Dear Father, it is very, very edifying for us to have such wonderful priests and friars as the Franciscans of the Immaculate doing apostolate via the web and very fine books. I recommend in the highest possible terms the FI site “Air Maria” http://airmaria.com/?cat=29
and its companion blog, “Mary Victrix” http://maryvictrix.wordpress.com/
You are doing so much good, and this good news of the commencement of offering the Holy Sacrifice of Mass according to the Johannine Missal is like icing on the cake.
But then, as I switched over to pick up the link for Mary Victrix, it got even better as I noticed the latest addition, a piece on Blessed Jose Luis Sanchez del Rio, who, of course, occupies a special place in the hearts of all of us in the Regnum Christi Movement. What a moving story his is, and you all are doing great work to hold up this 14 year old boy as an example to all of us of heroism and sacrifice in the cause of Christ the King.
May we be inspired to follow the example, and profit from the prayers, of Bl. Jose Luis, and may your work be truly blessed.
Viva Cristo Rey!
I'm sure you saw Fr. Angelo's humorous, but refreshing piece on Summorum Pontificum called Exorcising the Spirits of Confusion: Summorum Pontificum and the End of Liturgical Freelancing. His first paragraph was a classic:
Well, the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum is out, and the “spirits (poltergeists) of Vatican II” are agitated. Watch out for flying liturgical pottery and levitating felt banners.
Ironically, the day before someone had "graciously" showed up at our friary to give us a chalice and paten made of pottery--right out of the 70's. We "graciously" accepted (to dispose of) it... It was unceremoniously buried on our friary grounds.
God bless...