Morning Catholic must-reads: 16/10/12

‘“There will never be a Pius XIII”: to understand the meaning of Jean Guitton’s phrase, the radical “renewal” triggered in the Church by the Second Vatican Council needs to be taken further as the book “Il segreto dei papi” (“The Popes’ secret”) by Bernard Lecomte, currently editor in chief of Figaro magazine and former world affairs editor for La Croix  (San Paolo publishers, 250 pages, Euro 16).’ Giacomo Galeazzi, Pope John XXIII’s Prophesy.

http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/the-vatican/detail/articolo/concilio-18930//pag/1/If one needed a reminder of why the SSPX is necessary for the health of church catholic – and not a barking mad dog of a group obsessed with the good old days – it can be found, in ample measure, in Galeazzi’s woeful reading of Blessed John XXIII’s intentions, of the actual purpose of the Council Fathers, and the wholesale dismissal of the Holy Ghost for the Spirit of the Age ideology.

Dear Lord God, preserve us from such opinion-leaders as Galeazzi! 

We all have a long way to go yet, if the Second Vatican Council is to be rescued from confusion, woeful error and its ensuing downright heresies. One can only wonder if Benedict XVI realises that he has only scratched the surface of opposition to any hermeneutic of continuity in line with Sacred Tradition. As for whether His Excellency Msgr. Gerhard Mueller is willing – or ready and able – to tackle seriously the Age of Aquarius punters still pushing the ‘No More Pius XII’ stuff remains to be seen (I am still hopeful, but not  holding my breath).

‘A new era began with the approval of the constitution “Sacrosanctum Concilium” which reformed the liturgy in December 1963. The Church would no longer be the same again. Vatican II essentially marked a watershed moment which changed the face of the Church.’