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Today’s Gospel reading in the old rite (Matthew 8:23-27) reminded New Catholic of a passage from last year’s Stations of the Cross for Good Friday given by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. Inspired by the quoted portion, I went to Thomas to learn more, to his Catena Aurea, to be enriched by the wealth of the Fathers. It’s amazing what these men had to say about the Gospels. For example, according to Origen, it was not the Twelve in the boat with Jesus, but other anonymous disciples, who happened to own the boat.
But Origen says in another place something which speaks to those times when the Barque of Peter seems swamped in the storm:
“Therefore, what sort of man is he? That is, how great, how strong, how mighty? He commands every creature, and they do not transgress His commandment; men alone resist - they will, therefore, be condemned in the judgment. In a mystical way, all we in the ship of the Church, with the Lord, pass upon the stormy waters of this world. The Lord sleeps sweetly, however, looking for our patience and the repentance of the ungodly.”
Videre eius verba latina, huc vadite . . .
St. Louis-Marie de Montfort,
Pope St. Pius X,
St. Joseph,
St. Ambrose of Milan,
St. Thomas Aquinas,
St. Francis (and St. Clare),
St. Catherine of Siena,
St. Alphonsus Ligouri,
St. John Chrysostom,
I like that line about not having an ecumenical dialogue with the devil. This Fr Wolfe sounds like a good guy.
Sunday, my FSSP priest reflected on this gospel before launching into his main sermon topic.
How many times have we read that gospel account of the boat upon stormy waters and yet many of us traditionalists continue to fret and obsess about the state of the church or our culture?
As usual I can’t do justice to his sermon, but Father said something to the effect that our good Lord knows what’s going on, he’s foreseen it from all eternity, and that we should never become distressed.
Following the beautiful mass and brilliant sermon, I witnessed a traditional baptism. Can I just say “Can I get my baptism done over?!”
Prior to the baptism starting Father stated that during the exorcism prayers he’ll be speaking in latin and he’ll be literally telling the “devil to go to hell” and “relinquish all claim through Adam to this child” and that he’ll be speaking in latin and not English because he’s “not having an ecumenical dialogue with the devil”
The three latin exorcism prayers, the blessed salt in the mouth, the priests saliva on the baby’s eyes and ears, and so much more! And the NO Church threw this stuff out of the baptism rite for what purpose exactly?