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Today’s Offering: “The victory over all afflictions that befall you, is to keep silence.” -St. Poemen
Yesterday was the feast of Blessed Therese Couderc, foundress of the Sisters of the Cenacle. Out of humility, she resigned as Mother Superior, and endured silently years of false accusations. She was put to hard manual labor, and not even acknowledged as the foundress of her own congregation. She practiced a perpetual patience and forbearance, doing whatever she was asked. Only towards the end of her life was she exonerated and restored to honor.
A modern spiritual writer reflects thus on the lesson of her life:
“Some people have never learned to keep their mouths shut. Their brains seem to be directly attached to their tongues. They blurt out whatever pops into their heads, with little or no regard for the consequences. Learning to govern our tongues may be one of the most difficult lessons any of us has to learn. Our tongue gets us into more trouble than does any other part of our body. ‘However large (ships) are…they are directed by very small rudders on whatever course the steersman’s course may select. The tongue is something like that. It is a small member, yet it makes great pretensions,’ says St. James. If we can learn to keep our mouth shut when our words would be hurtful or harmful we will have gone a long way toward learning the self-control and self-discipline we all desire to have.”
Multiply the above admonition by infinity (far beyond the feathers of St. Philip Neri or St. Francis De Sales) and you will have some idea of the evil of which the ill-regulated use of the internet is capable.
-Bishop Dolan
Kathleen Plumb, editor of The Four Marks, has seen fit to publish in the September issue my personal correspondence, and has done so without my knowledge or permission.
Furthermore, she has misrepresented our position as Catholics who refuse to be in communion with Ratzinger or his One-World Church, as well as the position I took in the aforementioned correspondence.
The issue of active participation at a Mass offered in communion with the One-World Church is one of the great issues of our time. Learned clergy such as Bishop Sanborn and Father Cekada have exhaustively researched and studied the question, and their conclusions cannot be so lightly ignored or dismissed.
It is therefore with greatest regret that I warn Catholics that The Four Marks now presents an occasion for confusion, if not indeed for sin.
I urge Catholics to have nothing to do with The Four Marks, even as I continue to pray for those who attempt to lead good but unsuspecting Catholics into communion with the forerunner of anti-Christ.
— Most Rev. Daniel L. Dolan
I’m happy to announce the launch of the traditional Catholic/sedevacantist version of My Space and Facebook: TradCircle
TradCircle is a social networking and meeting site for young traditional Catholics. It is intended primarily to assist them in eventually finding a like-minded spouse, and also to offer them an opportunity to make new friends and keep in touch with old ones.
There are a lot of young people in sedevacantist chapels throughout the world. A site like this will allow them to meet, encourage and have fun with their counterparts in other parts of the world.
Please spread the word about TradCircle to the young traditional Catholics that you know, and encourage them to sign up at:
Yours in Christ,
Father Anthony Cekada