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Presently the Roman Catholic Church is in the same fix as it found itself back in the year 325 A.D. when the teaching of a man named Arius had overcome almost the entire Church, even the Vatican had fallen, and all the Church buildings were now in control of the followers of Arius. A sub deacon by the name of Athanasius became the only one who pointed out the faults of the heretics who were following Arianism. In time Athanasius became a bishop, and held fast to the real Catholic beliefs, and after years of exile, turmoil, and constant STRUGGLE, Athanasius won the day and the Nicene Creed was recognized as a truth of Christianity. In historical terms, he stood against the world and won. He became a saint.

Today the Church has fallen again, and heretics have again seized control of the church buildings and the Vatican. Most of the people have failed to see the terrible thing that has happened.
The struggle is on again to restore the Church and it’s only official liturgy. The Latin Mass as approved by the Council of Trent.

Please pray that God will allow the restoration in our lifetime.

Joseph O’Brien, in his article “A First Reckoning With the Latin Mass (New Oxford Review) said:
“I tell you a mystery,” said Christ. So, for me, did the Tridentine Latin Mass. It was steeped in mystery – the way that a Shakespeare play is steeped in mystery – the way that a Shakespeare play is steeped in poetry. The two could not be separated without doing damage to both. But that was not all: Its beauty was enticing and its intrigue irresistible. The Latin Mass almost instantly garnered my respect and it certainly commanded my attention. But I suppose it was the strange mixture of fear and joy that kept my soul and senses rapt – sort of a cross between Moses trembling awestruck before the burning bush and St. Peter eager to set up booths on Mt. Tabor after Christ’s Transfiguration. Truly it was “good to be here,” as Saint Peter said to Christ in the presence of Moses and Elijah.

Hilaire Belloc in his book “The path to Rome” speaks of the joys attending daily morning Mass: “Of course there is a grace and influence belonging to [attending daily Mass] Belloc states, “but it is not of that I am speaking but of the pleasing sensation of order and accomplishment which attaches to a day one has opened by Mass…” The Latin Mass is a nearly total immersion in mystery, a nearly beatific encounter with the heart of faith, love and hope, and an intricate recognition of my own subordination as simple creature before simple Creator.”