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My First Attempt at FB live

March 22, 2018 By FrM

Well I tired my first FB Livecast and had a bit of a hiccup with the stream so it is in two parts.

You can access these videos here:

https://www.facebook.com/pg/FrDEMeikle/videos/

If you have a question or topic you’d like addressed please feel free to email me at FrM@immaculateconceptionhudson.org.

My inclination is to pre-record them and edit them, perhaps including slides or graphics where appropriate.

The old public FB page had nearly 1,000 “friends” but FB nerfed it. It is a much humbler audience now.

God bless and protect you!

FrM

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Fridays during Lent

March 13, 2018 By FrM

Holy Mass at 2pm
Stations of the Cross at 3pm

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Christmas Masses

December 23, 2017 By FrM

December 24th: Vigil of Christmas
9am (English, Old Rite)

11pm “Midnight Mass” for Christmas (English, Old Rite)

December 25th: Christmas Day
9am (English, Old Rite)

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Archbishop’s ADVENT PASTORAL LETTER, 2017

December 5, 2017 By FrM

Dearly Beloved in Christ,

“Man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature,” so wrote Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), a French poet and religious philosopher, one of the first Old Roman Catholics. “But,” he added, “he is a thinking reed (roseau pensant).”

Of course, there is good thinking and there is bad thinking. One must wonder just how much good thinking there is in today’s world. How much good thinking in our daily newspapers? How much good thinking on our TV screens? In our movies? From our politicians? Within our classrooms and from the teachers? And, yes, from our pulpits? Our churches have become again what the poet Wordsworth described as “bare ruined choirs.”

Lord knows, we are witnessing entirely too much bad thinking, which leads to bad actions. We have seen it in Connecticut, with the slaughter of so many small children and their teachers; in Orlando with the murder of 49 more adults; in Texas with dozens of innocent church goers, and we are seeing it in Seminole Heights, right here across Tampa Bay, as people live in fear wondering which victim will be next as a moronic fiend acts in apparent delight, taking the lives of people, gunning them down seemingly for target practice, as though they were beer cans. Fiend after fiend after bad thinking fiend – weak, bad-thinking reeds everywhere, it seems.

We see more slaughter through the hatred and religious intolerance of those who profess a “religion of peace,” while slaying thousands in France and Germany and Spain and England, as our youthful men and women die in God-less places, wearing our uniforms so faithfully and patriotically defending them, while other bad thinking persons right here in our own country mock their heroic efforts, while earning their millions of dollars as “talented athletes,” – those who could not earn a dollar in any other occupation! “Jocks,” we call them.

Our churches are empty; our theatres are full. Our schools are filled with empty-headed instructors, who fill the heads of our children and youth with utter nonsense, at best. Bishops argue with cardinals, cardinals fight each other and the Pope sends theological gibberish to priests and bishops all over the world. Statistically, there are supposed to be some 26 million more Catholics in this country than there were in 1965. Well, they are certainly not filling the churches. Our children are growing up with little or no religious training and devotion; they barely know the inside of a church, much less even knowing their heavenly Father and His holy mother.

It is time for some GOOD thinking and some devout praying! It is time ministers, priests and rabbis get back to that “old time religion.” We need men and women of strong belief in a loving God – men and women in religion, in the classroom, in the all the fine professions, in our state houses and houses of Congress, and yes, in our stores and other businesses, where men, women and children shop every day, not only to buy things but to interchange amicably, socially and at least tolerably with their neighbors. We priests need to show young men and women and old men and women that we are truly in love with our God and are thrilled each day to offer sacrifice at His altar because we do love Him and His children everywhere. Our example must be such that our very presence reaches out to young men and women in such a way that they desire to come after us in genuine pursuit of being the shepherds of the flocks God has entrusted to our charge.

These are not intended to be empty words or empty-headed words of a “short-timer,” but a genuine charge to each and every one of us who claims to be a devout follower of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. We need to edify our laity in everything we do, in every action we take for the good of our churches and in our private lives. We need to be those “fools for Christ’s sake,” of which Thomas á Kempis speaks in his Imitation of Christ, and we need to read a small portion of that work every day of our lives. That will help us to become good thinkers.

With every good wish and prayerful blessing to you and yours, I am faithfully yours in Christ,

s/ +John J. Humphreys

The Most Reverend John J. Humphreys, Archbishop

Filed Under: Archbishop, Pastoral Letters

FAQ: What is the main difference between an Old Roman Catholic and a ‘mainstream’ Roman Catholic?

August 11, 2017 By FrM

When comparing a typical Catholic parish and what you will find with us, the main difference is found in the orientation of the spirituality.

A number of other Catholic organizations like the Fraternity of Saint Peter and the Society of St. Pius X celebrate the old sacraments and share the traditional Faith. This brief article is not referring to these.

In the mid- 1960’s there was a Pastoral Council called Vatican II which sought to make the Church more accessible via “aggiornamento” (accommodating to the world/updating).  In the closing address of the Council Pope Paul VI stated one if the councils aims was to re-orientate the Church’s mission toward man.  Traditional Catholics applaud efforts toward evangelization but reject accommodation with the world wherever it puts man before God.

So you will see the altar configured so that the priest prays to God versus hosting a communal meal for example.  You will also note the priests interaction with the Blessed Sacrament is very different.

We will expand this section in the future in the meantime you may wish to brow the resource page.

 

 

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