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Quadraginta Annis: “The Spirit of Vatican II”
October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment
- “When there is an imminent danger for the Faith, Prelates must be questioned, even publicly, by their subjects.”
St. Thomas Aquinas, “Summa Theologica” II, II, q. 33, a. 4
In a previous post I wrote:
Being born of a happier time and catechised before the catastrophic takeover of the Church by the malign “Spirit of Vatican II”, that fissure and inlet of the Smoke of Satan, I can still recall the rote by which the principles of the Faith were inculcated into my mind and have not been lost.
Clearly, the Spirit of Vatican II is a demon which must be exorcised from the Church, one which must be chased into a herd of pigs and sent over a cliff into perdition. The Bishop of Sioux City, Walker Nickless, voiced a similar concern in his most recent pastoral letter from which I quote:
Lastly, the Holy Father, going into greater detail later in the address, explains that the “spirit of Vatican II” must be found only in the letter of the documents themselves. The so-called “spirit” of the Council has no authoritative interpretation. It is a ghost or demon that must be exorcised if we are to proceed with the Lord’s work.
This statement while largely ignored here and here is making its self heard in the circles that matter.
The voice of the Ordinary of Sioux City is quite a contrast from Spirit of Vatican II architects like Archbishop Rembert Weakland and Bishop Thomas Gumbleton who in their narcissistic navel gazing and depravity have betrayed the Church whom they had vowed to shepherd.
Indeed the wreckage done the Church by the Smoke of Satan belched forth by these minions of the “Spirit of Vatican II” would have been no greater had Judas himself been involved in this great betrayal of the Holy Church, indeed one could say that these prelates and their confreres have acted in the Spirit and Power of the same, clothed as peaceable shepherds but inwardly ravening wolves: Both of them instrumental in the implementation of the banal ceremonies and demanding the ordination of irregular persons thus abusing the Catholic Liturgy in the United States.
To quote Professor Dietrich Von Hildebrand:
“If one of the devils in C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters had been entrusted with the ruin of the liturgy, he could not have done it better.”
This certainly appears true and indeed, the very devil would be that malign entity, “The Spirit of Vatican II” the inspiration of those prelates and architects of this sham and mockery of what was once central to Catholic life.
Indeed, there is anecdotal commentary which suggests that the Smokes of Satan which entered the sanctuary were insufflated by the very author of the Novus Ordo Mass, Cardinal Bugnini and which was approved by Pope Paul VI through acts of deception and subterfuge by the same Cardinal Bugnini, IF the anecdotes and their commentators are to be believed. Again this late date leaves us only the memoirs of a few:
Father Louis Bouyer (photo): I wrote to the Holy Father, Pope Paul VI, to tender my resignation as member of the Commission charged with the Liturgical Reform. The Holy Father sent for me at once (and the following conversation ensued):
Paul VI: Father, you are an unquestionable and unquestioned authority by your deep knowledge of the Church’s liturgy and Tradition, and a specialist in this field. I do not understand why you have sent me your resignation, whilst your presence, is more than precious, it is indispensable!
Father Bouyer: Most Holy Father, if I am a specialist in this field, I tell you very simply that I resign because I do not agree with the reforms you are imposing! Why do you take no notice of the remarks we send you, and why do you do the opposite?
Paul VI: But I don’t understand: I’m not imposing anything. I have never imposed anything in this field. I have complete trust in your competence and your propositions. It is you who are sending me proposals. When Fr. Bugnini comes to see me, he says: “Here is what the experts are asking for.” And as you are an expert in this matter, I accept your judgement.
Father Bouyer: And meanwhile, when we have studied a question, and have chosen what we can propose to you, in conscience, Father Bugnini took our text, and, then said to us that, having consulted you: “The Holy Father wants you to introduce these changes into the liturgy.” And since I don’t agree with your propositions, because they break with the Tradition of the Church, then I tender my resignation.
Paul VI: But not at all, Father, believe me, Father Bugnini tells me exactly the contrary: I have never refused a single one of your proposals. Father Bugnini came to find me and said: “The experts of the Commission charged with the Liturgical Reform asked for this and that”. And since I am not a liturgical specialist, I tell you again, I have always accepted your judgement. I never said that to Monsignor Bugnini. I was deceived. Father Bugnini deceived me and deceived you.
Father Bouyer: That is, my dear friends, how the liturgical reform was done!
Another anecdote which is very telling comes as follows:
Un jour, il me raconta une anecdote (j’ai su par la suite qu’il l’avait racontée aussi à Mgr Arrighi).
Le Lundi de Pentecôte de 1970, Mgr Martin attendait l’arrivée du Pape Paul VI pour la célébration de Sa Messe quotidienne.
Arrivé dans la sacristie, le Saint-Père, voyant les ornements verts, déclare à Mgr Martin :
Paul VI : – « Mais ce sont les ornements rouges, car c’est le Lundi de Pentecôte et l’Octave de Pentecôte »
Mgr Martin, très embarrassé : – « Mmmmm, Très Saint-Père, il n’y a plus d’Octave de la Pentecôte ! »
Paul VI : – « Comment ? Il n’y a plus d’Octave de la Pentecôte ? Et depuis quand ? Et qui en a décidé ainsi ? ».
Mgr Martin, très, très embarrassé : – « Très Saint-Père, Mmmmmm, l’Octave de Pentecôte n’existe plus : c’est Vous qui avez signé sa suppression ! »
Paul VI : – « Non, Je n’ai rien signé de ce genre. Alors, j’ai été trahi. Comme le Christ. Vraiment, la fumée de Satan est entrée dans l’Eglise. Mais « portae inferi non praevalebunt ».
(Note : le Pape Paul VI reprendra cette phrase dans son homélie du 29 juin 1972, en ces termes : « La fumée de Satan est entrée dans le Peuple de Dieu »).
(à suivre)
“One day, he told me an anecdote (I knew later that he told it also to Mgr Arrighi).
Translated here:On Pentecost Monday of 1970, Mgr Martin awaited the arrival of Pope Paul VI for the celebration of his daily Mass.
When he arrived in the sacristy, the Holy Father, seeing the green vestments, said to Mgr Martin:
Paul VI : – But they are [there should be] red vestments, because it is Pentecost Monday and the Octave of Pentecost.
Mgr Martin, very embarassed: – Mmmmm, Most Holy Father, there is no longer an Octave of Pentecost!
Paul VI : – How can that be? There’s no longer an Octave of Pentecost? And since when? Who decided thus?
Mgr Martin, very, very embarassed: – Most Holy Father, Mmmmmm, the Octave of Pentecost no longer exists: it is you who signed for its abolition!
Paul VI : – No, I signed nothing of this kind. Then, I have been betrayed. Like Christ. Truly, the smoke of Satan has entered the Church. But portae inferi non praevalebunt”.
So there it is, we are in spiritual warfare with a malign demon who calls itself “The Spirit of Vatican II”, and I say “who” because this is a spiritual person as plainly as the impure spirit which possessed the Gerasene Demoniac, and we are fighting a Spirit which has possessed the Faculties of the Church, a Holy Person, faculties which must be purified and cut out MT 5:30.
Again take discipline, these can only be cast out through prayer and fasting MT 17:20.
