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KNOXVILLE LATIN MASS COMMUNITY
NEWSLETTER MASS THIS SUNDAY (July 23, 2017) 7th Sunday after Pentecost 12:00 noon, Holy Ghost Church, Knoxville St.
Edmund Campion Missal & Hymnal page numbers: Order of Mass (567) Proper Prayers and Readings (340) Kyrie,
Gloria, Credo III, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Mass XI Orbis factor (740) Preface of the Holy Trinity: Mass leaflet or Campion
Missal (598) Closing Marian Antiphon: Salve Regina (961) 3 pm, St. Joseph the Worker Church,
Madisonville 5 pm, Basilica of Sts. Peter &
Paul, Chattanooga MASS NEXT SUNDAY (July 30, 2017) 8th Sunday after Pentecost 12:00 noon, Holy Ghost Church, Knoxville 3 pm, St. Therese of Lisieux Church, Cleveland WESTERN CIVILIZATION and THE TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS
Pentecost 2017 at historic Chartres Cathedral,
glory of the Age of Faith From a sermon (here)
by Fr. Richard Cipolla, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Norwalk,
Connecticut, the Sunday following President Trump’s speech in Poland on the
defense of Western civilization (which developed historically as the daughter
of the Catholic Church): Without
the Catholic Church, the past two thousand years would be incomprehensible
and void of much meaning. The Church’s strong influence in every
facet of culture—from the art and music that was inspired and supported by
the Church to the development of rational thought that made possible modern
science, but above all for the truly civilizing influence of the Church that
turned barbarians into the English and the French. Dare we
say that the Traditional Roman Mass that developed from the early Church
through Gregory the Great, through what historians call the Dark Ages,
through the flowering of what we call the Middle Ages, even to the eve of the
discovery of the New World, is one of the bedrocks of Western civilization? The greatest
composers, including the anonymous composers of the chant and the composers
of polyphony like Byrd, Victoria and Palestrina, Bach, Mozart and even
Stravinsky: all this music inspired by
the Traditional Roman Rite and written to make the Rite sing for the praise
of almighty God. The Traditional Roman
Rite is certainly the bedrock of the Catholic Church, and its suppression in
the 1960s will be written about in Church history in the same way as the
Babylonian exile. The
Traditional Roman Mass is God-given. It developed in the womb of the Church
like a pearl in an oyster. . . .
[And it] is the key to the future, not only the future of this parish but
also the very future of the Church. Together
we look forward to the time when the Traditional Roman Mass will once again
be the Ordinary Form of the Mass. May
this be the will of God.
Mass on the 10th anniversary of Summorum Pontificum in the great 13th century cathedral of Notre-Dame de
Paris (click image to enlarge; more photos here) See also Fr. John Zuhlsdorf’s
comments (here)
on F. Cipolla’s sermon, and the typically erudite commentary (here) of
Fr. George Rutler on President Trump’s Warsaw speech. Auf wiedersehen, Fr. Joseph Hamilton! And, having been so blessed these past two weeks
with his summer break here in Knoxville, we do indeed look forward to seeing
Fr. Hamilton once more when (hopefully) he visits us again. One of numerous memorable quotes from Fr.
Hamilton’ numinous sermon at yesterday’s Mass (the full text that many have
requested is posted here): “There has never been in the history of the Church
such a thing as a conservative catholic religion or a liberal Catholic
religion. Either we are believing, practising Catholics, or we are not. There
isn’t a menu of options for us to choose from. Some of our doctrine is
unpopular to 21st century
secular appetites. That is nothing new. From the time of the first Christians
we have been a sign of contradiction in a hostile world. We were the people
who would not sacrifice to the cultus
deorum of ancient Rome! We were the people
who would not burn incense to Jupiter! We were the people who were thrown to
the lions for refusing to participate in the ungodly excesses of the Roman
Empire. Two thousand years ago – the mantra was ‘Oh you Christians, why do
you have to cause such a fuss? It’s just a bit of incense. Throw it on the
fire and we can all get on our with our lives.’ Today it is, ‘Oh you
Catholics, it’s just a little abortion. Why must you be so difficult?...’ But the hostile world is outside.
This morning we are sitting inside a fortress, in this beautiful church, and
in this morning’s introit, we have just heard the choir sing that the Lord is
the protector of His peoples and the safeguard of their salvation. In the
Collect we have asked the Lord to grant us an increase of True religion - the
Catholic religion, not liberal or conservative Catholicism, just Catholicism,
as it always has been, preserved and passed on, through the Mass, down
through the centuries.” SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LATIN MASS Knoxville Latin Mass Community (KLMC) expenses in support of Latin liturgy
typically average several hundred dollars weekly. This includes a regular KLMC contribution of $200 per week to Holy
Ghost Church to support the Latin Mass (and specifically our outstanding
sacred music program), plus additional expenses for purchase of Latin Mass
materials, stipends for visiting priests, and special occasions. These expenses are covered
solely by donations directly to the KLMC. Please
use the special addressed Knoxville Latin Mass Community envelopes, or donate
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