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The Apostolate of Our Lady of Good Success 1288 Summit Ave Suite 107 - Oconomowoc, WI. 53066 - phone 262-567-0920 - www.ourladyofgoodsuccess.com YEAR XLIX 528 JULY-AUGUST 2019 MENSILE DI FORMAZIONE E CULTURA Poste Italiane S.p.a. Spedizione in Abbonamento Postale FONDATORE e Direttore (1971-2012): sac. dott. Luigi Villa (Jo. 8, 32) D.L. 353/2003(conv. L. 27/02/2004 n° 46) Direttore responsabile: dott. Franco Adessa «Truth will make you free» art. 1, comma 2, DCB Brescia. Direzione - Redazione - Amministrazione: Abbonamento annuo: ordinario Euro 40, sostenitore Euro 65 - Chiesa viva una copia Euro 3,5 arretrata Euro 4(inviare francobolli). Operaie di Maria Immacolata e Editrice Civiltà Via G. Galilei, 121 25123 Brescia Per l’estero: Euro 65 + sovrattassa postale. Tel. e fax (030) 3700003 Le richieste devono essere inviate a: www.chiesaviva.com Autor. Trib. Brescia n. 58/1990 - 16-11-1990 Operaie di Maria Immacolata e Editrice Civiltà Fotocomposizione in proprio Via G. Galilei, 121 25123 Brescia, C.C.P. n. 11193257 Stampa: Com & Print (BS) contiene I. R. I manoscritti, anche se non pubblicati, non vengono restituiti e-mail: [email protected] Ogni Autore scrive sotto la sua personale responsabilità THE DIABOLICAL SECRET OF PAUL VI’S MASS by Dr. Franco Adessa n the article “A Liturgical Letter of July 14, 1964 Reform for the Destruction of the Holy Sacrifice of the Dear Buan, IMass” (Istruzione cattolica, April we inform you of the task, that 20, 2018) We read: «Annibale the Council of the Brethren has es - Bugnini, (filed with the code name tablished for you in agreement of the Masonic lodge where he be - with the Grand Master and the longed: Buan 1365/75) is without Princes Assistant to the Throne, a doubt the greatest magician of and we oblige you: all times. Deceiving, without any - 1. To make yours the program of one noticing (except for a few Rocca, former priest: “One will well-informed dumb dogs) and un - have to arrive at a new reli - der everybody’s eyes, he had, in gion: new dogma, new rite, new fact, actively worked for the priesthood through the natu - Liturgical reform under the ralization of the Incarnation.” guidance of Giambattista Monti - 2.[Achieve] a reversal authority: ni (Paul VI) with the manipula - “The authorities of the Church tion of the Offertory, which pre - must remain, but they must limit cedes the Consecration, he trans - themselves to approve the deci - formed the Holy Mass into a sions of the base”. Rosicrucian Rite.» 3. To spread the de-christianiza - tion through the confusion of To better understand the personali - the rites and of the languages ty, attitudes, ties and dark secrets Msgr. Annibale Bugnini is recorded, and “put priests, bishops and of this “great magician”, we pub - in the “Pecorelli’s List”, with inscription date cardinals one against the other: lish the Letter of “Assignment”, 23/4/1963, Matricula 1365/75, Monogram: BUAN. the linguistic and ritual babel sent in 1964, from the Council of will be our victory, as the lin - the Brothers to the Brother BUAN guistic and ritual unity has been (Msgr. Annibale Bugnini) and four the strength of the Church.” other letters that Msgr. Bugnini sent to the Grand Master, 4. To chose the most suitable and secret members in the period 1964-1973, to keep him informed of his among the clergy and to report them immediately so liturgical activity aimed at the de-Christianization and they can be approached and contracted. to desacralization of the Mass and of the Christian peo - Everything has to happen within a decade. ple. Your fixed salary is 500.000 Liras monthly that could be These letters were given to me by Father Luigi Villa, sev - increased or doubled according to success. eral years ago, with the hope that, one day, they would All the details will be given verbally. The Brothers of the shed some light on certain creativities in the liturgical Council united with the Grand Master are embracing you. field. To the brother Buan (by hand) 2 “Chiesa viva” *** July-August 2019 Letter of July 21, 1964 Incomparable Grand Master Dear Councilors, Your letter of the 14 c.m. obliges me first of all to thank you for the trust you place in me in the whole realization of Brother Rocca’s program. In particular: 1. I have already chosen the collaborators that I will personally present to you and whom You will engage according to the specific tasks: they are experts in the various subjects and teachers of the various Roman Pontifical Universities. 2. My task will be very easy and attainable because I have as my close friends Cardinal LERCARO and the same Paul VI who is giving me the maximum confidence in everything, so he will never suspect my relations with You. I will do my best for the priest (… unreadable) to become Pontifical Master of Ceremonies: then all will be easier. 3. The Desacralization will have to proceed by steps: so I am beg - ging you to be understanding with me. We need to introduce Protestant and Orthodox elements in the Catholic liturgy with the excuse of Ecumenism: then the road is open to everything. All this takes time, but in ten years we will succeed. While I repeat my thanks, I assure you that I am already hard at work and soon I will come to see you. Hugs from Your Brother (signed: “Buan”) TO THE GRAND MASTER Giustiniani Palace (by hand) Letter of April 6, 1967 Grand Master, Dear Councilors, As I had promised, the road to Desacralization has now been opened with the official publication of the Instruction of the Sa - cred Music of March 5 U.S. As you could have seen, it is a very deliberate, ambiguous and de - vious document. Even though, in fact, certain traditional princi - ples are reaffirmed, virtually in passing and so as not to attract at - tention, I fought to highlight some points: 1. The prominent part of the people; 2. The vernacular language, before the official language; 3. The role of women, who may also form a Schola Canto - rum; 4. The various degrees of participation, for which it breaks up the preceding system, until no one can sing or partici - pate any more… 5. Freedom for the various kinds of composition and instru - ments. More could have been done but, as I told you verbally, there is the serious difficulty of the Congregation of Rites, whose secretary is my arch enemy: Antonelli. You should, through our Brothers Assistants at the Throne, to abolish that Con - gregation and put me in place of Antonelli. But of this, we will discuss verbally. Best wishes from Your Brother (signed: “Buan”) TO THE GRAND MASTER Giustiniani Palace (by hand) “Chiesa viva” *** July-August 2019 3 Letter of July 2, 1967 Incomparable Grand Master Letter of October 22, 1973 Distinguished Councilors, The degrees of the Desacralization are proceeding very Venerable Grand Master fast. In fact another Instruction has come out whose imple - Dear Distinguished Assistants mentation has started June 29 U.S. – We can now sing vic - In reference to Your 17 C.M. I will tell you that I can per - tory because: fectly understand your concern for the evil that the Holy 1. The vulgar language is sovereign throughout the liturgy Year can do. But I would like to inform you immediately even in the essential parts that I have gathered our following promptly brothers : Er - 2. The sacred garments are reduced more and more… ba, Fragi, Mani, Gigi, Chie, Monda, Mago, Saba, Bigi, 3. Maximum freedom of choice of the various forms up to Gica, Pinpi, Salma and Lube. All of our most faithful private creativity and to… chaos! theologians. 4. Abolished genuflections, kisses, bows, ceremonies, ritu - They have the task of studying how to diminish as much al prescriptions… as possible the importance and necessity of the Holy Year in such a way that it is not heard either by the clergy or by In short, with this a document, I think to have sown the the people. They will organize conferences and conven - principle of the maximum libertinage, according to your tions and widespread distributions of printouts among the dispositions. I fought hard and had to resort to all the young clergy easily vulnerable to certain problems. A con - tricks to get it approved by the Pope, against my enemies ference will be certainly organized in Assisi as a base of of the Congregation of the Rites. Fortunately for us we im - launching of ideas against the Holy Year. mediately found support in friends and brothers of the I thank you for your trust and for what you are doing for Laus University, who are faithful. me, hoping to talk to us as soon as possible, with kind re - I thank you for the sum sent and hoping to see You as soon gards. as possible, I embrace you. Y.B. (Signed: “Buan”) Your Brother (Signed: “Buan”) TO THE GRAND MASTER TO THE GRAND MASTER Giustiniani Palace Giustiniani Palace (by hand) (by hand) In the letter of October 22, 1973, the monograms: Gica and Pinpi look wrong Monda: Mongillo Dalmazio (16/2/1969; Matr. 2145/22) (Domenican, Moral (Gica = Gicap? and Pinpi = Pimpi?). In the “Pecorelli’s List”, we can find the professor at Angelicum in Roma); personal correspondence of all the 13 monograms quoted by Msgr. Bugnini: Mago: Gozzini Mario (14/5/1970; Matr. 31/11); Saba: Acquaviva Sabino (3/12/1969; Matr. 275/69) (Sociology Professor); Erba: Balducci Ernesto (16/5/1966; Matr.
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    The Washing of the Feet during the Evening Mass on Thursday of the Lord’s Supper _______________________________________________________________ On the authority of Pope Francis, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments [CDWDS] issued a Decree and a Commentary on 6 January 2016 changing the rubric for the Washing of the Feet during the Evening Mass on Thursday of the Lord’s Supper. Here is the English rubric with the edits: The men who have been chosen are Those who have been chosen from amongst the people of God are led by the ministers to seats prepared in a suitable place. Then the Priest (removing the chasuble if necessary) goes to each one, and, with the help of the ministers, pours water over each one’s feet and then dries them. By the action of the Apostolic See, those chosen for the foot washing is open to all members of the People of God – boys and girls, women and men. Those chosen for the foot washing reflect all who make up the People of God, the disciples of the Lord. In the account of the Last Supper in the Gospel of John, the Good News proclaimed during the Holy Thursday Evening Mass, Jesus washes the feet of an unspecified number of disciples. Just as the “beloved disciple” is nameless so that it may be, in fact, every hearer who is the beloved one, the “disciples” are all of us as well. This mandatum , this love command to be of service, to be servants is given to each one of the baptized.