Follow Matthew Hazell’s Work on Facebook

As I am sure our readers already know, our colleague Matthew Hazell has been doing yeoman’s work documenting the post-Conciliar alteration of the liturgical texts of the Roman Rite, meticulously demonstrating what exactly was kept, what was suppressed, what was changed, edited, censored, invented, moved, etc. He regularly posts threads on his Twitter covering specific topics, in addition to articles here and on Rorate Caeli. (See this one, for example, about the mutilation of the prayers of St Nicholas.) For those who prefer Facebook, he now has a new page titled “Ordinary vs. Extraordinary: Comparing the Modern and Ancient Roman Rite.” His research is edifying not only as a demonstration via negativa of how routinely and how thoroughly the work of the Consilium betrayed the wishes of the Concilium, but also, via positiva, how ancient and universal so many of the traditional prayers of the Roman Rite really are. Feliciter tibi, optime Matthaee!

Graphic by Matthew Hazell, from the first post linked above, demonstrating the real percentage of the prayers of the Roman Missal that survived the Consilium unchanged.

Two Small Updates About Social Media

Well, perhaps not surprisingly, it’s been a busy day thusfar, and I haven’t really had time to gather my thoughts and write anything more about today’s appalling news. Rest assured, plenty more will be said in the near future, but in the meantime, here are two small items of interest.

1. Shawn Tribe has changed the name of the Facebook group which he set up a few weeks ago to “Defense of the Immemorial Roman Rite: Traditionis Custodes v. Summorum Pontificum.” We have already welcomed dozens of new members today; please consider joining.

2. Likewise, another Facebook group has just been established called “Living Rosary for Tradition.” Please consider joining this as well, or at least, making some prayer for these intentions a regular part of your prayer life. Those who are not on Facebook can request to join at the following email address: livingrosaryfortradition@hotmail.com

- On the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 2021, the Holy Father, Pope Francis issued the motu proprio “TRADITIONIS CUSTODES”, severely restricting the use of our beloved traditional form of the Mass and the Sacraments, known as “The Extraordinary Form.”

This has left many of us who love the traditional forms feeling angry, hurt, and abandoned by our shepherd; perhaps this is in danger of leading us into sin.

As ever, the best answer to all of this is prayer. Prayer for ourselves, prayer for the Church, and prayer for the Holy Father.

To that end, please join us in praying a Living Rosary: a decade each day, praying the traditional fifteen mysteries of the rosary.

HOW TO JOIN:

1) Send us a private message, asking to join the Living Rosary for Tradition.

2) we will assign you a particular decade of the rosary to pray each day.

3) Pray the decade for the following intentions:

i) For our own sanctification, and the graces necessary to face the current crisis in the Church, particularly the grace of perseverance.

ii) For our Holy Father.

iii) For the restoration of the traditional forms of the Roman Rite.

4) Spread the word

So as many of us as possible can storm heaven for these intentions.