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French Bishop Bans the Latin Mass at the Shrine of Saint John Vianney, Patron Saint of Priests...

CHURCH OF MAN
"There must be change, My children, but a change back to reality and tradition. My Son has given you a true foundation, but many come now with axes and they chop away. They seek to build a church without spirit, a church of man. The walls will crumble, the earth will shake. The Eternal Father will send His wrath upon mankind." - Our Lady, December 6, 1975

TURN BACK
"This evil has penetrated far into the very heart of My House. You must now turn back and restore My House. I, your God, give you this command for the salvation of your own soul." - Jesus, August 21, 1976

”I send to My clergy, those whom I have given the grace to represent Heaven upon earth, this warning: You must now return to your traditional rites! You must restore My House from its crumbling exterior and rotting interior. You must rebuild what you seek to destroy--now!” - Jesus, November 22, 1975

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LifeSiteNews.com reported on July 31, 2023:

by Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent

The traditional Latin Mass (TLM) may no longer be celebrated in the main basilica at the shrine of St. John (Jean-Marie) Vianney in Ars, in central France, by decision of the local bishop, Pascal Roland. Photos have recently been circulated on social media showing a curt notice affixed to a door – presumably in the sacristy of the church, as happened in Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome a few years back – which reads, translated (bold text as appears in the original French): 

Celebration of Mass in the Shrine of Ars

1. Priest who wish to celebrate Mass or hear confessions must produce a valid CELEBRET and prove their identity.
2. The Mass can be celebrated in Latin and in any vernacular language, but only with the Roman Missal in its presently approved form.
3. Exception: a priest can be admitted to celebrate with the old Missal only of he is alone and only in the crypt.
4. An offering from you is welcome to help cover material expenses for this service.

This is a temporary rule. As of December 31st, 2023, even this reluctant permission will be withdrawn, according to a letter sent to all priests of the diocese at the end of last year. When 2023 draws to a close, not a single visiting priest will be permitted to celebrate the Traditional Mass in any church or sanctuary of the diocese of Belley-Ars; a very limited number of local exceptions will also be nearing withdrawal. 

Bishop Roland has enthusiastically implemented  Pope Francis’ motu proprio Traditionis custodes in his diocese. This papal document severely restricts the celebration of the Mass according to the Roman Missal of Saint Pius V.  

The bishop’s decision is a cruel and petty blow to the many priests attached to the Traditional Mass who have a special veneration for the Curé d’Ars, the model of Catholic priesthood and patron saint of parish priests. No longer are they able to say Mass at the main altar over which St. Jean-Marie Vianney’s body lies exposed in a glass reliquary.  

No longer are they able to offer Mass in the shrine for groups of pilgrims, or in the presence of their family or close friends. It seems that they are not even allowed the assistance of an altar server, as they may celebrate only “alone” in the crypt where they have been relegated as modern-day lepers. 

In the village where St. Jean-Marie Vianney became one of the Church’s greatest saints and led countless faithful to God, celebrating Mass according to the traditional Missal in the Lyonnais rite, the prayers, ritual, and gestures of the Traditional Latin Mass may neither be seen nor heard. 

Like a contagious virus, the Mass of Ages must be kept in the dark and secrecy of a crypt closed to all – perhaps to ensure that a passing pilgrim is not “infected” by its appeal. 

Adding insult to injury, Bishop Roland wants these despised priests to pay for the privilege of being banished to the lower regions in solitary confinement. 

It could be argued that the TLM as codified by St. Pius V is  in force insofar as it can still be used under Traditionis Custodes, albeit under narrow conditions, that is, because it is a “Roman Missal” under an “approved form.” However, the spirit and implementation of the motu proprio clearly aim at outlawing the “old Missal,” so the bishop’s intent is only too plain. 

Last October 22 – symbolically, on the feast day of Pope John XXIII – Bishop Roland sent a letter of information to all the priests of his diocese asking them to “accept with humility and loyalty” both Traditionis custodes of July 16, 2021 and the apostolic letter Desiderio Desideravi that Pope Francis issued a year later on June 29, 2022. “It is an act of the Magisterium,” stressed the bishop, that must be welcomed “if we recognize ourselves as authentic children of the Catholic Church.” 

He quoted from Traditionis custodes saying that the liturgical books promulgated by Paul VI and John Paul II “are the unique expression of the lex orandi of the Roman Rite.” 

“In recent years, we have experienced an unusual situation. Normally, when a new rite is promulgated, the old form automatically disappears (as was the case with the rite of Saint Pius V). Out of pastoral benevolence, successive popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis have exceptionally tolerated a temporary coexistence of the two forms to ease the transition from one to the other,” Roland wrote. 

This is not true: when St. Pius V codified and unified the Roman Rite, he did not ban the traditional forms that had been in legitimate and continual use for over two hundred years. This is precisely why St. Jean-Marie Vianney used the “Lyonnais” Missal: it was never abrogated. Examples abound, from the Dominican Rite or the Ambrosian Rite (in Milan) to the Braga Rite in Portugal. These have their unique aspects, but each in its own way honors the same traditional expression of the faith as the Roman Missal. 

Condemning those who “have sought to maintain and even promote the old form,” Roland made the following “practical arrangement”:  

“It is no longer possible to use liturgical books published before the Second Vatican Council for the celebration of the sacraments in parishes and chapels in the diocese of Belley-Ars. A few priests have obtained the faculty to celebrate according to the rite of the 1962 Roman Missal in their own churches and oratories, or for a particular mission entrusted to them by their bishop. Elsewhere, they cannot do so without the consent of the local bishop. I do not grant them this faculty in the diocese of Belley-Ars.” (Emphasis added.) 

Temporary permission, with a number of strings attached, was given for a single church in the diocese: 

“As a gesture of indulgence to those who need a little more time to adopt the Roman rite promulgated by St. Paul VI and St. John Paul II, I authorize the celebration of Mass according to the 1962 missal in the sole church of St. Martin de Coligny by Father Laurent Goy for a further three years. In order to demonstrate unambiguously and very concretely that the people taking part in this liturgy do not exclude the validity and legitimacy of the liturgical reform, the precepts of the Second Vatican Council and the Magisterium, in communion with the other bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Lyon, I ask that, starting next Advent, on the 1st Sunday of the month Mass be celebrated exclusively with the current missal (in Latin or in the vernacular, facing the congregation or with the back to the congregation). The sacraments of baptism, marriage, penance and the anointing of the sick will always be celebrated according to the rituals in force.” 

This October 2022 letter formally announced the specific restrictions for the shrine of Ars that have now caught public attention: 

“The rule is the same as elsewhere in the diocese: all sacraments are celebrated according to the current ritual. They may be celebrated in Latin or in any vernacular language by any priest of the diocese, or by an external priest who has produced a valid celebret. As an exception, until December 31, 2023, a single priest may be allowed to celebrate a mass without a congregation, using the 1962 missal, exclusively in the crypt of the basilica church.” 

In the age of “listening” and “inclusion,” there is no space in Ars for the faithful who are attached to the TLM. By the end of the year, traditional priests will no longer be treated as lepers there, but as outcasts. 

Bishop Roland is on his way to becoming one of the harshest and most exact implementers of Traditionis Custodes in France, where many other bishops are showing great pastoral flexibility on the issue. His October 2022 letter went to far as to suggest that those who remain faithful to the age-old liturgy of the Church are somehow not in communion with the Pope. 

He wrote: 

Desiring that we live in effective communion with Pope Francis, successor of Peter, I count on your understanding and loyalty to accept the objective and universal rules. I count on your sense of responsibility not to encourage the spread of any practices that run counter to the objective communion demanded by the Holy Father. Subjectivism, individualism, and consumerism threaten to divide us, whereas it is urgent to announce the Good News by giving witness to fraternal communion. Thank you all for praying for unity and doing all you can to promote it. As Pope Francis writes: ‘Let us abandon our polemics to listen together to what the Spirit is saying to the Church. Let us safeguard our communion. Let us continue to be astonished at the beauty of the Liturgy. The Paschal Mystery has been given to us. Let us allow ourselves to be embraced by the desire that the Lord continues to have to eat His Passover with us. All this under the gaze of Mary, Mother of the Church.’

And how trite that sounds at a time when the Traditional Latin Mass attracts so many thousands of young people and families in France, while regular Catholic practice overall has dropped to under 2 or 3 percent! 

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"Many now rebel against their leader, their God-given leader, your Vicar. In matters of faith and morals, man must not change the God-given laws, coming from the seat of Peter, and established through tradition upon earth through My Son's Church." - Our Lady of the Roses, October 6, 1979

"Because of the fall in Babylon, many new languages were given because of the sin of Babylon. Therefore, as a member of one country, My children, with a universal language, you carried with you your own country's translation, and were you to visit abroad, you could enter upon any foreign edifice, Church of My Son, and feel comfortable and in one with the man, the priest, the one chosen by My Son to represent Him in His House.
    "If you were, My child, to go from your United States to France, could you understand the words in French? But, My child, you would recognize the words in Latin and you would have your book with you to read in your American language, just as those in France could read in their French language, bringing upon the world a beautiful and common bond of language among all who have been given the grace to be called to the Roman Catholic Church of My Son.
    "Do not leave My Son's Church though, My children, because they have taken this language from among you. You must wait and persevere and weep with My Son for this defilement by man." - Our Lady, April 10, 1976

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YOU WILL STOP EXPERIMENTING
"My child and My children, I come once more with an urgent and pleading message to the hierarchy in the Church, My Church upon earth. I want you to know now that We look upon you and find many that do not fall into grace. They are falling out of grace and misleading many of Our sheep.
     "Therefore, I warn you now as your God: You will stop your intricacies within My Church. You will stop experimenting. I gave you the rules to follow many years ago, two thousand years approximately. And why now, two thousand years later, do you deem it necessary to change My Church upon earth? I, your God, say to you, you will be judged accordingly. You will return My Church to its former glory, and in that manner you will have more vocations and more entering the seminaries, and not fleeing from them as they hear the heresies and all other innovations that are going on within My Church. This is My last and final word to My clergy: Change now or suffer a just punishment and banishment." - Jesus, June 18, 1986

RETURN TO YOUR TRADITIONAL RITES
”I send to My clergy, those whom I have given the grace to represent Heaven upon earth, this warning: You must now return to your traditional rites! You must restore My House from its crumbling exterior and rotting interior. You must rebuild what you seek to destroy--now!
     "Many who call themselves My chosen ones have set themselves to destroy from within. Your actions have not gone by unnoticed by the Eternal Father. Error, deception, deceit, in the guise of sanctity and piousness! You are unmasked before the Eternal Father. You shall start little by little and repair the foundation, or you shall be within and destroy.
     "I look upon all manner of abominations being committed in My House. Do you think you will go much longer without chastisement? Awaken from your slumber, My clergy! You deceive no one!”  - Jesus, November 22, 1975

CHANGING THE CONSTRUCTION
“You will not bring about a conversion of those who are presently apostate by compromising your Faith or changing the construction of the exterior lines of My Church; and by that I mean the physical appearance and the manner in which you conduct the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
     “Many are giving My Body in a manner that can only be called blasphemy. Many are accepting My Body in the Eucharist in a manner that defames the Divinity, and also promotes unholiness, paganism, and impurity of heart and actions during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.” - Jesus, May 26, 1979

CHANGES MUST BE STOPPED AND REVERSED
"There is no excuse accepted now by the Eternal Father among the clergy, who now offend the Eternal Father by misleading the children of God upon earth. The experimentation and changes must be stopped and reversed! There is no other course.” – Our Lady, August 4, 1979

“RESTORE MY HOUSE!”
"My Mother has given you My way. It is a simple road that must be followed. The rules have been given to you that must not be changed, as you cater to the basic carnal nature of man, a generation that has fallen! You will not make changes within My House, for you have dispersed My sheep. You will restore My House to its former glory. Strip you hearts of your pride! Recognize your errors and restore My House!
     "I say this to you for your Creator, as your God: Restore My House, or I shall come down and restore it Myself with a firm hand! And shall you stand before Me, O pastors, and say that your teachings have been pure in My sight? I shall take you and spit you out as spittle into the fires of eternal damnation! Vermin that came out of the flowers!”  – Jesus, December 28, 1976

STOP CHANGE AND NOVELTY
"My child and My children, make it known to all that the road to Heaven was never easy, but you can make it much easier upon yourselves and your families if you follow the rules, if you follow the Commandments from the Eternal Father. The changes that We see taking place in My House and upon earth are not good, for many, many souls are falling into hell. And a great measure of responsibility now is with those who have been called to the holy orders, who have given themselves to represent Me upon earth. Shall I say that I have found many Judases now within My House? Cannot this situation be changed?
     "There is only one way that this can be stopped, this evil that has seeped into My House and into the hearts of all mankind. You must stop now your seeking for change and novelty. You must restore My Church to its former glory. Admit your error. Do not conceal this with pride and arrogance.
     "Remember there was the time when it was necessary to cast Luciel and his followers from Heaven--Lucifer, who now goads you on to hell with him, upon earth. He had to be cast from Heaven because he, too, became prideful and arrogant, seeking to make himself another living god. This cannot be done. You cannot be above your Creator.” – Jesus, September 7, 1978

DO NOT ACCEPT
"My children, you must retain Tradition; you must retain a firm foundation of your faith by keeping all of the good publications. Do not accept the changes that have been made by satan to seduce your souls.” – Jesus, November 19, 1977

INDOCTRINATED
Veronica - The books are being changed to cover the evil being perpetrated now. The young are being indoctrinated to accept changes which will take away Tradition and even doctrine. Our Lady said we must all pray a constant vigilance of prayer. It has a great power over the demons. – November 19, 1977

NOT FROM HOLY SPIRIT
"I must, My child, make it known at this time that you must go back in the immediate years and bring the knowledge to mankind that these changes, the changes that have given bad fruits, have not been given to you through the Holy Spirit and through your Vicar, Pope Paul VI. It is the web of satan reaching out. Many are now, My child, puppets. The strings are being pulled by Benelli, Villot, and Casaroli and their followers.” – Our Lady, September 27, 1975

YOU HAVE STRAYED
"O My children, how far you have strayed from the truth! The knowledge given to you by your prophets were written down in truth to guide you, but now you change the words to suit your basic carnal human natures. Go back and read, My children, the true words of your prophets. But do not accept changes in the Book, for these changes have been promoted by satan. Heresy, O mournful heresy, whatever shall become of you!
     "Parents, I caution you anew to guard the souls of your children by your teaching and example. You cannot save your children's souls by giving them to false teachers and the world, for the world has now been given to satan.” – Our Lady, June 5, 1976

“WE DO NOT CONDONE VARIATIONS AND CHANGES"
"It has grieved Me much in the past, as it grieves Me now, that mankind is making changes to My words. I assure you, My children and pastors within My houses, My Church upon earth, there is no necessity to change My words. Heaven, hell, purgatory, and especially, My children, the word 'hell' must be retained in your prayers.
     "Repeat, My child, the confessional prayer.
     O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I confess to all my sins, because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of hell, but most of all because I love Thee, my God, Who are all-good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life. Amen.
     "Yes, My child, We do not condone variations and changes. It is the enemies of your God that have set themselves to promote change upon My words. The word of your God is eternal and must not be changed.” – Jesus, February 10, 1977

ONLY SATAN SEEKS CHANGE
"We ask--the Eternal Father speaks, and demands that all bishops in the houses of God throughout your world must turn back to prayer. They must turn back from the road they have chosen, a road filled with error, corruption, and sin. Man will not make changes in the House of God to please the basic carnal nature of mankind! But man in the House of God--the leaders, the clergy chosen by the Eternal Father, shall turn man from his path of destruction and bring him into the House of God. This he will not accomplish by lowering the rule or standards. Man must change his ways and follow the ways of God.
     "You are, My children, living in the era of Antichrist. Recognize the signs of your times, and you will not fall into error. Read the Book, My children. You read books of corruption and vile debauchery. Restore the truth in your heart, into your children and homes. Open the good Book, the Bible, and read it in your homes.
     "My Son has already set up the rule for the houses throughout the world, the churches. They are written in the Book of love and life, the Bible. Read and learn, and follow the truth!
     "There is no time or change in Heaven. The Father never changes. It is only satan who seeks change to disturb, corrupt, and degrade. Satan roams wherever there is darkness of spirit. He will debase mankind in a manner so foul that you will know that no human could conceive of such vileness of sin.” – Our Lady, March 22, 1975

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Pope Benedict XVI on the disintegration of the liturgy
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Pope Benedict XVI and his support for the Old Mass
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The removal of the Latin Mass by the impostor pope (replaced Pope Paul VI); the restoration by Pope Benedict XVI
https://www.tldm.org/News11/LatinMassRemovedByImpostorPope.htm

Msgr. Klaus Gamber's insights are strikingly close to Our Lady of the Roses messages on the Mass and tradition
https://www.tldm.org/news6/Gamber.htm

Cardinal Arinze questions suitability of guitars at Mass
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https://www.tldm.org/News10/VaticanAcknowledgesLiturgicalCrisis.htm

Knees to love Jesus
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Bishop Vasa: Dress, demeanor, discipline show how we value Holy Mass
https://www.tldm.org/News10/modestyBishopVasa.htm

“Kneel before your God in the Eucharist”
https://www.tldm.org/News5/kneeling.htm 

Vatican on kneeling for holy Communion
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Should women cover their heads in Church?
https://www.tldm.org/news6/veils.htm 

Pope John Paul II recommends praying the St. Michael Exorcism
https://www.tldm.org/news6/exorcism.htm 

Restore the high altar
https://www.tldm.org/news5/main%5Faltar.htm

"You cannot separate Tradition from your Faith"
https://www.tldm.org/news6/tradition1.htm 

Vatican II, part 1: Infiltration of the Church
https://www.tldm.org/News6/VaticanII-1.htm

Vatican II, part 2: Dark clouds forming before Vatican II
https://www.tldm.org/News6/VaticanII-2.htm

Vatican II, part 3: the satanic revolution gains momentum at the Council
https://www.tldm.org/News6/VaticanII-3.htm

Links...

Mass appeal to Latin tradition, Washington Times, October 28, 2007
http://washingtontimes.com/article/20071028/NATION/110280043/1001

Latin Mass returns to Mexico City's cathedral, California Catholic
http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=ff5cc479-c389-4714-894f-3c26f58d2668

Why Latin? The Latin Mass Society of Ireland
http://indigo.ie/~colmgren/latsoc/template/latin_hist.htm

The Popes on the Latin language, Una Voce
http://www.unavoce.org/popes.htm

Pope John Paul II strongly encourages use of “immortal language”, Una Voce
http://www.unavoce.org/popelatin.htm

The Sacredness of Tradition, by Alice Von Hildebrand

Una Voce website
www.unavoce.org

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