October 11th is the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. So, has one of the most famous periti of that Council, our Pope, placed the beginning of the Church Year on that "illustrious" date?
Our Lady of Fatima, please pray for us.
There has been nothing "official" about this New Year idea.. It's just my observation.
I suppose he may have "liked" to say it, but he couldn't cross the line. He knows
when it would be "too much" apparently.
They really pushed far beyond what was ostensibly prudent with the new mass and
new sacramental forms, etc., etc.
But this moving of the Maternity of Mary off of Oct. 11th, and bumping the Feast
of the Circuмcision on JANUARY FIRST (a.k.a. New Year's Day) displacing it with
the newfangled Mother of God (nothing new about the concept, but it is a new
Feast Day, with no basis in tradition for January 1st) has the earmark of a sleight
of hand trick, to indirectly suggest that where the feast came from (Oct. 11th) is
a sort of New Year, as it were.
Why October 11th?
First and foremost, it was the day John XXIII inaugurated the newfangled Council.
That was the birth of the newChurch. So it was a 'new beginning.' Read the speech.
Also, in ballpark figures, it is a lot closer to Rosh Hashanah, Jєωιѕн New Year,
which this year falls on September 16th, less than a month before October 11th.
Ramadan (new year for Mohammedans) was July 20th or 21st (?) depending on
when someone "sights the new moon" (like a kind of Groundhog Day?). October
11th is less than 3 months after that. So in that sense, it can be seen as a sort
of accommodation with 'other' (false) religions.
This October 11th marks the beginning of the newfangled "Year of Faith," which
goes for more than a year, to November 24th, 2013, the Sunday before
'Thanksgiving Day' in the USA. It's actually 'a year, a month, a week, and six
days' in duration. So it could be called the 'Year, month, week and six days of
Faith.' November 24th 2013 will be the Novus Ordo Christ the King, the Sunday
immediately followed by December 1st, the First Sunday of Advent, 2013. On
November 24th, all the CTLM Mass sites will be reading from Matthew 24, that
interminably irksome text that NewChurch would have us forget entirely, if at all
possible. That's why the last Sunday of the calendar has been displaced with
"Christ the King." How could any reasonable Trad complain about Christ the King?
It's really their way of 'sacrificing' Him all over again (cf. Heb. vi. 6).
Another reason is, October 11th 'upstages' October 13th, the anniversary of the
Miracle of the Sun, the most astounding public, prophetic miracle in the history
of the world, but, one that NewChurch wants us to forget all about. I can't find
a word about it on the Vatican website. Zenit had mentioned it in 2008 once. And
why would NewChurch want us to forget all about the Miracle of the Sun? Well, if
we go around thinking about that, we might just then keep asking the Pope to
collegially consecrate Russia (together with all the popes of the world) in a
solemn, public ceremony (the bishops can do it in their own cathedrals at the
same time) to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. We might remember that the Third
Secret is still in exile and seclusion, just like Sister Lucia of Fatima was until she
died (whenever that was). We might remember about the muzzle on Sister Lucia,
forbidding her to speak (while every lunatic worldwide is given freedom to say
what he will about everything, even denying Church dogma in public without any
consequences). We might be reminded of the laughable booklet that the creepy
guy, Evaristo, produced in 1992 and another in 1993 (both from 'meetings' with
her on October 11th!!), in his sloppy attempt to overwrite the lifelong faithfulness
of Sister Lucia to the Words of Our Lady.
I am so sorry if I can't see any redeeming value in this so called Year of Faith. We
are given the opportunity for a "plenary indulgence" by reading Vatican II
docuмents (a most conspicuous "penance" to be sure!), or the mind-numbing
CCC (ditto!), or at least to 'contemplate' their contents (read: subjectively, think
about whatever you would like to imagine that these things say in them!!), as
well as a few other things (not a problem with that) including praying:
"...the Profession of Faith in any legitimate form." Which reminds me:
What Is Any Legitimate Form?? There are only 3 official
versions of the Creed in the Church, the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed and
the Athanasian Creed. NewChurch has had an abominable track record trying
to rewrite the first two, but the latter is a lot like the Miracle of the Sun: they want
us to 'fuggetaboudit!'
Why?
Well, the Athanasian Creed begins and ends with that interminable and
bothersome detail, that
outside the Church there is no salvation.Please explain, anyone, why this does NOT mean they're saying you can get a
plenary indulgence for including the Athanasian Creed as your "Profession of
Faith" as a "legitimate form."
Rats!
(No pun intended. ...........................NOT!)