Last week, Raymond Arroyo interviewed Cardinal Raymond Burke on the importance of the Traditional Latin Mass and why attempts to suppress it are gravely misguided and most likely engineered by demons themselves. LifeSiteNews summarized some highlights of that conversation. The entire exchange can be viewed in the clip below.
He commented, too, on the number of young people who are coming to the Traditional Latin Mass in great numbers. They are coming because they see the emphasis on Jesus Christ, and Him alone. They see it in the solemnity and the transcendence embodied in the liturgical form and language used. By the way, that draws many of us older types, too.
Later on, as you'll read in the article, His Eminence stated that the contact with God in the most sacred liturgy gives us the strength to overcome evil and do good in our lives. When I read those words, I thought of the Latin maxim "lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi".
Now I will go out on a limb here and state some personal theories. Despite the best efforts of progressive bishops and even popes who seem hell-bent on deconstructing authentic Catholic faith, the Latin Mass continues to grow and attract Catholics. Might it be the ever-increasing grace, brought down by authentic worship, that has enabled people, particularly in those areas that have relative freedoms of speech, assembly and worship, to score victories against de facto tyrants in their civil leadership? Witness the election of Donald Trump in 2024. Witness those areas of the world that are standing up to the plague of illegal immigrants crashing through their borders. Was this mass border-crashing, largely by young Muslim men, a planned invasion designed to implement the Cloward-Piven strategy?
Why else would the progressive bishops, in the pockets of their liberal sugar-daddies, be waxing tyranical against the Tradtional Latin Mass? They understand its spiritual significance.
So if the liberal de facto apostates understand its significance, why do so many otherwise decent Catholics refuse to acknowledge the truth? I suppose some could be unaware of the Latin Mass, but these days, with information available at a few clicks of a mouse, I find that increasingly difficult to accept. Perhaps if they do, then they might realize that they can no longer sit on the fence and remain noncommittal about these matters.
I will now link to a piece written a while ago, just when Traditionis Custodes and all its spiritual poison was foisted on the Catholics in the pew. The author is quite correct when he states that not only are we permitted to resist the attempts to destroy the Mass of the Ages, but we have a solemn duty to do so. Not being a moral theologian, I cannot say whether or not such duty binds on pain of sin, but I wouldn't be a bit surprised to learn that it does.
Follow also the plight of faithful Catholics in the Diocese of Charlotte. Not only is the local bishop attacking the Latin Mass like a ravenous wolf, but he is also attacking piety during the Novus Ordo Masses. Altar rails and kneelers are being removed. In Catholic high schools, students will be compelled to "share" during Mass. I sure hope home-schooling increases there. These bishops hate the faith and any semblance of adherence to it. Are we awake yet?
