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 + JMJ Introduction I have set this article to post on May 13th, the anniversary of the first of six apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima. Fatima while a historical fact, still seems to point to the future.  Has the consecration been done according to her wishes?  Will another Pope do it again in the face of a world going mad and slipping into the same conditions that fostered two great wars? I don't know.  But I pray that the message of Fatima to repent and do penance is heard in the hearts of Catholics every where.  We carry the light to the world and need to illuminate the 'The Way'. The Catholic Church Obviously, the death of Pope Francis I and the election of Pope Leo XIV is a major development in the Catholic Church and the World. Just what the immediate outcomes of these two events will take some time.  I strongly suspect that there will be no calls of Santo Subito for Pope Francis.  If there is and if they do canonize Pope Francis ....

 + JMJ By Edgar Beltrán / The Pillar - https://x.com/edgarjbb_/status/1920590815472108021, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=165004058 The Catholic Church has a new Vicar of Christ.   As discussed in my short series " Who's in Charge? ", we know that Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as Vicar of Christ in the recent conclave, taken the name Pope Leo XIV, and been accepted by the moral unanimity of Bishops and faithful in union with the Catholic Church. Roberto de Mattei has written an article for Rorate Caeili ( RORATE CÆLI: Leo XIV and the Future of the Church - by Roberto de Mattei ) that delves into some aspects of this major event in the life of the Catholic Church. The Pope has addressed the Cardinals and made clear some of his thoughts: In this regard, I would like us to renew together today our complete commitment to the path that the universal Church has now followed for decades in the wake of the Second Vatican Council ....

 + JMJ I will be leaving this prayer up until the next Vicar of Christ is elected. P^3 Courtesy of Rorate-Caeli Cardinal Burke: "Given the gravity of the situation" The Sacred College of Cardinals during the General Congregation of Monday, April 28th last, has set the date for the beginning of the Conclave: May 7, 2025. Given the gravity of the situation, I ask that those who will complete the Novena on May 5th next, immediately begin a second Novena, continuing to pray the Novena Prayer until the new Successor of Saint Peter is elected. For those who have begun the novena after April 26th, I ask you to continue praying the Novena Prayer, until the new Successor of Saint Peter is elected. If you have not yet begun to pray the Novena Prayer, I urge you to begin praying it immediately. I thank all who have been praying the Novena Prayer or who will begin praying it now. We can be confident that Our Lady of Guadalupe will intercede powerfully for the election of a good and holy ...

 + JMJ    Even if the next Pope is a Pius XIII, Francis' legacy will be with us for a long time and the question is how to survive it as a Catholic. (N.B. I am writing this on April 29, 2025) I was thinking what advice would I give for weathering the storm to someone new to Tradition or even to the Catholic Church? First, remember that your first goal is to save your own soul and then those with whom you have an immediate relationship. That would be your spouse, children, parents, siblings etc. Second, is to hold true to what the Church actually teaches as opposed to theories.  Theories includes how to determine when a Pope loses the papacy via heresy. If Pope Francis' papacy showed us anything, it showed the resilience of the Church to crossing the line into heresy.   Third, feed your spiritual life with good reading. That mean spiritual works like the lives of saints, meditations like the Imitation of Christ etc. So pray, go to Mass and keep yourself in p...

 + JMJ NOVENA FOR THE ELECTION OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF From April 28th to May 6th, 2025 As the conclave for the election of a new Sovereign Pontiff is imminent, the Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X invites the entire Society and the lay faithful to invoke the Holy Ghost through a novena of prayers, which will take place from Monday, April 28 to Tuesday, May 6. This novena will consist of the Veni Creator Spiritus, to which will be added the collect from the votive Mass for the election of a Sovereign Pontiff and three invocations. The Latin/English text of the novena is included below. Courtesy of FSSPX.News:  Novena for the Election of the Sovereign Pontiff | FSSPX News

 + JMJ NOVENA FOR THE ELECTION OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF From April 28th to May 6th, 2025 As the conclave for the election of a new Sovereign Pontiff is imminent, the Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X invites the entire Society and the lay faithful to invoke the Holy Ghost through a novena of prayers, which will take place from Monday, April 28 to Tuesday, May 6. This novena will consist of the Veni Creator Spiritus, to which will be added the collect from the votive Mass for the election of a Sovereign Pontiff and three invocations. The Latin/English text of the novena is included below. Courtesy of FSSPX.News:  Novena for the Election of the Sovereign Pontiff | FSSPX News

 + JMJ NOVENA FOR THE ELECTION OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF From April 28th to May 6th, 2025 As the conclave for the election of a new Sovereign Pontiff is imminent, the Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X invites the entire Society and the lay faithful to invoke the Holy Ghost through a novena of prayers, which will take place from Monday, April 28 to Tuesday, May 6. This novena will consist of the Veni Creator Spiritus, to which will be added the collect from the votive Mass for the election of a Sovereign Pontiff and three invocations. The Latin/English text of the novena is included below. Courtesy of FSSPX.News:  Novena for the Election of the Sovereign Pontiff | FSSPX News

 + JMJ NOVENA FOR THE ELECTION OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF From April 28th to May 6th, 2025 As the conclave for the election of a new Sovereign Pontiff is imminent, the Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X invites the entire Society and the lay faithful to invoke the Holy Ghost through a novena of prayers, which will take place from Monday, April 28 to Tuesday, May 6. This novena will consist of the Veni Creator Spiritus, to which will be added the collect from the votive Mass for the election of a Sovereign Pontiff and three invocations. The Latin/English text of the novena is included below. Courtesy of FSSPX.News:  Novena for the Election of the Sovereign Pontiff | FSSPX News

 + JMJ NOVENA FOR THE ELECTION OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF From April 28th to May 6th, 2025 As the conclave for the election of a new Sovereign Pontiff is imminent, the Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X invites the entire Society and the lay faithful to invoke the Holy Ghost through a novena of prayers, which will take place from Monday, April 28 to Tuesday, May 6. This novena will consist of the Veni Creator Spiritus, to which will be added the collect from the votive Mass for the election of a Sovereign Pontiff and three invocations. The Latin/English text of the novena is included below. Courtesy of FSSPX.News:  Novena for the Election of the Sovereign Pontiff | FSSPX News

 + JMJ NOVENA FOR THE ELECTION OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF From April 28th to May 6th, 2025 As the conclave for the election of a new Sovereign Pontiff is imminent, the Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X invites the entire Society and the lay faithful to invoke the Holy Ghost through a novena of prayers, which will take place from Monday, April 28 to Tuesday, May 6. This novena will consist of the Veni Creator Spiritus, to which will be added the collect from the votive Mass for the election of a Sovereign Pontiff and three invocations. The Latin/English text of the novena is included below. Courtesy of FSSPX.News:  Novena for the Election of the Sovereign Pontiff | FSSPX News