ur Lady of Mount Carmel b A Catholic parish community served by the Carmelite Order 8 August 2021 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time “He lay down and fell asleep under the broom tree, but then an angel touched him and ordered him to get up and eat...He got up, ate, and drank; then strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights to the mountain of God, Horeb.” (1 Kgs 19:5,8) Right: Prophet Elijah in the Desert by Dieric Bouts, 1464 Rev. Frederick J. Tillotson, O. Carm. Pastor Main Office (941) 966-0807 425 S. Tamiami Trail, Osprey, FL 34229 www.olmc-osprey.org Parish Life Parish Calendar Are you interested Sunday, August 8 —August 22 in learning about the Catholic faith or (Mass Intentions shown for first week only) would you like to Ninteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug 8 become Catholic? Mass: 8:30am, 10:30am (Saturday Vigil 4:00pm) Do you need to com- Intentions, 4:00pm: Huot-Vidmar Families, Sandy Philips plete your Sacra- Intentions, 8:30am: + Robert Axsiom, + The Pelton Family ments of Initiation? Sessions called “Christian Initiation Intentions, 10:30am: People of the Parish of Adults” begin this Fall and registration is open. For Monday, Aug 9 information, phone the parish at (941) 966-0807 x 305 or Mass: 8:00am. email [email protected]. Intentions: + Rich Carroll Tuesday, Aug 10 All are welcome ~ Mass: 8:00am. Intentions: + Gregorio Cruz, + Jacques de Stadelphofen Do you enjoy working with young children? A Wednesday, Aug 11 prayerful catechist with a strong love of their faith is Mass: 8:00am. needed to teach a combined Gr. K & 1st class (must com- Intentions: + Shirley Flippo Withington plete Safe Environment training). For details, contact the Thursday, Aug 12 Director of Faith Formation at 941-966-0807. Thank you! Mass: 8:00am. Intentions: + Marysue Soulon Friday, Aug 13 Family Faith Formation, Grades K-6 Mass: 8:00am, Adoration: 8:30-9:30am (a.k.a., Sunday Morning Religious Ed) Intentions: + Rosemary Vaccaro Saturday, Aug 14 Registration deadline: August 20th Mass: 8:00am. Confessions: 3:00pm Sessions begin Sunday, Sept. 19 ~ Catechetical Sunday Intentions: People of the Parish Registration forms may be found in the gathering Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed space or downloaded from our parish website at: www.olmc-osprey.org/families-and-children. Virgin Mary, Sunday, Aug 15 Questions? Phone (941) 966-0807 x 305 Mass: 8:30am, 10:30am (Saturday Vigil 4:00pm) or email [email protected] • Pancake Breakfast, Tillotson Hall after morning Masses. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Monday, Aug 16 Stewardship of Treasure Mass: 8:00am. This year vs. last year as of July 22nd, 2021 Tuesday, Aug 17 Mass: 8:00am. CFA 2020 2021___ Wednesday, Aug 18 Goal $ 245,000.00 $ 247,000.00 Mass: 8:00am. Thursday, Aug 19 Pledge 237,874.00 220,552.00 Mass: 8:00am. Payment 222,496.00 205,947.00 Friday, Aug 20 Mass: 8:00am, Adoration: 8:30-9:30am Pastoral Ministry Team Saturday, Aug 21 Mass: 8:00am. Confessions: 3:00pm Pastor Rev. Frederick J. Tillotson, O. Carm. [email protected] Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug 22 Mass: 8:30am, 10:30am (Saturday Vigil 4:00pm) Deacon Thomas Grant, Pastoral Minister [email protected] Tammy Flippo, Director, Faith Formation & Enrichment [email protected] Marianne Cano, Director, Lay Ministries & Pastoral Care [email protected] Kathleen Lyda, Director of Music [email protected] (A little church Linda Jefferson, Business Manager humor… [email protected] Thank you, F.M.!) From Our Bishop Evangelization and Catechesis TRADITIONIS CUSTODE promulgated by Paul VI is the ordinary expression of the lex orandi of the Catholic Church of the Latin rite”. [7] The recognition of the On the Use of the Roman Liturgy Prior to the Reform of 1970 Missal promulgated by St. Pius V “as an extraordinary expression of the same lex orandi” did not in any way underrate the liturgical Traditionis custodes is an apostolic letter issued motu proprio reform, but was decreed with the desire to acknowledge the (Latin: “on one's own initiative”) by Pope Francis on 16 July 2021 whereby he restricts the celebration of the Tridentine Mass “insistent prayers of these faithful,” allowing them “to celebrate the of the Roman Rite; a.k.a., the "Traditional Latin Mass." The Sacrifice of the Mass according to the editio typica of the Roman apostolic letter was accompanied by an ecclesiastical letter to Missal promulgated by Blessed John XXIII in 1962 and never abro- bishops of the world and it is this letter that is considered to be gated, as the extraordinary form of the Liturgy of the Church”. [8] of extreme importance for understanding the purpose of Tradi- tionis custodes. Excerpts from this letter follow below. It comforted Benedict XVI...that many desired “to find the form of the sacred Liturgy dear to them,” “clearly accepted the binding LETTER OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS character of Vatican Council II and were faithful to the Pope and TO THE BISHOPS OF THE WHOLE WORLD to the Bishops”. [9] ... he declared to be unfounded the fear of divi- Rome, 16 July 2021 sion in parish communities, because “the two forms of the use of the Roman Rite would enrich one another”. [10] Thus, he invited Dear Brothers in the Episcopate, the Bishops to set aside their doubts and fears, and to welcome the Just as my Predecessor Benedict XVI did with Summorum norms, “attentive that everything would proceed in peace...,” with Pontificum, I wish to accompany the Motu proprio Traditionis cus- the promise that “it would be possible to find resolutions” in the todes with a letter explaining the motives that prompted my deci- event that “serious difficulties came to light” in the implementation sion... of the norms “once the Motu proprio came into effect”. [11] Most people understand the motives that prompted St. John With the passage of thirteen years, I instructed the Congregation Paul II and Benedict XVI to allow the use of the Roman Missal, for the Doctrine of the Faith to circulate a questionnaire to the promulgated by St. Pius V and edited by St. John XXIII in 1962, Bishops regarding the implementation of the Motu proprio for the Eucharistic Sacrifice….motivated by the desire to foster Summorum Pontificum. The responses reveal a situation that preoccu- the healing of the schism with the movement of Mons. pies and saddens me, and persuades me of the need to intervene. Lefebvre. With the ecclesial intention of restoring the unity of Regrettably, the pastoral objective of my Predecessors, who had the Church, the Bishops were...asked to accept ...the “just aspira- intended “to do everything possible to ensure that all those who tions” of the faithful who requested...use of that Missal. truly possessed the desire for unity would find it possible to remain in this unity or to rediscover it anew”, [12] has often been seriously Many in the Church came to regard this ...as an opportunity disregarded...was exploited to widen the gaps...encourage disagree- to adopt freely the Roman Missal promulgated by St. Pius V and ments that injure the Church, ...expose her to the peril of division. use it in a manner parallel to the Roman Missal promulgated by St. Paul VI. In order to regulate this situation... Benedict XVI At the same time, I am saddened by abuses in the celebration of intervened... Many priests and communities had “used with grat- the liturgy...In common with Benedict XVI, I deplore the fact that itude the possibility offered by the Motu proprio” of St. John “in many places the prescriptions of the new Missal are not ob- Paul II. Underscoring that this...was not foreseeable in 1988, the served in celebration, but...come to be interpreted as an authoriza- Motu proprio Summorum Pontificum of 2007 intended to introduce tion for...creativity, which leads to...distortions”. [13] But I am “a clearer juridical regulation”… In order to allow access to nonetheless saddened that the instrumental use of Missale those, including young people, who when “they discover this Romanum of 1962 is...characterized by a rejection not only of the liturgical form, feel attracted to it and find in it a form, particu- liturgical reform, but of the Vatican Council II itself, claiming, with larly suited to them, to encounter the mystery of the most holy unfounded ...assertions, that it betrayed the Tradition and the “true Eucharist”, [5] Benedict XVI declared “the Missal promulgated Church”. The path of the Church must be seen within the dynamic by St. Pius V and newly edited by Blessed John XXIII, as a ex- of Tradition “which originates from the Apostles and progresses in traordinary expression of the same lex orandi”, granting a “more the Church with the assistance of the Holy Spirit” (DV 8). A recent ample possibility for the use of the 1962 Missal”. [6] stage of this dynamic was constituted by Vatican Council II where the Catholic episcopate came together to listen and to discern the In making their decision they were confident that such a pro- path for the Church indicated by the Holy Spirit. To doubt the vision would not place in doubt one of the key measures of Vat- Council is to doubt the intentions of those very Fathers who exer- ican Council II...: the Motu proprio recognized that...“the Missal (Continued next page) Evangelization and Catechesis cised their collegial power ...in an ecumenical council, [14] and, ... Blsd. Titus Brandsma, to doubt the Holy Spirit himself who guides the Church.