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Correspondence from Fr. Blute, August 16, 2004:
...The critical juncture is over. The Bishop bought a judgement from the High Court, in Madras, and obtained rights over the keys of the church, came with police, and entered. We and all the people fled away. With great solemnity, the Bishop celebrated Mass in the very place hallowed by the Tridentine Mass days before: to an empty church.
There were 40 local people, and about the same brought by the Bishop in a bus. The normal crowd is 3000!! The people are themselves asking to set up a tent on borrowed land, and have the Latin Mass within 2 weeks.
The people of Punnai nagar, especially, are bracing for the next onslaught, because they have also rejected the government of the Bishop Leon Dharmaraj (means "Lion King of Virtue" the old women laugh and say Leon
Adarmaraj---"Lion king of vice"). Recall that St. Peter says "your adversary the Devil as a roaring Leon goes about
seeking whom he may devour.") So keep praying for us; there is a harvest to be gathered for tradition, and whether it yield 40, 60, or 100 fold depends on our prayers.
Fr. Blute
Recall that St. Peter says "your adversary the Devil as a roaring Leon goes about seeking whom he may devour."
Bears repeating.