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Offline Neil Obstat

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Fr Jos Pfeiffer, SSPX Sermon-Feast of the Most Precious Blood
« Reply #15 on: July 14, 2012, 11:10:06 AM »
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  • Quote from: MaterDominici
    There is a July 8 sermon from Fr. Pfeiffer up on YouTube.



    I'm finally able to hear this in its entirety.

    Fr. Pfeiffer has some very unique observations on the loaves and fishes gospel.

    I've heard it taught that the 7 loaves were like the 7 sacraments. But here he makes
    further distinctions, The 7 loaves signify the gospel, the 7 ages of man's life, the 7
    sacraments and the 7 virtues.

    He says that Our Lord was not pleased when they collected 12 baskets of fragments,
    in the 6th chapter of John, where those who received this miracle came back the
    next day and abandoned Jesus when He told them "eat my flesh, drink my blood."
    Those who had 12 baskets left over were the 5 thousand who had sat on the grass,
    that is, in comfort, and they had not eaten deeply, thus all the fragments. They were
    primarily Jews who had come from nearby and were too much connected to their
    physical pleasures, signified by the 5 thousand like the 5 senses. These did not
    benefit from the food because their physical comfort got in the way, and therefore
    they could not accept the truth of the message of the Blessed Sacrament.

    For the comfort of man interferes with his acceptance of the gospel. I have a
    friend who needs this teaching, but I am sad to say, he is not willing to accept it.
    He complains about how difficult it is to get to Mass, and how uncomfortable it is
    to kneel during low Mass. He longs to make an SSPX retreat, but when you go to
    one you are not entertained. It's not a "vacation." You're not going there for food
    and relaxation. It's not a resort. We live in an age so remote from the Faith, that
    trying to tell someone about an Ignatian retreat is like trying to describe moral
    theology to a cannibal. These 5 thousand left Jesus Christ because they thought
    he was a cannibal.

    But the 4 thousand came from afar, so they were hungry. And they ate sufficiently
    because of their hunger. The 4 thousand signifies the 4 thousand years since Adam
    when man was without God, and now God is here. These 4 thousand ate sufficiently,
    and were satisfied, and the truth of God was in them. Hunger is part of the virtue
    of fortitude. 7 ages of the history of the world, and 7 ages of the Church; and
    throughout these ages, the Apostles will have the 7 baskets of fragments to feed
    the multitudes until the second coming of Christ. From the time of a man's
    baptism until he receives the last sacraments before his death, he will be fed with
    the bread of the gospel by the Church, throughout the 7 ages of his life.
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