CHAPTER EIGHT

CONCLUSION

And Elias said to them: Take the prophets of Baal, and let not one of them escape. Ad when they had taken them, Elias brought them down to the torrent in Cison, and killed them there.

And Elias said to Achab: Go up, eat, and drink: for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

Achab went up to eat and drink: and Elias went up to the top of Carmel, and casting himself down upon the earth put his face between his knees,

And he said to his servant: Go up, and look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said: There is nothing. And again he said to him: Return seven times.

And at the seventh time, behold, a little cloud arose out of the sea like a man’s foot, and he said: Go up and say to Achab: Prepare thy chariot and go down, lest the rain prevent thee.

And while he turned himself this way and that way, behold the heavens grew dark, with clouds, and win, and there fell a great rain. 3 Kings 18:40-45

Having foolishly tasted, we Catholics are all able to testify, "The ‘Old’ is better." It is already past the time when this tasteless Concoction of a "mass" should have been sent back to the kitchen as unfit for human consumption; whereas, we are "a chosen generation, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people." (1 Pet. 2:9). We require more than a light lunch; we must have Food that has been sacrificed, the Bread of Angels, the "strong meat" (Heb. 5:12) of Christ’s own Flesh, and the "milk without guile," (1 Pet. 2:2), the Blood which flows from the Side of the Resurrected one.

For we have great chores to do, and a glorious battle to wage: "Our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the rules of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in high places." (Eph. 6:12). It is time we dealt with the meddlesome interlopers in our midst, who, while we were asleep, have sown "the execrable cockle of error and schism" (68) in the field of Christ’s Church. (Mt. 13:25). It is time we united our forces against the modern-day barbarians who are bent on the ruination and befouling of every divine and human construction. It is time for a rebirth of charity among those of the "household of the faith," (Gal. 6:10), that others, who are wandering in the darkness, may see our good works, which that Faith inspires inexhaustibly. It is time to glorify our Father Who is in Heaven (Mt. 5:16) – blessed be His Name forever!

Any Catholic should see there will never be any peace or order in the Church or in the world at large unless there occur a restoration of the True Mass and the Ancient Faith. If this prospect disturbs outsiders, so be it. We have our souls to save, as well as theirs, and we cannot achieve this without our Mass.

November 1, 1971

The Feast of All Saints

Footnotes.

68. Enchiridion Symbolorum. Cc. Trid. Sess. XIII. Prooemium. p. 384, No. 1635.