Monday, June 26, 2017

The Role Of The Laity


 Anyone unfortunate enough to attend the Novus Bogus "Mass" of the Vatican II sect will immediately notice the following:

  • people standing around and talking as if they were at a social function
  • men and women dressed as slobs and prostitutes (especially during the summer) because that's how they "feel comfortable"
  • when "the liturgy" or "celebration of the Eucharist (sic)" begins, everyone is expected to sing songs (usually profane nonsense) and sway back and forth to strumming guitars
  • there is no sanctuary, just a table for anyone to approach and "sacred vessels" (usually made of pottery) that anybody can touch
  • men and women "proclaiming the readings" while the so-called "priest" ("Fr" Bob or just plain old "Bob") sits in a chair and takes a nap
  • endless bantering back and forth between Bob and the people
  • laypeople taking several monetary collections in case they need to post bail for Bob
  • men and women distributing "communion" in the hand, and giving the wine to anyone who wants a gulp ("Fr" Bob still napping)
 One of the main reasons the "mass" was changed like this by Vatican II (so we are told) is to permit "full, active, and conscious participation" as ordered by the Council document Sacrosanctum Concillium. "Mother Church earnestly desires that all the faithful should be led to that fully conscious and active participation in liturgical celebrations which is demanded by the very nature of the liturgy. Such participation by the Christian people as a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a redeemed people (1 Peter 2:9; cf. 2:4–5), is their right and duty by reason of their baptism." (See para. # 14; Emphasis mine). 

 The laity does have a role in the life of the Church, but there is a correct understanding and a distinctly heretical one that has its origin principally in the Protestant so-called Reformation. This heretical understanding was adopted and implemented by the Modernists at Vatican II when the Counterfeit "Church" was created. I will set forth the heretical notion of the role of the laity, the true teaching of the Church, and give some further suggestions for this time of the Great Apostasy in which we live. 

Heretical Notion: The "Priesthood of All Believers"

 Heresiarch Martin Luther completely destroyed the true meaning of justification. According to Luther, Original Sin did not merely wound human nature, it corrupted it so that everything a person does is sinful. Justification is not intrinsic but an extrinsic covering of the sinful nature by the merits of Christ. This is accomplished by faith alone, a fiduciary faith that Christ will cover our sins ("like snow that covers dung."). Sacraments are only to increase and nourish faith. Furthermore,  a sacrament consists of two parts, a divine institution and promise of forgiveness. Only Baptism and the "Lord's Supper" qualify as sacraments, and neither is necessary for salvation. The Lord's Supper is in no way sacrificial. Luther himself admitted that he arranged things so that "...faith is divorced from morals, grace from works, religion from government." (See Commentarium in Epistolam Sancti Pauli ad Galatas, pg. 19)

 The notion of a "common priesthood of all believers" arose from this heretical notion which reduces Christianity to something that is internal and personal rather than social and sacramental. The Protestants wanted a special and personal seal of salvation more certain than Church membership and use of Her sacraments. Their heretical view of the Church makes it a congregation of the saved rather than an instrument of salvation, and twists sacraments into manifestations of grace already possessed rather than channels of grace to be received. 

 Since they fancy themselves as "the Elect," because salvation is assured by faith alone, they have a common dignity which finds its expression in a universal egalitarian "priesthood." Each person is their own representative before God. There is no Magisterium necessary to interpret the Bible. The idea of sacrifice, completely eradicated, made the priesthood an empty metaphor devoid of any real significance. Anyone can really do anything at their services. Someone is designated a "minister" based on schooling for biblical knowledge and oratorical skill in preaching. Everyone is equal, and needs to manifest their belief in a "faith community." The Modernists have taken the basic principles to the furthest extension. 

 Now, it should be obvious why "full, active and conscious participation" means everyone at the Novus Bogus "mass" must do something. You must give responses, "bring up the gifts," read from the "Lectionary," hand out "communion," sing songs, sway back and forth, shake hands and kiss, etc. If you're following along in your hand Missal, meditating on the meaning of the Mass, involved in mental prayer, praying the Roasry, etc., you're are not being "active," or a "fully conscious participant." 

There is, however, a correct notion of how the laity does participate in the Church, which will be explored next. 

Authentic Church Teaching On The Laity

 The Catholic Church's teaching on the common priesthood is primarily sacramental and social. In Holy Scripture, the Fathers of the Church saw a common priesthood that belonged to all Christian society and made them superior to the priests of the Old Testament. 

 St. Thomas Aquinas discovered in the sacramental characters of Baptism and Confirmation the precise means by which people are configured to Christ in His priesthood and are admitted to the common priesthood of His Mystical Body. These characters (i.e., indelible marks on the soul) allow the person to worship God according to the Rite of the Church and are passive potencies for the reception of the other sacraments. The Catholic, who participates in the common priesthood by these sacramental characters, worships God in the capacity of an active recipient of sacramental grace.  Therefore, meditating on the Rosary during Mass is full, active and conscious participation, not singing Stairway to Heaven by Led Zepplin while doing a "liturgical dance."

In the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, each member offers himself in sacrifice to God through an interior offering of the will and given expression in the sacramental Body and Blood of Christ which all offer to God together subordinate to and in union with an ordained priest. The ordained priest offers both in the Person of Christ (in persona Christi) which makes it a valid Mass, and in the Person of the Church (in persona Ecclesia) which makes it licit and pleasing to God. The layman only offers in his own person as a recipient of grace and not a minister and intermediary of grace from God to humanity. 

(Some of the above in this post was taken and condensed from theologian Rea, The Common Priesthood of the Members of the Mystical Body , Catholic University Press, [1947]). 

Conclusion

 It's been said that, "Before an institution collapses the more ridiculous it becomes." One look at what passes for "mass" at the local Vatican II sect parish proves that aphoristic saying true. As their numbers dwindle, those who remain are interested in entertainment and fun in the guise of "full, active and conscious participation" of God. However, God has nothing to do with it. They are paving the way for a One -World Ecumenical religion where anything goes except the truth. I urge my readers to do all they can to convert others while there is still time. Invite people to come to Church with you, give them good Traditionalist literature to read, much of which can be downloaded for free. If you can, contribute to Novus Ordo Watch.org and Daily Catholic.org. You might not agree with every opinion, but they do not subscribe to any error or heresy and do more than anyone to make people aware of the Truth in this time of the Great Apostasy. Pray for them if you cannot donate.

Remember, the laity must do all it can to spread the faith. Our priests and religious cannot do it alone. Do not get discouraged if your labors to convert do not (apparently) bear fruit. God asks only that we try. As for Frankie and his false clergy, they may seem to have the upper hand as they sway and dance in corybantic fashion, showing their contempt of the True Mass and worship of God. Keep in mind the words of Sacred Scripture, "Be not deceived, God is not mocked. For what things a man shall sow, those also shall he reap." (Galatians 6: 7-8).  

15 comments:

  1. "Not long after this the king sent an old man of Athens to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers, and not to live after the laws of God: And to pollute also the temple in Jerusalem, and to call it the temple of Jupiter Olympius; and that in Garizim, of Jupiter the Defender of strangers, as they did desire that dwelt in the place. The coming in of this mischief was sore and grievous to the people: For the temple was filled with riot and revelling by the Gentiles, who dallied with harlots, and had to do with women within the circuit of the holy places, and besides that brought in things that were not lawful. The altar also was filled with profane things, which the law forbiddeth. Neither was it lawful for a man to keep sabbath days or ancient fasts, or to profess himself at all to be a Jew. And in the day of the king's birth every month they were brought by bitter constraint to eat of the sacrifices; and when the fast of Bacchus was kept, the Jews were compelled to go in procession to Bacchus, carrying ivy. Moreover there went out a decree to the neighbour cities of the heathen, by the suggestion of Ptolemee, against the Jews, that they should observe the same fashions, and be partakers of their sacrifices: And whoso would not conform themselves to the manners of the Gentiles should be put to death. Then might a man have seen the present misery". 2 Maccabbes VI, 1-9.

    As it was prefigured, it will be - or is being - the present abomination of desolation.

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  2. LoL @Posting bail for "Fr" Bob!

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    1. Unfortunately, the humor is based on truth all too often!

      ---Introibo

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  3. Great article depicting the state of the Novus Ordo. The ushers and deacons in the NO - straight out of Protestantism also. There is hardly any statutes of Our Lady any more - to appease the Protestants. What happened to crucifixes - replaced with Protestant crosses. Some Novus Bogus Ordo Churches are actively advertising gluten free Hosts. In my area a Novus Ordo Church is advertising and participating in an Interfaith Gay Pride event with the blessings of the NO Archbishop. If you speak out about these abominations, you are labeled as being intolerant. Anything goes in the NO but true Catholicism that is for sure. This must be the last days.

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    1. Or like my Father,who says traditional Catholic priests "aren't real priests" because they didn't attend a ecumenical communist novus ordo "seminary"!

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    2. Joann,
      Well said. Anonymous @ 11:49, you are, of course, correct. Seminaries in the V2 sect are a joke. They receive indoctrination in ecumenism and little else. The seminary for the V2 Diocese of Rockville Centre (all of Long Island, NY) was known as the "Pink Palace" for its promotion of sodomy (both theoretical and practical). It was closed down for lack of vocations and merged with the Archdiocese of NYC. It is now used in the formation of "deacons" and "lay associations."

      ---Introibo

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  4. I dislike the Dialogue Mass because the laity are not on the altar.
    Pius XII made horrible decisions from 51-58.

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    1. In hindsight, I think his judgement was not the best. However, he was Vicar of Christ on Earth and must be obeyed. If he lived longer, I think he would have rescinded much of what he legislated. Just speculation on my part.

      ---Introibo

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    2. In my personal experience many Thuc line/SSPV chapels do not have the dialogue mass.(which is good in my opinion)
      John 23rd celebrating the pre-1950 Holy Week in the Vatican in 1959 always struck me as odd.He never did it again and legislated even more changes subsequently.It's just an odd event to happen in 1959.

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    3. I wasn't aware Roncalli used the pre-Pius XII Holy Week in 1959. Interesting to say the least. Dialogue Mass is good in itself, but was a change that would help the Modernists in their contention that "active participation" means doing something.

      ---Introibo

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  5. I have been to dialogue mass and while it isn't horrendous it is right up the modernists alley. I probably find it so due to the fact I am a Novus ordo convert and that's what I am familiar with. I believe it helped set the stage for undermining the mass in itself.
    Was the thought at the time to keep The Church relevant and up to date? We can see now what maybe they (most faithful Catholics) could not see then. That the end all, for the modern world, will be a religious service that is and must be adhered to by all and everywhere. All worship will be one and the same, (not Roman Catholic and run by the one world order), so in the end changing the mass to appease the people will have the effect of destroying the mass from within. I believe the modernists wanted this to play out this way and the faithful were blindsided by them. All the while the faithful were dealing with the fast pace themselves and going on trust of the heirarchy and comfort of enlightenment.Things in this world change and happen so fast you barely have time to think. The mass I attend is non-dialogue. I don't feel the need to speak, as the servers speak for all in attendance. The priest offers the mass and the faithful assist in silent reverence. All glory is to God. What more could anyone need?

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    1. You write the truth! Not bad in itself, the dialogue Mass did indeed help the Modernists set the stage for what was to come.
      ---Introibo

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  6. Dear Introibo, After having had my Damascus Moment some years ago during NO mass, I contacted St. Gertrude's and was referred to Fr. Francis Miller O.F.M. Father Miller makes annual visits to Africa to bring the Sacraments to a family in Durban and myself in Pretoria. We are the only sedes I know of in South Africa. Father Miller is the Pastor of Christ the King church in Lafayette, of which I have the great honour of being a virtual member. Mr. Jason Wolbert has recently started a parish blog. Would you care to contribute to this blog in one of the following ways?
    1. Post a comment there yourself as the Spirit moves you.
    2. Allow me to cherry pick among your posts and to re-post them there under your name, exactly as you have posted them on your blog, with your blog as citation.

    You are doing great work and cover a multitude of subjects of great value to Catholics searching for true Catholic doctrine. This would spread your work to an even larger audience of sedes and potential sedes.

    This is our blog: http://ctkinglafayette.com

    Best regards,
    Peter.

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  7. P.S. I make this request by permission of Fr. Miller and Mr. Wolbert. :)

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    1. Dear Dr. Lamb,
      I would be honored to both contribute and have you pick my posts you like for re-publication. I understand that not everyone will agree with me on every issue, so pick those you feel most comfortable with using. I will contribute from time to time, and since it's your blog, you may accept or reject my writing as you see fit. Thank you for giving me another opportunity to spread the truth about the Vatican II sect.

      God bless,
      ---Introibo

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