Monday, November 18, 2013

Prayers added to Mass

"Now of all God's creatures Mary is the most conformed to Jesus. It therefore follows that, of all devotions, devotion to her makes for the most effective consecration and conformity to him. The more one is consecrated to Mary, the more one is consecrated to Jesus."
-St Louis de Montfort
   I myself would like to attend the true mass. Not only today but always. I currently attend the society of St. Peter here in Phoenix Arizona. 
     Currently with the society of St. Peter, I see the Vatican II practices and teachings slowly creeping in, and I am concerned. Not alarmed but concerned. I know our priests here in Phoenix must also be struggling, with the new pope Francis. Of course there is nothing said from the pulpit to indicate a struggle, yet there is a vague feeling that we must be cautious and prudent, guarded perhaps.
     With Pope Benedict it was clear we were reforming the mass, reforming the reforms of Vatican II. With Pope Francis now it becomes murky and I wonder if we're slipping into some kind of a highbred mass. For that reason I think it is imperative for the Mass to be the Mass of all time with no additions or improvisation.
     Strangely as it sounds some of the things that Pope Francis has said resonate with me. They resonate with me in a way in which I don't think he intended. In the recent interview he did on the airplane, he mentioned that Catholics the traditional Catholics are too concerned with things like abortion gay marriage and homosexuality, and as strange as it sounds I agree with him. I don't think you can rank sins according to their degree of evil. Abortion the terrible evil, is a terrible evil among many. And it is certainly an evil but not the source of all evil. A mortal sin, is a mortal sin. Its disconnects us from the flow of God's grace especially the sacraments. So to mention abortion in connection to the Mass the Mass of all time is itself an improvisation that I believe we should do without. I am speaking here of the prayer for life which is said after the Leoline prayers at the society of St. Peter Latin mass as it is said here in Phoenix Arizona. 
     Of course it would be absurd to speak of Roe versus Wade at Mass in France, or a Mass in Argentina or any other country so to speak. Yet at the end of the Leonine prayers is inserted this petition to end abortion. Clearly this goes beyond the 1962 missal. So in a sense rather than the mass of all time we are having an American mass. We have an American mass rather than the mass of all time, by inserting this petition prayer which is a local American situation. This of course is the type of thing that you have in the Vatican 2 mass that is said throughout the world. You have a local mass rather than a mass of all time. 
     When I go to mass with the Society of St. peters, one of the things that I am concerned with has to do with. Of the mass actually when the mass is ended. The leonine prayers that we say after the mass has technically ended, have been altered by the Society of St. Peter here in America. They have inserted a prayer to end abortion. A noble cause yet none the less not something that should be added to the mass. They mention specifically the roe versus Wade decision. Now I am no fan or supporter of abortion or birth control. Yet I don't think it is appropriate to insert this fixation on abortion as the primary sin, and connected somehow with the leonine prayers originated by Pope Leo. Although the mass has ended at this point, I don't think it appropriate to make this addition. I don't see how this reference to the roe versus Wade decision is appropriate at that point. Even though the mass has ended it is still somehow connected to the mass and therefore to make this addition, is to alter the basic liturgy of the 1962 missal. 
      To me the various prayers and petitions that are said during the Vatican 2 mass have nothing to do with the mass. while it is certainly noble to enter some prayer petition for disaster victims or some cause of some kind for world peace or what have you, yet it is not appropriate to insert this into the mass. If you want to have a prayer service or something after the mass fine but all these petitions and prayers and so on have no place in the mass. And although the intention is good I do not see the purpose in the society of St. Peter inserting this petition into the liturgy. 
      Although I support and attend the St. Peter society mass here in Phoenix Arizona I am now leaning more towards the society of Pius the 10th,( I am also strongly considering attending a retreat here in Phoenix run by the SSPX), I am praying very strongly, praying for a way to reconcile myself to the Latin mass and the choice I must make. Although I support & bless and in every way support our new Pope Francis, I feel that he may not be the pope that we need now in relationship to the changes that Pope Benedict was making with the liturgy, of course only time will tell. With Pope Benedict I felt a visceral gut connection to our holy father the pope and his dedication to healing the wounds of Vatican II. With Pope Francis I don't get this connection, knowing however that many Catholics do feel a stronger connection with Pope Francis then they did with Pope Benedict. So I have this dilemma which is connected with my own salvation. I have this heartfelt dilemma and crisis in my faith. It's something that I cannot deny or change. Sadly I want so much the mass of all time as the good Archbishop Marcel Lefebre so heartily stated. I do not want to fight or argue or take anything away from anyone anywhere, I only want to pray I only want to experience the grace of God through the holy mass.
     I continue to heartily be drawn to our virgin mother Mary, and the message of Fatima. I firmly believe in my heart through the grace of God that an emphasis on Mary the mother of God, our Lady of Mount Carmel, our Lady of Guadalupe , is the only solution that can work for me. And although this is the height of you Breese and arrogance, I also feel that this is the only way that the church can come out of its crisis that our liturgy of the holy Roman Latin mass can be sustained and fulfilled. As we all know one of the primary elements of Vatican II was to reach out to the lost sheep, to reach out to the Protestants to the Lutherans to all the various sects, to the Anglicans to the church of England to the Methodists in general reach out to the Protestants. Now as we all know one of the primary stumbling blocks of the Protestants is the Catholics connection and love and fascination with the virgin Mary, the mother of God. The aftermath of Vatican II besides all the changes in the liturgy the promotion of the vernacular, was a deconstruction of Mary.. Although it was not stated in any of the Vatican 2 documents, although there was no mention to somehow eliminate Mary, it was done. Mary was in practice removed from her pedestal. In practice Mary was deemphasized. So that the Catholic faith could be more attractive to a Protestant Mary was deemphasized.
     For me the renewal of the Latin mass, the promotion of the Latin mass, must go hand in hand with the promotion of Mary the mother of God the Virgin, the immaculate conception, the immaculate heart of Mary. This of course flies in the face of ecumenism of the reaching out to Protestants, because you cannot reach out to the Protestants if you focus on Mary. The Protestants have a stumbling block with Mary. So the Vatican II practical application was to remove Mary all references to Mary and focus on Jesus. 
      Anyway, I pray for the grace of God to get through this personal crisis and work instead on my salvation and the goal of eternal life, in Jesus and Mary blessings always

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

7 Sorrows, 5 wounds, The Rosary & the Peace of Christ

Matt 10:34 Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword.

Lk 12:51 Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.
12:52 For there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided: three against two, and two against three.
12:53 The father shall be divided against the son and the son against his father: the mother against the daughter and the daughter against her mother

Phil 4:7 And the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

2 Thes 3:16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you everlasting peace in every place. The Lord be with you all.

James 3:18 And the fruit of justice is sown in peace, to them that make peace.

Lynea Bernhard 
1st Grace & peace be with you. Christ is here and the peace he promised also. Make no mistake because the great sacrifice on Calvary was not in vain. The good news, is 'everlasting peace in every place'. It is a peace 'which surpasseth all understanding'. Yet it is not a peace which The world grasps, understands, or accepts. We must follow the example of our blessed virgin Mary the mother of God who , Lk 2:19 "But Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart." 
In Lk 1:28-30 "And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. Who having heard, was troubled at his saying and thought with herself what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said to her: Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God." We ask not what manner of salutation but what is peace is it? So like Mary we too ask, 'What manner of' peace 'this should be?' 
    Yet as we know coming this Sunday we celebrate 'Septem Dolorum Beatae Mariae Virginis',  The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Likewise in Mary's 7 sorrows are 7 joys. What we have are words calling us to see with new eyes a new world. Apocalypse21:1" I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth was gone: and the sea is now no more." Because by human standards torture, treachery, pain, unrequited love and sorrow are failures. Yet they are the story of Christ, our Christ, Our Saviour, our church and our Holy Catholic Faith. 

We must have spiritual sight or else we perish. 
     Hosea loved Gomer yet she loved him not, rather she loved many and spiraled into a decline. She had the sickness of a moth ever returning to the flame. Till she was spent and weakened, sold into slavery where her love of many brought her to ruin. Yet did not Hosea buy her back for 15 pieces of silver? Did he not take her again to wife and deliver her out of bondage?
   
As you connect with Blessed Mary's Seven Dolors, her 7 Sorrows. think of Peace, which passeth all understanding, as Our life in Christ. As we daily pray Our Lady's psalter remember the 5 large beads. They are your 'eyes' to see the peace of Christ. As you day after day pray the rosary realize Mary is the Mediatrix of Graces, to her you must go. She will bring you the place and time to know the peace. She is the spouse of the Holy Ghost, as we are married to this rosary. And like a marriage it is for richer and poorer, in sickness and in health- as you daily merge into the mysteries remember the crucifix on the end and the 5 large beads. 
They are the keys to peace, for they are rightly called, as we all know the 5 wounds of Christ. Feel them in your fingers, in your hands, as they were in his. 
The  4 wounds where the nails went in and the Jn19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spear opened his side: and immediately there came out blood and water. As you stand with Mary, Jn 19:25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother...19:27 After that, he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother.  And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own. So like John take her as your own. 
And let the blood and water pour over you

Friday, March 8, 2013

Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios, you are the one with the best medicine

Yes ..pleasant dream...Nuestra Señora de los Remedios.
Keep me going on this medicine road, you are Osha Chuchupate.
You are Mary the mother of God. You are our Savior's mother. You bring us so many good things. You show us the way to Sierra Ancha, you Open the door to the deer house, you bring us good medicine, you bring us Ocotillo for the heart,

you bring us the feathery Solomon seal, osha and aralia, Yerba Santa and Torote, Saguaro fruit. 

our holy Mary protected us...Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios
You have many names Mary. Whatever name we use you answer us because you love us. You are my lover because in my heart you have planted the seed for the flowers, the roots and seeds. In my heart you have placed the Lily. The feathery Solomon seal, to make me strong, when you call me to the mountains. And you do call me to the mountains, wherever you call me I will go, wherever the medicine grows I will go. I will go in your name. you walk with me and you hold my hand and show me all the medicine plants I need to know.
You have brought us all the plants,

 all the animals, and you're blessed son Jesus, he is with us true true
Our Holy divine perfect Mother, with the moon shining..
.the stars a road

from here to tomorrow..
.far beyond this way...with the wind blowing...Changing Woman Nahasdan Nadle', 
Sash nadle, 
Beautiful bear woman,
Turquoise Woman..
Leading us on the Corn pollen road...
Look at the stars the Milky way, Corn Pollen road...


past the red slick rock mountain singing...
Our hogan, our house is the Changing Woman...
Cedar from up on the Bear's Ears mountain...


Sash Cedar moutain song..
.way up following the stars, the snow is falling. The snow is falling, the clouds are coming the rain is falling the clouds are moving quickly across the sky,
stay asleep a a little longer sash, 
Wait for the zigzag lightning to come back in the spring time, sleep sleep
,
when you wake you"ll tell us about the spring flowers and new grass...tell us about the bear medicine, osha 

When you wake up in the spring time dance, show us where the osha root grows,
La Medicina del oso.
Take me to the Black River
Yes ..pleasant dream..our holy Mary
Show me many things
Show me the ocotillo medicine,
Take me to where Yerba mansa grows


Bring me strong Yerba mansa medicine so i can help others love you more
And the Torote tree and copal resin


protected us...with Yerba santa 
Our Holy divine perfect Mother, with the moon shining..
.the stars a road from here to tomorrow..
.far beyond this way...with the wind blowing...Changing Woman Nahasdan Nadle', Changing woman, Turquoise Woman..
Leading us on the Corn pollen road...
Look at the stars the Milky way, Corn Pollen road...
past the red slick rock mountain singing...
Our hogan is the Changing Woman...
Cedar from up on the Bear mountain...
Sash Cedar moutain song..
.way up following the stars, the snow is falling. 
stay asleep a a little longer sash, 
when you wake you"ll tell us about the spring flowers and new grass...
Changing Woman, you are mother Mother...you belong to yourself...
You bless everyone always...
Black Obsidian woman moving from Natsin'an Navajo mountain to Dok'ad'slid-to Flagstaff, 
you're bringing us snow...
you're teaching songs, dropping like falling stars silent across the sky...


some day we will remember there is one mother blessings! always

Changing Woman, you are mother Mother...you belong to yourself...
You bless everyone always...
Black Obsidian woman moving from Natsin'an Navajo mountain to Dok'ad'slid-to Flagstaff, 

you're bringing us snow...
you're teaching songs, dropping like falling stars silent across the sky...

Mary most beautiful among women,
Mary blessed and blessing,
Mary with soft things and hard things,
Mary, all the stars inside your deer house,
Mary you show us your son Jesus,

Mary your hair is thick and soft,
shiny like water in the sun,
your hair yerba santa and narrow leaf cottonwood,
shoulders and head covered with blue and green,
stars in the sky show me the road,
milky way road, horizon to horizon,
show me the beautiful way,
the way of water black river white mountains,

i have 5 fingers, bila'ashdla i am your son,
don't be a stranger to me,
Mary you are my mother,
your hair like aspen leaves flutters in the wind,
sweet estafiate underneath your arms,
your lips are full like the fruits of walnut
all about your body are roses and blackberries,

the sweet water with cottonwood and willow,
your legs are strong your hands are gentle,
your words are bird songs,
meadowlark and robin,

you watch over me Mary with eagle eyes,
your eyes see all from up on high,
Mary you stand with Jesus
Mary you are the medicine way,
you give us all the plants.
blessings!always good medicine Mary & Jesus!


-Paul Manski with Mary




some day we will remember there is one mother blessings!always good medicine

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

O Maria Virgine 2


O glorious Virgin Mary, in your Holy Rosary, you gave the Mystery of your Queenship of heaven & earth. The stars about your head, standing on the moon just as the picture shows. 
Grant that all who say your glorious mysteries today, may be granted a vision soon, of your beauty and your queenship of heaven and earth, that they may see and believe. I truly know you my mother and queen, but they have not yet seen, in Jesus name amen





O Maria Virgine, in Rosarii dedisti Reginae caeli & terrae uestrae singulare mysterium. Sidera circa caput tuum, stantes super luna sicut ostendit. Dicentes quod omnes tuae mysteriis hodie per visum concedi primum Reginae caeli et terrae tuae et ut videamus et credamus. O regina, mater scio vere, sed nondum vidi, in nomine Iesu amen

O Maria Virgine 1

O glorious Virgin Mary, in your Holy Rosary, you gave the Mystery of your Queenship of heaven & earth. The stars about your head, standing on the moon just as the picture shows. Grant that all who say your glorious mysteries today, may be granted a vision soon, of your beauty and your queenship of heaven and earth, that they may see and believe. I truly know you my mother and queen, but they have not yet seen, in Jesus name amen

O Maria Virgine, in Rosarii dedisti Reginae caeli & terrae uestrae singulare mysterium. Sidera circa caput tuum, stantes super luna sicut ostendit. Dicentes quod omnes tuae mysteriis hodie per visum concedi primum Reginae caeli et terrae tuae et ut videamus et credamus. O regina, mater scio vere, sed nondum vidi, in nomine Iesu amen









Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes February 11, 2013

Today was the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. From February 11 to July 16, 1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary came down eighteen times from heaven (Introit), and showed herself to Saint Bernadette Soubirous (Collect), in the cave of the rock at Massabielle (Gradual). On March 25, she said to the little shepherdess of 14 years of age: "I am the Immaculate Conception." Today's feast therefore recalls Mary's triumph over the serpent (Tract) which the Septuagesimal liturgy has in mind. --- Sources: Saint Andrew Daily Missal and the Marian Missal , 1945
It was a powerful mass, the priest wore blue vestments, to honor our Queen, Our lady of Lourdes, he spoke in the language of Rome, not Italian but Latin, "we who celebrate the feast of the Apparition of the same holy Virgin, may obtain health both of soul and body",
I could see the infinite blessings of Mary flowing through the cross, over the head of the priest and out into the world....."in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus", when the priest said this, " in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God", I could feel the smiling face of Mary, AllOneGod.
---...the reading of the Epistle was from the last book of the Bible, Revelations, EPISTLE: Apocalypse 11: 10; 12: 1, 10 ...and spoke of Mary, Enthroned in heaven, The fifth mystery of the holy Rosary of the Virgin mother of God, our Lady of Lourdes, as she must of Appeared to St. Bernadette that night at the grotto at the cave at Lourdes, ": A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: Now is come salvation and strength and the Kingdom of our God and the power of His Christ."
The GRADUAL: Canticle of Canticles: 2. 12
Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra, tempus putationis advenit, vos turturis audita est in terra nostra. V. (Cant. 10, 14) Surge, amica mea, speciosa mea, et veni: columba mea in foraminibus petrae, in caverna maceriae.
The flowers have appeared in our land, the time of pruning is come, the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. V. (Cant. 10, 14) Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come; my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollow places of the wall.
For truly she the beautiful one, with flowers, in the clefts and hollow places like the taste of an apple, with mint and the scent of sage brush after a rain, a hint of rosé.
Luke 1:37-38 was the gospel, and what good news, " And the angel said to her : Fear not, Mary, for thou has found grace with God. Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and shalt bring forth a Son : and thou shalt call His name Jesus."
Fear is illusion, There is nothing to fear because the power of god is everywhere, and the basic truth of God is Satchidananda existence knowledge and bliss( bless) so what is there to fear. Anger, bitterness, hatred, jealousy and fear these are the states of mind that hold us back and where there is God there is no fear because there is truth. And here in the Mass is truth, the truth of Christ's suffering, death and resurrection.
An Angel is a messenger and Angel is like an ow,l owl is the messenger of the animals... the owl lives in the night but it also lives in the day... it lives in that transition time between night and day... and the owl is the messenger of the Earth Mother...The angel is the messenger speaking to Mary telling Mary if there is nothing to fear that her soul, her reality is existence knowledge and blis. Sat Chid Ananda.
Now the angel of the Lord appeared to Mary and told her that she would conceive a son and his name would be Jesus. Mary was surprised that she would conceive because she had not known man. Now the lesson is we must all conceive, both men and women must conceive because the conception, the immaculate conception is the idea, and that idea is Jesus, that must be born in us we all are giving birth to the ideas of the divine consciousness. This is what I understood in the gospel of the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes.
blessings! always







Father Joseph Terra on Pope Benedict's resignation

Fr Joseph Terra, FSSP spoke Monday February 11, 2013 on the news of Pope Benedict's resignation. Fr Terra leads a catechism class each Monday evening after 630 PM mass. Fr Terra is with the Fraternal Society of St Peter FSSP, who formed under Pope JohnPaull II, minister to those attached to the Extra-Ordinary Form, the Traditional Latin Mass of 1962. Father Terra explains that Pope Benedict is not the first Pope to resign, and he explains an earlier situation 600 years ago. Fr Terra hopes he will live long enough to see Pope Benedict recognized for his saintly and holy qualities. He believes that Pope Benedict is a Catholic hero whose strength is his honesty and humility.







Hummus bit Tahini: Perfect Lenten Meal

       A traditional middle eastern dish. Hummus dipped in bread makes a great Lenten meal.
Beans with grain, in this example garbanzo beans with wheat pita bread, supply a complete protein.

       Traditional Catholics fast for the 40 days beginning with Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2013 through Easter Sunday. This tradition of fasting goes back to Oir Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. who fasted and prayed for 40 days  in the desert. 40 is an example of a sacred number, the Israelites journeyed for 40 years after leaving the bondage of Egypt, led by Moses and Aaron. The flood of Noah was a rain of forty days and nights. After Jesus rose from the dead, he remained with his disciples for 40 days before he ascended into heaven. So 40 is a sacred space, a sacred time we create by fasting and prayer. We are creating a sacred space in our lives. 
     This year 2013 is especially important time for we as Catholics to fast and pray. Our holy father, Pope Benedict has announced that effective the 28th day of February 2013 he will decline the office of Pope, and therefore there will be a conclave there will be an election of the new pontiff. So Pope Benedict in effect is resigning and We as Catholics must now pray for the next pope and of course pray for the Holy Spirit to enlighten the church and Mary are mother to guide the Cardinals who will elect the next pope.
          

The recipe:
3 cups cooked garbanzo beans/chick peas
1/2 cup mixed sesame seeds
1 cup water
3 tables spoons calamata olives
3-4 cloves garlic
Olive oil
Paprika
1 1/2 lemons
3/4 cup fresh minced parsley
couple pinches sea salt

Mix all ingredients in Vita mix blender .add chopped parsley. Sprinkle with paprika, drizzle with garlic. Serve with pita bread.

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Monday, February 11, 2013

Beet Juice,

Today's Beet juice Recipe for 1 8oz glass.
1 Yellow/golden beet with attached greens.
1 large Purple beet.
2 stalks celery .
small piece ginger
Wedge of lemon
2 carrots
1 Serrano pepper.
This is an amazing Re-Vitalizing deep
Purple red juice that is perfect as a preworkout boost. Take before and during your aerobics, running, resistance workout, yoga, or Qi Gong. You name it this juice Re-vitalizes with natural source of Nitrates. This compound in the body opens up the blood flow to muscles and encourages your maximum cardio output.
Beet juice works as well as those expensive pre-workout drinks without the fake artificial colors and bizarre chemicals present in "so called" sports drinks.
Take your beet juice pre-workout and feel the power in natural foods! An excellent source of electrolytes, vitamins and minerals.
blessings always!



Monday, January 28, 2013

Juicing with bitter Herbs

Juicing with bitter herbs: spring/winter tonic. Chicoria Catalogna, cilantro, lemon, peppers, apple and kale, ginger: Building a green juicePuntarelle or cicoria di catalogna, Italian Chicory is a nice green with a pleasant bitter edge that goes well in a green juice.
     The bitter greens are good sources of vitamin K, folate and Vitamin A. These herb power foods, open up the liver and gallbladder, they stimulate digestive enzymes. I also and galanga root and ginger to further actualize the stimulating warming properties. I am using the dark green poblano pepper, jalapeño and habanero papers. This juice is a good tonic for the blood and thins the mucus secretions.

Lemon Green Ginger Pulse; How to

 Lemon Ginger Green Pulse: dandelion, parsley, cilantro, cucumber, green apple, poblano, Serrano, habanero, lemon, ginger, galangal root. Dandelion opens the liver and gallbladder, good for digestion, Vitamin A and C, lots of enzymes, warmth from ginger and galangal. Giving thanks to God for green juice. A short talk on the Conversion of St Paul and Green Juice.

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