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| Livestream @ 10am: 2nd Sunday of Advent 12/7/25 “Thou art He Who is to Come & We Expect No Other!” |
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Posted by: Deus Vult - Yesterday, 06:25 PM - Forum: December 2025
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Fr. Hewko's Mass for the 2nd Sunday of Advent will be livestreamed at 10 a.m eastern time
“Thou art He Who is to Come & We Expect No Other!”
December 7, 2025 (Chicago)
Spiritual Communion
O Jesus, my soul hungers and thirsts after Thee. I long to receive every day Thy most Holy Body. I implore, at least, Thy spiritual presence. I beg of Thee to descend into my soul and give me some share in the infinite merits of Thy death, the memory of which we celebrate in this Mass. Grant O loving Savior, that I may be made one in union with Thee and Thy Mystical Body.
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| Please pray for Konrad |
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Posted by: Stone - Yesterday, 10:29 AM - Forum: Appeals for Prayer
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Requiem aeternam dona ei Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescat in pace. Amen.
In your charity, please pray for the soul of Konrad who passed away this week. Konrad was a part of the Resistance in Connecticut from the beginning, and is warmly remembered for his kind demeanor but stalwart defense of the true Faith.
Over the years, he often drove over an hour, in his 80's, to attend Holy Mass, though he had a much closer SSPX Mass.
May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen.
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The De Profundis - Psalm 129
Out of the depths I have cried unto Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.
Let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.
If Thou, O Lord, shalt mark our iniquities: O Lord, who can abide it?
For with Thee there is mercy: and by reason of Thy law I have waited on Thee, O Lord.
My soul hath waited on His word: my soul hath hoped in the Lord.
From the morning watch even unto night: let Israel hope in the Lord.
For with the Lord there is mercy: and with Him is plenteous redemption.
And He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her.
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| Pope Leo urges Christians to ‘be less fearful’ of Islam, encourages ‘dialogue’ with Muslims |
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Posted by: Stone - 12-05-2025, 10:25 AM - Forum: Pope Leo XIV
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Pope Leo urges Christians to ‘be less fearful’ of Islam, encourages ‘dialogue’ with Muslims
'One of the values of this trip is precisely to raise the world’s attention to the possibility
that dialogue and friendship between Muslims and Christians is possible,' Leo stated.
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Pope Leo XIV leaving the event at the Waterfront Mass on December 2, 2025, in Beirut, Lebanon
Photo by Adri Salido/Getty Images
Dec 4, 2025
(LifeSiteNews) — Pope Leo XIV has spoken warmly about the relationship between Muslims and Christians and downplaying fears of Islamization.
During his recent international trip to Turkey and Lebanon, the Pope gave a speech at an interfaith meeting held at Martyrs’ Square in Beirut.
“Dear friends, your presence here today, in this extraordinary place where minarets and bell towers stand side by side, yet both soar toward the heavens, testifies to the enduring faith of this land and the persistent dedication of its people to the one God,” Leo said, speaking about the relationship of Christianity and Islam in the country.
“Here in this beloved land,” the Pope continued, “may every bell toll, every adhān [Islamic call to prayer], every call to prayer blend into a single, soaring hymn – not only to glorify the merciful Creator of heaven and earth, but also to lift a heartfelt prayer for the divine gift of peace.”
On the flight back to Rome, the Roman Pontiff gave a press conference, in which a reporter asked him about the perceived threat of Islam to the Christian identity of the West.
“All of the conversations that I had during my time, both in Türkiye and Lebanon, including with many Muslims, was precisely concentrated on the topic of peace and respect for people of different religions,” Leo stated.
“I know that, as a matter of fact, that has not always been the case,” he said, likely referring to past Islamic invasions of Christian Europe.
“I know that in Europe there are many times fears that are present but oftentimes generated by people who are against immigration and trying to keep out people who may be from another country, another religion, another race,” the Pope continued.
“And in that sense, I would say that we all need to work together. One of the values of this trip is precisely to raise the world’s attention to the possibility that dialogue and friendship between Muslims and Christians is possible.”
“I think one of the great lessons that Lebanon can teach to the world is precisely showing a land where Islam and Christianity are both present and are respected and that there is a possibility to live together to be friends,” he stated.
“I think those are lessons that would be important also to be heard in Europe or North America. We should perhaps be a little less fearful and look for ways of promoting authentic dialogue and respect,” he concluded.
Bishop Marian Eleganti, speaking exclusively at the Rome Life Forum on December 4, criticized the Pope for his “naïve” remarks.
The Swiss bishop stressed that Muslims do not worship the same God as Christians, but instead, quoting Psalm 95, he said that all the pagan gods are demons.
“Muslims teach that God has no son. Where is the same God? It is impossible – it is such a contradiction,” he stated, adding that the Pope portrayed “a naïve relationship with Islam.”
According to OpenDoors’ World Watch List of Christian persecution, the most common reason for Christian persecution is “Islamic oppression.” In 31 of the 50 countries where Christians face the most persecution, Islam is the main reason. Christians face varying levels of oppression and persecution in almost every Muslim-majority country in the world.
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| Vatican refuses to form ‘definitive judgment’ on women deacons |
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Posted by: Stone - 12-05-2025, 10:19 AM - Forum: Vatican II and the Fruits of Modernism
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Vatican refuses to form ‘definitive judgment’ on women deacons
The Petrocchi Commission rejected ‘women priests’ and said evidence strongly ‘rules out’ ordaining women
as deacons but claimed the question of the diaconate is not definitively closed.
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Deacons
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Dec 4, 2025
VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — A Vatican commission denied the possibility of a sacramental “female diaconate” but without making a “definitive judgment.”
In December, the Vatican released the report of the Petrocchi Commission, headed by Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi, which ruled out admitting women to the diaconate as a sacramental degree of Holy Orders but suggested that a form of “female deacons” could be possible.
“The status quaestionis of historical research and theological investigation, as well as their mutual implications, rules out the possibility of moving in the direction of admitting women to the diaconate understood as a degree of the sacrament of Holy Orders,” the commission said.
“In light of Sacred Scripture, Tradition, and the Church’s Magisterium, this assessment is strongly maintained, although it does not at present allow for a definitive judgment to be formulated, as is the case with priestly ordination,” it continued.
The commission was established in 2021 by Pope Francis to examine the possibility of women being ordained as deacons. The commission’s final seven-page report was submitted on September 18 to Pope Leo XIV and has now been openly published by the Vatican.
Within the commission, some argued that preventing women from being ordained as deacons undermined the “equal dignity of both genders, based on this biblical reference” as well as the profession of faith that “there is no longer Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female, for you are all ‘one’ in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28).
This group expressed hope that women would be able to become deacons, as they argued that the ordination of a deacon is for ministry and not for the priesthood.
However, according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the diaconate is one of the three degrees of Holy Orders, not just a ministry or function.
Some members of the commission pointed this out and insisted “on the unity of the sacrament of Holy Orders, together with the nuptial meaning of the three degrees that constitute it.”
This group rejected the hypothesis of a “female diaconate,” noting “that if the admission of women to the first degree of Holy Orders were approved, exclusion from the others would become inexplicable.”
The orthodox group further pointed out that “the masculinity of Christ, and therefore the masculinity of those who receive Holy Orders, is not accidental but is an integral part of sacramental identity, preserving the divine order of salvation in Christ. To alter this reality would not be a simple adjustment of ministry but a rupture of the nuptial meaning of salvation.”
This thesis was voted on by the commission but not passed as it received five votes in favor and five opposed.
At the same time, while the commission ruled against women being ordained as deacons, members votes 9-1 in favor of expanding women’s role in the Church.
The commission expressed hope that “women’s access to ministries instituted for the service of the community might be expanded (…) thus ensuring adequate ecclesial recognition of the diakonia of the baptized, particularly of women. Such recognition will be a prophetic sign especially where women still suffer situations of gender discrimination.”
In conclusion, Petrocchi called for a continued examination of the role of the diaconate “on its sacramental identity and its ecclesial mission—clarifying certain structural and pastoral aspects that are currently not fully defined.”
Meanwhile, teachings of the Catholic Church reserve the vocation of priesthood to “baptized men.” The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains that the Church is bound by Christ’s decision to ordain men to the priesthood and “for this reason the ordination of women is not possible.”
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