Emmitsburg seems to have a significant number of Catholics, but
you don’t have to be “Catholic”, to realize that there are serious problems
within the “Bark of St. Peter”. Just
two years ago, the Baltimore market was shocked with the revelations in “The
Keepers”, recently followed by the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report. There now seems to be a developing cottage
industry of alternative reporting programs focused on this problem, on Youtube
and other platforms. Programs such as
TNT with Taylor Marshall, Michael Matt with the Remnant Underground, Life Site
News, and Michael Voris with Church Militant refuse to just report on the
Catholic world as the bishops may wish.
Church Militant’s “Vortex”, has focused on the almost daily exposures of
rot, which they report is contributing to massive payouts to victims, parishes
closing, drops in the numbers of ordinations, etc.
Many Catholics who
have “red pilled” to this problem, are becoming as lost sheep:
some wandering off, while others searching for
tradition, seeing modernization as one of the possible problems.
“Modernization” was condemned by Pope Pius X, and has been chipping away at the
Church of Rome since the early 1900’s.
Changes were being made in the years prior to Vatican II, and the years
since then. This attack is thoroughly
explained in a book, “Work of Human Hands”, by Fr. Cekada. The result has not only been a liturgy with:
the priest facing the people, communion in the hand, trashing of statues, clapping
in church, and an otherwise lessening of reverence, but the introduction of
what some call weaponized ambiguity, that has affected doctrine. Many have argued that changes in the
prayers, also reflects changes in belief.
“As you pray, so as you believe.”
“Lex orandi, lex
credendi”
As a young boy, some almost 60 years ago, I served at the altar
for Latin Mass in my parish. Looking
for tradition has been a sort of coming home.
Even though the Extraordinary (Latin) form of the Mass had been all but
eliminated, there are Chapels in the area, which offer the Holy “Sacrifice” of
the Mass, in Latin. Judging from the
attendance, there seems to be larger numbers of faithful searching for this
Traditional worship.
Some churches, that I am aware of, are: St. Alphonsus in downtown
Baltimore, with the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, St. Mary’s in Hagerstown,
the new Carmelite Monastery in Fairfield, and the Seminary at the Mount has one
on Monday mornings. We prefer the
Augustinian monks in Charles Town, West Virginia, at the Priory of the Canons
Regular of New Jerusalem. It is only
about a 50-minute drive. They have two
Latin Masses everyday, and administer the sacraments according to the old rite.
Over the years, the Catholic Church has been the force defending
the dignity of the individual, the importance of the family, and the primacy of
our Trinitarian God. Please pray for
the Catholic Church: the good priests, good seminarians, and the Truth. We will pray for you.
