Our Own Assisi?
©Prax Maskaren. 27th March 2003
We all know of the infamous events of Assisi 1986, and of the subsequent events, both at Assisi again, and in other places. The antipope John-Paul II joined with world 'religions' in conjoint prayers, committing Communicatio in Sacris and patronising acts of blasphemy, sacrilege and desecration by permitting rites of various sects, even pagan ones, in churches and the installation of idols upon the altars there.
The battle-hymn of the Antichurch seems to be:
In the temple of our Baal!
A short background history of Christianity in "Iraq." The land between the Euphrates and Tigris river is called the Iraq by Arabs and Mesopotamia by the Greeks. But this country is the seat of two famous biblical nations that latter adopted Christianity and then just as promptly fell away.
These are the Assyrians and the Chaldeans.
The Assyrians were more faithful to Christianity than the Chaldeans. However, a few centuries after Christ, there arose the Patriarch of Constantinople, Nestorios, who denied the divinity of our Lord and commenced the Nestorian heresy. The Nestorian heresy was successfully combated within the Roman Empire, but it thereafter took refuge in territory under the Persian crown, which encouraged it in order to separate the people of Assyria and Chaldea from Roman affections.
In the aftermath of Nestorianism, there arose the Monophysite heresy, and when this too was vanquished, it succeeded in gaining the affections of Western Asia - of Armenia, Syria or Aram, to give it its Biblical name, Egypt and Ethiopia. Thus, between Christendom proper and the pagan lands of the east arose two insulating layers, generally called Eastern and Western Syria, and generally corresponding to modern Iraq and Syria, for the Romans, after including the Selucid Syrian Empire within the Roman Empire, erected the entire land as one province.
The constant quarrels between Nestorians and Monophysites created a congenial atmosphere and a buffer space for the Islamic heresy of Muhammad to grow up and to overthrow both of these and colonize these peoples' countries and enslave, degrade and dehumanize them.
After the advent of the Portuguese in Asia, they suceeded in detaching the Nestorians of India from Assyria-Chaldea, and brought them back into the Christian fold. Then, carrying further their successes, the Portuguese penetrated up the Persian Gulf and into the Turkish Empire (Caliphate), up to and beyond Basra or Bosra, and gained most of the Nestorians there too to return to Christianity. Thus commenced the Chaldean and Assyrian Uniate Churches.
But, while a great number of Nestorians abandoned their heresy and became Christians, the sect itself endures till today, mainly among the Assyrians. These constitute the Assyrian Church or more fully, the Assyrian Church of the East which is represented in this impious program.
When the Persians overran "Western Syria", they enslaved a great many of the local Monophysites or Jacobites and forced them to resettle in "Eastern Syria" which was under their domination. Thus, these immigrant commnuities from "Western Syria" or modern Syria and Lebanon, the ancient Biblical Aram in Iraq, formed the Western Syrian or Syriac Community in Mesopotamia or Iraq. This is the Syriac Orthodox Church which is also represented in this impious program.
When one looks at the above news report, one notices immediately, or atleast I did, that this prayer meeting is projected to be a concelebrated one with "Catholics" in obedience to the antipope joining together with Monophysites and with Nestorians. Now what is this, if not Communicatio in Sacris?
A tabulation of the sects or factions of sects involved in this impious program:
I ask: Why is it that people overlook the obvious? Just a few days before this was posted, I had noticed an article by Bishop Dolan posted by John Hixon on the same group, telling about how the antichurch and its antipope had permitted concelebrations with the Nestorians in Iraq wherein the Consecration is omitted, in keeping with Nestorian traditions! [See here] Sect Ideology Latin Rite 'Catholic' Church Roman Modernist Syrian 'Catholic' Church Roman Modernist Armenian 'Catholic' Church Roman Modernist Syriac Orthodox Church Jacobite or Monophysite Assyrian Church Nestorian
And yet, a few days latter, when this news came, I was the only one to object! Why is this?
I ask: When this "Holy Mass" is concelebrated in Baghdad, will there be even the pretended and blasphemous "For All Men" consecration or will there be none, in keeping with the recently agreed rules?
Prax Maskaren
Message 1027 on TraditionalCatholicsClub
From:�"momsince1980" [email protected]
Date:� Fri�Mar�21,�2003� 7:50 pm
Subject:� IRAQ PLEASE READ Immediately
Remnant. Friday, March 21, 2003. Translated for The Remnant by Gerry Matatics
At a very difficult moment in history, the Christian people of Iraq turn toward the Virgin Mary to beg for God's help, certain that the mother of God never leaves her children without aid.
It's in this spirit that, for the past several days, the Catholics of Baghdad have given themselves to fervent prayer in several churches in the city of Baghdad before a statue of the Virgin Mary, Queen of Peace.
A pilgrim statue first came to Iraq from France in 1998, when it made a pilgrimage throughout the entire country under the title Our Lady of France, Queen of Peace.
The Queen of Peace statue, which has in recent days encountered huge and very fervent crowds in the course of its pilgrimage in Iraq from the north to the center of the country, is today being greeted and prayed before as it again takes up the path to Baghdad's churches. Greater and
greater numbers are assembling themselves before the statue.
According to an idea of the Latin Rite Bishop of Baghdad, this movement of prayer around the Queen of Peace will culminate in a ceremony of coordinated consecration of Iraq to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The consecration ceremony will commence with the celebration of Holy
Mass. A gathering of bishops of all the Catholic Churches � including the Chaldean, Latin, Armenian, Syriac Rites (as well as the Syriac and Assyrian Orthodox churches) � will pronounce the consecration on Friday the 21st of March at 6:00 p. m. local time in the Chaldean Rite Catholic Cathedral of St. Joseph in Baghdad.
The announcement of the event was made in all the churches of Baghdad on Sunday March 16th and the prayers are multiplying up till this day so that there will be a huge throng at the consecration on March 21st, even if the war has already begun. This movement, which is expected to bring together Christians and perhaps even some Muslims, has as its goal to entrust the events of the future to the providence of God through the Virgin Mary and to offer everything to her, visibly and solemnly, so that things will turn out in the manner that will entail the least suffering.
No one knows how the Virgin Mary will respond to protect her people but we must have confidence in her; Ask her to intercede and intervene powerfully in Iraq and throughout the entire world in response to this consecration for the true welfare of all of her children and for the greater glory of God.
This demonstration is organized by the Chaldean Rite Catholic Patriarch (represented by Mgr. Shlemon Warduni and Msgr. Emmanuel-Karim Delli) in the Catholic Church of St. Joseph in the very heart of Baghdad.
The other churches which will join in this consecration are:
Huge crowds are expected for this event which will be broadcast by all the international media present at Baghdad. Amongst the several faithful already in prayer communion with the consecration are: the Carmelite Sisters of Quebec, Chile and Germany, as well as the Sisters of the Sanctuary of the Miraculous Medal (a place where the Virgin appeared, which is situated at Rue du Bac in Paris).
The Pilgrim Virgin in Baghdad
On Monday March 10th, the Christians of Baghdad welcomed the virgin statue of Our Lady of Peace in the Church of Our Lady of Deliverance led by Msgr. Matoka the Syriac Catholic bishop. CNN did an interview at 4:00 p. m. with Deacon Noel Farman and the Syrian bishop.
The statue then was welcomed on Tuesday March 11th in the Catholic Church of St. Joseph by Mgr. Sleyman, Latin Rite Catholic bishop.
From Wed March 12th to Friday March 14th the Chaldean Sisters of Mary Immaculate welcomed the statue in their Church of the Immaculata which faces the German embassy.
On Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th the Armenian Catholic Church opened its largest church to receive the statue and intensify the prayers for peace.
Sunday March 16th the announcement of Friday's national consecration (on March 21st) was made in the largest churches throughout Baghdad inviting the entire population to turn out.
The Virgin statue will be brought from church to church in the days which follow by the crowds which grow ever more numerous and with the support of all the bishops of Baghdad who have most favorably welcomed this initiative.
Do not hesitate to pass on this message because the whole world is called to support this movement of prayer and peace and to unite in this consecration to Our Lady on March 21st.
The Holy Father Pope John Paul II who has called everyone to pray and fast to stop this war has been informed of this action. People can transmit this invitation to those around them and respond to this appeal by uniting their prayers and their fasts for the intention of the
Virgin Mary for Peace in the world, and especially in union with this Consecration of Iraq to Mary.
Message 1031 on TraditionalCatholicsClub
From: "Prax Maskaren"
Date: Sat Mar 22, 2003 11:26 am
Subject: Re: IRAQ PLEASE READ Immediately
Ugh! This is an act of evil, a great blasphemy and insult to our Lady, for which God will severely punish these people. Is there no limits to this ecumenist, syncretist blasphemies?
Praying together with Nestorian and other heretics is "Communicatio in Sacris" and forbidden to Catholics, for which they can incurr excommunication.
But these people, these "Catholics" are no Catholics at all, merely Pseudo-Catholics of the New Religion. They are damned as it is. May a thousand bombs rain down upon them and their nauseating blasphemies.
Prax Maskaren
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 15:37:02 -0000
From: tony mercer
To: Prax Maskaren
Subject: Re: IRAQ PLEASE READ Immediately
--- In [email protected], "Prax Maskaren"
Ugh! This is an act of evil, a great blasphemy and insult to our Lady, for which God will severely punish these people...... May a thousand bombs rain down upon them and their nauseating blasphemies.
You are very sick indeed — I will pray for you!
Tony Mercer
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 16:09:57 +0000 (GMT)
From: Prax Maskaren
Subject: Re: IRAQ PLEASE READ Immediately
To: tony mercer
Dear Tony,
I am grateful for your offers of prayers,
But I think I must decline
For a man who is not repelled by blasphemy
But by one who attacks the blasphemers
Say not unto him, "God speed you!"
I am a Christian, and proud of it, in so far as it is allowable to be proud for a Christian. And it is not me that is sick, but you who are the dupes of the Lord of this World, fornicators and adulterers the lot of you! I would rather be sick with Christ than healthy with Satan and his ecumenists!
Instead of praying for me, you might begin by examining yourself and see whether you are on the right path, or on the path of damnation. There is no use being clever and with it, if being with it is going to take you to hell. I, sinner though I am, choose to be NOT with IT and aim for heaven, rather than hell.
And as for smartness, we will know who exactly was and who was patronising and heretical in the Great Day of the Judgement! Fear that Day!
Prax Maskaren
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 12:34:22 -0000
From: L.P.
To: Prax Maskaren
Subject: Re: IRAQ PLEASE READ Immediately
--- In [email protected], "Prax Maskaren"
Ugh! This is an act of evil, a great blasphemy and insult to our Lady, for which God will severely punish these people... Is there no limits to this ecumenist, syncretist blasphemies?
I don't understand — I thought this was a good thing... help
L. P.
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 17:15:52 +0000 (GMT)
From: Prax Maskaren
Subject: Re: IRAQ PLEASE READ Immediately
To: L. P.
Dear Friend,
I apologize for any injured feelings I might have caused. We are Catholics. Now, we are Catholics because we are not spiritual prostitutes - precisely the reason why we refused to join the New Religion of Roncalli, Montini, Wojtyla and Vatican II. But, in our ranks we tend to be confused and even practice the same 'ecumenist heresy' that our opponents practice. We allow ourselves to be blinded, to be confused by arguments of the heart rather than be ruled by the mind.
Now this usually takes the shape of not be willing to acknowledge and act as if the Feeneyites are in fact a heretical sect, or the Lefebvrists (SSPX, etc) for that matter. This is the cause of the downfall of many souls, for without any proper foundation as to what actually differentiates us from them (New Church) many souls are easy prey to ravening heretics such as the Feeneyite Dimond brothers.
Now, here we have a classic example. We see the name of Mother Mary invoked and ignore everything else. Worse, we ignore basic, fundamentally Catholic principles.
It is worse that Gerry Matatics and the Remnant are involved; but not too surprisingly, for the Remnant, for all its anti-New Religion propaganda wishes to be counted within the New Church fold.
As Catholics, we have been denouncing Wojtyla for his concelebrated liturgies with Protestants and other heretics and or Islam, Judaism and the various paganism. And in doing this, we do well.
But, without even meaning to, purely by negligence, we are doing exactly the same, and lay ourselves open to the charge of being accused as hypocrites! That is we condemn Karol Wojtyla for doing it, but do it ourselves, or atleast approbate it.
What is material here is that a group of heretic ex-Catholics are praying together with other heretics. Even if we grant the Remnant argument that we cannot consider the adherents of Karol Wojtyla as heretics, but that we must instead consider them legitimate Catholics, it still does not change the fact that this is an ecumenical services.
It is not justified that the ecumenical service is for 'peace'. God does not grant people who insult Him even if they have ignored that this is actually what they are doing, when they ought to know and can indeed know it.
The Assyrian Apostolic Church being spoken of here is the Nestorian heresy, which broke off in ancient times when Nestorius, the one time Patriarch of Constantinople denied that Jesus Christ is God. They set the pace for the rise of Islam by denying that God suffered and died on the cross for our sins, and that it is only the man Jesus who did so, an argument that Islam echoes.
How can we pray with them? How can we look on with approbation at people who claim to be Catholic praying with them? If we condemn Karol Wojtyla for doing exactly this, then we must condemn this too! There cannot be double standards!
But it is precisely that Catholicism does forbid and severely anathematizes such acts of ecumenist concelebration with heretics and schismatics, and declares the participants as having incurred excommunication, latæ sententiæ, if I have my canon law right.
And even those who merely stand on the sidelines and approve this are liable to be guilty, if they ignore the truth and the need to know the truth and obey it. Pertinacity in error aggravates sin.
I hope that I have explained the reasons why I condemn this action by the Iraqi 'Catholics' joining together with Nestorians in joint prayer to our Lady, as being grossly evil, blasphemous and sacreligious, etc.
I too acknowledge that I am a sinner. Pray for me, that I be conformed to the faith and be strengthened.
Yours sincerely,
Prax Maskaren
TraditionalCatholicsClub #993
From:�john hixson
Date:� Sat�Mar�15,�2003; 2:14 am
Subject:�old news worth repeating
Sacrament Unholy
by Most Rev. Donald. J. Sanborn
John Paul II Approves of a Mass with No Consecration
On July 20th, 2001, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Novus Ordo replacement for the Holy Office, issued a document which devastates all Catholic sacramental doctrine. The document was not made public until October, 2001.
The document is entitled, Guidelines for Admission to the Eucharist between the Chaldean Church and the Assyrian Church of the East. The original Vatican text is in English.
The Assyrian Church of the East to which the document refers is a group based in the Middle East which was originally Catholic, but which passed into the heresy of Nestorianism at the end of the fifth century. It is more commonly called the Nestorian Church. The Nestorian heresy, named for its founder Nestorius, holds that in Christ there are two persons, one human and one divine. The Nestorians are particularly notable for denying that Our Lady is the Mother of God. This doctrine and its author were condemned at the Council of Ephesus in the year 431. In the eighteenth century a group of them broke off and wanted to return to Rome. They were accepted, and are known as Chaldean Catholics.
John Paul II, in his maniacal eagerness to do ecumenism, signed a Common Christological Declaration with this heretical and schismatical Nestorian Church in 1994. Supposedly this wiped away the doctrinal differences between Nestorianism and Catholicism. One should recall the similar Joint Declaration with the Lutherans, which according to Wojtyla achieved unity
on the question of justification, but which in fact was to discard the Council of Trent.
So now that Novus Ordites and Nestorians agree about Christ and His mother, there is nothing to stop an intercommunion between them.
The document, which has the explicit approval of Wojtyla, permits Chaldean Catholics to attend the Masses of the Nestorians, and to receive Communion at their liturgies.
This is nothing new, however. Vatican II permitted such heretical and sacrilegious behavior for
Catholics, and the 1983 Code of Canon Law specifically allows the practice in certain cases.
There is, nonetheless, an astounding detail about this act of ecumenism. By the admission even of the Vatican itself, the Nestorians do not have a consecration formula in their anaphora (canon) of the Mass. Their priest never recites the words of consecration, "This is My Body," nor "This is the chalice of My Blood..." with the subsequent words. Nor does he recite anything
even similar to them.
The Vatican text states:
These words, or anything similar to them, cannot be found in the Nestorian liturgy. In their liturgies, one of the canons or "anaphoras" which they use is a very old one called the Anaphora of Addai and Mari.
In this anaphora, the words of consecration which Our Lord used at the Last Supper cannot be found. There is nothing even equivalent. Rather these words take the place of the consecration:
The Substance of Sacraments
It is de fide that Christ instituted the sacraments. We must believe it by supernatural faith. This means that He gave to the sacraments their nature, their substance. He did this by assigning the use of a certain physical element in conjunction with certain words. In some cases, He specified both the element and the words, as in Baptism and Holy Eucharist. In
other cases, He explained to the Apostles the nature of the Sacrament, determined in general the element and words, and left to the Church the determination of the specific elements and words.
It is the teaching of the Church that the Church does not have the power to change anything which pertains to the substance of the sacraments.
It is commonly held by theologians that in those sacraments in which our Lord did not specifically determine the element and words, the Church is free to alter these things, provided the substance, that is, the nature or essence, of the sacrament remains the same.
The early Fathers of the Church always speak about a physical element and certain words used with it in the confection of the sacraments.
In the course of time, theologians began to refer to the physical element as the matter of the sacrament, and the words as the form of the sacrament. Although the terms matter and form are not de fide, they are directly deduced from faith, which is that Christ determined the substance of the sacraments. In order for the sacrament to have a substance, a nature, an essence, it must be specified in some way, and this specification arises from a determined matter and form.
For example, the Church is not free to approve of milk or wine as the matter for Baptism. It is not free to approve of ashes as the matter for Confirmation. Why? Because these elements would not signify what Christ determined as the substance of these sacraments.
Likewise the Church is not free to alter the words of the sacrament in such a way that they do not convey the meaning which Christ intended. Pope Leo XIII argued in this way when he declared that the Anglican form of Holy Orders was defective and invalid, since it was not sufficiently specific. In other words, it did not convey the substance of the sacrament.
Let us assume for a moment, for the sake of argument, that John Paul II is a true Pope. Given the fact that he has dispensed with the words of consecration, the form of the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, we would have to conclude one of two things:
There is no third possibility. But each of these two conclusions is contrary to the teaching and immemorial practice of the Catholic Church, and against the unanimous consent of the Doctors and theologians of the Church, as well as against all of the liturgical tradition of the Catholic Church.
The first conclusion, that the words of Christ do not pertain to the substance of the sacrament, is contrary to the Council of Florence, which declared:
This form of consecration having been observed by Christ the Lord has always been used by the Catholic Church. The testimonies of the Fathers, the enumeration of which would be endless, and also the decree of the Council of Florence, which is well known as accessible to all, must be here omitted, especially as the knowledge which they convey may be obtained from these words of the Savior: Do this for a commemoration of me.