Dear MiracleOfTheSun,

There is a story repeated by some (Dom Hesse included) that when Pope Pius IX was approached by the clergy proposing the insertion of the name of St. Joseph into the Canon, he simply answered: "I am only the pope." While this may be attributed to his humility, the truth is he knew that he could not do it (bound by the Council of Trent), hence the quote.

Dear MiracleOfTheSun,

There is a story repeated by some (Dom Hesse included) that when Pope Pius IX was approached by the clergy proposing the insertion of the name of St. Joseph into the Canon, he simply answered: "I am only the pope." While this may be attributed to his humility, the truth is he knew that he could not do it (bound by the Council of Trent), hence the quote.

On the face of it, who could really complain about adding Saint Joseph?  But at the end of the day it's just another item that needed to be changed.  Sounds like Obama's 'change'.  Obama, keep the change.

John XXIII's command issued in the decree Novis hisce temporibus can be found in the AAS:

https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/docuмents/AAS-54-1962-ocr.pdf

See page 873  'De S. Ioseph nomine Canoni Missae inserendo'

Does the SSPX say St Joseph and does that make the mass invalid?

It most certainly would not be invalid, and I do believe most of the SSPX add St. Joseph to the Canon.

My argument in favor for St. Joseph in the Canon is more an argument of custom/pious tradition, rather than of strict law under Pope John XXIII. I am leaving the pope question aside for now.  My argument is that the majority of pontiffs chose not to introduce St. Joseph in the Canon because it was believed that he died under the Old Law, which is only partially true.  I have read "The Life of St. Joseph" by Mother Mary Cecilia Baij, OSB (d. 1736 *By far my favorite book on St. Joseph), "The Glories of St. Joseph" by Healy, and quite frankly, anything of merit that I can get my hands on about St. Joseph.  It is clear that the tradition developed that St. Joseph was resurrected by Our Lord after Easter Sunday,  that he was reunited with Our Lady during that short interval of time, that he most assuredly received the Sacraments of the Church, and that he ascended with Our Lord into heaven.  All this said, it is only most fitting that St. Joseph be in the Canon of the Mass.  Who can argue that St. Joseph is not above all the martyrs by virtue of his eminent sanctity?  Offer to me a single argument as to why he should not be in the Canon.  St. Joseph is completely silent in Holy Writ, but he speaks in the Canon of the Mass.  St Joseph and Our Lady were together in life, together in Heaven, and together in the Canon, this only seems to me fitting.  

And furthermore, many of us believe that the Age of Mary, yet to come, will be preempted by the Age of Joseph, so to speak.  Perhaps the  introduction of St. Joseph in the canon is a prefiguring of the Age of Mary.  I would personally like to see the Church define dogmatically the perpetual virginity of St. Joseph which is very clearly part of Church tradition, at least as far as I understand the matter.   

John XXIII's command issued in the decree Novis hisce temporibus can be found in the AAS:

https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/docuмents/AAS-54-1962-ocr.pdf

See page 873  'De S. Ioseph nomine Canoni Missae inserendo'

This was not a "command" of John XXIII. It was a decree from the Prefect of a curial congregation. Those are legally very different things. A legal change to the Canon of the Mass is not a small thing that one can sneak in with an obscure note that does not include the signature of the Pope himself.

I translated the "decree" and provided the scan from the AAS as an attachment to the following post:

https://www.cathinfo.com/crisis-in-the-church/red-alert!-are-the-sedevacantists-the-only-true-followers-of-abp-lefebvre/msg923811/#msg923811

The key section is at the end (read carefully):

For this reason, this Sacred Congregation of Rites, following the will of the Supreme Pontiff, decides as follows below: Action after the words: "Communicating...our Lord Jesus Christ..." these will be added: "...but also blessed Joseph of the Spouse of the same Virgin..." and then continue: "...and of your blessed apostles and martyrs."

The S. Congregation itself has also determined that this prescription should also be observed on the days where the special form of "Communicating" is prescribed in the Missal.

That means that the Cardinals on the Sacred Congregation made the decision announced. Not the Pope. The Cardinals do not have the authority to change the Canon of the Mass.

P.S. This same game was played by the freemasons allies of Bugnini starting with certain changes to Holy Week all the way through to the Novus Ordo and the new Sacraments. A small (possibly temporary) change was authorized by a Pope. Then that small change was further interpreted by the Curia into a huge change. The freemasons running the Curial Congregation made it look like (through a deception) that the change was canonically-promulgated by the proper authority, when it actually was not.

This was not a "command" of John XXIII. It was a decree from the Prefect of a curial congregation. Those are legally very different things. A legal change to the Canon of the Mass is not a small thing that one can sneak in with an obscure note that does not include the signature of the Pope himself.

I translated the "decree" and provided the scan from the AAS as an attachment to the following post:

https://www.cathinfo.com/crisis-in-the-church/red-alert!-are-the-sedevacantists-the-only-true-followers-of-abp-lefebvre/msg923811/#msg923811

The key section is at the end (read carefully):


That means that the Cardinals on the Sacred Congregation made the decision announced. Not the Pope. The Cardinals do not have the authority to change the Canon of the Mass.

Dear Angelus, 
The Decree clearly states that the Commission was following the will of the Supreme Pontiff. Said Supreme Pontiff was alive for seventh months after that docuмent was published. Unless he was incapacitated, he approved it, even if tacitly. His successor did not only not correct it; but he went even further into the curse by changing all of the rites of Sacraments.

There is a story repeated by some (Dom Hesse included) that when Pope Pius IX was approached by the clergy proposing the insertion of the name of St. Joseph into the Canon, he simply answered: "I am only the pope." While this may be attributed to his humility, the truth is he knew that he could not do it (bound by the Council of Trent), hence the quote.

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This is typical of the kind of arguments Canon Hesse makes. Dubious facts supporting false principles with bad logic.

The story is questionable to begin with, but if it's true it's pretty obvious that it's a joke, and it doesn't come anywhere near indicating that Pius IX thought he had no power to put St. Joseph's name in the canon. A pope has the power to change the liturgy, and the Council of Trent didn't say otherwise.