[yok bASsuRM A monthly newsletter for Filipino Traditionalists 6 | Homilies E Seymnone. [6 | Sole frow.the Doctors |9) Phares af evens 2-0 hd AsD.20F4 15 annar In Isaac's place, Abraham offered a lamb, but, in offering the ‘True Lamb of God for the great sins ofthe world, thou didst shew unto us, apitiable mankind, thy motherly concern, © Phoenix of love, reborn to remedy man kind, thou revealest this renown; in thee the embers of thy lave increase each day. As the Lumen ad revelationem APRAYER FOR PRIESTS Jesus, Eternal Priest, keep all Thy priests within the shelter of ‘Thy Sacred Hea may harm chem. Keep their anointed hands which daly couch Thy Sacred Body. Keep tunsullied their lips parpled FOR THOU ART OUR PRO- tection, 0 Mary puified, ob tain for us, rity of cays did pass en thou dist bring forth (0 us and with Him thou tothe Temple, ther they saw thine humil ty, to comply withthe obliga- oF which thou wert p served. In this act our Lady, dist emulate thy Son, taking off His godly rai- unstained with Thy Precious Blood. pure and unearthly their hearts sealed with the sublime marks of Thy glorious priesthood. Let ‘Thy holy love sue- round chem and shield them from the world’s contagion, Bless their labours with abundant fruit, and may the souls to whom they have min ‘Mtered be here below their joy and consolation and in Heav- en cheir beausful and everkst- That such heavenly Light id low, burning in wax, ing crown. Amen. ,) saw on Carmel, thus thou did cloud chat Ela open this marvel for our consolation, The Gentiles of today implore thei idols, burning tapers that shine before their blind Church, with grear at tention, tapers in hand, humbly bes countenances: but he ch thee, who art Pure and ImmaculateA monthly newsletter for Filipino Traditionalists Anamnesis March In this issue Month of Saint Joseph 1_5_ Second Sunday in Lene] 1 (Ass 2M Feria in the IT Week of Lent | 3 Cass 3 I. Feria in the IT Week of Lent (ss. uemernentus & ceLepontus | 4. W. Feria in the II Week of Lent (S, Casimir C.)|3 0455 5 1 Feriain the II Week of Lent | 3 CLASS 6 7 8 9 3 | Union of law and love Maurice Joseph M. Almadro 4 | Wicked prevarication Maurice Josep M. Almadrones Rolan B. Ambrocio Jesson G. Alrite 5 | Modesty: rare commodity Jesson G. Aleit 3 CLASS F Feria in the IT Week of Lent (s. otte@ar B. M.)|3(— {First Friday |3 0} S_Feria inthe II Week of Lent (S. Thomas Aquinas C.D.) 3 — {1 Saturday } 5 Third Sunday in Lent | 1 ASS M_ Feria in the ITI Week of Lent (S. Frances of Rome W,) |3 Cass TheAnamnesisisa monthly | 10 1 Feria in the TIT Week of Lent (Holy XL Martyrs) | 3 ass newsletter publshedoninefor | 11. W_ Feria in che III Week of Lent | 3 ‘ere a ons nee 121 Feria in the III Week of Lent (S. Gregory 1P.C. D.)|3 55 andits ntl ne oroued F sauvr veanper B.C. D,| 204 expresionsin thesePhilipinelsies, | 14S Feria in the IIT Week of Lent (s. FLoRENTINA V.) | 3 CLASS 5 M Ad Christum per Deiparam Fourth Sunday in Lent 1 (Us Feria in the 1V Week of Lent | 3 CLASS 171 Feriain the IV Week of Lent (S. Patrick B.C.) |3 ass 18 W. saunr Garren Arch, | 2 (LASS 19 T SAINT JOSEPH Spouse ofthe B. V. M., Patron of the Universal Church | 10 20 F sainy prautius M. [20455 21_S_ Feria in the IV Week of Lent |3 22_S Passion Sunday (domingo de Lazaro) | 1 (LASS 23M. Feria in Passiontide | 3 CASS 24-1 Feriain Passiontide | 3 LASS 25 W Annunciation of the Blessed Viegin Mary | | (LASS 26 1. Feria in Passiontide | 3 LASS ntide (viernes de dolores) (S. John Damascene C.D.) | 3 (ASS F r S_ Feria in Passiontide (S_Jobn Capistrano C.)| 3 CASS 295 Palm Sunday (domingo de ramos) | 1A55 M_ Monday in Holy Week (lunes santo) | 1 CLASS wesday in Holy Week (martes santo) | 1 LASS +10 the Philippine Island either the eank an the, efferent from those indicated inthe Misal Feats enclosed in (parentheses) are commemorations. Only those commemorations fling on. fil day are given as in nouDrace & SMALL CAPS are 8 oF the proper prayers and textsVOLUME 1, ISSUE 11 Anamnesis Union of law and love Il Maurice Joseph M. Almadrones JAWS GOVERN OUR NATURAL WORLD, AND IT IN THESE LAWS THAT wwe see how much and to what point love was given to create us and all the thing s under the mantle of heaven. The law guides us to love. All laws, therefore, be they natural, liturgical, ecclesiastical, or civil —even the simples demeanour and ¢ rule in class for non-cheating and punetuality, or at home for anliness—define the boundaries for proper and disor- dered loves to be identified. One cannot do without the other: In the Church, pechaps the most vivid demonstration of the intrinsic union of haw and love comes from Saint Mat thew 16, 18-19, when our Lord commis- ‘And 1 say to thee: ‘That thou art Peter; and upon this rock [will build my church, and the gates ofell shall nor prevail against it sioned Saine Peter as the first Pope: And I will give to thee the Keys of the kingdom of heaven, And_ whatsoever thou shale bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shale foose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven. This commission, however, does nor end with the Lord granting Saint Peter the power of judgment. In one of the mast touching and shaking events afier the Resurrection, Our Lord asked Saint Pe ter three important questions, of which Saint John 2x ‘When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith co 15-17 relates: Simon Peter: Simon son of Joha, lovest Union | contiued onp. 8 the month wherein the greatest ‘numberof sins in the cis ale das commited, Ics nor rocket science. Secular take one of our revered marie priests cotrupt the ove he defend ced reduce i volume his east day after him and—vola!before we knove i, they have fish fone aceon of heat aed ov, There is very litle ‘uth to that noe They have made it into a season fla and hs. The Devi indeed has histrcks Valentine's cards must be sell ing quite poorly now: Lee's ad- they are no longer in vogue. Hamanity has nally tunderstood the gross useless ness ofhandicrafe and penman- ship. Love messages have become existential and wiry to the point they are rocyeled and reused like lovely garhage. Orersulscrbd is an ape word. Valentine's cards have largely been replaced by condoms. ‘hey're pornable and disposable, recreational and contraceptive, and available in your ncarestsariseri store. They. achiove fn quicker, without the ado of ereativi- ty,and, surely, without the fuss of parenthood, Nomor for psy’ sotosay Courtship i now a dead art, | which probably explains why the 1" ERIE of intercoure are aint rate, Usury is a hacrative business, bertisaun Sotreningcars : row ofwomsio che pune of of Me ar eeene rere | tory. Hat Cath hme ag Gloomy. Repressed. We have dd heard pert poychoanalyses since che ene of che pote Mychology placed the gateway ro fallin Mone Avermo, br there are alors hidden shrogho the world ach dor in an ins catering othe racy and he texpsoor rel Do ler the inkling ich of yon rons ea yon to these rapsVOLUME 1, ISSUE TT Anamnesis Wicked prevarication Maurice Joseph M. Almadrones, Rolan B. Ambrocio, & Jescon G. Allerite NLIPINO NEWS AGENCH HAVE REPORTED THE DEPOSITIONS OF the authorities of the Philippine Church concerning the gecialseua tion that happened in Luneta during the Papal Mass. The exec jon on Social Commu secretary of the CBCP Episcopal Commis nication and Mass Media said: “For pastoral reasons since people can't move during Communion, mass passing of the Host is okay.” No less than the president of the CBCP himself said in an interview: “Und al circumstances, hindi dapat mangyari Yon, pero extraordinary ang situa tion natin sa Lunet: six million people” adding, “Sa ganuing pagkakataon, kailangan noting tlungan ang isa ise na makatonggap ng Communion. These starements are appalling and upsetting inasmuch as they emanate from the shepherds we expect ro preserve rev erence to the Sacred Forms in all circum- Stances. Either this is cowardice, or fear of accountability, or a mere demonstration of the Filipino mannerism of pagkikibit lalikat, no one can safely divine. But this comes across t0 us crass Ie isa deny-be sana tide the fire rick Redactores Anamnesisscriptoresque Whar was extraordinary with six million? We are notin the position to pit the comfort of a finitely-numbered con: sregation against the infiniteness of the Lord. Evasion just highlights it. IF they admit the occurrence of abuse and sacri lege, what would be he reason? Pray tell Lack of orientation? Lack of formation? Lack of catechesis? ‘The bottomline is Prevarication | continued onp. 10 CAPPELLA GREGORIANE que quins cum anos aidimplet cappella condita MOSENTO KALENDAS MAI Psallite sapienter. AD MULTOS ANNOS MU be: L.D.V.Q. Me ‘OSQUE HYMNOS. Tages by Almadrones,anila, Puertolano. Amamangpang, € NacorVOLUME 1, ISSUE 11 Anamnesis we Modesty: a rare commodity | JessonG. Allerite RADITION AND COMMODITY ARE NOT FRIENDS. TRADI affair chat ac commodity is a business that bypasses accrued wisdom and circu ON IS AN wisdom and honours the passage of time; whereas vents elapsed time. In the normal order of things, tradition governs; but when mass production hijacks tradition, the resulting disguised chaos brings forth an offspring simultaneously inferior and commonplace. Where things are made in a shorter time and in a greater number, as opposed to the way ordained by tradition, there occurs an occupational displacement. Such begets indolence, which slowly de- sensities us to whar tradition meant for uso observe and transmit Ta pile. The size of the average shirt has no- the clothing industry for exam ticeably dropped since man stepped on the moon. Faced with dwindling supplies of raw materials and skyrocketing de- mands, manufacturers have since re- dduced—and continue to redace—the fab ricarea alloted for one single garment Tedoes nothelp that ths industry has a cousin that believes ise ro be high up on the clouds. Haute couture they call it, the select of the select, untouched by petty commodity. But inthe area of rectifying commodity’ gross indecencies, haute cow tures practically useless. Ie exists nor to guide fashion, bur to manipulate taste, and ensure fashion con es for material, form, Style and whar have you. And the desen- sitsed fal vo escape its thrall, slaggish in forms to it. Ie the opiate of modernity, thus hearing no more the good judgment of tradition, Modesty | continuedon p116 Anamnesis ICO PEM tc Rea yet tAy COS) Rev. Fr. Michell Joe Zerrudo Consecrated to the Father tion of the Child Jesus to God isa law that requires every firstborn son ta he consecrated to the Lord. This goes back to the night of the exodus when God sent the angel of death to take the life of every first-born male throughout che land of Egypr with the exemption of those who were behind the doors marked by che blood of the slaugh: tered lamb, Every firstborn son belongs to the Lord and he had to be redeemed from the Lord atthe price ofan animal sacrifice: ase of Maty and Joseph, a pair of turtle doves which were the offering ofthe poor inthe Obedient to the law, Mary and Joseph brought the forty- day-old Jesus to the temple to present Him to the Lord. Ben without the ritual, the Lord Jesus already belongs to God. After all, God is His Father. Remember our meditation on Christmas nighe? We said that Jesus was born in one of the caves outside Bethlehem because there was no room inthe inn, This also sign- fied that Jesus did not belong to the world, He belongs to the Father. He is consecrated to the Father. He who is Mary's firstborn Son is the Only Begotten Son of the Father. “And we have seen His glory: the glory of the Only Begotten Son coming from the Father, fll of grace and truth, And because He is consecrated ro the Father, He will be a sign that wil be contradicted by many. He came to His own and His own did not accept Him. Coneradicted will He be because Consecrated | contin VOLUME 1, ISSUE TT SALT FROM THE DOCTORS Saint Anselm of Canterbury Virgin pure and just TWAS FITTING THAT THE CONCEPTION oF SUCH MAN should come to pass from a Most Pure Mother. It was indeed becoming, that through that purity, of which noth: ing beneath God may be considered gre gin should shine, ro whom God the Father thus disposed ro give His Only Son, Whom, Begorten from His bosom equal to er, thae that Vir Himself, He did love as Himself, shar He may naturally be the joint Son of God the Father and of the Virgin: and whom this very Son did essentially choose for Himself ro be His Mother: and of whom the Holy Ghost did will and overshadow, that He from Whom He did proceed may be conceived and born. Bur jst as I have said chat the same Viegin through that faith was cleansed before that very conception (book 11, ch. 16, 17) 80 therefrom I mention again the other reason of this very same, wherefrom ic operates here. Which two eeasons appear to my intellect ro suifice by themselves to setle the question; but both together appear to copiously satisfy a mind searching for the Strength of reason and the dignity of action. In the present argu ment, all necessity of death and any manner of corsuption or travail is manifestly excluded from this Man: whereas in the oth er argument, a question about this seems 0 emerge: bur with sulicient reason, if it were diligently examined, iis dissolved Therefore, from both arguments, iis clear thar, by nothing, ex- cept by His merciful will, our Lord and Redeemer endured eve- ryching char He suffered. Pure and just continued onp. 10 VIRGO POTENS, ORA PRO CHRISTIANIS PATIENTIBUS ! ‘Te Amami expe its prattude ro Mr Enrique Macadanglang, Sr. and Mr José Marie Olloen foe recorng he homies anal sermons ofr. Zorro,VOLUME 1, ISSUE 11 Anamnesis x SANTORAL FILIPINO Pedro Bautista y compaiieros, mérlires Dip pe jeer Page oer & yelsolemne Te Dewn incoado por el {aaa oe Breese Se ene eee Serre liz acabaron gloriosamentel vid uo a Dios y predicande sf, San Pedro Bautista fue ana ve= quandiin del conventa dels anc ‘0s en Mania frecuentaba as agyas je Los Banos en La Laguna, destacan osucarictercurativa, Fue eed parrono principal de la hoy anquiises es, actoapeobad por a Santa See, su ples quel La mais anigua en La idcesis de Cabo, le Nueva Cac RACION. Ay de mi, Ser, y de mi vids desaprovechada! Qué respondoré yo en is cango de mi ibieza, poniéndome delante de os. oj alos ‘wuestro jn, cuando me hagis cag ‘Santos Miniescuya festa celebraesen est da? La cara se me caer de veg ‘coma eftos amigos tuyosytestig ut Sanisino Nom sada por Sa cauiones. Enviad, Sete, ami pecho de bronce el fuego de vues Esprit amoldado a vuesea bre, orando sl raves perse voluntad,proary fervoroso para subir ala puesta por donde se entra alos pasos eernos, Los escritores de la Anammesis se unen_ arodo el pueblo filipino en rendirla culeo alaNrra. Sra. pe Los Dotores. Estaba la Madre dolorida, orando junto a la C tragpasé el profetizado. Viva la Santa Madre de Dios! iVIVA LA SOBERANA! Consecrated | He does nor belong to the world, His teachings will directly contradict the teachings of the world. The values of the Kingdom are directly contradigtory to everything that the world holds dear: wealth, power, influence, pleasure. His consecration to the Father was the reason for His life of obedience. He obediently accept ced death, death on a Cross Abraham was promised a son even in his cold age. When the promise was fullilled, Abra tram was pur to the rest. He was asked to offer his son in a saceifce: something which, though Consecrated | continued on p. 118 Anamnesis VOLUME 1, ISSUE IT Union |p. 10 thou me more than these? He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou nowest that [love thee. He saith co him: Feed my lambs. He saith to him again: Simon, son of John, lovest chou me? He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee, He saith to him: Feed my lambs. He said to him the third time: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved, because he had said to him the third time: Lovest thou me? And he said lo guide us rohim: Lard, chou knowest al things: thou. knowest that I love thee. He said to him Feed my sheep. Three questions, yes, as ades will be truly cach question used a diffecene ‘word for love in che original Whereas Saint received the power of lw ro Peter bind and t0 loose in the for mer; in the latter, he strength ened and bound with th fession of lve this commission that our Lord asked of him, He received authority to discern which is good and bad, and to keep the law which was perfedted in Christ and hand it down co through his successors, all Vicars of Christ The law, as the Lord falfilled i to preserve the authentic good and to determine and mete justice to wickedness, isa law that Streams forth from love It's neither superficial nor extraneous. Love can only be known. in is purest form by means of a guide, which is ¢he law; and the law cannor be exercised in justice, if there is no consideration of what love rea Of great importance ro us, in our solemn act of worship co the Blessed ‘Trinity, Who deigned co give us both and hw and rere idea and worldv Ne eT Brent crt See Nite ener Sais nn Liturgical law exists to safeguard and Without this compass of worship. the sense of the sacred that has diminished all of these past dec- part the purest expression and truest meaning of our love for God. accord- ing to His greatest commandment. Jove, isthe law of worship. This aw, which we now call turgical haw, its to simultaneously protect and exalt the single Sacrifice on Calvary. Lieurgical law isnot fr externas only—never does it deserve to be described as the history of the world: the pharistc or contrary to love Liturgical law exists to safeguard and togfide us to the correct and perfect expressions oF love, adora- Se tion, and reverence of God and the love and respect of others and ourselves. With out this compass of worship, the sense of the sacred thar has diminish decades will be truly lost and all of these past so shall depart the purest ex pression and truest mean lost and so shall de- of our love for God, according ro His greatest command. Thus, Saint Matthew 7, 1 6 echoes to us these words: idg _— | Judge not, that you may nor ged, for with whar judg. gen you judge, you shal be judged: and with whar measure you i shall be measured to you again. And why seest thou the ote that sin chy brother's ee; and seest nor the beam thats in thy own eye? Or how sayest chou to thy beother: Let me cast the ace out of thy eye; and behold a beam isin thy oven eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out frst rhe eam in thy own eye, and chen shale thou ast out the more out of thy brother's eye. Give not that which is holy to dogs: neithe Is before cast ye your pi swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and rurn- {ng upon you, they tear you. Eece panis Ange dimension of the unrest in Mindanao never gets that much at lights single-mindedly Ta eee sree orance isa career path in the fo aE eee Sete ent or on CeCe o dena ar must be f peace. Nothir Sean ed at all. Bur Pea re eta ts 20, we a eee! arr] sheds. Let us take hold of emerge Meee ees ay under her heel the crescent, and upraise the saving cross!VOLUME 1, 18S0E 11 Anamne INDEFATIGABILIS ! © Almadrones in, non. fbr, Suscepirwus, Deus, misercardam tuam in medio tempi tl: secundum nomen tuum, Deus, ita et aus tua in fines trae: usa pena est dextea tua ng of candles on the Pufcation of the aday. A At the dsb Peis10 Pureand just|p.6 Te, therefore, appears to me, indeed concerning orignal si, ust as Thave pro- itis sufficiently shown how by no reason it could have descended from the pose: parents to the Man conceived: but rather He ought ro be made just and blessed, as reason demands, For which reason, from ajnst Fa ture and from a just Mother according to ther according to His divine na His human nature, He was born just, so to speak, from thar very beginning: i is not unsuitably that He is said to have original justice from His very beginning, nal injustice, which al oth- er ofipringof Adam possess. instead of ori Buriis superfluous to dispute about personal injustice, because it could not have rouched Him; for His human nature wwas never without His divine nature in Him, nor was His soul burdened against His will, nor by wharever manner imped: ruptble body. Which soul, being itself—nay, the whole Man and God, the Word of God—always existed as one person, He was never without per- ed by a fect justice, and wisclom, and power all of He always had from Himself, in accordance with His Person as God: even whic though, with respect to His nature, whar His human narure possessed, it received from His divine naruce. (-] Neverth gin Mother, the will motivated and the ss, up until the Vir- nature begat in parents, so that this same Virgin partly by nature, partly by will should be brought forth unto her exist Slike all oh neither did the will of the creature moti- cence, Neverthe! vate the production of an offipring, noc did the narure of the creature beget an offpri power of the Most High did wondrously but the Holy Ghost and the procreate Man from the Virgin woman, Therefore, concerning othe in Adam—that is, it was in his power— it was that they [offring] should exist. Con: cerning the Son of the Virgin, however, it swas nat in Adam's power that by some Pureand just| continued amp. 12 Anamnesis Prevarication |p. 4 this: the organisers would ultimately bear blame. And who organised the event? Thy did. So, denial isan escape plan. No authority in the Church, nor even the highes, can dishense a Catholic from the dary of preserving the necessary reverence owed to our Lord in the Mos Au gust and Bless: ed Sacrament monplace, it is no longer rec- ognised as rilege. Now, people treat any semblance of it, with sur. prising indiffer Adding insu to injury seems td be business nowadays everybod Ifwe could take good care ofthe Ho- ly Father's security a the highest expense why did we not take the utmost care for cur Lord Himself in the Blessed Sacra iment? = — No authority in the Church. nol even the highest, can dis- Sacrieges pense a Catholic from the duty of preserving the necessary reverence owed to our Lord in the Most August and Blessed Sacrament. Sacrilege is now so commonplace... VOLUME 1, ISSUE TT Almadrones Some say thar the Lord does nor mind? If we think like this then this is akin to saying that we should nor have taken all the trouble for the security of the Pape since he does not mind. But he does mind, and most likely does the Lord mind about His safecy in our hands If we can do it for the Vicar, why not for the One he represents, no? Now, we have it in the history books. Ifthe hierarchy will nor do something, and would dare even to defend lirurgcal abuse then itis up to us to addeess it early through much ealled-for and ur gentadtion. Arcabishop Fulton John Sheen, serv ant of God, & hes us: "Who is going to save our Church? Not our bishops, not cur priests and religious. Ie is up to you, inuedon p. 12VOLUME 1, ISSUE 11 Anamnesis u Modesty | 9.5 Where good traditions thrive, there good virtues subsist. Commodity i ratio, ti virtus, a serious blow to cloth ingand, with it, to the virtue of modesty. The modern world thinks of mod esty asa compulsion to cover up all possi- ble surfaces of the skin that do not enjoys as their birch right a daily exposure tothe sun. It also likes. to. think thar such com: pulsion is im: posed, not vol- untary. To ita fally-clad body should only be seen on the wax Neander- thal in some natural history We Roman Catholics have heen faulted for being too solemn. Fair enough! We think—nol, itis our responsibility to think so—of modesty as a virtue, insepa rable from chastity, as both preserve the flesh feom worldly corruptions. ‘Commodity is not fastidious with is vietims. Ie infects everything unlucky to pas b modity has made unbecoming clothes so cath its pernicious shadow. Com commonplace they have become incolera bly tolerable. They have taken forms so incomprehensible and outrageous tha the have become no more than weak pa excuses of true We Roman Catholics have been faulted for being too sol- emn. Fair enough! We think— nol, it is our responsibility to think so—of modesty as a vir- tue, inseparable from chaslily, as both preserve the flesh Jrom worldly corruptions. So se commccity clothes hon: ured by rime, Fashion is undoubtedly a sort of trip tease thar has been forced 10 Stretch across a lifetime Yes, mod: esly preserves us from temp- tation; whereas fashion, and irtepresents always tempts, igniting feom within our bodies the strange passions that we harbour, and using chem against us. Let us eschew this corruption, by gid ing ourselves with the virtue of modes Consecrated |p.7 dificult, Abraham was willing o do: “He who had received the promise was ready to offer his son.” Of course, we know that before the sacrifice was consummated, an angel of the Lord kept Abraham from harming his boy. Isaac, Abraham's son, became an image of Jesus, the Only Be- gorten Son of the Father. Like Abraham, the Father was willing ro offer His Son in the sacrifice on the Cross. Burin his cas, there was no angel who came to abort the sacrifice. The sacrifice was consummated Christ obediently accepted death on the Cross In the remple, Mary broughe in che Lamb of Sacrifice, Jesus her Son, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Simeon foresaw char Jesus would have to suffer deeply from those who rejected Him and as a consequence, Mary would herself suffer with Hlim in her heart: "A sword will pierce your heart.” Mary, being the frst of the disci- ples, would be the very first to experience the hatred of the world on account of her association with Jesus: "IFthe world hares you, know thar it has hated me fist.” Like Mary, the disciple would have to suffer because he belongs to Jesus, and belong- ing co Jesus, he belongs not to the world bu to the Father Therefore, “Let us approach God who is thrice Holy to offer our life and ‘our mission, both personally and as a community of men and women conse- ated to the Kingsom of God. Let us make this inner gesture in profound spir- itual communion with the Virgin Mary. As we contemplate her in the act of pre- senting the Child Jesus inthe Temple, let tus venerate her as the fist and perfect consecrated one, carried by the God whom she carries in her arms; Virgin, poor and obeclent, totally dedicated to us Ibecause she belongs torally to God. At hier school and with her motherly help let tus renew our ‘here Iam’ and our fiat’? (Benedict XVI, Homily on the Presentation ofthe Lord, 2010,12 Anamnesis VOLUME 1, ISSUE TT Pure and just|p. 10 manner He should exit as it was in the clay's power, from which the frst man was made, that he should wondrously exist; nor was iin thar man’s power, that Eve, in the manner by which she was made from him, should exist. Nor was it in anyone of chose, who descended from ‘Adam until Mary, that He should exist. Nevertheles thar wherefrom He was to be assumed was in them (in the same way thae where from the frst man was made was in the He was in them, because clay; and thar wherefrom Eve was made ‘was in that first man), noe by the will or power ofthe creature, burby divine vi Bur just as much more wondrously and with greater grace did He proceed, so as much was He made God-Man chan they who were made mere men. There- fore, He was in Adam, ina vastly different manner, when Adam sinned: from that by which others did, who are procreated by the voluntary and natural order Hence, in a certain manner, Adam pro- duces those whom the human will, in ‘motivating, and the human nature, by begetting, procreate through received powers. Only God, however, fashioned the Son of the Virgin (although He fash- ioned Him from Adam), because God begat Him not through Adam, but through Himself, and, as it were, from Himself excerpt fom the Book on virgnal conception ond original in ‘TRADITIONAL MATRIMONY (CES marriages in the Philippines are solemnised according to the sh cial ritual eaken from the MANUAL oF T0- unpo (ef. Adda & Decreta 1 Conclé Plenri Insarum Philppinarum, 0.463). ‘This ritual is abligatory forthe Philip pines (Rit, Roman, tt. VII c. 2. n. 63 CIC, ‘can. r100).—tMPRUMATUR José Jovelnas. For enquties, please contact 09162290128 and 09176227187 etalon the ceremonies canbe ound here: www.delpraesidiofultus.blogspot com scl yabicdo20Rie Prevarication |p. 10 the people. You have the minds, che eyes, and the ears to save the Church, Your mission isto see that your priests act like priests, your bishops act like bishops, and your religious act lke religious. Lest we be accused of becoming fo0 legalitc or even a bolier-han-thou prick, a small factoic “The Blessed Sacrament was profaned, period. ‘There were fragments found in the mud, Does that still justify ‘what happened in the Papal Mass? If we can excuse a lot of things as something needless with respect to what stands legally wih the Licurgy, then by all means let usall ust do away with the Flo ly Sacrifice of the Mass, After all, withthe work! becoming chummy, we might as well just live by che dictum char all God needs is to fel that He is loved and for us to fel thar we are loved by God. Why not just abolish law and lieur- gy? Abolish social order with it? In the end, everything is just a matter of sub- jedtivty. Whae matters is thac we fee love ‘Away with pharisaic exhortations! Down with selEighteous cretins! They think we must not employ the law that we know to ‘pass judgment to wicked deeds. Who are wero judge? isthe new motto, right? Allow us to serve this question: Who fF you im- are yuu co judge us 0 rash Wotan a0 rae eet te ct Flies a ee pede us from judging you according to lave, whae gives you the right to judge us according to mere shallow emotional re sponse? Sorry, but we cannot le sa many Stupid excuses to excuse something in trinscally wrong pass unscathed! People must get over it! God is a God of mercy. But He is also the God of justice. We cannot look at mercy and Blink justice away. This much relativity in the Catholic world is sickening! Nobody should brush this off as un- important. Appearances are deceiving adage: Their lack of compassion for the Lord in che Lec us paraphrase a neona Sacrament can be as vulgar as our excess cof cars for the sacrilege commisced against Him, Lerus end the bickering and admit i. Sacrilege and desecration of the Blessed Sacrament happened both in he cathe- ddl of Manila and in the Luneta. No igh y should give an exeuse to this, nor even a sad and sorry excuse for extrnord nary circumstance. We cannot count on bigh authorities t0 look ineo this because they have already rurned a blind eye and a deaf ear, instead of speaking the Truth. Let us recollect ourselves, and ser aside some time t0 offer reparative ads and prayers for this sarilege thar happened. * Fxemo.yRmo.D. Aurmeno M: Onvian,oracignpronuiada ov lesson oleme dl Caio Paris deli Isla Flipinas