of Abbots.

Commemoration of Saint Ursula, from the Collects of Several Virgins, Martyrs.

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Forty Hours Devotion. Saint John Cantius, Chicago. Come And Spend Time With Our Eucharistic King.

Forty Hours Devotion is a Graced Time for our Parish Family every year. It is a time for us to come before The Blessed Sacrament and Thank God for his Graces, to make Reparation to Him for our past sins, to Pray for the sick and to beg God’s protection of our Nation.

All Illustrations: ST. JOHN CANTIUS PARISH

Schedule for Forty Hours Devotion

Sunday, October 18

Beginning of Forty Hours Devotion

12:30 p.m. — Solemn High Mass (Extraordinary Form)
External Solemnity of St. John Cantius
Resurrection Choir and Orchestra
2:00 pm — Rosary and Solemn Vespers
6:00 p.m. Compline
6:00 p.m. to Midnight
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Monday, October 19

6:30 a.m. — Matins and Lauds (Morning Prayer)
7:00 a.m. — Conventual Mass (English Mass)
8:00 a.m. — Tridentine Mass
9:00 a.m. to 11:45a.m.  — Continued Adoration
11:45 a.m. — Chanted Midday Prayer
12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. —Continued Adoration
4:30 p.m. — Rosary/Vespers

Tuesday, October 20
Patronal Feast of St. John Cantius

6:30 a.m. — Matins and Lauds (Morning Prayer)
7:00 a.m. — Conventual Mass (English Mass)
8:00 a.m. — Tridentine Low Mass
9:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. — Continued Adoration
11:45 a.m.— Chanted Midday Prayer
12:00 p.m to 4:30 p.m. — Continued Adoration
4:30 p.m. — Rosary and Chanted Vespers
5:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. (Midnight) — Continued Adoration

Wednesday, October 21
Blessed Karl of Austria

6:30 a.m. — Matins and Lauds (Morning Prayer)
7:00 a.m. — Conventual Mass (English Mass)
8:00 a.m. — Tridentine Low Mass
9:00 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. — Continued Adoration
11:45 a.m. — Chanted Midday Prayer
12:00 p.m. to 7:00pm — Continued Adoration
7:00 p.m. — St. Monica Novena
7:30 p.m. — Tridentine High Mass - Conclusion of Forty Hours Devotion
9:00 p.m. — Procession with The Blessed Sacrament and Solemn Benediction

Saint John Cantius Church, Chicago. Restoring The Sacred. Feast Day Of Saint John Cantius, Today, 20 October.

Zephyrinus originally published this Article in October 2013. Because of the beauty of Saint John Cantius Church, Chicago, and the Sanctity and Profundity of The Liturgy within,
it is now re-published.

Today is The Feast Day of Saint John Cantius, Confessor.
Happy Feast to all Readers and to the Parishioners and Clergy of Saint John Cantius Church, Chicago, United States of America.

Text and Illustrations from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,

unless otherwise stated.

Saint John Cantius Church, Chicago,

United States of America.

Catholic Faith.

Photo Credit: www.pinterest.com

The Baroque Interior of Saint John Cantius Church,

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.

Photo: 23 March 2015.

Source: Own work.

Author: Sjcantius.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Polski: Kościół Świętej Anny w Krakowie.

English: Tomb of Saint John Cantius,
Church of Saint Anne, Kraków, Poland.

Deutsch: Krakau St. Annen Kirche.

Photo: 14 November 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Ludwig Schneider / Wikimedia, Ludwig Schneider.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Limestone facade of Saint John Cantius Church,

Chicago, United States of America.

Photo: 2 September 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Victorgrigas.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Why not visit this beautiful Church's Web-Site, and store, at

THE SAINT JOHN CANTIUS PARISH WEB-SITE

Saint John Cantius Parish (Polish: Parafia Świętego Jana Kantego) is an historic Church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, known for its opulence and grand scale as well its Solemn Liturgies and rich programme of Sacred Art and Music.

Along with such monumental Religious edifices as Saiint Mary of The Angels, Saint Hedwig's, or Saint Wenceslaus, it is one of the many Polish Churches that dominate over the Kennedy Expressway.

Solemn High Mass,

Saint John Cantius Church, Chicago,

United States of America.

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The unique Baroque Interior has remained intact for more than a Century and is reminiscent of the sumptuous art and architecture of 18th-Century Krakow, Poland. Of all the “Polish Cathedral”-style Churches in Chicago, Saint John Cantius stands closest to Downtown. The imposing 130 ft. Tower is readily seen from the nearby Kennedy Expressway. Saint John's is particularly well-known for its programme of Solemn Liturgies and Devotions, Treasures of Sacred Art and Rich Liturgical Music.

In 2013, Saint John Cantius completed an ambitious Restoration, returning the lavish Interior to its original splendour.

Saint John Cantius Church, near Chicago/Ogden/Milwaukee (and the Gonnella bakery).

A Church, whose Parish was largely razed by highway construction.

At Polonia's peak, before World War I, as many as 23,000 people would attend

Sunday Mass here and doubtless similar numbers at five similarly-huge Churches

within a mile. Now the Parish survives by offering Mass

to Suburban-ites in Latin or Gregorian Chant.

Photo: 22 April 2005.

Source: Flickr.

Author: Payton Chung from Chicago, USA.

Reviewer: Fruggo.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Designed by Adolphus Druiding, begun in 1893, and completed in 1898, Saint John Cantius Church took five years to build.

Saint John Cantius Church was founded in 1893, by The Congregation of The Resurrection, to relieve overcrowding at Saint Stanislaus Kostka, the City's first Polish Parish. The Parish retained its Polish character for years, but the building of the Kennedy Expressway, which cut through the heart of Chicago's Polonia, began a period of decline for the Parish, as many long-time residents were forced to relocate.

Holy Mass in the impressive Church of Saint John Cantius,

Chicago, United States of America.

Picture Credit: OFFERIMUS TIBI DOMINE

The Parish was slated for closure as Chicago's Inner City neighbourhoods declined further through the 1960s and 1970s. A revival of the Parish began in the Late-1980s, when the Parish became the focus of a renaissance of Traditional Catholic Rituals and Devotions that had fallen out of favour after the Second Vatican Council, such as The Tridentine Mass in Latin, as well as Vespers and Benediction, The Corpus Christi Procession, The Stations of The Cross, Tenebrae Services, and The Saint Joseph Novena and Saint Anne Novena.

Today, the Parish has a rich programme of Sacred Music, supported by seven Parish Choirs. The Parish is presently administered by The Canons Regular of Saint John Cantius, a Religious Community founded in the Parish in 1998.

Saint John Cantius Church has witnessed a number of famous visitors within its walls. In March 1989, the Parish hosted a visit by Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Prime Minister of the newly-Democratic Poland, while, in 1998, Józef Glemp, the Cardinal Primate of Poland, came to Celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving and Bless the Church's new copper Cupola.

English: Church of Saint Anne,

and grave of Saint John Cantius,

13 sw. Anny street, Old Town, Krakow, Poland.

Polski: Kościół św. Anny, grób św. Jana z Kęt,

ul. św. Anny 13, Stare Miasto, Kraków.

Photo: 9 August 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: Zygmunt Put Zetpe0202.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Although the Parish's School has closed, the building now houses the Chicago Academy for the Arts, often called the "Fame" school, and compared with New York City's High School of Performing Arts.

Saint John Cantius Church's majestic elegance has always drawn the attention of those who happened to pass by, making it an area landmark since its building, over a hundred years ago. Authors and filmmakers have seen it as natural to use the Church, both as a point-marking familiarity as well as from the purely aesthetic pleasure of its beauty. Some of the more notable examples are:

Saint John Cantius serves as the backdrop for Steffi Rostenkowski's great realisation in Nelson Algren's work "Never Come Morning", where, night after night, she heard the iron rocking of the Bells of Saint John Cantius. Each night, they came nearer, till the roar of The Loop was only a troubled whimper beneath the rocking of the Bells. "Everyone lives in the same big room", she would tell herself, as they rocked. "But nobody's speakin' to anyone else, an' nobody got a key".

This is another Church Dedicated to Saint John Cantius.

This Church is at Tremont, Cleveland,

Ohio, United States of America.

Photo: 12 January 2008.

Source: Flickr.

Author: Eddie~S.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint John Cantius Church, Chicago, has also been featured in two films that were both shot in the Summer and Fall of 1990. The first was a made-for-television movie, entitled "Johnny Ryan". The second was a major Hollywood film, entitled "Only the Lonely", directed by John Hughes and starring Maureen O'Hara and John Candy.

The Church building's design is by Adolphus Druiding. Work began on this grandiose structure in the Spring of 1893 and was completed by 1898. The building has a façade of rusticated stone, in the High Renaissance Style, which dictated the use of classical elements, such as Columns, Capitals and Arches. At the very top, is a monumental Pediment, decorated with the Coat-of-Arms of Poland's failed January Uprising (1863-1864), under which is found the Polish inscription "Boże Zbaw Polskę" (God Save Poland).

Solemn High Requiem Mass at Saint John Cantius,

Chicago, United States of America.

Picture Credit: NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT

Just below this, on the Entablature, is the Latin inscription "Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam", a text which proclaims that this building is for "the Greater Glory of God", a Jesuit motto, popular in many Churches built around the start of the 20th-Century. Three Romanesque Portals, set in receding Arches, lead into the Interior. Like Saint Michael's, Chicago,, the entrance is flanked by two asymmetrical Towers, topped with copper Cupolas, styled after Saint Mary's Basilica in Kraków, Poland. The whole structure is 230 feet (70 m) long and 107 feet (33 m) wide and can easily accommodate 2,000 people.

The Interior reflects the High Renaissance Style of the Exterior. Eight stone Columns, with Corinthian Capitals, support the Vault. The present decoration is the result of several Interior decorations within the first forty years of completion. The Church's High Altar, as well as its matching two Side Altars, reputedly originate from the 1893 Columbian Exposition.

In 1903, the Interior was painted for the first time, and it was at this time that all the plaster and wood ornaments were added, and the Church received the character it has today. The Stained-Glass Windows were made by Gawin Co. of Milwaukee, while the Interior murals were painted by Lesiewicz, around 1920. In addition to religious scenes, such as The Resurrection under The High Altar, the artist decorated the side walls with paintings of Polish Patron Saints.

Saint John Cantius Church,

Chicago, United States of America.

Photo Credit: ST. MARY OF PERPETUAL HELP PARISH, CHICAGO

A new inlaid hardwood floor was installed in Saint John Cantius Church in 1997, to a design by Jed Gibbons . Sixteen varieties of wood from around the World were used for the inlaid medallions. The floor is not only a beautiful contemporary work of Sacred Art, but it is also designed as a teaching tool. The medallions, inlaid into the main Aisle, tell the story of Salvation: Star of David - Jesus was born as a Jew; Three Crowns - with the arrival of The Three Kings, Jesus was made manifest to the World; Instruments of The Passion - Christ's suffering for our Salvation; Banner - The Resurrection; Star - Christ is The Light of the World. This floor, which is reputedly the only one of its kind in the United States, has already won three national awards.

In 2003, work was completed on a replica of the Veit Stoss Altar. Carved by artist Michał Batkiewicz over an eight-year period, this imposing one-third scale copy is the largest and most detailed work of its kind, and was commissioned as a tribute to the Galician immigrants who founded the Parish in 1893.

Polski: Kraków, ołtarz Wita Stwosza.

English: The Altarpiece of Veit Stoss (Polish: Ołtarz Wita Stwosza, German: Krakauer Hochaltar), also Saint Mary's Altar (Ołtarz Mariacki), is the largest Gothic Altarpiece in the World and a National Treasure of Poland. It is located behind The High Altar of Saint Mary's Basilica, Cracow, Poland. The Altarpiece was carved between 1477 and 1489 by the German sculptor Veit Stoss

(Wit Stwosz), who moved to the City around that time and lived there for the next twenty years.

The Retable was paid for by the Townspeople of Cracow.

In 1941, during the German occupation, the dismantled Altar was shipped to The Third Reich,

on the order of Hans Frank – the Governor-General of that part of occupied Poland. It was recovered in 1946, in Bavaria, South Germany, hidden in the basement of the heavily-bombed Nuremberg Castle. The High Altar underwent major restoration work in Poland and

was put back in its place at the Basilica ten years later.

Photo: June 2003.

Source: Own work.

Author: Pko

(Wikimedia Commons)

A permanent exhibit of Sacred Art, located in the Church's North Tower, is open on Sundays, as well as upon special request. The Collection's centerpiece is an elaborate Neapolitan "praesepio" (Italian creche) from Rome. Among Saint John Cantius's many other treasures are: A 19th-Century Copy of the icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa, adorned with jewelled Crowns, personally Blessed by Pope Saint John Paul II; a reproduction of the famous miraculous Crucifix from Limpus, Portugal; a 19th-Century Pietà from Bavaria, Germany; a hand-written Altar Missal; as well as several hundred authenticated Relics of Saints.

English: Marian Feast Day at Saint John Cantius, Chicago, United States of America.

España: Festival Mariano en San Juan Cantius (Chicago) | Una Voce Cordoba.

Photo Credit: unavocecba.wordpress.com

The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Saint John Cantius.
Confessor.
Feast Day 20 October.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Saint John Cantius.

Polski: Saint Jan Kanty.

Photo: 3 December 2004.

Source: Own work.

Author: mzopw.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Born at Kenty, a Market Town in the Diocese of Cracow, Poland, Saint John was raised up by Providence to keep alight The Torch of Faith and The Flame of Christian Charity during the 15th-Century in Poland.

He obtained all the Academic Degrees at the University of Cracow, where he taught for several years. Ordained a Priest, he every day offered The Holy Sacrifice to appease Heavenly Justice, for he was deeply afflicted by the offences of men against God.

He shone especially by his exquisite Charity, which is shown in the Introit, the Collects, the Epistle, the Gradual, the Offertory and the Communion of his Mass. He took from his own food, to help those who were in need, and even gave them his clothes and shoes (Epistle); and he would let his cloak fall to the ground, so as not to be seen returning home bare-foot.

While on a Pilgrimage to Rome, he was robbed by brigands, and, when he declared that he had no other possessions, they allowed him to pursue his journey. The Saint, who had sewn some pieces of money into his cloak, suddenly remembered this, and, calling the thieves, he offered them the sum. But they, touched by his goodness and candour, gave him back all that they had taken.

Saint John Cantius died on Christmas Eve, 1473. He is especially invoked in cases of consumption. ["Owing to your Prayers, we see epidemics disappear, stubborn diseases averted, and the Blessing of health restored. Those whom consumption, fever and ulcers condemn to a painful end are, by you, delivered from the embraces of death." (Hymn of Second Vespers)].

Mass: Miserátio hóminis.

The Royal Breviary Of Saint Louis Of Poissy Is Up For Sale.

Article is taken from MEDIEVAL HISTORIES

King Philippe IV Prays to Saint Louis.

Illustration: MEDIEVAL HISTORIES

Classified as a “National Treasure”, in 2014, Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) is trying to raise the funds to buy the Royal Breviary of Saint-Louis of Poissy.

This Breviary was presented to the Abbey at Poissy, France, by the French King, Philippe IV (Philippe le Bel), who had it made in honour of his grandfather, Saint Louis. Written and illuminated between 1310 – 1315, it was a present to Marie de Clermont-Bourbon, another of the Saint’s grandchildren, who lived at the Priory in Poissy from the age of four.

English: Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou, Legitimist (Blancs d'Espagne)

Pretender to the French Throne since 1989.

One of several current Capetian Pretenders.

Français: Louis XX, duc d'Anjou, héritier du trône de France,

portant la plaque de chevalier de l'Ordre du Saint-Esprit.

Photo: 27 January 2014.

Source: Own work.

Author: Maclauren.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Breviary was designed to promote the cult of Saint Louis and contains the Texts appropriate for the Celebrations of the Royal Saint. Thus, it contains The Liturgy of The Feast of Saint Louis on the Feast Day (25 August).

The Breviary consists of 600 sheets of parchment. The binding is from the 16th-Century.It measures 176 x 115 mm and is illustrated by Richard de Verdun (also known as the Maîtra de Jean Papealu). Among his extant works are a historical Bible (Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal) and five Bibles preserved in Paris (BnF), Berlin (Deutsche Staatsbibliothek), London (British Library), Harvard (Houghton Library) and at Lisbon (Fondation Goulbekian). He was a disciple of Maître Honoré.

Breviary of Saint Louis de Poissy (circa 1310 – 1315).

The Crown of Thorns.

Photo: Christie’s/ Anna Buklovska.

Illustration: MEDIEVAL HISTORIES

The Breviary testifies to the importance of Poissy as the centre of the cult of The Capetian Dynasty and their Royal Saint, Saint Louis. It belongs to a group of other important Manuscripts from the same milieu; the Breviary of Philippe IV, made by Maître Honoré, and the Belleville Breviary, painted by Jean Purcelle between 1323 – 1326, both kept at BnF. Part of the picture-programme in The Royal Breviary of Saint-Louis, from Poissy, is echoed in The Belleville Breviary, which is later. The importance for BnF, of the present Manuscript, is the way in which it can be used to trace the relationship and artistic collaboration in the Royal Workshop of Philippe IV.

Some of the Illuminations record the events of the life of Saint Louis (Saint-Louis feeds a leper; as a prisoner of the Muslims, etc.). Thus, it also preserves one of the very earliest Illustrations of the Relics, which Saint Louis acquired for Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, among which was The Crown of Thorns. Another story-line is the establishment of the cult of Saint-Louis and The Translation of his Relics to the Basilica of Saint-Denis, Paris.

It is possible to donate funds to BnF until 27 November 2015. Frenchmen, who donate, will receive a tax reduction of 66%. The price is set at Euro 1 million. It is currently in private possession.

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Le bréviaire royal de Saint-Louis de Poissy

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