Fred, your topic here reminds me of a dust-up, a few days ago, on Vox
Cantoris. He asserted that it is our duty as Christians to wear masks
to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass if the government tells us we must, or
they will close our Churches.
My response to him was that I find
it inconceivable that an orthodox Catholic, such as himself, would ever
submit to unjust dictates from secular government over how we approach
Our Lord in Holy Mass. My response to him was that the Mass belongs to
Catholics and we decide, within the bounds of Tradition, and in accord
with the Word of Jesus, how we conduct ourselves in Holy Mass. Only one
authority prevails over Mass and that is our God and the Sacred
Tradition given by Him to guide us in all times and places.
Understand,
there is nothing inherently wrong with wearing a mask to Mass. But
there is EVERYTHING wrong with wearing a symbol of godless, satanic,
pagan, death cult tyranny to Mass because the godless tyrants have
asserted authority over us and we submit as the price of “admission”.
WHY :must I put it on? That is the crucial question, as I approach Our
Lord in the sacred moments at Calvary.
Vox doesn’t like to hear
such things. Vox Cantoris has closed his combox. He is very angry with
those who disagree with him that we must submit to secular demands of
mask wearing as the price of entry to Holy Mass. Too bad. I would ask
him at what point does secular authority over Mass end? After masks,
vaccinations? After vax, digital passports and proof of regular DNA
software booster updates? Perhaps a tiny little molecular sized digital
microchip injected into my bloodstream - “you won’t even know it’s
there”. Must we wear a symbol; inject a symbol, like the Chinese, of
submission to secular authority and the power of The Party, in order to
worship God within one or more, however minor, secular imposed limits?
Now,
terrifyingly so, I see that even those I considered reliable orthodox
Catholics, take the side of the State and say “yes, we must do so;
resistance to demands are … *selfish*” (his words).
Chinese
communist rulers assert their authority over who, what, when, how in
Holy Mass, and they don’t think themselves monsters for this. There are
practical reasons for everything they do. The Red Communists see
themselves as against of peace and stability and justice as they define
those terms. Wearing the hammer and sickle on my breast pocket and on
my wife and daughters’ veils demonstrates fealty to that regime and to
their authority over what happens in our holy temple. Wearing the mask
is a similar or the same thing.
Because the regime insists I must in order to celebrate Mass is THE REASON I WILL NOT.
Symbols mean something. Especially symbols that verge on satanic sacramentals.
There
is no power on earth, that has authority to even one moment in the Holy
Sacrifice. I would rather go underground than worship God under the
restraints and permissions of a godless, satanic, tyrannical regime.
I had a lengthy discussion with my SSPX Priest early this year about the
Gene Therapy injections, and what was the official position of the SSPX
on political, social, business mandates to vaccinate as a condition of
participation in political, social and economic life. His position,
drawn from SSPX theologians, was summarized in the statement “this is
not the hill to die on”. I disagreed with him then, as now, and will
never submit. It is a hill worth dying for. I have paid a personal
price already - my life is fundamentally different in many ways, because
I will not submit, nor give up that hill.
In reference to
Bishops and Orders such as SSPX who submit to secular authority over
their Parish - who is permitted to attend the Celebration of Holy Mass,
the blogger referenced above has this to say: “this is neither the line
in the sand nor the sword to fall on.”
Yeah … I keep hearing that. Which line, then; which sword?
It’s
not the mask that is the problem, per se. It’s about secular
government reaching into every individual life and dictating granularly
what they are to do, say and think; how they are to live; what they are
to put on their face; what they are to inject into their bodies. And
that, *most importantly*, their control also now extends to our Holy
Catholic Faith and how we are to approach Our Lord; how we are to come
into His presence.
So what is the line in the sand, the hill
worth dying on? I first heard that term from my SSPX Priest about 8
months ago (“take the vax - not this hill”).
The Catholic Faith
and Sacred Tradition is the line - long, holy and straight; Holy Mass
under Canonical jurisdiction without secular, Pagan government
interference is the hill, They can have none of it - not one particle.
When we walk into Holy Mass and every face in the socially distanced pew
is nothing but a sea of eyeballs; when we approach Calvary all masked
up - lower the mask, stick out your tongue, raise the mask (argh!) - we
demonstrate by that act of will we have placed government over God.
Since
the blogger, like so many others, is unwilling to engage in thoughtful
debate about something as core to our times as this question of the
extent of secular authority into the beating heart of our Faith, and our
decision to submit or resist, I would be curious to know … curious to
know from anyone in general … WHAT IS the hill worth dying on, in the
current condition? We know how this goes, now. They (pagan communist
governments) are using military force to compel submission to every
demand of us - which they have already said is universal masking,
injections and internal digital AI passports of compliance.
What.Line? What.Sword? What.Hill?
“ Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” (Mark 12:17)
My response to him was that I find it inconceivable that an orthodox Catholic, such as himself, would ever submit to unjust dictates from secular government over how we approach Our Lord in Holy Mass. My response to him was that the Mass belongs to Catholics and we decide, within the bounds of Tradition, and in accord with the Word of Jesus, how we conduct ourselves in Holy Mass. Only one authority prevails over Mass and that is our God and the Sacred Tradition given by Him to guide us in all times and places.
Understand, there is nothing inherently wrong with wearing a mask to Mass. But there is EVERYTHING wrong with wearing a symbol of godless, satanic, pagan, death cult tyranny to Mass because the godless tyrants have asserted authority over us and we submit as the price of “admission”. WHY :must I put it on? That is the crucial question, as I approach Our Lord in the sacred moments at Calvary.
Vox doesn’t like to hear such things. Vox Cantoris has closed his combox. He is very angry with those who disagree with him that we must submit to secular demands of mask wearing as the price of entry to Holy Mass. Too bad. I would ask him at what point does secular authority over Mass end? After masks, vaccinations? After vax, digital passports and proof of regular DNA software booster updates? Perhaps a tiny little molecular sized digital microchip injected into my bloodstream - “you won’t even know it’s there”. Must we wear a symbol; inject a symbol, like the Chinese, of submission to secular authority and the power of The Party, in order to worship God within one or more, however minor, secular imposed limits?
Now, terrifyingly so, I see that even those I considered reliable orthodox Catholics, take the side of the State and say “yes, we must do so; resistance to demands are … *selfish*” (his words).
Chinese communist rulers assert their authority over who, what, when, how in Holy Mass, and they don’t think themselves monsters for this. There are practical reasons for everything they do. The Red Communists see themselves as against of peace and stability and justice as they define those terms. Wearing the hammer and sickle on my breast pocket and on my wife and daughters’ veils demonstrates fealty to that regime and to their authority over what happens in our holy temple. Wearing the mask is a similar or the same thing.
Because the regime insists I must in order to celebrate Mass is THE REASON I WILL NOT.
Symbols mean something. Especially symbols that verge on satanic sacramentals.
There is no power on earth, that has authority to even one moment in the Holy Sacrifice. I would rather go underground than worship God under the restraints and permissions of a godless, satanic, tyrannical regime.
In reference to Bishops and Orders such as SSPX who submit to secular authority over their Parish - who is permitted to attend the Celebration of Holy Mass, the blogger referenced above has this to say: “this is neither the line in the sand nor the sword to fall on.”
Yeah … I keep hearing that. Which line, then; which sword?
It’s not the mask that is the problem, per se. It’s about secular government reaching into every individual life and dictating granularly what they are to do, say and think; how they are to live; what they are to put on their face; what they are to inject into their bodies. And that, *most importantly*, their control also now extends to our Holy Catholic Faith and how we are to approach Our Lord; how we are to come into His presence.
So what is the line in the sand, the hill worth dying on? I first heard that term from my SSPX Priest about 8 months ago (“take the vax - not this hill”).
The Catholic Faith and Sacred Tradition is the line - long, holy and straight; Holy Mass under Canonical jurisdiction without secular, Pagan government interference is the hill, They can have none of it - not one particle. When we walk into Holy Mass and every face in the socially distanced pew is nothing but a sea of eyeballs; when we approach Calvary all masked up - lower the mask, stick out your tongue, raise the mask (argh!) - we demonstrate by that act of will we have placed government over God.
Since the blogger, like so many others, is unwilling to engage in thoughtful debate about something as core to our times as this question of the extent of secular authority into the beating heart of our Faith, and our decision to submit or resist, I would be curious to know … curious to know from anyone in general … WHAT IS the hill worth dying on, in the current condition? We know how this goes, now. They (pagan communist governments) are using military force to compel submission to every demand of us - which they have already said is universal masking, injections and internal digital AI passports of compliance.
What.Line? What.Sword? What.Hill?
“ Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” (Mark 12:17)
Caesar and his law has no place in God’s House.
Pray an Our Father now for reparation for the sins committed because of Francis's Amoris Laetitia.