TO FRIENDS OF THE CRUSADE:

uly is the month of the Precious Blood. The rst day of the month is the feast of that name. The very same day, the Church commemorates, as a saint, Aaron the priest, the brother of Moses. This liturgical concurrence is appropriate, since Aarons priesthood part Br. Andr Marie, M.I.C.M., Prior of the alliance mediated by Moses was a priesthood that offered many bloody sacrices preguring Christs Precious Blood. The covenant that God made with Israel was ratied in blood, which Moses sprinkled on the altar and on the people, saying, This is the blood of the covenant (Exodus 24:8). When our Lord ratied the New Covenant in His blood, He echoed Moses words, with a change: This is my blood of the new testament (Mt. 26:28). In the four biblical passages relating the words of institution Mt. 26, Mk. 14:22-24, Lk. 22:19-20, and 1 Cor. 11:24-26 there are slight variations, but the essential words are the same. The ancient Roman Canon puts them all together with two additions that dont appear in any of them, but which were uttered by Our Lord (St. Thomas states this in the Summa). Those additions are and eternal and the mystery of faith. It is the second of these mysterium dei which commands our present attention. When the unhappy innovations of the New Mass were im-

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posed, these deep mystical words were moved and (at least in the approved translations) considerably altered in their meaning. The phrase mystery of faith was removed from the words of consecration and placed somewhat ambiguously after them. In the English translation, they were turned into an invitation to a proclamation: Let us proclaim the mystery of faith. The proclamation which follows can be one of a few options, including this one: Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again. For the sake of accuracy, we should acknowledge that such proclamations are contained in certain ancient Eastern Rites of the Church (e.g., the Syrian Rite), and some of what the innovators did in synthesizing the Novus Ordo was to insert Eastern Rite formulas into the Mass. This mixing of rites which our Eastern Rite brethren detest was far from a good thing. What is beautiful in the venerable Rite of St. James, when clumsily grafted onto the Roman Rite, will loose its own beauty and violate the integrity of the rite into which it is forced somewhat in the way those body parts that Dr. Frankenstein put together, while perhaps being comely on their original wearers, produced a monster when all sewn together. In the traditional Roman Rite, the words, mysterium dei, clearly and unambiguously refer to the Sacrice present on the altar. The Precious Blood in its Eucharistic state is the point of reference: Jesus the Victim, reduced to sacramental helplessness, His Precious Blood offered in a clean (unbloody) manner, is the mystery of faith. The New Rite (at least in English the
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n recent months, we have been working with great intensity on plans to expand our apostolate. In order to succeed, we must ask for donations. There is a serious need. The sisters are outgrowing their convent; our school is soon to overreach its capacity; and our chapel is more than inadequate in size. Besides this, there is the need of meeting regular operating expenses which have increased dramatically. If you appreciate the value of our educational and missionary apostolate for Holy Mother Church, please consider giving generously in response to our drive. Details are forthcoming. God bless you.

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REMEMBERING FATHER FEENEY

(FROM THE HOUSETOPS NO. 34, 1992)

uring the long years (1942-1978) in which I was privileged to associate with Father Feeney on a daily basis, I kept a record of statements he would make from time to time, Br. Francis, M.I.C.M. in his sermons or lectures, or in ordinary conversation that struck me at that moment as proceeding from a deep mystical realization or apprehension. I felt an irresistible impulse to record these sayings that same day. There was a supernatural quality and intensity that I clearly felt at the time, but which, after the passage of years, I now nd impossible to reproduce convincingly as evidence. Some of these statements were original thoughts of Father, and some were traditional maxims or well-known quotes from famous saints or Doctors of the Church. I recorded them because, in my judgment, they manifested a deep and signicant insight into the spiritual life of his great soul. I have selected twelve of these sayings to share with our readers. In a few cases I will add special comments but, on the whole, it shall be left to the reader to deal with them as we do with a fragment from some ancient sage. The truths are simple and childlike, but it was the spiritual intensity with which they were uttered that made so many of us who were his disciples change our lives because of them. It is by such truths that saints are made; it is by such truths that we will be judged. We are not made for this world. What fools we are when we think otherwise! We are not made We should mean what for this world. we say when we pray. What fools we are God created the world for the saints and, above all, when we think othfor Mary. erwise! We contemplate with love and admiration two great attributes of women virginity and motherhood. We feel sad that one value must be sacriced for the other. What joy! what triumph! that both meet everlastingly in Mary. After Mary, virginal life becomes fruitful. We have only one business on earth: to become saints. What a pity if we miss out! There is no true charity other than to help people save their souls. When I pray: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, assist me now and in my last agony, I cannot believe that Jesus and Mary come in their gloried bodies, but Joseph as a detached soul.

(Father believed that St. Joseph is also in heaven, body and soul. Some saints believed and preached the same, e.g., St. Bernadine of Siena and St. Francis de Sales. However, Father did not preach that as a dogma because the Church has not dened it. In his characteristic humorous way he would say, Take it de Feeney denita, punning on the traditional theological note, de de denita.) God cannot be outdone in generosity. In Heavcn we shall see how true that is. (Father was quoting a favorite maxim of M. Martin, No one who prays the father of St. Thrse. He sincerely for salvaused to apply that maxim especially to children who die tion will be lost, unbaptized he had a baby because God, brother who was such yet whose arm cannot he never allowed this very legitimate, but sentimental, be shortened, will consideration to dictate his supply all that is theology on the necessity of needed. baptism. The Church has never allowed that unbaptized children can attain the Beatic Vision. There must be a merciful way by which God takes care of these children, but He has not revealed it to us, and we must believe that there is an innite difference between baptized and unbaptized persons.) No one who prays sincerely for salvation will be lost, because God, whose arm cannot be shortened, will supply all that is needed. (Father was here quoting Saint Augustine. Again, we must wait for eternity to nd out how it is done.) Heaven will prove to be full of surprises, but no surprise will prove false any word of God. When we speak to the saints, the saints hear us. (It takes faith to believe that we can actually talk to the saints! The truth of that is in the article we profess in the Creed: The communion of saints. When faith in the communion of saints becomes weak, very few people pray to the saints.) We are one, and nothing and nobody will ever divide us! (Father was here speaking about our order, the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and the Crusade of Saint Benedict Center. He made this statement with strong emphasis as if he sensed forces working for this end, so I noted the exact day on which he said it the Feast of the Purication, February 2, 1971. He proceeded to elaborate on the great edication we could be, and the multitude of souls we could help to save, if we stayed loyal to the doctrine which, in turn, would guarantee unity and charity among ourselves.)

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SAINT BENEDICT CENTER NEWS

n Satruday, May 20, 55 people from the Center participated in a Rosary Rally in front of Keene Cinemas, the local theater showing the blasphemous movie, The Da Vinci Code. The Keene Sentinel gave us frontpage coverage the next day, and several days later printed a letter to the editor from a Protestant minister. The letter, excerpts from which follow, was about as silly as it could be without being a caricature. We submitted a response, which follows the excerpts. The ministers letter received this slanted headline from the newspaper: Fundamentalists cant separate fact and ction. Our response, by the way, was also printed.

DA VINCI CODE HAPPENINGS

TO THE SENTINEL:
I attended the showing of The Da Vinci Code at the Keene Cinema. There were protesters there hoping to interject their interpretation of the movie, and the harm they believe it does to the Church and to Gods cause. Two people, dressed in black robes stood next to each other holding signs. One said A Blasphemy. The other read The Catholic Church is the only true church. I am a pastor of a United Church of Christ congregation in Massachusetts. To me, the signs these two protesters waved belonged together. In a world crying out in pain, hunger, oppression, and war it seems religious people need to stand together. To say any one group is the only true church in Gods eyes is blasphemy. It is this kind of divisive fundamentalism that drives fanatics to condemn some, and bomb others, and claim they are doing Gods will. P.S. I loved Opies movie. Its just a movie, after all.

Jesus came to teach religious truth and promised that the Holy Ghost would lead His followers into all truth. What kind of a Christian would assume his religion does not have the truth? Mr. Hanleys church professes the faith of the historic Church expressed in the ancient creeds (Preamble to the Constitution of the United Church of Christ). One of these creeds (the Athanasian) says this: Whoever wishes to be saved must above all, keep the Catholic faith; for unless a person keeps this faith whole and entire he will undoubtedly be lost forever. People who believed this (as I do) died as martyrs for their religion. Islam spread by the sword; Catholicism didnt. Mr. Hanley loved Opies movie, just a movie after all. The historical presuppositions of this movie are that the Catholic Church, by fraud, conspiracy, and murder, hid the secret that Jesus fathered a child by St. Mary Magdalene. I dont think Mr. Hanley would like it if someone made a movie which, while ction, presupposed that generations of his family were lying, murderous fanatics. Opies movie claimed that and worse of our spiritual family, yet we are divisive for protesting it? Brother Andr Marie, M.I.C.M.

A RESPONSE TO THE SENTINEL:

As one of those black-robed fundamentalists who protested the Da Vinci Code, I would like to reply to Tim Hanleys letter in the May 27 issue (Fundamentalists Cant Separate Fact and Fiction). Mr. Hanley equates our claim that the Catholic Church is the only true Church with fanaticism and terrorism. His logic reduces to this: People who think they are right about God necessarily become condemnatory at best violent fanatics at worst. Besides insulting the intelligence of your readers and ying in the face of Christian history, this knee-jerk liberal reaction contradicts Holy Scripture, which mandates charity and kindness while it states If any one preach to you a gospel, besides that which you have received, let him be anathema (Gal. 1:9).

Br. Louis Marie and Br. Andr Marie protesting the movie.

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TERTIARY MATTERS

THIRD ORDER MEMBERSHIP

BR. PAUL MARIE, THIRD ORDER MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR

hy should I beearthly war, and the Third Order is the lay volunteer army estabcome a Third lished to help ght that war under the command of the First Order member? Order. Third Order members make a promise of obedience to What advantage is there over the superior of the congregation in all matters directly affecting just being a supporter of the the Crusade. This promise adds strength to our common misCrusade? sion, because, in order to win any war, loyalty and obedience to When our congregation reones superior are indispensable virtues. ceives canonical recognition in Br. Paul Marie, M.I.C.M., Tert. In our recruiting brochure, Invitation to a Crusade, the Church, then Third Order Brother Francis stresses the need for volunteers not to put off to members will receive special graces that come through the tomorrow what God is calling them to do today. Join the battle, Church to religious orders and congregations he writes, and enlist now. with that status. Our congregation has obviWe invite you and thousands of other ously received abundant graces directly from faithful Catholics, who can be found in every God and our Lady to survive for fty-seven Why should I be- city and town of this nation, to become active years in the modern Church, and, presently, we come a Third members of the Crusade of Saint Benedict Cenare very optimistic about prospects for growth. ter in the First, Second or Third Orders of our Order Member? congregation. we have a nation to conquer Father Feeney knew that we needed to be a religious congregation to survive, and survive we What advantage is I implore you to join us and march with us on did because of the dedicated and heroic service there over just this Crusade for our Holy Faith. of all those who over the years joined and A Third Order novitiate is now being being a supporter planned to give our members additional trainserved as members of the First, Second, and Third Orders of the Slaves of the Immaculate of the Crusade? ing in traditional Catholic thought and spirituHeart of Mary. This is, to me, a compelling reaality and in the art of evangelization. We also son for joining our ranks and serving generplan increased support in these areas for Third ously. Order members across the country. A patriot makes the heroic choice to volunteer for the milWe must all be recruiters. I hope you will use these itary in time of national danger because he believes in his heart thoughts to seek out persons you believe would seriously conhe must help defend his country. We are ghting a spiritual war sider becoming Third Order members as well as members of far more devastating in its everlasting consequences than any our First and Second Orders. Thank you and God bless you.

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Latin could go either way) points the words to three distinct mysteries, all wondrous in themselves, but none of which has a direct bearing on the terrible Sacrice taking place here and now on the altar. The liturgical experts who wrought this said they were restoring the Mass to its pristine integrity, but the traditional Roman words of institution have been altered in a way corresponding to no ancient liturgy. Notably, both Pope Paul VI, in his 1965 encyclical, Mysterium Fidei, and Pope John Paul II, in his 1983 letter, Dominicae Caenae, spoke of the Eucharistic Sacrice (not the death, resurrection, and second coming) as the Mystery of Faith. There are many reasons why the words mystery of faith are referred directly to the Precious Blood. For one, St. Paul commands deacons to [hold] the mystery of faith in a pure conscience (1 Tim. 3:9). In the traditional Eastern and Western liturgies, the deacon has a particular custody over the chalice. This is true in the Solemn Mass of the Roman Rite, wherein the deacon pours the wine into the chalice, holds it with the priest during the offertory, covers and uncovers it with the pall during the Canon, and assists with purifying it at the ablutions. In the Summa Theologiae, St. Thomas refers these words to the Eucharist in general and to the Precious Blood in particular. He says it is called a mystery because Christs The liturgical exblood is in this sacrament in a hidden manner, and of faith perts said they because only those who bewere restoring the lieve may partake of it, in Mass to its priskeeping with the words of St. Paul: God hath proposed tine integrity, but [Jesus Christ] to be a propitithe traditional ation, through faith in his Roman words of blood. . . (Rom. 3:25). As we work and pray to institution have recover our Roman liturgical been altered in a traditions, let us also work way corresponding and pray to convert America, so that more of our countryto no ancient men will wash their robes in liturgy. the blood of the Lamb (Apoc. 22:14). You were not redeemed with corruptible things as gold or silver but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb unspotted and undeled (1 Pet. 1:18-19).

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