Feast Of Saint Patrick Continues 2021 Traditional High Mass – As The Counter Revolution Continues See flyer for more detail->
Feast Of Saint Joseph Continues Its Traditional Rite In Honor of Saint Joseph and the late Msgr Joseph Ambrosio . This should be a mob Mass unite the clans event of friends and family – Father Daniel Rodriques picks up the torch See flyer for more detail->
Feast Of Saint Joseph 2021 NYC – See flyer for more detail->
Spy Wednesday Teneabrae To Kick Off The Triduum Returns To Jersey City -celebrating the Jersey City TLM Community’s new home at OL of Sorrows Jersey City NJ – This is a unite the clans event where many trads can attend that are part of other apostolates and the choir is superb – See flyer for more detail – >
Teneabrae 2021 Holy Thursday Matins -AM – Pontifical Shrine of OL of Mount Carmel NYC
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Also 1950s Holy Week @ Holy Innocents NYC Pre-55 Good Friday Mass of The Pre-Sanctified – This is Mass mob event the most devout and popular in the area – -Flyer Coming Soon –
Traditional Rite Holy Week’s Returns to Jersey City @ OL of Sorrows In It’s Amazing Ancient Form See flyer for more detail – >
Traditional Catholic Women’s Retreat 2021 and its agenda –
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Traditional Catholic Philosophy & Catechism Classes Every Other Tuesday Evening At Our Lady Mother of The Church – (Church Hall) with Father John Perricone Ph.D. See flyer for more detail->
The Feast Of The Annunciation Thursday Evening March 25th 2021 Our Lady Of Sorrows ,Jersey City, NJ See flyer for more detail – >
Canon Jean Moreau Of The Institute Of Christ The King Sovereign Priest Visits On The Feast Of St Michael The Archangel To Offer The Holy Sacrifice Of The Mass
A couple of photos from last night’s solemn High Mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel NYC with also the Pastor Rev. Marian Wierzchowski and with the ever traditionalist Father Christopher Salvatore . There is also a Holy sacrifice of the Mass Canon Jean Moreau is offering this afternoon/evening 09/30 at 6:00pm at Holy Innocents NYC
In The NewsThe Re-org of the Western World Begins
The Genetic Map Of Europe – Brilliant Maps | Europe map, Map, Genealogy map
Watch – Gov Of Florida with a backbone DeSantis announces Law Enforcement Protection Act to combat Marxist Socialist Anarchists and Anti Christian Iconoclast Terrorism On YouTube
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The Riots: Why Do None Dare Call Them Evil? – The American TFP The problem with living in a relativist society is that it takes from us our ability to describe and analyze issues objectively. Amid the current unrest, for example, many people refuse to label actions good or evil. According to this relativistic perspective, acts are morally neutral. We are expected to watch the riots but never ponder or assess their moral value.https://www.tfp.org/the-riots-why-do-none-dare-call-them-evil/
The Most Monumental Social Engineering and Ideological Transshipment Effort in History – TFP
Biden lies about Kellyanne Conway’s remarks on violence Fact Check 11. Kellyanne Conway Did Not ‘Hope for More Violence’ | by Graham Lear | Aug, 2020 | Medium
Debate Highlights: Trump Repeatedly Zings Floundering Biden, Battles Host Wallace To Speak “I guess I’m debating you, not him, but that’s okay, I’m not surprised…” – On Info Wars
Massive Voter Fraud in TXIllegal immigrants voting – Public Interest Legal Foundation Identifies 349,773 Dead People on Voter Rolls Nationwide – On PJ Media
German Doom Bishop Wants to “Bless” Homosexuals and to Change Catholic Teaching – On gloria.tv The Catholic Church “must reposition itself” regarding homosexuality, Dresden-Meißen Bishop Heinrich Timmerevers
Acquiring Spiritual Immunity: A Sneak-Peek at Our Conference – Catholicism.orgSaint Benedict Center Conference and the battle against COVID-19 hysteria,
A scary look at America’s possible future under a Biden presidency | LifeSite Under a Biden administration, we will see a colossal escalation in the scope and power of government, projected by authoritarian policies.
Massive Voter Fraud in TXIllegal immigrants voting – Public Interest Legal Foundation Identifies 349,773 Dead People on Voter Rolls Nationwide – On PJ Media
Laughable – Catholic News Service Report – Vatican proposes renewal of deal with China on bishops Says goal was never diplomatic or political, only pastoral –
Faro Convention Imperils Italy’s Heritage – ‘Muhammad in Hell’ painting faces threat from Islamic censorship – On CMTV“With Islam’s iconoclastic fury ever nearer,” conservatives fear that Articles 4 and 7 of the convention could “turn into a geo-cultural weapon against Italy’s cultural heritage.”
Watch – Cardinal Zen offers Mass, and a war cry for the Church | A LifeSite videographer’s reflections on meeting Cardinal Joseph Zen LifeSite
Locals seen featured including Father Pasley & Lou Rossino from Mater Ecclesiae, Carlos& Maria Delarama , Pat O’Boyle , from Jersey City and others from Connecticut and Holy Innocents and Mount Carmel NYC @ The Dominican Jewel Of St Vincent Ferrer NYC this past Saturday February 15th 2020
Third Annual Lepanto Conference At St Vincent Ferrer New York Will be Kicked Off By A Pontifical Solemn Mass By Cardinal Zen As Sponsored By The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny
LEPANTO III: Don John of Austria has set his people free! And we can be sure that present at this Mass are those saints known and unknown for whom this Mass was the center of their lives as Catholic Christians, who understood this Mass as the center and womb of Western culture, for this is the Mass of St. Gregory the Great, of St. Benedict, of St. Dominic, of St Francis, of St Catherine of Siena, of St. Charles Borromeo, of St Teresa of Avila, of St. Martin de Porres, of St John Henry Newman, as well as the Mass of St John XXIII, this Mass celebrated here in this magnificent church that is a glorious embodiment of the faith not only of the saints but also those myriad of Catholics for whom this Mass was the center of their lives, who understood this Mass as the glorious and life-giving re-presentation of the Sacrifice of the Cross of Jesus Christ for the living—for you and me- and for the dead—that is, for the whole Church. – St Pius V Pray For Us
The resistance – the counter revolution and the restoration all rolled into one
Watch Michael Matt On The APOSTOLIC EXPLOITATION: Post-Amazon Damage Control – On The Remnant Newspaper –
With America apparently ready for a homosexual president and a Frist Gentleman in the White House, Michael Matt discusses the downward moral spiral of Western Civilization since the close of the Second Vatican Council.
Burying the Alleluja 2020 – The various customs related to the removal of the word “Alleluia” from the liturgy on Septuagesima Sunday. – On Novus Motus Liturgicus
Why the Office of Peter of Corbeil was Suppressed – As Well As The Feast of Fools – & Its Liturgical Observation Including 1st & 2nd Vespers Of The Feast Of Fools – New Years’ with the Canons of Sens -Canticum Salomonis
“L’Évêque du dehors”: The French King as Bishop in the Use of the Royal Chapel at Versailles and of the Holy Sepulcher (1) – Canticum Salomonis -This post explores the ways in which the liturgical use of the Royal Chapel at Versailles, especially under Louis XIV, embodied a conception of sacred kingship – Describes in detail both royal low and royal high Mass in good detail – On Canticum Salomonis
When Is the Reform Finally Reformed? – On OnePeterFive The reform of the reform is a movement by conservative Priests to attempt to slowly make the novus ordo Mass more like the traditional Mass
The Concept of First Innocence – True & False Paths to Happiness – Maintaining the first equilibrium & harmony God gave the soul Part 4, – By Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira On TIA
Vatican Ready to Open the Pius XII Archives – On FSSPX.News
Beginning on March 2, 2020, the Vatican archives are preparing to welcome dozens of researchers from around the world to study the documents from the war years of Pius XII’s pontificate, which are not yet accessible.
The conciliar Catholic springtime proves to be more liberalisms , even for our Catholic men is Service – Calling For Resurrecting the Holy Helo _ – Helicopter Priest drops – On Crisis Magazine
In this particular year at sea, only one “holy helo” run was made by a Catholic chaplain, who was attached to a carrier—my ship. To put this into perspective, my fellow Catholic sailors received the Eucharist—the source and summit of the Christian life—on one out of those 365 days.
Our former Pastor Canon Jean Moreau will visitng us from us from his Island Mission of Mauriitius and will be saying Mass at Holy Innocents NYC at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, August 21st in the Mass of the French born Saint Jane Frances de Chantal – Mass begins following Eucharistic Benediction and 5:45pm and the Angelus at 6 bells There will be a small reception after Mass at Holy Innocents on Wednesday
Canon Jean will be offering Mass again on Thursday, August 22nd , in a sung Mass for the 2nd double class Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the same schedule with Mass beginning at 6:00pm
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Jane Frances de Chantal
This Saint was born in Dijon, France, on 28 January 1572, the daughter of the royalist president of the Parliament of Burgundy. Her mother died when Jane was 18 months old. Her father became the main influence on her education. She developed into a woman of beauty and refinement, lively and cheerful in temperament.She married the Baron de Chantal when she was 21 and then lived in the feudal castle of Bourbilly. Baron de Chantal was accidentally killed by an arquebus while out shooting in 1601. Left a widow at 28, with four children, the broken-hearted baroness took a vow of chastity. Her mother, stepmother, sister, first two children, and now her husband had died Chantal gained a reputation as an excellent manager of the estates of her husband, as well as of her difficult father-in-law, while also providing alms and nursing care to needy neighbors.
Canon Moreau to Visit New York This Week – On The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny
Spiritual Battle in New Orleans: Rosary Rally Planned to Prayerfully Combat Pro-Abortion Fundraiser -Saturday June 22nd – See Catholic Family News For More Details
Edward Pentin Covers The Paganism In The Synod Document
Maybe not so evident to many is the fruit of the failure to denounce Pope Francis as a heretic and ask from him that he recants or be deposed. All the members of the hierarchy who have not done this are part of the problem, not of the solution.
The House Is Burning, And The Smoke Of Satan Is Charring The Church. | On Mundabor’s Blog
The Chilean author José Antonio Ureta of the Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Institute writes that the Instrumentum Laboris, the working paper, for the Amazon Synod shows a strong propensity toward a “deification of nature” which is promoted in UN environmental conferences since at least 1972. This neo-pagan UN agenda is now about to enter the Catholic Church.
Tribute to our Holy and heroic traditional Catholic Priests
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Pentecost Monday at Holy Innocents NYC , newly ordained Priest Father Thomas Killackey, FSSP, offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass , inclusive of the post liturgy first Priestly Blessing of each person seeking the additional graces
Some beautiful photographs follow
“God So Loved the World” – The Gospel of Pentecost Monday – On Novus Motus Liturgicus
Also June 11 was a somber day for traditional Knights, as it is the 5th anniversary of Fr. Kenneth Walker FSSP’s death.
For those who are unfamiliar with Fr. Walker, he was a priest of the Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), ordained in 2012, and offered the Latin Mass exclusively. He was assigned to Mater Misericordiae Latin Mass parish in Phoenix, Arizona. And became chaplain for the new Knights Council there. He even joined our monthly teleconference in the winter of 2013 to help network with other Latin Mass Knights. He was a pious and faithful priest.
Tragically on June 11, 2014, an assailant broke into the rectory and attacked both Fr. Walker, and his brother priest, Fr. Terra (who was badly injured). Sadly, Fr. Walker succumbed to his wounds and passed into eternal life. He is buried at the FSSP’s Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, Nebraska.
Today however, Fr. Walker’s virtues live on in the Knights, as 3 FSSP Traditional Knights of Columbus councils , just like the one at Holy Innocents NY . Regina Coeli These new Councils now bear his name.
Fr. Kenneth Walker Council 16076 – Vancouver, British Columbia (Holy Family Parish)
Fr. Kenneth Walker Council 16168 – Maple Hill, Kansas (St. John Vianney Parish)
Fr. Kenneth Walker Council 16878 – Lincoln, Nebraska (St. Francis of Assisi Parish)
Please offer prayers for the repose of Fr. Walker’s soul, and for the conversion of his assailant, Gary Moran.
Remembering Fr. Kenneth Walker, ‘The Arrow,’ Struck Down Too Soon – On OnePeterFive
For those who are unfamiliar with Fr. Walker, he was a priest of the Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), ordained in 2012, and offered the Latin Mass exclusively. He was assigned to Mater Misericordiae Latin Mass parish in Phoenix, Arizona. And became chaplain for the new Knights Council there. He even joined our monthly teleconference in the winter of 2013 to help network with other Latin Mass Knights. He was a pious and faithful priest.
Tragically on June 11, 2014, an assailant broke into the rectory and attacked both Fr. Walker, and his brother priest, Fr. Terra (who was badly injured). Sadly, Fr. Walker succumbed to his wounds and passed into eternal life. He is buried at the FSSP’s Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, Nebraska.
A favorite Irish folk song about all the young European men that perished in WWI that is often sung together on the death anniversary of any loved one , family or friend – A good traditional family song to know
The Green Fields of France | Ireland’s Favourite Folk Song | RTÉ One – YouTube
RORATE CÆLI: Fontgombault Sermon for Ascension, 2019: “God, when will you restore a Christian Society?” God is in charge of the right time -On Rorate Mass .
Fontgombault Sermon for Ascension, 2019: “God, when will you restore a Christian Society?” God is in charge of the right time -On Rorate Mass .
Archbold on “Actuating the Schism” – On OnePeterFive
He says, quoting Hilary White, that some of the rule changes made recently by the Vatican signal “the end of the contemplative monastic life.” He quotes Hilary further on the vital nature of cloistered religious, and it bears repeating here:
“Once they’re inside, the world forgets about them. But contemplative religious life is like the mitochondria of the Church. The power source of the cell that makes all the other systems function. The mitochondria are the most unobtrusive and hidden of the organelles of the body, and for a very long time their purpose was not fully understood. But now we know our lives depend on the health of this tiny, secret and hidden little thing. And mitochondrial disease – when the mitochondria fail to function – is devastating.’
“And this is not just about ending things. It’s about killing off new beginnings. Think about this:
Step by step they have been destroying avenues for religious to practice traditional Catholicism. They are simply not giving traditional Catholics with a vocation anywhere to go, except where they want you to go. They are diligently and systematically cutting off all avenues of escape. This is critical in understanding my thesis about how they may in the future cause the split in the Church for which Pope Francis has openly pined.”
Women religious superiors group raps culture of abuse
The Union of International Superiors General (UISG), whose memberships consists of 2000 Superior Generals of Congregations of Women Religious throughout the world, representing more than 500,000 sisters, expresses its deep sorrow and indignation over the pattern of abuse that is prevalent within the church and society today. Asks any woman religious who’s been abused to report it
UISG DECLARATION AGAINST ANY KIND OF ABUSE – International Union Superiors General
Crux Recommends The Traditional Orders Of Nuns Roll With The Changes And Let Themselves Be Liberally Reformed
Contemplative nuns roll with the changes under Pope Francis
The end of all monastic nuns orders by order of Pope disguised in Pastoral language Contemplative nuns roll with the changes under Pope Francis
One of the nuns, Sister St. Anthony, placed a small replica of Our Lady of Prompt Succor in her window that faced the approaching fire, while Mother St. Michel prayed aloud, asking Our Lady for help. Immediately the wind changed direction of the flames.
Traditional Masses for double first class Solemnity Of The Assumption Of The Blessed Mother – As posted on the Society of Saint Hugh Of Cluny – include Holy Innocents NY at 6:00pm St Anthony on Commonwealth Avenue in the Bronx at 6:00pm – St Anthony in Jersey City at 8:00pm and St Pius X in Fairfield Conn at 5:00pm
Latin Mass to be Sung in San Quentin State Prison Starting August 25th – Scola Of Inmates Exercise Their Right To Request The Traditional Mass Per The Moto Proprio Of Benedict XVI – On Novus Motus Liturgicus
Propers For The TLM For The Feast Of The Assumption
The Lord hath blessed thee by His power, because by thee He hath brought our enemies to nought. Blessed art thou, O daughter, by the Lord the most high God, above all women upon the earth. Blessed be the Lord who made heaven and earth, who hath directed thee to the cutting off the head of the prince of our enemies. Because He hath so magnified thy name this day that thy praise shall not depart out of the mouth of men who shall be mindful of the power of the Lord, for ever: for that thou hast not spared thy life, by reason of the distress and tribulation of thy people; but hast prevented our ruin in the presence of our God. Thou art the glory of Jerusalem, thou art the joy of Israel, thou art the honor of our people
Ps. 44: 11-12, 14 Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear: and the King shall greatly desire thy beauty. All beautiful is the King’s daughter as she comes in, robed in cloth of gold.
Saint Luke 1:41-50
At that time: Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost. And she cried out with a loud voice and said: Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed art thou that hast believed, because those things shall be accomplished that were spoken to thee by the Lord. And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. Because He hath regarded the humility of His handmaid: for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Because He that is mighty hath done great things to me: and holy is His name. And His mercy is from generations to generations to them that fear Him.
Rousseau and Romanticism, Chapter IV (Part 7) – On Tradition Restored
Morris-Jumel Mansion By Tom McDonald, NYC Transit Retiree
The Morris-Jumel Mansion
If you happen to find yourself in the Washington Heights Section of Upper Manhattan, you may come upon a remarkable edifice, the oldest house in Manhattan, in fact.
The Morris-Jumel Mansion (MJM) was built by British Colonel Roger Morris in 1765. General George Washington used the mansion as his headquarters during the Battle of Harlem Heights in the fall of 1776; President Washington returned to MJM on July 10, 1790 to dine with Vice President John Adams, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, and Secretary of War Henry Knox.
Stephen Jumel, a prominent French wine merchant from Haiti purchased the house in 1810. When Jumel died in 1832, he left his fortune to his wife, Eliza, who soon married again, to former Vice President Aaron Burr. Jumel divorced Burr after three years, though, and died in the mansion in 1865. The house passed through a few hands until 1894, when General Ferdinand P. Earle purchased it. He sold it in 1903 to the city of New York in order to preserve the historical significance of the building. In 1904, the Washington’s Headquarters Association, formed by four chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution, took on the task of operating the mansion as a museum.
Located at the head of the Sylvan Terrace, which is the home of a wonderful string of old row-houses, the Morris-Jumel stands tall on a hill. The courtyard that surrounds the structure is open to all. Upon entering the mansion, one is struck by how loud the ancient wooden floors creak on each step you take, a sensation both thrilling and unsettling. The parlors on the first floor, the so-called “sleeping chambers” on the second floor and the basement kitchen all are well preserved and inspiring. Most of all, the idea of actually being in a house where the first three U.S. Presidents had been, along with the two men involved in the most famous duel in history, Hamilton and Burr, was rather intoxicating. It’s also reason enough for anyone who is a New Yorker or an American to head uptown for a look at MJM, which became a National Landmark in 1962. There is also a wonderful gift shop in the mansion which sells items pertaining to the site as well as the colonial times it was born into.
If you take the C train to 163 St and exit from the south-east staircase, you’ll be just a short walk from the Morris-Jumel Mansion, beyond a stone stairwell on St. Nicholas Avenue. The M2, M3, and M18 buses on Madison Avenue (to 160th Street) and the Third Avenue M101 bus (to 161st Street) also stop within a few blocks of the Mansion.
This evening June 28th there will be a double 1st class high Mass for Saint Peter and Paul At The Shrine & Parish Church of the Holy Innocents, NY At 6:00pm With Outdoor Procession To Follow
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Saturday, June 30 at 1:00pm The Confraternity Of OL Of Prompt Succor – Mass for the Commemoration of Saint Paul the Apostle at the Shrine & Parish Church of the Holy Innocents, NY
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Concert in Honor of Our Lady – Saturday, June 30 at 5pm
Shrine & Parish Church of the Holy Innocents, NY
Vox in Rama, Holy Innocents’ volunteer choir, will present a concert of sacred music in honor of Our Blessed Lady. The music will consist of hymns in chant and choral settings by Josquin des Prez, W. A. Mozart, Pierre Villete, Igor Stravinsky, Edvard Grieg, Ola Gjeilo, Michel Lebat, & Hildegard von Bingen.
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Sunday July 1st 2018 Feast Of The Most Precious Blood -Solemn High Traditional Latin Mass At 500pm At The Shrine Church Most Precious Blood Little Italy – NYC
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Sermon of the Right Reverend Dom Jean Pateau – Abbot of Our Lady of Fontgombault -June 29, 2018 – On Rorate
Former Opus Dei Member Will Be Ordained a Priest for the SSPX
Austria-born Father Johannes Regele a molecular biologist, has been an un-married member of the Opus Dei for 13 years before turning to the SSPX in October 2014.
Tradition – Ridgewood Reservoir Named on the National Register of Historic Places | Untapped Cities
The historical site is situated amidst the diverse communities on the Brooklyn/Queens border — there’s even a still functioning Carmelite monastery just nearby.
First developed in 1981, it opened to the public in 2005, and has become an important space for the community, as the gardens often plays host to neighborhood art exhibitions, small festivals, and yoga and exercise classes.
The garden is in serious danger of being destroyed, as the city has plans to demolish most of the park to build a new housing development, and the garden as it exists now would be gone. Community members and activists of the Elizabeth Street Garden have united in the “Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden” organization, and are fighting to keep the garden open. The organization released an alternative plan and renderings for the garden in January.
I Was Wrong to Dread the “Pre-1955” Holy Week – “The Ancient Rites Blew Me Away” – On The Watershed Project
In a staggering turn of events, Rome gave permission this year for certain parishes to use the ancient rites of Holy Week—the so-called “Pre-1955 version.” If everything goes well for three years, the permission might be broadened. Until last week, I had only experienced the 1962 version, which is done according to Pius XII reforms that became mandatory in 1955.
The New Rite’s Version Of High Mass – The Holy Eucharist /Monstrance is profaned by flying around on remote controlled drone in a Catholic Church in Brazil to a standing cheering ovation
Flying Monstrance dropped off by Drone in Brazilian “Catholic” Church– gloria.tv
From an Easter homily by Melito of Sardis, bishop The Easter praise of Christ
We should understand, beloved, that the paschal mystery is at once old and new, transitory and eternal, corruptible and incorruptible, mortal and immortal. In terms of the Law it is old, in terms of the Word it is new. In its figure it is passing, in its grace it is eternal. It is corruptible in the sacrifice of the lamb, incorruptible in the eternal life of the Lord. It is mortal in his burial in the earth, immortal in his resurrection from the dead.
The Law indeed is old, but the Word is new. The type is transitory, but grace is eternal. The lamb was corruptible, but the Lord is incorruptible. He was slain as a lamb; he rose again as God. He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, yet he was not a sheep. He was silent as a lamb, yet he was not a lamb. The type has passed away; the reality has come. The lamb gives place to God, the sheep gives place to a man, and the man is Christ, who fills the whole of creation. The sacrifice of the lamb, the celebration of the Passover, and the prescriptions of the Law have been fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Under the old Law, and still more under the new dispensation, everything pointed toward him.
Both the Law and the Word came forth from Zion and Jerusalem, but now the Law has given place to the Word, the old to the new. The commandment has become grace, the type a reality. The lamb has become a Son, the sheep a man, and man, God.
The Lord, though he was God, became man. He suffered for the sake of those who suffer, he was bound for those in bonds, condemned for the guilty, buried for those who lie in the grave; but he rose from the dead, and cried aloud: Who will contend with me? Let him confront me. I have freed the condemned, brought the dead back to life, raised men from their graves. Who has anything to say against me? I, he said, am the Christ; I have destroyed death, triumphed over the enemy, trampled hell underfoot, bound the strong one, and taken men up to the heights of heaven: I am the Christ.
Come, then, all you nations of men, receive forgiveness for the sins that defile you. I am your forgiveness. I am the Passover that brings salvation. I am the lamb who was immolated for you. I am your ransom, your life, your resurrection, your light, I am your salvation and your king. I will bring you to the heights of heaven. With my own right hand I will raise you up, and I will show you the eternal Father
From a discourse by Saint Anastasius of Antioch It was necessary that Christ should suffer and so enter into his glory
Christ, who has shown by his words and actions that he was truly God and Lord of the universe, said to his disciples as he was about to go up to Jerusalem: We are going up to Jerusalem now, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the Gentiles and the chief priests and scribes to be scourged and mocked and crucified.
These words bore out the predictions of the prophets, who had foretold the death he was to die in Jerusalem. From the beginning holy Scripture had foretold Christ’s death, the sufferings that would precede it, and what would happen to his body afterward. Scripture also affirmed that these things were going to happen to one who was immortal and incapable of suffering because he was God.
Only by reflecting upon the meaning of the incarnation can we see how it is possible to say with perfect truth both that Christ suffered and that he was incapable of suffering, and why the Word of God, in himself incapable of suffering, came to suffer. In fact, man could have been saved in no other way, as Christ alone knew and those to whom he revealed it. For he knows all the secrets of the Father, even as the Spirit penetrates the depths of all mysteries.
It was necessary for Christ to suffer: his passion was absolutely unavoidable. He said so himself when he called his companions dull and slow to believe because they failed to recognize that he had to suffer and so enter into his glory. Leaving behind him the glory that had been his with the Father before the world was made, he had gone forth to save his people. This salvation, however, could be achieved only by the suffering of the author of our life, as Paul taught when he said that the author of life himself was made perfect through suffering. Because of us he was deprived of his glory for a little while, the glory that was his as the Father’s only-begotten Son, but through the cross this glory is seen to have been restored to him in a certain way in the body that he had assumed. Explaining what water the Savior referred to when he said: He that has faith in me shall have rivers of living water flowing from within him, John says in his gospel that he was speaking of the Holy Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus had not yet been glorified. The glorification he meant was his death upon the cross for which the Lord prayed to the Father before undergoing his passion, asking his Father to give him the glory that he had in his presence before the world began.
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