SAINT AGNES CATHEDRAL 533 South Jefferson Springfield, MO 65806
EXTRAORDINARY FORM OF THE MASS (LATIN)
CELEBRANT Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
October 28th, 2012; Christ the King
Epistle: Col. 1: 12-20; Gospel: Jn. 18: 33-37
Mass schedule October 29th through November 2nd:
Monday: Feria; No Latin Mass
Tuesday: Feria
Wednesday: Feria
Thursday: All Saints
Friday: All Souls
Sunday, October 28 is the feast of the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ. One may gain a plenary indulgence by the public recitation of the Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. We will recite the consecratory prayer immediately following the 2:30pm Mass.
The month of November is dedicated to the Holy Souls. On all the days from November 1 through November 8 inclusive, a plenary indulgence, applicable only to the Poor Souls, is granted to those who visit a cemetery and pray, even if only mentally, for the departed.
Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus:
Most sweet Jesus, Redeemer of the human race, look down upon us, humbly prostrate before Thy altar. We are Thine and Thine we wish to be; but to be more surely united with Thee, behold each one of us freely consecrates himself today to Thy Most Sacred Heart.
Many indeed have never known Thee; many, too, despising Thy precepts, have rejected Thee. Have mercy on them all, most merciful Jesus, and draw them to Thy Sacred Heart. Be Thou Kind, O Lord, not only of the faithful who have never forsaken Thee; but also of the prodigal children who have abandoned Thee: grant that they may quickly return to their Father’s house, lest they die of wretchedness and hunger.
Be Thou King of those who are deceived by erroneous opinions, or whom discord keeps aloof, and call them back to the harbor of truth and unity of faith, so that soon there may be but one flock and one Shepherd. Be Thou King of all those who even now sit in the shadow of idolatry or Islam, and refuse not Thou to bring them into the light of Thy Kingdom.
Grant, O Lord, to Thy Church, assurance of freedom and immunity from harm; give peace and order to all nations, and make the earth resound from pole to pole with one cry: Praise to the Divine Heart that wrought our salvation; to it be glory and honor forever. Amen.
In Christ,
Father Jeffery A. Fasching
Prayers at the Foot of the Altar
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Salvation in the Catholic Church
Jesus Christ speaks very clearly when He says in the Gospel that the Holy Ghost will teach all the truth. If one wishes to be fully incorporated into the Church of Christ one must embrace the entire system of the Catholic Church:
They are fully incorporated into the society of the Church who, possessing the Spirit of Christ, accept her entire system and all the means of salvation given her, and through union with her visible structure are joined to Christ, who rules her through the Supreme Pontiff and the bishops. This joining is effected by the bonds of professed faith, of the sacraments, of ecclesiastical government, and of communion. (LG 14b-366)
To be fully incorporated into the Church one must be united to it by all of the bonds, interior and exterior. The interior bonds of the Holy Ghost include sanctifying grace, faith, hope and love. The exterior bonds include the same professed faith, sacraments, government, and communion.
Pray for Christian unity.
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
They are fully incorporated into the society of the Church who, possessing the Spirit of Christ, accept her entire system and all the means of salvation given her, and through union with her visible structure are joined to Christ, who rules her through the Supreme Pontiff and the bishops. This joining is effected by the bonds of professed faith, of the sacraments, of ecclesiastical government, and of communion. (LG 14b-366)
To be fully incorporated into the Church one must be united to it by all of the bonds, interior and exterior. The interior bonds of the Holy Ghost include sanctifying grace, faith, hope and love. The exterior bonds include the same professed faith, sacraments, government, and communion.
Pray for Christian unity.
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Christian Unity
The New Testament places strong emphases on the unity of the Church. The Church is:
• one People of God (1 Pet 2.9f)
• one Body of Christ (1 Cor 12.2; Eph 4.4)
• one Temple of the Holy Ghost (Eph 2.21)
• one household of God (Eph 2.19)
• one flock of Christ (Jn 10.16)
• one bride of Christ (Eph 5.25-32).
Last Sunday, when Christ described Himself as the Good Shepherd, He spoke of His desire to unite all His sheep so that there will be but one flock and one shepherd:
“I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep and my sheep know me…I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must lead them, too, and they shall hear my voice. There shall be one flock then, one shepherd.” (Jn 10. 14-16)
Jesus Christ also prayed at the Last Supper for unity when He said:
“I do not pray for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their word, that all may be one, as you, Father, are in me, and I in you; I pray that they may be one in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. I have given them the glory you gave me, that they may be one, as we are one—I living in them, you living in me—that their unity may be complete.” (Jn 17.20-23)
Finally, the Epistle to the Ephesians speaks emphatically about the unity which Christians are to preserve and the many bonds that make them one:
“Make every effort to preserve the unity which has the Spirit as its origin and peace as its binding force. There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there is but one hope given all of you by your call. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all, and works through all, and is in all.” (Eph 4.1-5)
Note: one body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all! Pray for Christian unity!
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
• one People of God (1 Pet 2.9f)
• one Body of Christ (1 Cor 12.2; Eph 4.4)
• one Temple of the Holy Ghost (Eph 2.21)
• one household of God (Eph 2.19)
• one flock of Christ (Jn 10.16)
• one bride of Christ (Eph 5.25-32).
Last Sunday, when Christ described Himself as the Good Shepherd, He spoke of His desire to unite all His sheep so that there will be but one flock and one shepherd:
“I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep and my sheep know me…I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must lead them, too, and they shall hear my voice. There shall be one flock then, one shepherd.” (Jn 10. 14-16)
Jesus Christ also prayed at the Last Supper for unity when He said:
“I do not pray for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their word, that all may be one, as you, Father, are in me, and I in you; I pray that they may be one in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. I have given them the glory you gave me, that they may be one, as we are one—I living in them, you living in me—that their unity may be complete.” (Jn 17.20-23)
Finally, the Epistle to the Ephesians speaks emphatically about the unity which Christians are to preserve and the many bonds that make them one:
“Make every effort to preserve the unity which has the Spirit as its origin and peace as its binding force. There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there is but one hope given all of you by your call. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all, and works through all, and is in all.” (Eph 4.1-5)
Note: one body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all! Pray for Christian unity!
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
Thursday, January 26, 2012
The Infallible Teaching Authority of the Pope
In the first three chapters of Pastor Aeternus, the Council showed that Christ conferred the primacy of jurisdiction on Peter and his successors. Infallibility, in the proper sense, is a supernatural charism which antecedently preserves one from error. This is not to be confused with divine inspiration. The gift of infallibility requires that there be a cause which is an "a priori" way unfailingly preserving the person from error. With God it is omniscience. If human beings are ever infallible, it must be because of special divine assistance. When we say that the whole body of the Church is infallible in its profession of faith, we mean that, because of the guidance of the Holy Ghost which Christ has promised the entire body of the faithful cannot err in what they, with moral unanimity, firmly profess to be the Catholic faith.
The vast majority of Christians agree that the Scriptures are infallibly true with regard to the essential religious message they proclaim. Furthermore, most Christians agree that the Church as a whole, despite mistakes, is indefectible. Although the Church may fail in many ways, nevertheless, because of Christ's promise to be with her and to send the Holy Ghost to enlighten her, the Church universal will not fall away completely and irrevocably from the truth of the gospel.
Roman Catholics believe that the pope, as head of the Church, possesses that infallibility with which God has endowed the Church. The basic reason for saying this is that if the pope could err in his solemnly defined teachings he could lead the Church into error. If that were to happen, the Church would no longer be the "pillar of truth" (1 Tim 3.15) that the Scriptures proclaim to be, and the Holy Ghost would have failed in His promised task of leading the Church into all truth (Jn 16.13).
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
The vast majority of Christians agree that the Scriptures are infallibly true with regard to the essential religious message they proclaim. Furthermore, most Christians agree that the Church as a whole, despite mistakes, is indefectible. Although the Church may fail in many ways, nevertheless, because of Christ's promise to be with her and to send the Holy Ghost to enlighten her, the Church universal will not fall away completely and irrevocably from the truth of the gospel.
Roman Catholics believe that the pope, as head of the Church, possesses that infallibility with which God has endowed the Church. The basic reason for saying this is that if the pope could err in his solemnly defined teachings he could lead the Church into error. If that were to happen, the Church would no longer be the "pillar of truth" (1 Tim 3.15) that the Scriptures proclaim to be, and the Holy Ghost would have failed in His promised task of leading the Church into all truth (Jn 16.13).
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
Monday, January 23, 2012
The Primacy of Peter
The dogmatic constitution Pastor Aternus shows that Christ conferred the primacy of ruling authority on Peter. Pope Benedict has succeeded Peter in this position. “Jurisdiction” is authority to govern a society. It includes the power to render decisions and to issue directives which members of the society are required to obey. “Primacy of Jurisdiction” is the highest rank of governing authority in a society. It is often contrasted with “primacy of honor,” which refers to the highest position of honor or dignity in a society. “Primacy of honor” does not necessarily include strict authority or jurisdiction over others. The king or queen of England, for example, has a primacy of honor in the British government, but not a primacy of jurisdiction because he or she has no authority to make decisions or issue directives that are juridically binding on the government. The Archbishop of Canterbury has a similar primacy of honor in the Anglican Church. He ranks first among the prelates in the Anglican Church and can lead by exhortation and teaching, but he cannot bind individuals or churches in the Anglican communion to accept his teaching or obey his directives.
Mt 16: 16-19 “You are Peter and on this rock I will build my church…” When Christ proclaimed Peter the rock on which He would build His Church and promised him the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and when, after the resurrection, He gave Peter the charge to feed his lambs and tend his sheep, He thereby made Peter head of the Church and entrusted all of His sheep to Peter’s care. Peter, then, has the responsibility of caring for all of Christ’s sheep; and since Peter has been appointed their shepherd, all of Christ’s sheep have the obligation to follow Peter’s pastoral guidance.
Having affirmed that Christ bestowed primacy of jurisdiction on Peter, the Council now speaks of the continuation of that primacy in Peter’s successors. The primacy that Christ established in the person of Peter for the good of the Church will endure until the end of the world in Peter’s successors, the bishops of Rome! Many testimonies from antiquity support the claim that the primacy of Peter continues in the Roman Pontiff. Philip, legate of Pope Celestine, speaking to the Council of Ephesus in 431 stated: “No one doubts that Peter even to this day lives, governs, and exercises judgment in his successors.”
Pope Leo the Great in 461 stated: “Saint Peter still has the rock-like strength that has been given to him and has not surrendered the helm of the Church.”
Saint Irenaeus stated: “Because of the greater authority (potentior principalitas) of the Church of Rome, it is necessary for every church…to be in agreement with it.”
The point is that according to the institution of Christ our Lord Himself, that is, by divine law, Saint Peter should have perpetual successors in the primacy over the whole Church.
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
Mt 16: 16-19 “You are Peter and on this rock I will build my church…” When Christ proclaimed Peter the rock on which He would build His Church and promised him the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and when, after the resurrection, He gave Peter the charge to feed his lambs and tend his sheep, He thereby made Peter head of the Church and entrusted all of His sheep to Peter’s care. Peter, then, has the responsibility of caring for all of Christ’s sheep; and since Peter has been appointed their shepherd, all of Christ’s sheep have the obligation to follow Peter’s pastoral guidance.
Having affirmed that Christ bestowed primacy of jurisdiction on Peter, the Council now speaks of the continuation of that primacy in Peter’s successors. The primacy that Christ established in the person of Peter for the good of the Church will endure until the end of the world in Peter’s successors, the bishops of Rome! Many testimonies from antiquity support the claim that the primacy of Peter continues in the Roman Pontiff. Philip, legate of Pope Celestine, speaking to the Council of Ephesus in 431 stated: “No one doubts that Peter even to this day lives, governs, and exercises judgment in his successors.”
Pope Leo the Great in 461 stated: “Saint Peter still has the rock-like strength that has been given to him and has not surrendered the helm of the Church.”
Saint Irenaeus stated: “Because of the greater authority (potentior principalitas) of the Church of Rome, it is necessary for every church…to be in agreement with it.”
The point is that according to the institution of Christ our Lord Himself, that is, by divine law, Saint Peter should have perpetual successors in the primacy over the whole Church.
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
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