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C Jor esuFornax Ardens Caritatis, Miserere Nobis
» Saint Pius X
A Parish Bulletin
Priory of the Most Sacred Heart
Palayamkottai
In this Issue »
P2 : Bishop Fellay’s Letter
P5 : Pope St. Pius X
P9 : Our Lady of Sorrows
P11 : Book Review
P12 : Information Corner
Sancta Maria Publications
September 2016 Issue: 9
D ear Friends and Benefactors,
In 1917, Our Lady deigned to visit the earth.
She entrusted to the three visionaries of
Fatima a message composed of several parts,
some of which are classified under the name of “secret”
so that the “message” and the “secret” of Fatima have
become almost synonymous. It is necessary, however,
to distinguish between them. The message was communi-
cated immediately. The parts belonging to the secret
were supposed to be divulged later, at various dates, the
latest being 1960. The secrets concern major events in
the Church and in the world, in relation to the way in
which mankind behaves toward God. They deal with
wars, the disappearance of entire nations, serious errors
spreading over all the continents, the consecration of
Russia by the pope and the bishops, the triumph of the
Immaculate Heart, and a time of peace.
Establish devotion to the Immaculate Heart of
Mary worldwide
One year before the celebration of the centenary of
the Fatima apparitions, which have been recognized by
the Church as authentic, allow me to reiterate the im-
portance of this event and this message, which remind us
of a number of fundamental truths of the faith and
show us God’s real intervention in human history.
1) The essence of the message is found in these
words of the Blessed Virgin to Sister Lucy on June 13,
1917: “Jesus wants to use you to make Me known and loved.
He wants to establish the Devotion to My Immaculate Heart
in the world. I promise salvation to those who embrace it and
their souls will be loved by God as flowers placed by Myself to
adorn His Throne.”
When we reflect on the Fatima message as a whole,
with its secret, while considering the influence that it
has had and still has in the history of the Church and of
the world, it becomes obvious that everything revolves
around a divine intervention: “He (Jesus) wants to establish
Devotion to My Immaculate Heart in the world.” Later,
when Sister Lucy asked the Sacred Heart why He wants
the consecration of Russia, Our Lord replied: “Because
I want My whole Church to recognize this consecration as a
triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, so as then to spread
devotion to Her and to place devotion to the Immaculate Heart
alongside devotion to My Sacred Heart” (Spring 1936).
2) The second fundamental truth that emerges
from the Fatima message is, of course, the real interven
- tion of Almighty God in human history, both of indi-
viduals and of nations. This is an obvious truth for us,
2 Cor Jesu-September 2016
Letter to Friends and Benefactors no. 86
1917-2017, the Relevance of the Fatima Message
but today it is widely under attack in an atheistic, liberal,
or socialist-communist world—a Masonic world that
claims to carry out its activities and accomplish its plans
without any regard for the Creator and Savior, God,
Our Lord Jesus Christ. Unfortunately, many Church
leaders, too, are steeped in this idea that the world, nation
states, and civil governments have no accounting to
render to Christ to King, the King of Nations. Many
elements of the Fatima message show us exactly the
opposite. Here are three of them:
a) The Most Blessed Virgin explains to the children
of Fatima that God has placed the peace of nations in
the hands of Mary. Whether they enjoy peace or suffer
from war depends in the first place upon Our Lady, by
an explicit arrangement of Divine Providence.
b) Responding to the Blessed Virgin’s request for
consecration to her Immaculate Heart, the bishops of
Portugal obeyed, but Spain ignored this request. Sister
Lucy herself explains that the misfortunes that afflicted
Spain afterward (which Portugal escaped) were conse-
quences of the Spanish bishops’ failure to make this
consecration.
c) After the announcement that if the world did
not convert there would be another, more terrible war,
World War II took place. If we consider carefully the
most important dates of that war, we must note that
they correspond to feasts of the Most Blessed Virgin
Mary. In particular May 8, the Feast of Mary Mediatrix
—formerly the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel—
was the date of the German surrender; and August 15,
the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, was the date when
the Emperor of Japan accepted the defeat of his coun-
try.
God’s real intervention in human history
3) “God is not mocked” (Gal 6:7). Here, accord-
ing to the testimony of Sister Lucy, are the words of
Our Lord Himself, two years after Our Lady came to
tell her, in 1929, that the time for the consecration of
Russia had arrived—a request that was left unheeded:
“Make it known to My ministers, given that they follow the
example of the King of France in delaying the execution of
My command [to consecrate Russia], they will follow him
into misfortune” (August 1931). These words recall the
request made by the Sacred Heart to Louis XIV in 1689,
which the King of France disdained to carry out. One
hundred years later, the French Revolution broke out,
which resulted in the ruin of King Louis XVI and his
decapitation. The threats made by Our Lord to His
ministers are terrible, therefore . . . they will follow the
King of France into misfortune. The current persecutions
of many, many Christians, the attacks against consecrated
persons, give us reason to think that unfortunately the
priests and the bishops, the ministers of Our Lord, have
not yet drunk this chalice of misfortune to the dregs.
All this shows the importance that Our Lord
Himself gives to Fatima and to its message about devotion
to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
We can conclude that the history of the 20th and
21st centuries is profoundly dependent on this divine
intention: devotion to the Immaculate Heart, and on
the gross negligence of the world and of many Church
leaders in carrying out this intention, which however
was manifested with such great clarity and accompa-
nied by truly extraordinary miracles.
Based on Our Lady’s words themselves, we must
conclude also that God’s plans will lead to the crowning
glory of the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
when Russia is consecrated by the Holy Father, united
by the bishops from all over the world. With this triumph,
a time of peace is promised to the world and to the Church.
So far the many attempts to make the consecra-
tion have not obtained the effects promised by Mary.
And despite an undeniable religious renewal of Orthodox
Russia in recent years, we see today neither its conse-
cration nor any increase of devotion to the Immaculate
Heart of Mary in the world. Quite the contrary.
A year to prepare for the centenary of Fatima
To prepare properly for the centenary of the
Fatima apparitions, we have decided to launch a new
Rosary crusade, the prayer that the Immaculate Heart
of Mary requested so urgently.
In order to correspond as closely as possible to
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the divine intentions, and given Our Lady’s insistence
on the need to make reparation for sins, we will set our
hearts on combining our rosaries with many sacrifices.
We do hope to be able to offer a crown of twelve million
rosaries and fifty million sacrifices. With all our heart
we want to work to spread devotion to the Immaculate
Heart, particularly during this time of prayer and penance.
This is the primary intention of our crusade, to which
we join also the filial request for the triumph of Her
Immaculate Heart and for the consecration of Russia
according to the directions of Our Lady. And finally, in
the troubled times that we are going through, both in
the world and in the Church, we ask our heavenly Mother
for special protection for the Society of Saint Pius X,
all its works, and all its affiliated religious communities.
We invite you all, for love of the Mother of God,
of Her Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart, to multiply
these acts, which we ourselves will do, to practice this
devotion more intensely and to spread it.
Thus we recommend that, after diligent prepara-
tion, you consecrate your homes and your works to
the Immaculate Heart, and practice the devotion of the
Five First Saturdays of the month, and personally wear
the scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and spread
the Miraculous Medal given by the Blessed Virgin on
rue du Bac in Paris—a medal which, on the reverse,
shows the Two Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
May we thus offer our small contribution to
Heaven’s requests, receive divine protection, and above
all obtain in due time the fulfillment of the most beautiful
of all promises: our salvation, the salvation of sinners.
May Our Lady deign to bless you with the Child
Jesus, as a beautiful, pious prayer from the Breviary says:
“Nos cum prole pia benedicat Virgo Maria.”
On the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, July 16, 2016 + Bernard Fellay
4 Cor Jesu-September 2016
St. Pius X - Some Dates
1835 : Giuseppe Sarto born of poor parents at Riese, in the territory of Venice.
1858 : Ordained a priest — Parish ministry.
1875 : Canon of Treviso, rector of the seminary.
1884 : Bishop of Mantua.
1893 : Cardinal and Patriarch of Venice.
1903 : August 4, Elected Pope.
Oct. 4, Encycl. E supremi : restoration of all things in Christ.
Nov. 22, Motu proprio on Sacred Music.
1904 : March 19, Commission for the codification of canon law.
1905 : April 15, Encycl. Acerbo nimis : teaching of Christian Doctrine.
June 11, Encycl. Il fermo proposito : ‘Catholic Action.’
Dec. 20, Decree Sacra Tridentina Synodus : daily Communion.
1907 : Sept. 8, Encyl. Pascendi : against Modernism.
1908 : June 29, Constit. Sapienti consilio : reorganization of the Curia.
Aug. 4, Exhortatio ad Clerum Catholicum, Haerent animo.
1910 : Aug. 8, Decree Quam singulari : Communion of children.
1 9 1 1 : Nov. 1, Constit. Divino afflatu : new disposition of the psalter in the breviary.
1913 : Oct. 23, Motu proprio Abhinc duos annos : reform of the breviary.
1914 : Aug. 20, Death of Pius X.
1951 : June 3, Beatification.
1954 : May 29, Canonization.
(Even this brief list of documents makes one realize how deep an influence Pius X
has had on almost every aspect of the life of the Church.)
The day after the Pope’s death the praise for him
was unanimous. In Rome the great liberal daily Il Gior-
nale d’Italia, which had so often echoed the principles
and catch-phrases of Modernism, gave pride of place to
an article which well expressed the common feeling:
“History made him a great Pope, and the Church will
make him a great Saint.” Even the great Paris Socialist
newspaper,L’Humanité, gave an admiring bow before
the mortal remains of Pius X: “The Pope is dead.
It must be said that he was a great Pope. His policies
were very simple, namely, to restore the values of faith
with an apostolic firmness. He was able to conduct
these policies with authority because of his simplicity
of soul and the indubitable sincerity of his virtues.
However he is judged, it must be said that Pius X has
been a great Pope.”
Even while he was alive, his prestige was very
great. Guillaume Apollinaire, a poet far removed from
classicism, wrote in one of his poems:
Seul en Europe tu n’es pas antique ô Christianisme
L’Européen le plus moderne c’est vous pape Pie X.
[You alone in Europe, Christendom, have not grown
old and ancient; Of all Europeans, you, Pope Pius the
Tenth, are the most modern.]
Immediate Veneration
After his death, in conformity with the express
terms of his will, Pius X’s body was not embalmed. This
meant that the lying-in-state was very short, from the
first evening of the day he died until the following
morning. For one whole night the mortal remains of
Pius X, clothed in a white pontifical habit, were exposed
in the throne-room of the Vatican. The crowd of
anonymous faithful filed uninterruptedly past the coffin.
Many had brought small objects (a rosary, holy pictures,
a crucifix) in the hope of touching them against the body
of a Pope who, in popular piety, was already considered
to be a saint. Two prelates willingly offered their services
for this devotional rite, and touched Pius X’s mortal
remains with these proffered objects.
According to his wishes, Pius X was interred in
the crypt of St. Peter’s Basilica. Thus he broke with the
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POPE PIUS X BLESSED AND SAINT
Yves Chiron
tradition of his predecessors who were buried in one of
the great Roman basilicas: Pius IX in St. Laurence-
outside-the-Walls and Leo XIII in St. John Lateran.
Pius X wanted to associate himself with a longer tradition,
i.e., that of the many popes in the past who had regarded
it as important to be buried close to the remains of
St. Peter.
On the evening of August 23 the body of Pius X
was taken down to the Vatican Grotto. The marble tomb
was simple, austere and without ornament. Only the
tympanum bore the monogram of Constantine and the
name: PIUS PAPA X. The Pope’s wish to have a poor
and simple tomb was respected. However, an addition
was placed on a small stone tablet in front of the tomb,
in the form of this inscription in Latin:
Pope Pius X
Poor in riches
Gentle and humble of heart
A firm defender of the Catholic faith
who desired
to restore all things in Christ
Died a holy death on August 20, 1914
“Fama Sanctitatis”
Pius X’s reputation for holiness went back a long
way. Even while he was alive, he was reputed to have the
gift of healing. Here we mention just three cases from
the time of his pontificate. One day, a Belgian nun who
was suffering from consumption was admitted to a public
audience with the Pope. When she came out, she found
that she was completely cured and had no relapse. On
another occasion, after a public audience, a German who
had been blind from birth gained his sight after Pius X
put his hands over his eyes and exhorted him to have
trust in God. Similarly, a blind child was immediately
cured after the Pope put his hand on its head and said
to the mother: “Pray to the Lord and have faith.”
As soon as Pius X’s body had been placed in the
tomb, the pilgrimages began. Soon reports came in of
miraculous favors and graces received, attributed to his
intercession. In February 1923 all the Cardinals resident
in Rome—the only time in history—signed a request
for the introduction of his cause for beatification. A
postulator was appointed: Dom Benedetto Pierami, the
Procurator General of the Benedictines of Vallombroso.
In St. Peter’s, a few months later, on June 28, 1923,
Pius XI inaugurated a monument in honor of Pius X. A
marble statue shows him with his arms outstretched and
his eyes lifted to heaven. At the base of the moment
there are eight bronze panels representing the most
prominent aspects and events of his pontificate:
(1) The Pontiff of the Eucharist; (2) The Defender of
the Faith; (3) The Supporter of Catholic France; (4) The
Patron of the Arts; (5) The Guardian of Biblical Studies;
(6) The Reorganizer of Canon Law; (7) The Reformer
of Sacred Music; (8) The Father of Orphans and the
Abandoned.
The Beatification Process
The diocesan processes (or “ordinary processes”)
began. They took place in Pius X’s diocese of origin
and in the dioceses where he had exercised his different
functions. They were organized under the authority of
the individual bishop responsible. There were four
“ordinary processes”: in Treviso, 1923-1926; in Mantua,
1924-1927; in Venice, 1924-1930; and in Rome, 1923-
1931. These processes began less than ten years after
the Pope’s death, and so it was possible to question
people who had known him: some of his sisters, some
friends of his childhood and youth, some ecclesiastics
who knew him in his different priestly and episcopal
responsibilities, and also certain Vatican prelates and
cardinals. In total, 205 witnesses to his life were inter-
rogated and their statements, under oath, were collated.
Each witness was asked the same questions (63 questions
in all).
The collated statements from the ordinary processes
(more than 10,000 manuscript pages) were published in
the form of large extracts—summarium—in the Positio
super introductione causae (Report on the introduction
of the Cause). This Positio, which was finally edited and
produced in 1941, has 1,130 pages. It was examined by
the Congregation of Rites, which published the Decree
6 Cor Jesu-September 2016
for the introduction of the Cause in 1943. This meant
that the cause for beatification and canonization had
officially been judged worthy of being studied by the
Holy See.
Now the new processes, termed apostolic, would
be repeated in the same places as the “ordinary processes.”
These apostolic processes lasted from 1943 to 1946.
Eighty-nine witnesses were called, each having to reply
to 81 questions. While some of the witnesses for the
ordinary processes were no longer to be had, new wit-
nesses were available to make their statements. In total,
in this twofold series of processes, some 240 witnesses
were interrogated and gave statements on the life and
virtues of Pius X. A new Positio was drawn up, composed
of extracts of the twofold series of processes; this was
called the Positio super virtutibus. Published in 1949, it
consisted of 897 pages. The “objections” (animadversiones)
raised by the Promoter of the Faith—called the devil’s
advocate—resulted, in 1950, in a Nova Positio super
virtutibus and a Novissima positio super virtutibus
(82 and 17 pages).
Meanwhile, a canonical examination of the remains
had taken place. The remains of Pius X were removed
from his tomb on May 19, 1944, and brought to the
Vatican Basilica. The lead coffin was placed in the Chapel
of the Holy Crucifix and was opened in the presence of
the prelates who were members of the Tribunal of the
Apostolic Process. The purpose of this examination is
to be sure that the remains in the tomb are those of the
person who is a candidate for beatification. By long tradi-
tion, however, the ceremony has also been to establish
whether the corpse may be incorrupt. This non-corrup-
tion is not an additional proof of sanctity, but it is a
miracle which can confirm a reputation of sanctity that
has been otherwise established. This was the case with
the remains of Pius X. One witness who was present at
the exhumation and examination describes the state of
incorruptibility discovered on May 19, 1944:
“Opening the coffin they found the body intact,
clothed in the papal insignia as it had been buried 30 years
before. Under the taut skin which covered the face the
outline of the skull was clearly recognizable. The hollows
of the eyes appeared dark but not empty; they were
covered by eyelids much wrinkled and sunk. The hair
was white and covered the top of the head completely.
The pectoral cross and pastoral ring shone brilliantly.
In his last testament Pius X had specially requested
that his body should not be touched and that the tradi-
tional embalming should not be done. In spite of this
the body was excellently preserved. No part of the
skeleton was uncovered, no bones were exposed. While
the body was rigid, the arms, elbows and shoulders were
quite flexible. The hands were beautiful and slender
and the nails on the fingers were perfectly preserved.”
Once the canonical examination had been com-
pleted, Pius X’s remains stayed in the Chapel of the
Holy Crucifix, open to the veneration of the faithful,
until the morning of July 3. Then they were placed in
another chapel of the Vatican Basilica, the Chapel of
the Presentation, the first on the left when one enters
the Basilica, where they are still to be found, situated
below the altar.
The beatification process continued. Some con-
sultors of the Congregation of Rites felt that the testi-
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8 Cor Jesu-September 2016
monies regarding Pius X’s struggle against Modernism
were too numerous and too controversial: they raised
detailed objections on this subject and requested a sup-
plementary report with documentary research. This work
was carried out by the Reporter General, Antonelli, a
Franciscan, who produced his Disquisitio circa quasdam
obiectiones modus agendi Servi Dei respicientes in
modernismi debellatione una cum summario additionali
ex officio compilato, 1950. This long collection of
documents and commentary (303 pages) won the support
of the Congregation and of Pope Pius XII.
Blessed and Saint
On September 3, 1950, the decree was signed
acknowledging that Pius X had practised heroically the
theological virtues of faith, hope and charity and the
cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude and tem-
perance. All that remained, for beatification, was the
canonical recognition of two miracles that had been the
result of the Pope’s intercession. Among the hundreds
of cures registered by the Postulator of the Cause that
could not be attributed to medicine, two were selected
for canonical recognition.
One was that of a French nun, Marie-Françoise
Deperras, who had been suffering from a cancer of the
left femur, and who was cured spectacularly after the
imposition of a relic of Pius X and two novenas to the
Sovereign Pontiff. The other was that of another nun,
an Italian, who had been suffering from a malignant tumor
in the abdomen. The healing took place in February
1938 after the imposition of a relic of Pius X and when
the convent had begun a novena to ask his intercession.
After a scientific study of the two cases, conducted by
medical experts of the Congregation of Rites, the cures
were declared to be instantaneous, perfect and definitive.
Since they had been due to recourse to the intercession
of Pius X, they were declared to be of the supernatural
order, and on February 11, 1951, they were acknowl-
edged, by decree, to be authentic miracles. On June 3,
1951, Pius XII was able to proceed with the solemn
ceremony of beatifying his predecessor.
Finally, on May 29, 1954, after the examination
of a further miracle, Pius XII proceeded to the canoni-
zation of Pius X. In his address, the Pope said:
“Sanctity, which was the inspirer and guide of
Pius X in all his undertakings, shone even more bril-
liantly in his everyday actions. The task he set before
him, to unite and bring back all things in Christ, was
something he made a reality in himself before bringing
it about in others.”
Taken from Pope St. Pius X, by Yves Chiron (available
from Angelus Press), pp. 301-305.
1 Zone (first published in 1912, reprinted in the collection
Alcools). Apollinaire used the term “modern” again, later, to
explain why he preferred Pascal to Claudel: “What, now a
days, is more fresh, more modern, more laid bare and more
weighed down with riches than Pascal? You taste this, I’m
sure, and rightly. We can love him,” Guillaume Apollinaire–
Pablo Picasso, Correspondance (Paris: Gallimard, 1992), p. 181.
2 Deposition of Msgr. R. de Samper, Summarium, p. 991.
3 J. Dal-Gal, Pius X, p. 235.
4 Pius XII, Discours de canonization de Pie X, May 29,
1954, Documents pontificaux, Vol. I, p. 21.
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De Compassione Matris Christi
“What would Mary Most Holy have had todo,
when She found Herself on Calvary and saw the
Cross, the nails and the wounds of He Who died
innocently, without the cruelty of the Pharisees,
who were wild with jealousy, being satisfied! He
hung from the Cross, expiating the penalty of our
sins, not of His own. And the Pharisees, together
with the Scribes, mocking Him, struck His head
and gave Him a mixture of vinegar and gall to
drink, that thus the prophecy of David might be
fulfilled which speaks in the name of Christ: “They
add sufferings to He whom you have wounded.”
Then the Mother of God was broken-hearted and
seized with sufferings as of one in labour. Here we
are treating of groans, sobs, agony, sighs, sadness,
sorrows, agitation of spirit, flames, a death more
cruel than death itself, when She had to bear the
anguish of death without losing Her life. What a
remembrance, venerable and full of devotion and
tears: that remembrance of the glorious sufferings
of this holy soul or of the anguish with which the
death of Christ filled Her! The livid face of Jesus
causes that of His mother to grow pale. He has
suffered in His Spirit, She in Her Heart. In the end,
all the outrages and affronts of the wicked fall upon
Her maternal head. The death of the Lord was been.
Led by the Holy Spirit, she doubted not that He
would raise; but She had to drink the chalice of
the Father and experience the hour of His Passion.” - Amadeus of Lausanne
The Compassion of the Virgin
10 Cor Jesu-September 2016
“Do not be surprised if in that tabernacle of
Calvary you could see two altars; one in the Heart
of Mary Most Holy, the other in the Body of Christ.
Christ immolated His flesh, the Blessed Virgin
Mary Her Soul. She desired indeed to add to the
blood of Her soul, the blood of Her flesh also, and
with Her hands raised on the cross, to celebrate with
Her Son the evening sacrifice, and to consummate
with the Lord Jesus the mystery of our Redemption
by Her bodily death. But this was the privilege of
the high priest alone, that is, to bring to the
sanctuary the offering of His own blood; and
He could not let anyone else participate in the
dignity. The Mother’s affection cooperated greatly,
nevertheless, according to its capacity, in placating
God, since the charity of Christ brought to the
Father both His own offering and those of His
Mother in such wise that what the Mother begged,
the Son approved, and the Father granted...the
Mother supplicated, the Son interceded and the
Father pardoned.”
- Arnold of Bonneval
The Martyrdom of the Queen of Martyrs
Mother of God, Who loved more than anyone else, just as
She has been loved more than all the others, suffered so much
together with Her dying Son, that the Passion was almost Hers.
In fact, Her sorrow was proportioned to the greatness of Her love.
Loving Her Son more than Herself, She bore in Her Soul, with
the profound feeling of pain, the wounds that Her Son received
in His Body. For this reason, the Passion of Christ was martyrdom
for Her. Indeed the flesh of Christ was in a certain way Her own
flesh, that is, flesh of Her flesh. After Christ assumed Her, She
loved in Him more than in Herself. The more She loved Him,
the more She suffered. And She suffered more in Her soul than
a martyr suffered in his body. Therefore She shines with the
singular privilege of a glorious martyrdom. The other Martyrs
consumed their martyrdom by their own death. But She, from
Her own flesh, has provided the flesh which was suffering for the
salvation of the world; and in the Passion of Christ and by this Passion, Her soul was struck by such
great suffering, that She was almost consumed by the martyrdom in Christ Himself; and therefore it is
thought that, after Christ, she merited the glory of a supreme martyrdom.” - Baldovino of Ford
The two altars of Calvary
Cor Jesu-September 2016 11
Book Review
WHY AM I TEMPTED? By Fr. Remler C.M. St. Anthony’s Guild press, Paterson, NJ.
Third edition, 1947. Pp. 110. Price Rs. 180/- (A Photocopy rendition)
F rom the title ‘why am I tempted?’ one can make
out at once that this book is written for everyone. In
seven short chapters the author answers the burning
question. He focusses the attention upon the super-
natural view on this subject. It is very rarely treated (at
least not this extent) in any book on spirituality. Hence
the reading is highly recommended.
In chapter one, the author explains in a very simple
term the notion of ‘temptation’. Chapter two is a simple
psychology of temptation: its various stages. An atten-
tive reading is required so that one may learn where
sin comes into the picture, for not all temptations are
sinful in itself. One is still wholly free from sin (p.13)
at the first stage while one is not as it advances. Chapter
III is concerned with the 5 causes of temptation - Satan,
original sin, world and its spirit, our past sin and certain
physical causes. The chapter IV deals with unwillful and
willful temptations. Many points will prove a practical
aid for our youth. The instruction on ‘company-keep
ing’ or what they now call ‘dating’ is truly enlightening
(p.54). Our Parents may find here guiding principles
and help. Chapter V is we can say the raison d’etre of
this book. Here the author studies the benefits of temp-
tation. There is a reason why God allows us to be tempted.
‘Brethren, count it all joy when you shall fall into divers
temptation’ (Jam 1₂) (p.75). Chapter VI proposes ‘con-
duct during temptation’. Here he enumerates few rules
and they are of high practical value. Not that ‘these means
will do away with our temptations, but they will enable
us to hold out against them’ (p.92) And the last chapter
concludes with 8 concrete examples from scripture and
hagiography. The episode of St. Catherine of Siena is
very instructive. ‘Lord where wast thou, while I under-
went such a trial, she complained. And Our Lord answered –
I was in thy heart and it was I who gave thee victory’. (p.101)
“From this we can see that temptations hold a
prominent place in God’s plan for bringing about the
sanctification of souls and their elevation to the sub-
limest heights of eternal glory”. (p.23)
This book is warmly recommended to all but
especially for priests and religious, who are engaged in
teaching others to grow in sanctity. The book is very
instructive and no less spiritually profitable reading.
- Fr. Therasian Babu
12 Cor Jesu-September 2016
Date
4th Sept-2016 07:30
Fr. Meth 17:30 11:30 07:30
Fr. JH Fr. JH Fr. JH 18:00
Fr. Meth 07:30 17:00 Fr. TB Fr. TB
11th Sept-2016 07:30 11:30 Fr. TB Fr. TB
18:00 Fr. TB
07:30 17:30 Fr. JH Fr. JH
18th Sept-2016 07:30 11:30 Fr. TB Fr. TB
07:30 Fr. JH
11:30 Fr. JH
18:00 Fr. TB
07:30 17:00 Fr. BW Fr. BW
25th Sept-2016 07:30 11:30 Fr. TB Fr. TB
07:30 Fr. JH
11:30 Fr. JH
18:00 Fr. TB
07:30 17:00 Fr. BW Fr. BW
2nd Oct-2016 07:30 11:30 Fr. TB Fr. TB
17:30 11:30 07:30 Fr. JH Fr. JH Fr. JH
18:00 Fr. TB
07:30 17:00 Fr. FL Fr. FL
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ALL INDIA SCHEDULE
Fr. Methodius Fr. Therasian Babu Fr. John Hattrup Fr. Benoit Wailliez Fr. Fabrice Loschi
INFORMATION CORNER
Society
of
St. Pius X
Rev. Fr. Therasian Babu (Prior)
Rev. Fr. John Hattrup
Bro. Francis
8A/3, Annie Nagar, Seevalaperi Road Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli - 627 002. Ph. [91] 462 2586201.
Consoling
Sisters of
the Sacred
Heart
Sr. Maria Immaculata
(Mother Prioress)
Opp: Government High School Burkitmanagarm,
Tirunelveli - 627 351.
Ph. [91] 462 2583255.
Reparation
Sisters
of the
Immaculate
Heart
Sr. Maria Cecilia (Mother Prioress)
Plot No. 5/6, “R.S. Bhavan”
7th Main Road, Senthil Nagar
KTC Nagar, Maharaja Nagar P.O.
Tirunelveli - 627 011.
Mass Times
Sundays 7.30 am
Weekdays 7.15 am
Second Class Feasts (Sung Mass) 7.00 am
Rosary (Daily) 6.30 pm
Benediction (every Thursday & Second Class Feast) 6.30 pm
Holy Hour (every 1st Friday) 6.30 pm
Vespers & Benediction (every Sunday) 5.30 pm
Mass Stipends
Individual Rs. 200/-
Novena (9 Masses) Rs. 2000/-
Gregorian Mass (30 Masses) Rs. 8000/-
(Sorry, currently we are unable to take any Gregorian Masses)