+ JMJ So, I took a glance at The Remnant's article: With His Catechesis on Vatican II’s Lumen Gentium, Leo XIV Proves the SSPX Correct (link) and the following stood out: Although the time that separates us from this event is not so long, it is equally true that the generation of bishops, theologians and believers of Vatican II is no longer with us. ... By choosing this word [mystery], it did not intend to say that the Church is something obscure or incomprehensible, as is commonly thought when the word ‘mystery’ is heard. It is exactly the opposite: indeed, when Saint Paul uses the word, especially in the Letter to the Ephesians, he wishes to indicate a reality that was previously hidden and is now revealed. It refers to God’s plan, which has a purpose: to unite all creatures thanks to the reconciliatory action of Jesus Christ, an action that was accomplished through his death on the cross. ” Suffice to say that, inspite of five pontificates (P6, JP1, SJP2, B16, ...
+ JMJ Part 3 The Rosary Introduction One dominant aspect of the Catholic Church in the period after the Second Vatican Council is its instability. Practically everything in the expression of the Faith (liturgy, art, places of worship, doctrine) was tainted with what I would describe as an insatiable desire for novelty. Whether it was whitewashing over the ceilings of churches, wreckovations, the open invitation / invasion of the Sanctuary by Men, Woman, Girls, clowns, and even puppets (you can’t make up this stuff). Aside from making the Novus Ordo Missae palatable for our protestant brothers, there has been a trend of minimizing anything else that could serve as a barrier to them. Nothing seems to be excluded from this neurotic compulsion to destroy and obliterate anything that, in essence, represents Catholicism as understood prior to the the end of the Second Vatican Council. This includes devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. The latest attempt to mi...