WE HAVE MOVED!

"And I beheld, and heard the voice of one eagle flying through the midst of heaven,
saying with a loud voice: Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth....
[Apocalypse (Revelation) 8:13]

Saturday, February 17, 2018

Lefebvre & Benedict XIV on Lent

 Lefebvre & Benedict XIV on Lent 


"In the Second Vatican Council, the bishops requested such a reduction of fasting and abstinence that the prescriptions have practically disappeared." It must be recognized that the fact of this disappearance is a consequence of the ecumenical and protestant spirit, which denies the need for our participation for the application of the merits of Our Lord, to each one of us, for the forgiveness of our sins and the restoration of our divine sonship In the past the commandments of the Church prescribed: obligatory fasting every day of Lent, With the exception of Sundays, during the three days of the Temporas and for many vigils, the abstinence was for every Friday of the year, on Saturdays of Lent and, in many dioceses, every Saturday of the year. prescriptions are: the fast of Ash Wednesday and Good Friday and the abstinence for the Ash Wednesday and the Fridays of Lent. " (Bishop Lefebvre, sermon of 02-14-1982).

"The observance of Lent is the link of our militia; by it we differ from the enemies of the Cross of Jesus Christ; through it we dodge the lashes of divine wrath; for her, protected with the heavenly help during the day, we strengthen ourselves against the princes of darkness. If this observance is relaxed, it yields in derogation of the glory of God, dishonor of the Catholic religion and danger of the Christian souls; and there is no doubt that this neglect is a source of misfortunes for the people, disasters in public affairs and misfortunes for individuals. " (Benedict XIV, Constitution Non Ambigimus, 05-30-1741)