The Reign of Mary, Issue No. 184, Spring 2022

 
 
Letter from the Editor
by Rev. Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI

A Comfortable Christianity?
By Rev. Fr. Eugen Rissling
When studying Sacred Scripture, it is highly advisable to pay attention to brief, and at first glance seemingly insignificant, references and comments. From time to time they contain important statements. In the Gospel account of the miraculous feeding of a multitude (Mark 8:1-9), it is pointed out that this took place “in the wilderness.” The holy Doctor of the Church St. Ambrose points out (in the Breviary for the sixth Sunday after Pentecost), regarding Christ’s miracle of the multiplication of loaves: “But note to whom distribution was made. Not to the idle, not to those in the city, that is, to Jewish officialdom or those attached to earthy prestige; but to such as sought Christ in the desert.” So those people who were sincerely seeking Christ had to expressly go out into a desert to find Him there.....

Eclipse of the Church: The Case for Sedevacantism: Part II
By Mario Derksen
What has been going on since the death of Pope Pius XII and the election of John XXIII is starting to become clear: The avowed enemies of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and of His holy Catholic religion, the protagonists of the “mystery of iniquity”, have reached the next milestone of their nefarious plans: They have secretly ascended to positions of power in the Church and, unable to actually capture and destroy the Papacy, have installed a succession of false Popes in the See of Peter. Not protected by the Holy Ghost, these antipopes have been able to spread blasphemy, heresy, apostasy, and all kinds of spiritual filth — a whole new pseudo-Catholic religion, in fact — with the apparent approval of the Pope and the Church...

The Evils of Communism and Socialism
By Rev. Fr. Casimir Puskorius, CMRI
...My story is a very somber one and it directly pertains to my parents. I am a son of refugees from communism. My father was born in western Lithuania in 1924 and my mother was born in southern Lithuania in 1923. In 1944, they very likely did not know each other in Lithuania. The only possibility is they might have seen each other as part of a very large student body of the university in Kaunas, Lithuania. My father’s family fled from western Lithuania, where my grandfather was a postmaster. He was on a list for being deported or at least targeted. My mother was in the city of Alytus in southern Lithuania, just south of Vilnius, the capital. Her family, too, was indubitably slated for deportation....

Sicut Judaeis: Pope Callistus II’s Jewish Bill of Rights
By Timothy Archie
It is a common misconception in the modern age that the Church, throughout time, has practiced intolerance on a vast scale. This belief is prevalent, not only among Protestants, but is also believed widely by many Catholics, who, when confronted with questions on subjects such as the Inquisition or Galileo, fumble uncomfortably and can make no answer. This is unfortunate, for the Church’s official policy has always been in favor of a reasonable tolerance and freedom of conscience within limits (QED). Here we will deal with one important example of the Church’s policy, the Papal Bull Sicut Judaeis... It was not the first time that the Church, in her official capacity, had spoken out on behalf of the Jews. In 598 Pope Gregory the Great published an edict which laid down basic principles for the protection of Jews and their property...

Early American Bishops: Part V Venerable John Nepomucene Neumann, CSsR
by Rev. Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI
It is fitting that we conclude our study of several of America’s early bishops with the life of that one who, arguably, has the greatest reputation for holiness. Bishop John Nepomucene Neumann, CSSR, like most of the early bishops of this country, was not born here. Unlike the others, however, he did not come from France, Ireland or Germany, but rather from Bohemia. Bishop Neumann became the fourth bishop of Philadelphia in 1852...

Blessed are the Clean of Heart
A Sermon Preached on Trinity Sunday, 2021, by Rev. Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI
As St. Paul says, we have to persevere in doing good; we have to persevere in living our faith. And as the saying goes, “there is the rub.” There is the difficulty, because we know what we must do, but we find it so difficult to accomplish. St. Paul perfectly explained that when he said, “I find another law in my members fighting against the law of my mind.” We know what God’s will is. Our reason reigns supreme in our mind and tells us what is right and what is wrong. But so often we find it difficult to obey God’s Holy Will. This especially comes in the area of the virtue of Chastity...

True Devotion to Mary: Part II
by Rev. Fr. Dominic Radecki, CMRI
...The Blessed Virgin Mary loves God more ardently and glorifies Him more perfectly than all the blessed put together. God lives and reigns in her more perfectly than in all the angels and saints. Therefore, true devotion to Mary is an easy means to unite us more quickly and securely to Christ, which is the sole purpose of all devotion. It causes us to love Him more tenderly and to serve Him more faithfully. As the best of sons, Christ loved His Mother more than any earthly son could love his mother. Any loving son is happy when his mother is honored. We can only imagine the immense joy the Sacred Heart of Jesus receives when His Mother is honored and loved....
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Francis again Denounces Attachment to Traditional Mass
Conciliar Bishop Asks for Forgiveness
Starbucks to Pay for Abortions
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