"PRAY THAT WE PRIESTS AND BISHOPS GROW SOME HAIRS ON OUR CHESTS"

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Today in the pre-Vat II calendar we celebrate Good Shepherd Sunday. And today I was highly privileged to attend the traditional Latin Mass in Napier, celebrated by a very good shepherd.

But wait on: that Mass was celebrated, by a good shepherd, not in one of Napier's three Catholic churches (run by the Marists) but in a funeral parlour: Dunstall's Funeral Services in Napier, to be exact.

And it was prayed by about 20 faithful Catholics, one from Wairoa an hour and a half away over a dreadful road, three from Central Hawke's Bay (an hour away), the good shepherd himself, Fr Francois Laisney SSPX and his chauffeur, a religious, who'd driven probably three hours from Whanganui. The balance probably came fron Napier and environs.

Something is terribly wrong here: the Marists in Napier are refusing people their unalienable right to Communion on the tongue. Fr Barrie Scannell S M remarked to a sometime Napier Massgoer today that he hadn't seen her lately. "No Father," was the reply. "I go to Mass in Hastings because in Napier I can't have Communion on the tongue." Fr Scannell turned and walked away.

And yet the vast majority of Napier Catholics attend the Marist Masses and receive Communion in the hand. Perhaps they don't know the treasure of the traditional Latin Mass, celebrated by a true shepherd who doesn't hesitate to confront his listeners with the truth of a global, amoral elite which is calling the shots for "The Fourth Industrial Revolution" as the fascist Klaus Schwab calls it, with the intention of raking in the world's shekels for themselves and depopulating the planet of useless people, especially useless people who believe in God and so believe in Truth, and so get in the elites' way.

Or perhaps they just can't bring themselves to go down on their knees at the prie-dieu and put out their tongue to receive their Lord and God the way their ancestors did for centuries.

Klaus Schwab, possibly the least attractive and most influential man on the planet

And we need to ask why the Mass that was celebrated by their ancestors for centuries is banished to a funeral parlour (even if it does look like the church it was, once upon a good time). But Palmerston North Diocese has no bishop to ask. All we have is Apostolic Administrator Cardinal John Dew in far-away Wellington, who also refuses the faithful their right to Communion on the tongue. And pastors like Dr Fr Joe Grayland at the cathedral, who gives sodomites a good press.

Fr Richard Heilman and friend

All the foregoing is by way of a preamble to a heartfelt plea from Father Richard Heilman, a priest of the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin, and Wisconsin State Chaplain for the Knights of Columbus. He's a regular guest host on Relevant Radio’s The Inner Life, and  founder of the Knights of Divine Mercy, an apostolate for Catholic men, founder of the Ladies of Divine Mercy, an apostolate for Catholic women. He's the author of the Church Militant Field Manual and the Roman Catholic Man website, both dedicated to helping Catholics understand and train for their role in the mission of combating evil and rescuing the souls of our loved ones who have lost the precious gift of faith:

Here we are. We priests and bishops thought we could just keep the perfunctory programs and mandatory sacramental preparations going, along with the standard amount of Mass offerings, with a half hour of Confessions each week, while we made sure we never offended anyone, for fear of keeping the offertory collection at an acceptable level, or losing cred among their fellow clerics.

All while we watched the wolves of this world devour our sheep.

I've lost count as to how many have approached me to ask for prayers or any advice whatsoever on what they can do about their child, or their sibling, who has totally turned their lives over to the culture and its "normalization of evil" that is now at historic proportions. Sodom and Gomorrah seems like an Amish community in comparison to our culture today.

My first question I ask is, "Where do you worship?" And then, "Can you describe it to me?" It usually boils down to something "common." While it is a nice community, they are not challenged, and they never hear sermons that challenge the anti-Christ movements in our culture today that seek to normalize evil. If it is this kind of wishy-washy parish, I then ask if they have any other options of "strong" parishes within driving distance.

Napier parishioners - you have the "strong" SSPX traditional Latin Mass right there in your city once a month (3rd Sundays, 5 p m, Confessions beforehand - and after if need be). 

Staying there is like sending your child to a public school that asks what their preferred pronoun they choose to use.

It seems we priests and bishops avoid speaking against this current culture and the new super-flood of "normalizing evil," for fear of appearing to "take sides." This would "cause division," and we'd prefer to welcome everyone, so we avoid "triggering" anyone.

Balderdash! (socially acceptable word, right? )

Just look at Peter and John in this Sunday's readings (in the Novus Ordo). Peter says, "YOU denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you!" John says, "Those who say, 'I know him,' but do not keep his commandments are LIARS!"

I bet their ears didn't feel "tickled" there!

And, let's not forget that, while Peter and John were giving their "drill sergeant-like" sermons, "the the number of the disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly" (Acts 6:7). People want something SUBSTANTIAL that calls them to engage in the battle, not thin gruel.

At some point, we priests and bishops need to MAN UP, like Peter and John, and begin to be the TRUE shepherds we are called to be, instead punch-the-clock functionaries that we are now. Our flocks are being kidnapped by a force that is FAR MORE passionate then we are!! They are being devoured while we calculate whether we are at the acceptable level of political correctness.

Those who speak out are accused of being political. POPPYCOCK!! Those who remain silent, for fear of offending, are in fact the ones putting politics ahead of the well-being of their flocks!

Please pray that we priests and bishops grow some hair on our chests.