It's me again....

What have I been doing? Just enjoying my summer at stately Bombay Manor, soaking up the sun poolside, drinking to excess and supervising the landscaping crew. It's composed mostly of illegal immigrants from Canada. They try to mow the lawn with a snow blower. 'Sup with that? Damned Canadians.

Anyhoo, I've also been navigating the fever swamps of Traddyism on the internet. Wow, there's some real wack jobs out there, God bless their souls. Such adventures have inspired me to compose a parody song. It's sung to the tune of Alanis Morrisette's Ironic. If you don't know that one, look it up on YouTube. I can't be expected to do everything for you, now can I? And, if you understand all the references, you might be a real Traddy. (There's probably another parody in there somewhere.)

SSPX or SSPV
Sedes of all types and other indys
The new Mass is a sacrilegious show
I can prove it…the Dimond Bros. told me so
And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It’s a Ball of Redemption that ruins your day
It’s a World Consecration, that didn’t go all the way
A Third Secret revealed but still hidden away
Who would've thought... it figures

Common error or supplied jurisdiction
We put all our faith in such theological fiction
It’s a tinfoil biretta guarding against conspiracy
It’s obeying trad priests, but not the Holy See
And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It’s a Ball of Redemption that ruins your day
It’s a World Consecration, that didn’t go all the way
A Third Secret revealed but still hidden away
Who would've thought... it figures

Well Truth has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and the Pope’s in Kansas
And Truth has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and the Chair is really vacant

Communism falls when the consecration didn’t take
The Novus Ordo Mass still dispenses grace
It’s like ten thousand seers when all you need is Tradition
It’s no salvation…without my permission
And isn't it ironic...don't you think
A little too ironic...yeah, I really do think...

It’s a Ball of Redemption that ruins your day
It’s a World Consecration, that didn’t go all the way
A Third Secret revealed but still hidden away
Who would've thought... it figures

Truth has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Truth has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out

Pope's Tree Flourishes

From Catholic News Agency - When you read the story below, pay attention to the last line. Comments welcome.

Jerusalem, Jul 22, 2008 / 02:06 pm (CNA).- In the Jubilee Year of 2000, Pope John Paul II made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land stopping at one point to bless an olive tree on the Mount of the Beatitudes. A forester with the Jewish National Fund reports that this tree is the only one producing olives this year.

"It is a miracle," Yossi Karni from the JNF, which maintains the plot, told local media.

During a visit to northern Israel, in March of 2000, the late Pontiff blessed an olive tree that was planted on the Mount of Beatitudes, which was previously called Mt. Eremos. According to tradition, Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount on this mountain, which is located near the Sea of Galilee.

Israel is currently facing what Uri Shani, Israel’s Water Authority director, called “the worst crisis in 80 years.” “Israel's major sources of drinking water, including the Sea of Galilee and the mountain aquifer, are below their ‘red lines,’ meaning they are not recommended to draw water,” he said at a news conference last month.

Karni explained that all the trees on the plot were treated equally, but the ones that did not receive the blessing have not given fruit this year.

"They get treated the same, watered the same," he said, adding that some trees had even started to wither, which he could not explain.

When he was asked what he would do with the olives, Karni told Israel's Channel 10 he might market their "holy oil."

True angel stories

If you like angel stories, you might be interested in this website of Joan Wester Anderson's. She is a well known Catholic writer, and her stories are not only inspirational but collections of true stories that she has documented over the last twenty years. Her material on this site is copyrighted, so I can't reproduce any of the multitude of stories you will find there. Enjoy!

Book Giveaway at Seeking Jesus

My sister Shirley, of the blog Seeking Jesus is giving away five copies of the book The Incredible Catholic Mass, by Fr. Martin von Cochem. (Click here for the post with the giveaway). This is a book that opens your mind to the sacred mysteries of the Mass, and inspires one to holiness. It is an absolutely incredible read. This book was sent to me a few years ago by my blogging partner Dr. Bombay (who happens to have very good taste in books!). After I read it, I passed it on to Shirley, and now five lucky others will soon be holding this helper to heaven in their hands.

Here is the excerpt from Tan Publishers:
An absolute revelation to most Catholics! Based on the Traditional Latin Mass, but actually about the essence of the Mass itself. Shows it is not just a prayer, but a powerful sacrifice given to us by Almighty God to fulfill all our spiritual needs. You will divide your life into "before" and "after" you read this book. Going to Mass will never be the same again, once you appreciate the significance of every Mass (as explained by this book). Every Catholic needs to read this! Impr. 450 pgs, PB

A child's take on the Bible

In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, ‘The Lord thy God is one,’ but I think He must be a lot older than that. Anyway, God said, ‘Give me a light!’ and someone did.

Then God made the world. He split the Adam and made Eve. Adam and Eve were naked, but they weren’t embarrassed because mirrors hadn’t been invented yet. Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden. Not sure what they were driven in though, because they didn’t have cars.

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Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who hated his brother as long as he was Abel. Pretty soon all of the early people died off, except for Methuselah, who lived to be like a million or something. One of the next important people was Noah, who was a good guy, but one of his kids was kind of a ham. Noah built a large boat and put his family and some animals on it. He asked some other people to join him, but they said they would have to take a rain check.

After Noah came Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jacob was more famous than his brother, Esau, because Esau sold Jacob his birthmark in exchange for some pot roast. Jacob had a son named Joseph who wore a really loud sports coat.

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Another important Bible guy is Moses, whose real name was Charlton Heston. Moses led the Israel Lights out of Egypt and away from the evil Pharaoh after God sent ten plagues on Pharaoh’s people. These plagues included frogs, mice, lice, bowels, and no cable. God fed the Israel Lights every day with manicotti. Then He gave them His top ten commandments. These include don’t lie, cheat, smoke, dance, or covet your neighbor’s bottom (the Bible uses a bad word for bottom that I’m not supposed to say. But my Dad uses it sometimes when he talks about the President). Oh, yeah, I just thought of one more: Humor thy father and thy mother.

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One of Moses’ best helpers was Joshua, who was the first Bible guy to use spies. Joshua fought the battle of Geritol and the fence fell over on the town. After Joshua came David. He got to be king by killing a giant with a slingshot. He had a son named Solomon who had about 300 wives and 500 porcupines. My teacher says he was wise, but that doesn’t sound very wise to me.

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After Solomon there were a bunch of major league prophets. One of these was Jonah, who was swallowed by a big whale and then barfed up on the shore. There were also some minor league prophets, but I guess we don’t have to worry about them.

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After the Old Testament came the New Testament. Jesus is the star of the New Testament. He was born in Bethlehem in a barn. (I wish I had been born in a barn, too, because my mom is always saying to me, Close the door! Were you born in a barn?’ It would be nice to say, ‘As a matter of fact, I was.’)

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During His life, Jesus had many arguments with sinners like the Pharisees and the Republicans. Jesus also had twelve opossums. The worst one was Judas Asparagus. Judas was so evil that they named a terrible vegetable after him.

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Jesus was a great man. He healed many leopards and even preached to some Germans on the Mount. But the Republicans and all those guys put Jesus on trial before Pontius, the Pilot. Pilot didn’t stick up for Jesus. He just washed his hands instead.

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Anyways, Jesus died for our sins, then came back to life again. He went up to Heaven, but will be back at the end of the Aluminum. His return is foretold in the book of Revolution.

Betraying the Truth

Forty years ago, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops betrayed the teachings of the Church on artificial contraception by refusing to accept the encyclical of Pope Paul VI, Humanae Vitae, which is widely considered the greatest charter of life and love over any other document in human history.

The document, Tragedy at Winnipeg, tells the story of dissent, and how a well-informed and well-formed conscience was considered by the CCCB to override the traditional teachings of the Church on artificial contraception.

The bishops wanted to protect Catholics who found it either extremely difficult or even impossible to follow all of the teachings of the encyclical, and the CCCB did not want them to be considered excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church for using birth control. Their solution? Instead of teaching and reinforcing the perennial doctrines of the Church, they devised a statement to deal with the difficulties that contraception provided to the Catholic faithful. (Try sliding that by God on Judgment Day).

The problematic text of paragraph 26 of the Winnipeg Statement reads:

"Counsellors may meet others who, accepting the teaching of the Holy Father, find that because of particular circumstances they are involved in what seems to them a clear conflict of duties, e.g., the reconciling of conjugal love and responsible parenthood with the education of children already born or with the health of the
mother. In accord with the accepted principles of moral theology, if these persons have tried sincerely, but without success to pursue a line of conduct in keeping with the given directives, they may be safely assured that, whoever chooses that course which seems right to him does so in good conscience.”

Lifesite news has an article on this subject, quoting Monsignor Foy who is calling on the Bishops of Canada to revoke their "Winnipeg Statement", which he says is an unacceptable document of dissent:

92-year-old Monsignor Vincent Foy comments: "This incredible betrayal of Catholic teaching on the intrinsic evil of contraception was a factor in the passing of a bill by the Liberal government under Pierre Trudeau, legalizing contraception (June 27, 1969)."But that was only a lead-up to what Foy calls, "the Winnipeg disaster of Friday Sept. 27th, 1968." On that date, he recalls, "the Canadian bishops, gathered in Winnipeg for their annual meeting and published a Statement on Humanae vitae. After denying the sufficiency of grace for some (n.17) the bishops embraced the error of allowing married couples to break God's law by the subterfuge of the subjective conscience. They said there were circumstances in which the couples 'may be safely assured that whoever honestly chooses that course which seems right to him does so in good conscience' (n.26).

It is truly appalling that forty years later our Canadian Bishops still have not revoked the Winnipeg Statement.

Descent From the Cross by Rubens

Did you notice the new header? One of my interests is searching for religious art of past centuries, and while doing so, I came across the Descent From the Cross by artist Rubens (whose art I earlier profiled here).


This painting was commissioned in 1611 and is the second of Rubens's great altarpieces for the Antwerp Cathedral. It shows the Visitation, and the Presentation of the Temple on either side of the Descent from the Cross. It was inspired after the termination of the Calvinist regime in Antwerp in 1585, when the city's churches were gradually decorated once again with works of art, after being stripped of their artistic decor during the protestant revolution. Catholicism and art were gaining a stronghold, and Antwerp was a wealthy city, so religious art once again began decorating the Cathedrals and churches.

If only our churches today would host such magnificent displays of religious imagery!

Interesting...

Here are a few stories worth reading today:

Christian education rejected by University of California

Heavy Metal Capuchin Rocker?

Muslims kill Christian teen for courting a Muslim girl

Liturgical Dance at World Youth Day

In this video of the final Mass at World Youth Day, Pope Benedict actually looks stunned at the liturgical dancing show that eclipses the Mass. My bet is that it was sprung on the Pope and he had no knowledge of it beforehand.

Vacation Pictures

Below is the resort on Kootenay Lake that we go to every summer.


This is Kootenay Lake at its most beautiful - peaceful and quiet.


Our access to anywhere...and the beach I call my favourite. The joy of having a boat is that you don't have to share a beach with anyone else.


The water was cold for this time of year, about 59 - 62 degrees F. The dog even had to bury his head in the sand after getting a doggie bath in the lake!


A historic moment, the SS Moyie, the oldest restored passenger sternwheeler of its kind in the world. It sits in Kaslo and has been restored to all her former glory. A sight worth seeing if you love the early history of the area.


Just one of the artifacts from the SS Moyie that has been preserved. Note the hand cranked washing bucket that reads, "The 1900 washer saves women's lives." Huh? I didn't know that scrubbing clothes on a washboard in the creek was a task that produced fatalities!

Sobering Thoughts

When I was on vacation this week, I logged into the internet briefly, and read this comment by Anita Moore of the blog V for Victory. Her comment was in response to a post I did called Sermon on Salvation and I was struck by the sobering thought that accompanied Anita's message; so much so that all day I thought about how dangerous even one mortal sin is to our salvation.

Anita Moore said... Just the excerpts are extremely sobering by themselves, to say the least! In Preparation for Death, St. Alphonsus Ligouri argues (citing Scripture) that each individual has only a set number of mortal sins that God will forgive, and after that, He will just move in and take vengeance. He also cites private revelations in which certain children are said to have gone to hell after committing their first sin.

I don't know whether any of this is literally true or not; but it is certain that since we never know when we're going to die, it is the height of folly to take a chance of being caught dead in a state of mortal sin. And that, of course, is St. Alphonsus' whole point.

I have been immersing myself in the book The Glories of Mary for the last three months (also by St Alphonsus de Liquori) and right after reading Anita's comment I read this passage from that book:

A wicked soldier every day performed some devotion in honour of our Blessed Lady. One day he was suffering greatly from hunger, when Mary appeared to him and offered him some most delicious meats, but in so filthy a vessel that he could not bring himself to taste them.

"I am the Mother of God," the Blessed Virgin then said, "and am come to satisfy thy hunger."

"But, O Blessed Lady," the soldier answered, "I cannot eat out of so filthy a vessel."

"And how," replied Mary, "can thou expect that I should accept thy devotions offered to me with so defiled a soul as thine?"

On hearing this, the soldier was converted, became a hermit, and lived in a desert for thirty years. At his death, the Blessed Virgin appeared to him and took him herself to heaven.

If we only knew with what gravity even one mortal sin offends God, surely we would never sin again!

Going Fishing...

and boating and swimming for the next ten days in the Kootenays. Posting will resume on July 20 (unless Dr. Bombay pops in and treats everyone to his unique style of writing).


This is beautiful Campbell Bay, only accessible by boat, across from Kaslo on Kootenay Lake. It is my favourite summertime haunt.



I took these pictures last year. This is Kootenay Lake at its best. I'm hoping for more of the same this year. Back in a week.

Sermon on Salvation

Today I read the best sermon of my life. I came across a link for a sermon by St Leonard called "The Little Number of Those Who Are Saved." It is a little lengthy, but well worth the read. Here are some highlights, but do yourself a favour and read the entire sermon. It is food for your soul, and it is rare to hear preaching like this in our churches today. Keep in mind that his sermon is divided into two parts: the first part fills you with dread, and the second with hope.

St Leonard reminds us that only eight people were saved in the Great Deluge of Noah's day and the rest of the world died. He goes on to say that "The ark was the figure of the Church, and these eight people who were saved signify that very few Christians are saved, because there are very few who sincerely renounce the world, and those who renounce it only in words do not belong to the mystery represented by that ark." The Bible also tells us that only two Hebrews out of two million entered the Promised Land after going out of Egypt, and that only four escaped the fire of Sodom and the other burning cities that perished with it. All of this, St Leonard says, means that the number of the damned who will be cast into fire like straw is far greater than that of the saved, whom the heavenly Father will one day gather into His barns like precious wheat.

He then relates a story told by Saint Vincent Ferrer about an archdeacon in Lyons who gave up his charge and retreated into a desert place to do penance, and happened to die the same day and hour as Saint Bernard. After his death, he appeared to his bishop and said to him, "Know, Monsignor, that at the very hour I passed away, thirty-three thousand people also died. Out of this number, Bernard and myself went up to heaven without delay, three went to purgatory, and all the others fell into Hell."

St. Leonard says there are two roads that lead to heaven - innocence and repentance. He notes that penance is so difficult for people and so poorly performed that it is easier to find men who have kept their innocence than to find any who have done fitting penance.

He closes his sermon with a note of hope - God desires all men to be saved.

God is so good that when He sees a sinner running to his ruin, He runs after him, calls him, entreats and accompanies him even to the gates of hell; what will He not do to convert him? He sends him good inspirations and holy thoughts, and if he does not profit from them, He becomes angry and indignant, He pursues him. Will He strike him? No. He beats at the air and forgives him. But the sinner is not converted yet. God sends him a mortal illness. It is certainly all over for him. No, brothers, God heals him; the sinner becomes obstinate in evil, and God in His mercy looks for another way; He gives him another year, and when that year is over, He grants him yet another. But if the sinner still wants to cast himself into hell in spite of all that, what does God do? Does He abandon him? No. He takes him by the hand; and while he has one foot in hell and the other outside, He still preaches to him, He implored him not to abuse His graces. Now I ask you, if that man is damned, is it not true that he is damned against the Will of God and because he wants to be damned?

Powerful stuff.

Traditional Catholic Online Stores

I've made a few changes to the place, most notably the sidebar. One feature I've added are links to some really good traditional Catholic stores, several of which I have purchased from already. I recommend both of the links for headcoverings, and have purchased several custom made rosaries from Rosary Works, which I highly recommend. Here is one of the rosaries I ordered from them. The beads are pink freshwater pearls with wire-wrapped silver links, with the Our Father beads encased in silver.



One reason I added these sites to the sidebar is because this blog consistently comes up in Google searches for traditional Catholic holy cards and certificates. Not all the stores are linked in these posts though, which is what Google turns up, so I wanted to make it easier for those of you looking for good quality traditional Catholic products and sacramentals.

If any readers have additional sites, please them in the com box so I can check them out.

On praying badly

Here is a quote from St John Vianney that I found over at Cygnus' blog. If you have ever lost focus during your prayers or said them out of habit, or even just said them to get them over with and out of the way, you need to read this. It sums up very neatly how neglecting prayer leads to hell.

"We can see too how much the Devil fears those who pray, since there is no moment of the day when he tempts us more than at prayer. He does everything he possibly can to prevent us from praying. When the Devil wants to make someone lose his soul, he starts out by inspiring in him a profound distaste for prayer.

However good a Christian he may be, if the Devil succeeds in making him either say his prayers badly or neglect them altogether, he is certain to have him for himself. If you wish to understand this even better, consider since when you have been unable to resist whatever temptations the Devil put in your way and since when you have left the door of your hearts open to the four winds--is it not since you began to get careless with your prayers, or have been saying them from habit, by routine only, or just to get rid of them, and not to please God?

Yes, my dear brethren, from the moment that we neglect them, we move with big steps towards Hell: we shall never return to God if we do not have recourse to prayer. Yes, my dear children, with a prayer well said, we can command Heaven and earth, and all will obey us."

In case you missed it

Changes to the Novus Ordo? This sounds too good to be true...

Confession made easy

There was a new priest in the confessional today, at least he must have been new, because even though I couldn't see him, I had never heard his voice before. After I made my confession, he asked questions based on the seven cardinal sins, most likely to stir my memory so that I could make a better and more complete confession. This is the first time I have had a priest do that, and it is certainly a beneficial practice. Through his questioning, I was able to recall a few things that had slipped my mind, and I know that some will say that forgotten sins are forgiven anyway, but I found this to be very helpful in making a better confession. I do wonder why more priests don't do this.

I hope he sticks around.

Make your voice heard

Lifesite News has an online petition to rescind abortionist Henry Morgentaler's Order of Canada award.
Please go here to sign if you are English Canadian,
La présente pétition est à l’intention des résidents canadiens uniquement,
and American and international signatures are being accepted here. I hope everyone who reads this will take a few moments to register their name on the petition. This is an international effort to influence our Prime Minister to do the right thing and rescind an esteemed award that has deeply offended Canadians who do not want this type of recognition awarded to a baby killer.

Gardasil, the deadly vaccine

How deadly is Gardasil? If you are the parent of a young girl, you need to be aware of the push to vaccinate young women and girls with the controversial cervical cancer and HPV vaccine Gardasil. According to this report from LifesiteNews, which is documented from a Judicial Watch report, there has been one death per month caused by the vaccine, along with 140 serious adverse reactions, including 27 life threatening cases, 10 spontaneous abortions, and 6 cases of the debilitating Guillain-Barre Syndrome reported since January 2008. From the article:

Eleven deaths occurred less than a week after receiving the vaccine. Seven women died in less than two days. The most common diagnosed cause was blood clotting. One woman died from a clot within 3 hours of the vaccine. One 20-year-old woman,with no medical history reported, died April 4, 2008 just four days after receiving Gardasil.The serious adverse events include anaphylactic shock,grand mal convulsion, foaming at mouth, coma, paralysis, and death.

Another 23 year-old woman was vaccinated with her first dose of Gardasil on January 31, 2008 and thereupon went into anaphylactic shock. The report says, "patient experienced anaphylactic shock 2 minutes after vaccination characterized by a brief loss of consciousness... respiratory arrest, eyes rolled upwards, blurred vision and greyish skin tone... Anaphylactic shock was considered to be immediately life-threatening."

A 14 year-old girl took six steps after being injected with the vaccine before she collapsed to the floor unconscious and foaming at the mouth. The girl regained consciousness after "a 60 second grand mal seizure" and had "pale clammy skin" and blood pressure of 60/40.

A VAERS report from a physician stated a female patient was inoculated with a dose of Gardasil and, "Subsequently, the patient experienced a coma and is now
paralyzed."

So why is Gardasil still on the market? Pharmaceuticals are big business, and Merck is making big money from it. They have persuaded states in the US and provinces in Canada that school girls need to be vaccinated against cervical cancer and the sexually transmitted human papilloma virus (HPV), and our health officials have bought into the scheme.

Of course, the best way to prevent an outbreak of HPV is to teach abstinence in our schools, but that would go against the grain of the morally corrupt society we live in, where the push is on to break all barriers to sexual freedom, and shed the moral trappings that protected our children for so many years. Do you really want your child to receive the HPV vaccine? It is deadlier than the cancer it is meant to prevent.

Edit: Please also see this post on Gardasil, which has a link to the McLeans article that speaks out against it. Brave stance for a Canadian news magazine.

Death by elimination

If you've been thinking about making a trip across the pond to retire in Britain, you might want to reconsider. The nation's hospitals have developed a medical protocol to knock off the senior citizens who are taking up their beds. It's a simple recipe; keep the patients snowed on sedatives and withdraw their fluids. You can read about it here.

Mary wept

ROSSO FIORENTINO
Deposition from the Cross 1528

A sad day to be Canadian

Today is Canada's birthday, and to celebrate this historic day, our very own Governor General handed the nation's most prestigious award to baby-killer abortionist Henry Morgentaler. Speaking for our nation, Governor General Michaëlle Jean honoured Henry Morgentaler "for his commitment to increased health care options for women, his determined efforts to influence Canadian public policy and his leadership in humanist and civil liberties organizations."

Why do I feel like I have been stabbed in the back? Today I am embarrassed to be Canadian.

LifeSite News has several articles on this travesty, along with an email address to express your concerns to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. I wrote an email stating how appalling this decision is, and I urge all Canadians to do the same. Please ask Stephen Harper to retract the Order of Canada from Henry Morgentaler.

To express concerns:
Conservative Leader
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
pm@pm.gc.ca

July is the Month of the Precious Blood

From Pope Pius XII's encyclical Haurietis Aqua

May 15, 1956

Unlimited is the effectiveness of the God-Man's Blood - just as unlimited as the love that impelled him to pour it out for us, first at his circumcision eight days after birth, and more profusely later on in his agony in the garden, in his scourging and crowning with thorns, in his climb to Calvary and crucifixion, and finally from out of that great wide wound in his side which symbolizes the divine Blood cascading down into all the Church's sacraments. Such surpassing love suggests, nay demands, that everyone reborn in the torrents of that Blood adore it with grateful love.

The Blood of the new and eternal covenant especially deserves this worship of latria when it is elevated during the sacrifice of the Mass. But such worship achieves its normal fulfillment in sacramental communion with the same Blood, indissolubly united with Christ's Eucharistic Body. In intimate association with the celebrant, the faithful can then truly make his sentiments at communion their own: "I will take the chalice of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord. . .
The Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve my soul for everlasting life. Amen." Thus as often as they come worthily to this holy table they will receive more abundant fruits of the redemption and resurrection and eternal life won for all men by the Blood Christ shed "through the Holy Spirit." Nourished by his Body and Blood, sharing the divine strength that has sustained countless martyrs, they will stand up to the slings and arrows of each day's fortunes - even if need be to martyrdom itself for the sake of Christian virtue and the kingdom of God.

Theirs will be the experience of that burning love which made St. John Chrysostom cry out, "Let us, then, come back from that table like lions breathing out fire, thus becoming terrifying to the Devil, and remaining mindful of our Head and of the love he has shown for us. . . This Blood, when worthily received, drives away demons and puts them at a distance from us, and even summons to us angels and the Lord of angels. . . This Blood, poured out in abundance, has washed the whole world clean. . . This is the price of the world; by it Christ purchased the Church… This thought will check in us unruly passions. How long, in truth, shall we be attached to present things? How long shall we remain asleep? How long shall we not take thought for our own salvation? Let us remember what privileges God has bestowed on us, let us give thanks, let us glorify him, not only by faith, but also by our very works."

You know well enough that your ransom was not paid in earthly currency, silver or gold; it was paid in the Precious Blood of Christ; no lamb was ever so pure, so spotless a victim. If only they would lend a more eager ear to the apostle of the Gentiles: "A great price was paid to ransom you; glorify God by making your bodies the shrines of his presence."

Their upright lives would then be the shining example they ought to be; Christ's Church would far more effectively fulfill its mission to men. God wants all men to be saved, for he has willed that they should all be ransomed by the Blood of his only-begotten Son; he calls them all to be members of the one Mystical Body whose head is Christ. If only men would be more responsive to these promptings of his grace, how much the bonds of brotherly love among individuals and peoples and nations would be strengthened.

Here is a litany that can be prayed during the month of July, and for those of you who like to pray in Latin, there is a Latin version right below the English version of the prayer.

Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ

This Litany in honor of Jesus in His Most Precious Blood was drawn up by the Sacred Congregation of Rites and promulgated by Pope John XXIII on February 24, 1960. The devotion to Jesus in His most Precious Blood was first popularized by St. Gaspar del Bufalo (1786-1837, feast December 28), who founded the Missioners of the Most Precious Blood. A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful who recite this litany.

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Christ, hear us. Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.

God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.

Blood of Christ, only-begotten Son of the eternal Father, save us.
Blood of Christ, Incarnate Word of God, save us.
Blood of Christ, of the New and Eternal Testament, save us.

Blood of Christ, falling upon the earth in Agony, save us.
Blood of Christ, shed profusely in the Scourging, save us.
Blood of Christ, flowing forth in the Crowning with Thorns, save us.

Blood of Christ, poured out on the Cross, save us.
Blood of Christ, price of our salvation, save us.
Blood of Christ, without which there is no forgiveness, save us.

Blood of Christ, Eucharistic drink and refreshment of souls, save us.
Blood of Christ, stream of mercy, save us.
Blood of Christ, victor over demons, save us.

Blood of Christ, courage of Martyrs, save us.
Blood of Christ, strength of Confessors, save us.
Blood of Christ, bringing forth Virgins, save us.

Blood of Christ, help of those in peril, save us.
Blood of Christ, relief of the burdened, save us.
Blood of Christ, solace in sorrow, save us.

Blood of Christ, hope of the penitent, save us.
Blood of Christ, consolation of the dying, save us.
Blood of Christ, peace and tenderness of hearts, save us.

Blood of Christ, pledge of eternal life, save us.
Blood of Christ, freeing souls from Purgatory, save us.
Blood of Christ, most worthy of all glory and honour, save us.

Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, have mercy on us, O Lord.

V. Thou hast redeemed us, O Lord, in Thy Blood.
R. And made us, for our God, a kingdom.

Let us pray;

Almighty and eternal God, Thou hast appointed Thine only-begotten Son the Redeemer of the world and willed to be appeased by his blood. Grant, we beg of Thee, that we may worthily adore this price of our salvation and through its power be safeguarded from the evils of the present life so that we may rejoice in its fruits forever in heaven.
Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Kyrie, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
Christe, eleison. Christe, eleison.
Kyrie, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.

Christe, audi nos. Christe, audi nos.
Christe, exaudi nos. Christe, exaudi nos.

Pater de caelis, Deus, miserere nobis.
Fili, Redemptor mundi, Deus, miserere nobis.
Spiritus Sancte, Deus, miserere nobis.
Sancta Trinitas, unus Deus, miserere nobis.

Sanguis Christi, Unigeniti Patris aeterni, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, Verbi Dei incarnati, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, Novi et Aeterni Testamenti, salva nos.

Sanguis Christi, in agonia decurrens in terram, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, in flagellatione profluens, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, in coronatione spinarum emanans, salva nos.

Sanguis Christi, in Cruce effusus, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, pretium nostrae salutis, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, sine quo non fit remissio, salva nos.

Sanguis Christi, in Eucharistia potus et lavacrum animarum, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, flumen misericordiae, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, victor daemonum, salva nos.

Sanguis Christi, fortitudo martyrum, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, virtus confessorum, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, germinans virgines, salva nos.

Sanguis Christi, robur periclitantium, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, levamen laborantium, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, in fletu solatium, salva nos.

Sanguis Christi, spes poenitentium, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, solamen morientium, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, pax et dulcedo cordium, salva nos.

Sanguis Christi, pignus vitae aeternae, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, animas liberans de lacu Purgatorii, salva nos.
Sanguis Christi, omni gloria et honore dignissimus, salva nos.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, parce nobis, Domine.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, exaudi nos, Domine.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis, Domine.

V. redimisti nos, Domine, in sanguine tuo.
R. Et fecisti nos Deo nostro regnum.

Oremus;

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui unigenitum Filium tuum mundi Redemptorem
constituisti, ac eius sanguine placari voluisti: concede, quaesumus, salutis nostrae
pretium ita venerari, atque a praesentis vitae malis eius virtute defendi in terris, ut
fructu perpetuo laetemur in caelis. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.