Chris, this is one of your most beautiful and inspiring treatises! So glad I was able to read this before I go to Mass today. Come Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of thy faithful and enkindle in them the fire of thy divine love…
I can only thank you for this, Chis. It is quite superb. There is, for me, so much to take away that, for a part of my own preparation for Pentecost, maybe I should read it and consider it every day. It is truly a work that is inspired by the Advocate promised to us by Christ before His glorious Ascension. I sense that the Holy Spirit has personally addressed me through what you have written.
I am astounded by these words! I thank you, Mr. Jackson, for the time and meditation needed to share such reflection with us. God bless you. Come, Holy Ghost! Our Lady, Spouse of the Holy Ghost: pray for us!
Chris! Thank you for this morning’s leap of faith I experienced reading this; my understanding of our beautiful Catholic faith grows exponentially with every paragraph. God bless you, my dear!
Thank you, sister Susan! Great thought. Did you know that the canonical requirements to become the Pope are surprisingly minimal. The Church’s law sets only a few strict conditions; everything else is custom, tradition, or practical expectation.
The 'big four' are: be a baptized Catholic male with the use of reason. Be willing to accept the election by the conclave. Be eligible for episcopal ordination as a bishop before assuming office. Be not canonically impeded or excommunicated
What is not technically required is he need not be a priest or cardinal and may even be married, although he would be expected to cease conjugal life.
I love Catholicism and its utter simplicity. Based! Genuine, unapologetic, and the truth.
Well, my goodness…PRAYER IS THE BREATHING OF THE SOUL! Such a beautiful and powerful statement of truth! You? ….certainly have a gift! Not all of you do I accept but I certainly have learned a lot about the beauty of our Catholic faith and to be watchful but not defeated with the synodality rot creeping in. From your Sunday articles, I…yes, a NO, learned that our readings are not the same ….having assumed they were, but just in Latin! Our priest faces the altar, we have 10 or so altar servers (boys), we have the altar rails and kneel for Holy Communion on the tongue, Father does all the readings, parts of the Mass and hymns are in Latin. Father wears the cassock. He is a holy priest and speaks Truth. Average families have 6-8 children with one beautiful family of 13! It is a very special parish who unashamedly preaches Christ crucified! Some of your gift of words should be published in a book….esp. “Prayer is the breathing of the soul!” Of course, usually there is an “About the author” and then maybe you would let us know just exactly who you are!? I do not think you should be anonymous….obviously you are a man (woman?) of God and it helps me to put a name with a face! You certainly have enough fortitude to go public! It truly bugs me that you do not!!
For the record, Pentecost is the Second most Solemn Feast of the Year, surpassed only by Easter Sunday. We should be having Pentecost Parties, sending Pentecost Cards, putting up Pentecost Decorations, singing Pentecost Songs, and having Pentecost Dinners. But we are Freemasonic Turkeys. We have lost the Breath of Christendom. We have been polluted by four centuries of Protestantism, Materialism, Merchantilism, Utopianism, Gnosticism, and Hedonism. And so we see Pentecost as the Secular Protestant sees it, not as the Birthday of the Church and the Courage of the Martyrs, but as a collections of Tropes about Doves and wearing a Red Tie, and then walking out of church and headed for a shopping expedition at Lowes, or an afternoon of Seasonal Sportsball. (Even Priests are guilty. Admit it, you gaggle of Dessert Fathers.)
We are back in the Cenacle with Our Lady of Fatima. The Church is in the Tomb, and we pray and weep, but yet hope in the Glorious Triumph of the Immaculate Heart, which will be like unto a Second Pentecost.
"Our Lord Jesus Christ did not withdraw from us when He went up again into heaven. He is in heaven by His glorified humanity, yet He remains with us by His divinity." St Augustine must be quoted carefully, because he is proof that one can take the Gnostic from his Temple, but 'tis hard to take the Temple from the Gnostic. Let us not forget that Our Lord Jesus Christ is still with us in His Humanity, a Prisoner in the Tabernacle, in those very few places where valid sacraments have been preserved untainted by the Bogus Ordo and the invalid rites of the Conciliar Church. At the Ascension we lost only the consolation of His Image and His Voice. But He told us this was expedient for our souls.
If only this was our homily tomorrow. My good man, you were blasted by The Holy Spirit with this post. God Bless you and thank you!
Amen and what a message.
Chris, this is one of your most beautiful and inspiring treatises! So glad I was able to read this before I go to Mass today. Come Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of thy faithful and enkindle in them the fire of thy divine love…
I can only thank you for this, Chis. It is quite superb. There is, for me, so much to take away that, for a part of my own preparation for Pentecost, maybe I should read it and consider it every day. It is truly a work that is inspired by the Advocate promised to us by Christ before His glorious Ascension. I sense that the Holy Spirit has personally addressed me through what you have written.
I am astounded by these words! I thank you, Mr. Jackson, for the time and meditation needed to share such reflection with us. God bless you. Come, Holy Ghost! Our Lady, Spouse of the Holy Ghost: pray for us!
"Prayer is the breathing of the soul."
"Pray against that subtle pride which allows a man to confess every doctrine of the Faith while refusing to bend his own will before God."
Bravo, Chris. A homily in less than 35 words. Thanks for these Sunday sermons. Off to pray to The True Presence.
Chris! Thank you for this morning’s leap of faith I experienced reading this; my understanding of our beautiful Catholic faith grows exponentially with every paragraph. God bless you, my dear!
Amen.
Amen and thank you Chris!
Blessed be Jesus Whose mother is Mary, CoRedemptrix, Mediatrix of All Graces and Queen of all creatures!!!
Blessings and appreciation from Sydney Australia.
Chris Jackson for pope!
Thank you, sister Susan! Great thought. Did you know that the canonical requirements to become the Pope are surprisingly minimal. The Church’s law sets only a few strict conditions; everything else is custom, tradition, or practical expectation.
The 'big four' are: be a baptized Catholic male with the use of reason. Be willing to accept the election by the conclave. Be eligible for episcopal ordination as a bishop before assuming office. Be not canonically impeded or excommunicated
What is not technically required is he need not be a priest or cardinal and may even be married, although he would be expected to cease conjugal life.
I love Catholicism and its utter simplicity. Based! Genuine, unapologetic, and the truth.
Well, my goodness…PRAYER IS THE BREATHING OF THE SOUL! Such a beautiful and powerful statement of truth! You? ….certainly have a gift! Not all of you do I accept but I certainly have learned a lot about the beauty of our Catholic faith and to be watchful but not defeated with the synodality rot creeping in. From your Sunday articles, I…yes, a NO, learned that our readings are not the same ….having assumed they were, but just in Latin! Our priest faces the altar, we have 10 or so altar servers (boys), we have the altar rails and kneel for Holy Communion on the tongue, Father does all the readings, parts of the Mass and hymns are in Latin. Father wears the cassock. He is a holy priest and speaks Truth. Average families have 6-8 children with one beautiful family of 13! It is a very special parish who unashamedly preaches Christ crucified! Some of your gift of words should be published in a book….esp. “Prayer is the breathing of the soul!” Of course, usually there is an “About the author” and then maybe you would let us know just exactly who you are!? I do not think you should be anonymous….obviously you are a man (woman?) of God and it helps me to put a name with a face! You certainly have enough fortitude to go public! It truly bugs me that you do not!!
Wow Chris! A powerful message. Thank you.
Yes, I am not an orphan. Thank you, you have lifted my spirit today with this offering.
Thank you
For the record, Pentecost is the Second most Solemn Feast of the Year, surpassed only by Easter Sunday. We should be having Pentecost Parties, sending Pentecost Cards, putting up Pentecost Decorations, singing Pentecost Songs, and having Pentecost Dinners. But we are Freemasonic Turkeys. We have lost the Breath of Christendom. We have been polluted by four centuries of Protestantism, Materialism, Merchantilism, Utopianism, Gnosticism, and Hedonism. And so we see Pentecost as the Secular Protestant sees it, not as the Birthday of the Church and the Courage of the Martyrs, but as a collections of Tropes about Doves and wearing a Red Tie, and then walking out of church and headed for a shopping expedition at Lowes, or an afternoon of Seasonal Sportsball. (Even Priests are guilty. Admit it, you gaggle of Dessert Fathers.)
We are back in the Cenacle with Our Lady of Fatima. The Church is in the Tomb, and we pray and weep, but yet hope in the Glorious Triumph of the Immaculate Heart, which will be like unto a Second Pentecost.
"Our Lord Jesus Christ did not withdraw from us when He went up again into heaven. He is in heaven by His glorified humanity, yet He remains with us by His divinity." St Augustine must be quoted carefully, because he is proof that one can take the Gnostic from his Temple, but 'tis hard to take the Temple from the Gnostic. Let us not forget that Our Lord Jesus Christ is still with us in His Humanity, a Prisoner in the Tabernacle, in those very few places where valid sacraments have been preserved untainted by the Bogus Ordo and the invalid rites of the Conciliar Church. At the Ascension we lost only the consolation of His Image and His Voice. But He told us this was expedient for our souls.
Bogus ordo! I love that new term! With your permission I’ll use it from now on! 😳😀
It's actually not a new term, and I cannot claim credit for it.
Or…Nervous Order.
Nervous Disorder
Thanks Chris. Each line contains gems of wisdom to contemplate & practice. Much appreciated.