Sunday, 16 July: Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Davenport: 9:30 Catechism, 10:15 Confessions, 10:35 Rosary, 11:00 Low Mass. Blessing of new Ch by Brown Scapulars after Mass. Holy Name Devotion. Fellowship meal in Hall.

Iowa City: 2:10 Confessions, 2:30 Low Mass. Blessing of new Scapulars after Mass.

“Every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and every evil tree bringeth evil.’ Matthew 7:19. https://extraordinaryform.org/propers/Pentecost07th.pdf

Who are the false Prophets?

Those seducers who under an appearance of virtue and honesty lure innocent, simple souls from the right path, and lead them to vice and shame; who by sweet words, such as: “God , is full of love, and will not be severe on sin, He does not require so very much of us, He knows we are weak, and if a person sins, he can be converted,” seek to steal from souls all modesty and fear, of God. Guard against such hypocrites, for they have the poison of vipers on their tongues. By the false prophets are also understood those who propagate error, who by superficial words fade the true faith, who speak always of love and liberty, and who under the pretence of making people free and happy bring many a soul to doubt and error, depriving it of true faith and peace of heart.

How can we know the false prophets?

By their works; for evil, corrupted men can produce only bad fruit. If we look into their life we will find that at heart they are immoral hypocrites who observe external propriety only that they may the more easily spread their poison. The false teachers and messengers of error may be known by their lives, but especially by their intentions, Which are to subvert all divine order, and to put the unrestrained lust of the flesh and tyranny in its place.

Who else are understood by the false prophets?

Those who under pretence of making men happy and rich, induce the credulous to make use of superstition, of wicked arts, deceit, and injustice; especially those who under he deceiving appearance of liberty and equality, independence and public good, incite them to open or secret revolt against civil and ecclesiastical authority.

Be not deceived by these so-called public benefactors who look always to their own advantage, but trust in God, support yourself honestly, live like a Christian, and you will find true liberty and happiness here and hereafter.

Why does Christ say: “Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire?”

He warns us that faith without good works is not sufficient for salvation; and he therefore adds; Not every one that saith: Lord, Lord (who outwardly professes himself my servant, but is not really such) shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he who, (by the fulfilment of the duties of his state of life and by the practice `of good works), does the will of my Father, merits heaven. Strive then, Christian soul, to fulfil God’s will in all things, perform your daily duties with a good intention, and you will certainly obtain the kingdom of heaven. Fr Leonard Goffine

7:15 am, Friday 14 July: Feast of St Bonaventure, Doctor Ecclesia

Adoration and Confessions following Mass https://extraordinaryform.org/propers/0714StBonaventureDoctor.pdf

Mission San Buenaventura, California

San Buenaventura Mission is the ninth and last mission consecrated by Saint Junipero Serra. Named in honor of Saint Bonaventure (1221-1274: Cardinal and Doctor of the Church), it is known as the “Mission by the Sea”.

UPDATE on the status of the Pre-Conciliar Mass (TLM) in the Diocese of Davenport

Bishop Thomas Zinkula has received a formal decree from the Roman Curia regarding his generous 2022 dispensation from the requirement of the motu proprio of Pope Francis Traditiones Custodes of July 2021 that Traditional Latin Masses be no longer celebrated in parish churches – but rather elsewhere e. g. chapels or oratories.

In December 2021 a Responsa on the implementation of T C was released, containing official guidelines and clarifications. That instruction stated that if it could be established that it is impossible for the TLM to be celebrated elsewhere – as is the case in our diocese – the bishop and the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in Rome could grant permission to groups celebrating the TLM in parish churches in order to continue doing so.

Our Diocese has recently received that co-permission to dispense from T C and continue the allowing of the TLM according to the Missal of 1962 in Davenport and Iowa City, for a period two years (30 May 2025).

Subject to the ongoing performance of the requirements and expectations of Pope Francis in his motu proprio – to be tracked and documented for a report the dicastery CDW is expecting in 2025, concerning action steps which have been taken to lead the faithful who are attached to the antecedent Liturgy towards the celebration of the liturgy according to the liturgical books reformed by decree of the Second Vatican Council.

It is my responsibility to initiate and keep track of these steps taken. I am forming a committee to support me in this task. The pastors of Holy Family and St Patrick parishes will ensure that an accurate count of participants is taken each week.

I wish to thank everyone for their prayers and well wishes for this positive outcome which Bishop Zinkula shared with me yesterday. Please continue praying for the traditional Mass communities which center on Davenport and Iowa, and for me, your group leader for Bishop Zinkula and for Christ, Lord of the Church.

12:05, Monday 10 July: Feast of the Seven Holy Brothers et al

Adoration and Confessions preceding

The names of the seven brothers whose martyrdom is commemorated today, are: Januarius, Felix, Philip, Sylvan, Alexander, Vitalis and Martialis. Their mother was St. Felicitas, a matron greatly renowned in Rome, not only on account of her noble birth, but still more for her edifying life. https://extraordinaryform.org/propers/0710SevenHolyBrothers.pdf

Sunday, 9 July: Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Holy Family, Davenport: 10:15 Confessions, 10:40 Rosary, 11:00 Low Mass. Holy Face devotion; Fellowship Meal after Mass

St Patrick, Iowa City: 2:10, Confessions, 2:30 Low Mass

https://extraordinaryform.org/propers/Pentecost06th.pdf

Why did Christ say: ‘I have compassion on the multitude?’

Because of His mercy and goodness to man, as well as to prove that which He taught on another occasion, (Matt. VI. 33.) that to those who seek first the kingdom of God and His justice all other things will be added, without asking; for none of the multitude asked Christ for food, and yet He provided for all.

And He blessed them. (Mark VIII. 7.) Why?

Seduced by Satan, the first man violated the holy is command of God, and by his sin brought upon himself and his habitation the curse of divine wrath. (Gen. III. 17.) Man was made by God, and therefore subject: to Him, but was himself master of all created things. .

After the sin of disobedience, however, all creation revolted against him: the animals fled from him, the fields yielded only thorns and thistles, the herbs became poisonous to him, or refused him their former wholesome power. Innumerable evils followed, all men and even the whole earth suffered from them; the devil drew both into his sphere and made them his servants, and this evil spirit now made use of created ,things to divert man altogether from God and to cause his eternal ruin.

But God decreed that man and earth should not remain in this condition: Christ, the Son of God, came upon earth, redeemed it from the bonds of Satan, and gave all men the power to become once more God’s children. The devil was conquered by the cross, but not slain; man and the, earth were indeed taken from his dominion, but not from his influence; for he even now, as the apostle Writes, goes about like a roaring lion, seeking ,whom he may devour, (I Peter V. 8.); and as he used the forbidden fruit in paradise to seduce man, he now uses the created things of the earth to tempt man, and, make him his servant. Man and all creation had to be drawn from this pernicious influence, to be liberated from the bondage of corruption and be brought to the freedom of the children of God. (Rom. VIII. 19.)

This is done in the Church, to which Christ entrusted the power of binding and loosing, and gave the work of sanctifying through the Holy Ghost, by means of blessing and consecrating. By virtue of the merits of Christ, and with the assistance of the Holy Ghost, the Church, or the priest in her name, therefore blesses and consecrates persons as well as other created things which they are to use, or which she is to apply to the service of God.

In this the Church follows the example of Christ and the Apostles. Jesus embraced children and laid His hands upon them, blessing them; (Mark X. 16.) He blessed bread and fishes, the food of thousands; blessed breed and wine at the last supper; (Matt. XXVI. 26.) was recognized by the disciples in the blessing of bread; (Luke XXIV. 30.) blessing the disciples He ascended into heaven; (Luke XXIV. 51.) by His command the apostles wished peace to every house into which they stepped; (Matt. X. 12, 13.) and St. Paul expressly says, that every living thing is sanctified by prayer and the word of God. (I Tim. IV. 5.)

Following the example and command of Christ the Church also introduced blessings and benedictions which were prefigured in the Old Law. God commanded the priests to sanctify and to consecrate whatever was to belong to His service, (Levit. VIII.) and the Old Law is full of blessings and consecrations which had to be used by the priests; (Exod. XXIX. 36.; XXX. 25.; XI. 9.) and if persons and things used for God’s service were to be blessed, how much more so in the. New Law which in place of the type, contains the reality and truth The testimony of Scripture is confirmed by all the holy Fathers, and by the constant practice of the Church which has received from Christ, the power to bless and to consecrate. Fr Leonard Gofine