III Sunday of Advent - Gaudete Sunday
An Open Letter to the Catholic Bishops, Priests, Religious and Faithful
Dear Catholic Soul, We have just concluded our General Chapter where we considered our Congregation and its vocation in the Church and in the Diocese of Christchurch, New Zealand where the Bishop had decreed its expulsion. The attached letter expresses the convictions of our Congregation. This is not a task we embrace lightly. We have considered the array of possible punishments that the hierarchy may use against us - all mentally terrifying really, yet buttressed in the knowledge that the hierarchy has broken with the chain of command, which renders it human, and spiritually null. But when Our Lord’s honour is at stake, silence becomes a form of betrayal. We therefore take up this work with trembling hearts but with firm conviction, desiring only to defend the Holy Name of Jesus Christ and the purity of His Spouse, the Church. “ Every one therefore that shall confess Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father Who is in Heaven. But he that shall deny Me before men, I will ...
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Oh Divine Lord, whose adorable heart ardently sighs for the
happines of Your children, we humbly pray that You remember
the souls of the children of Newport for whom we pray; command
that Your holy angels receive them and convey them to a place
of rest and peace. Amen