NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS – DAY TWO

Published on: May 17, 2023May 23, 2023 by KOFPB

DAY TWO

Christ’s Promise To Send The Paraclete
Come, Father of the poor! Come, treasures which endure! Come, Light of all that live!

The Gift of Fear
The gift of Fear fills us with a sovereign respect for God, and makes us dread nothing so much as to offend Him by sin. It is a fear that arises, not from the thought of hell, but from sentiments of reverence and filial submission to our heavenly Father. It is the fear that is the beginning of wisdom, detaching us from worldly pleasures that could in any way separate us from God. “They that fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and in His sight will sanctify their souls.”

Prayer

Come, O Blessed Spirit of Holy Fear, fill me with devotion to God alone. In the Risen Christ, I welcome You, O Spirit of truth, whom the Father sends in Jesus’ name. Wash clean the sinful soul, and rain down your grace that we may be one with the Church in fidelity to our Lord Jesus, Christ. Amen.

Pray: Our Father, Hail Mary once & Glory be – seven times

ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
On my knees before the great multitude of heavenly witnesses I offer myself, soul and body, to You, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the brightness of Your purity, the unerring keenness of Your justice and the might of Your love. You are the Strength and Light of my soul. In You I live and move and am. I desire never to grieve You by unfaithfulness to grace and I pray with all my heart to be kept from the smallest sin against You. Mercifully guard my every thought and grant that I may always watch for Your light and listen to Your voice and follow Your gracious inspirations. I cling to You and give myself to You and ask You by Your compassion to watch over me in my weakness. Holding the pierced Feet of Jesus and looking at His Five Wounds and trusting in His Precious Blood and adoring his opened Side and stricken Heart, I implore You, Adorable Spirit, Helper of my infirmity, so to keep me in Your grace that I may never sin against You. Give me grace, O Holy Ghost, Spirit of the Father and the Son to say to You always and everywhere, “Speak, Lord, for Your servant heareth.” Amen

PRAYER FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Christ Jesus, before ascending into heaven, You promised to send the Holy Spirit to Your apostles and disciples. Grant that the same Spirit may perfect in our lives the work of Your grace and love. Grant us the Spirit of Fear Of The Lord that we may be filled with a loving reverence toward You; the Spirit of Piety that we may find peace and fulfillment in the service of God while serving others; the Spirit of Fortitude that we may bear our cross with You and, with courage, overcome the obstacles that interfere with our salvation; the Spirit of Knowledge that we may know You and know ourselves and grow in holiness; the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten our minds with the light of Your truth; the Spirit of Counsel that we may choose the surest way of doing Your will, seeking first the Kingdom; Grant us the Spirit of Wisdom that we may aspire to the things that last forever; Teach us to be Your faithful disciples and animate us in every way with Your Spirit. Amen.

PENTECOST NOVENA

54 Day Rosary Novena

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ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 8

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ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 6

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ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 7

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ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 5

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ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 4

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ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 3

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ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 2

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ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 1

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NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS – DAY ONE

Published on: May 17, 2023May 23, 2023 by KOFPB

DAY ONE

Creation Awaits Fulfillment
Holy Spirit, Lord of light! From Your clear celestial height, Your pure’ beaming radiance give!

The Holy Spirit
Only one thing is important — eternal salvation. Only one thing, therefore, is to be feared–sin? Sin is the result of ignorance, weakness, and indifference. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Light, of Strength, and of Love. With His seven-fold gifts He enlightens the mind, strengthens the will, and inflames the heart with love of God. To ensure our salvation we ought to invoke the Divine Spirit daily, for “The Spirit helpeth our infirmity. We know not what we should pray for as we ought. But the Spirit Himself asketh for us.”

Prayer

Almighty and eternal God, send forth Your Spirit, who brought order from chaos at the beginning of the universe, and peace to the Lord’s disciples. Grant that I, as your creation, baptized in your Spirit, may be filled with the seven gifts so that I may forever do your will and renew the face of the earth. Amen.

Pray: Our Father, Hail Mary once & Glory be – seven times

PENTECOST NOVENA

54 Day Rosary Novena

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 9

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 8

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 6

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 7

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 5

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 4

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 3

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 2

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 1

Knight’s Polo Shirt Sizing

Published on: February 12, 2023 by KOFPB

Question: How do I determine which size I need to order?

Answer: Measure your existing T Shirt or Polo shirt that fits well on you to determine the size you need to order. Use the measuring instructions and ILLUSTRATION 1.

MEASURING INSTRUCTIONS

Step 1. Lay existing garment flat on table and take measurements as per ILLUSTRATION 1, taking note of the 2cm rule below arm hole.

Step 2. Compare your measurement against the chart below ILLUSTRATION 2 and select the size required.

SIZING CHART

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 9

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 8

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 6

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 7

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 5

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 4

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 3

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 2

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 1

Meditation on Our Lord’s Most Precious Blood

Meditation on Our Lord’s Precious Blood by Fr. Johann Zollner “Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things as gold or silver, from your vain conversation of the tradition of your fathers: But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb unspotted and undefiled.” (Pet. 1:18-19) On this day, the Church celebrates...Continue reading→

CATECHISM ON MODERNISM – CONCLUSION – THE CHURCH AND SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS

Published on: May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 by KOFPB

CONCLUSION

THE CHURCH AND SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS

THIS, Venerable Brethren, is what We have thought it Our duty to write to you for the salvation of all who believe. The adversaries of the Church will doubtlessly abuse what We have said to refurbish the old calumny by which We are traduced as the enemy of science and of the progress of humanity. As a fresh answer to such accusations, which the history of the Christian religion refutes by never-failing evidence, it is Our intention to establish by every means in Our power a special Institute in which, through the co-operation of those Catholics who are most eminent for their learning, the advance of science and every other department of knowledge may be promoted under the guidance and teaching of Catholic truth. God grant that We may happily realize Our design with the assistance of all those who bear a sincere love for the Church of Christ. But of this We propose to speak on another occasion.

Meanwhile, Venerable Brethren, fully confident in your zeal and energy, We beseech for you with Our whole heart the abundance of heavenly light, so that in the midst of this great danger to souls from the insidious invasions of error upon every hand, you may see clearly what ought to be done, and labour to do it with all your strength and courage. May Jesus Christ, the Author and Finisher of our Faith, be with you in His power; and may the Immaculate Virgin, the destroyer of all heresies, be with you by her prayers and aid. And We, as a pledge of Our affection and of the Divine solace in adversity, most lovingly grant to you, your clergy and people, the Apostolic Benediction.

Given at St. Peter’s, Rome, on the eighth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seven, the fifth year of Our Pontificate.
Pius X., POPE.

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ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 9

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 8

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 6

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 7

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 5

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 4

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 3

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 2

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 1

“You, at least, strive to console me.” – Time is Running Out to Respond to Our Lady’s Call

Nearly 100 years ago, on December 10, 1925, a quiet miracle unfolded in the small Spanish city of Pontevedra. Sister Lucia, the last surviving seer of Fatima, was staying with the Dorothean Sisters when she received an extraordinary vision. Before her appeared the Blessed Virgin Mary, radiant and sorrowful, with the Child Jesus at her...Continue reading→

CATECHISM ON MODERNISM – PART III – THE REMEDIES FOR MODERNISM – IX. TRIENNIAL REPORT PRESCRIBED TO BISHOPS

Published on: May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 by KOFPB

PART III
THE REMEDIES FOR MODERNISM

I. RULES RELATIVE TO STUDIES
II. CHOICE OF THE DIRECTORS AND PROFESSORS FOR SEMINARIES AND CATHOLIC INSTITUTES
III. RULES RELATIVE TO STUDENTS
IV. RULES CONCERNING THE READING OF BAD BOOKS
V. INSTITUTION OF DIOCESAN CENSORSHIP
VI. PARTICIPATION OF THE CLERGY IN THE MANAGEMENT AND EDITORSHIP OF NEWSPAPERS
VII. CONGRESSES OF PRIESTS
VIII. INSTITUTION OF DIOCESAN VIGILANCE COUNCILS
IX. TRIENNIAL REPORT PRESCRIBED TO BISHOPS

Q. What does the Sovereign Pontiff prescribe to all the Bishops and all the Superiors-General of religious Orders?

A. Lest what We have laid down thus far should pass into oblivion, We will and ordain that the Bishops of all dioceses, a year after the publication of these letters and every three years thenceforward, furnish the Holy See with a diligent and sworn report on the things which have been decreed in this Our Letter, and on the doctrines that find currency among the clergy, and especially in the seminaries and other Catholic institutions, those not excepted which are not subject to the Ordinary, and We impose the like obligation on the Generals of religious Orders with regard to those who are under them.

CONCLUSION

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ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 9

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 8

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 6

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 7

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 5

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 4

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 3

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 2

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 1

“You, at least, strive to console me.” – Time is Running Out to Respond to Our Lady’s Call

CATECHISM ON MODERNISM – PART III – THE REMEDIES FOR MODERNISM – VIII. INSTITUTION OF DIOCESAN VIGILANCE COUNCILS

Published on: May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 by KOFPB

PART III
THE REMEDIES FOR MODERNISM

Q. In what terms does His Holiness, Pius X., order the constitution of vigilance committees in every diocese?

A. But of what avail would be all Our commands and prescriptions if they be not dutifully and firmly carried out? In order that this may be done, it has seemed expedient to Us to extend to all dioceses the regulations which the Bishops of Umbria, with great wisdom, laid down for theirs many years ago. ” In order,” they say, ” to extirpate the errors already propagated, and to prevent their further diffusion, and to remove those teachers of impiety through whom the pernicious effects of such diffusion are being perpetuated, this sacred Assembly, following the example of St. Charles Borromeo, has decided to establish in each of the dioceses a Council consisting of approved members of both branches of the clergy, which shall be charged with the task of noting the existence of errors, and the devices by which new ones are introduced and propagated, and to inform the Bishop of the whole, so that he may take counsel with them as to the best means for suppressing the evil at the outset, and preventing it spreading for the ruin of souls or, worse still, gaining strength and growth.” (Acts of the Congress of the Bishops of Uiubria, November, 1849, lit. 2, art. 6.) We decree, therefore, that in every diocese a council of this kind, which We are pleased to name ” The Council of Vigilance,” be instituted without delay.

Q. How are the members of the Council of Vigilance to be chosen?

A. The priests called to form part in it shall be chosen somewhat after the manner above prescribed for the censors.

Q. When must they meet, and are they bound to secrecy?

A. They shall meet every two months on an appointed day in the presence of the Bishop. They shall be bound to secrecy as to their deliberations and decisions.

Q. What shall be the duty of the members of the Council of Vigilance?

A. In their functions shall be included the following: They shall watch most carefully for every trace and sign of Modernism both in publications and in teaching, and to preserve from it the clergy and the young they shall take all prudent, prompt, and efficacious measures.

Q. What must be, in an especial manner, the object of their attention?

A. Let them combat novelties of words, remembering the admonitions of Leo XIII. : (Instruct. S. C. NN. EE. EE., January 27, 1902.) “It is impossible to approve in Catholic publications a style inspired by unsound novelty which seems to deride the piety of the faithful and dwells on the introduction of a new order of Christian life, on new directions of the Church, on new aspirations of the modern soul, on a new social vocation of the clergy, on a new Christian civilization, and many other things of the same kind.” Language of the kind here indicated is not to be tolerated either in books or in lectures.

Q. Must the Councils keep an eye upon the works that deal with pious local traditions and relics?

A. The Councils must not neglect the books treating of the pious traditions of different places or of sacred relics. Let them not permit such questions to be discussed in journals or periodicals destined to foster piety, neither with expressions savouring of mockery or contempt, nor by dogmatic pronouncements, especially when, as is often the case, what is stated as a certainty either does not pass the limits of probability or is based on prejudiced opinion.

Q. What rules must be observed with regard to relics?

A. Concerning sacred relics, let this be the rule: If Bishops, who alone are judges in such matters, know for certain that a relic is not genuine, let them remove it at once from the veneration of the faithful; if the authentications of a relic happen to have been lost through civil disturbances, or in any other way, let it not be exposed for public veneration until the Bishop has verified it. The argument of prescription or well-founded presumption is to have weight only when devotion to a relic is commendable by reason of its antiquity, according to the sense of the Decree issued in 1896 by the Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics : ” Ancient relics are to retain the veneration they have always enjoyed except when in individual instances there are clear arguments that they are false or supposititious.”

Q. What rules must be followed in judging of pious traditions?

A. In passing judgment on pious traditions, let it always be borne in mind that in this matter the Church uses the greatest prudence, and that she does not allow traditions of this kind to be narrated in books except with the utmost caution, and with the insertion of the declaration imposed by Urban VIII.: and even then she does not guarantee the truth of the fact narrated; she simply does not forbid belief in things for which human evidence is not wanting. On this matter the Sacred Congregation of Rites, thirty years ago, decreed as follows: ” These apparitions or revelations have neither been approved nor condemned by the Holy See, which has simply allowed them to be believed on purely human faith, on the tradition which they relate, corroborated by testimony and documents worthy of credence.” (Decree, May 2, 1877.) Anyone who follows this rule has no cause to fear. For the devotion based on any apparition, in as far as it regards the fact itself, that is to say, in so far as the devotion is relative, always implies the condition of the fact being true; while in as far as it is absolute, it is always based on the truth, seeing that its object is the persons of the Saints who are honoured. The same is true of relics.

Q. And, last, must the Council of Vigilance keep a watch on social institutions and writings on social questions?

A. Finally, We entrust to the Councils of Vigilance the duty of overlooking assiduously and diligently social institutions as well as writings on social questions, so that they may harbour no trace of Modernism, but obey the prescriptions of the Roman Pontiffs.

IX. TRIENNIAL REPORT PRESCRIBED TO BISHOPS

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ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 9

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 8

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 6

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 7

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 5

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 4

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 3

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 2

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 1

“You, at least, strive to console me.” – Time is Running Out to Respond to Our Lady’s Call

CATECHISM ON MODERNISM – PART III – THE REMEDIES FOR MODERNISM – VII. CONGRESSES OF PRIESTS

Published on: May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 by KOFPB

PART III
THE REMEDIES FOR MODERNISM

Q. What rules are binding on priests who organize a congress of priests or take part in one?

A. We have already mentioned congresses and public gatherings as among the means used by the Modernists to propagate and defend their opinions. In the future Bishops shall not permit congresses of priests except on very rare occasions. When they do permit them it shall only be on condition that matters appertaining to the Bishops or to the Apostolic See be not treated in them, and that no resolutions or petitions be allowed that would imply a usurpation of sacred authority, and that absolutely nothing be said in them which savours of Modernism, Presbyterianism, or Laicism. At congresses of this kind, which can only be held after permission in writing has been obtained in due time and for each case, it shall not be lawful for priests of other dioceses to be present without the written permission of their Ordinary. Further, no priest must lose sight of the solemn recommendation of Leo XIII.: ” Let priests hold as sacred the authority of their pastors; let them take it for certain that the sacerdotal ministry, if not exercised under the guidance of the Bishops, can never be either holy, or very fruitful, or worthy of respect.” (Lett. Encycl. Nobilissvma Gallorum, February 10, 1884.)

VIII. INSTITUTION OF DIOCESAN VIGILANCE COUNCILS

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ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 9

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 8

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 6

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 7

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 5

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 4

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 3

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 2

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 1

“You, at least, strive to console me.” – Time is Running Out to Respond to Our Lady’s Call

CATECHISM ON MODERNISM – PART III – THE REMEDIES FOR MODERNISM – VI. PARTICIPATION OF THE CLERGY IN THE MANAGEMENT AND EDITORSHIP OF NEWSPAPERS

Published on: May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 by KOFPB

PART III
THE REMEDIES FOR MODERNISM

Q. May members of the secular clergy manage reviews or newspapers without the authorization of the Ordinary?

A. Having said this much in general, We now ordain in particular a more careful observance of Article XLII. of the above-mentioned Constitution Officiorum, according to which “it is forbidden to secular priests, without the previous consent of the Ordinary, to undertake the editorship of papers or periodicals.” This permission shall be withdrawn from any priest who makes a wrong use of it after having received an admonition thereupon.

Q. What are the duties of the Bishops with regard to correspondents or collaborators of reviews and newspapers?

A. With regard to priests who are correspondents or collaborators of periodicals, as it happens not un-frequently that they contribute matter infected with
Modernism to their papers or periodicals, let the Bishops see to it that they do not offend in this manner; and if they do, let them warn the offenders and prevent them from writing.

Q. What is the duty of the Superiors of religious Orders, and, in case of their negligence, the duty of the Bishops?

A. We solemnly charge in like manner the Superiors of religious Orders that they fulfil the same duty; and should they fail in it, let the Bishops make due provision, with authority from the Supreme Pontiff.

Q. Must there be a special censor appointed for each review and newspaper ? What shall be his office, and what the Bishop’s?

A. Let there be, as far as this is possible, a special censor for newspapers and periodicals written by Catholics. It shall be his office to read in due time each number after it has been published, and if he find anything dangerous in it, let him order that it be corrected as soon as possible. The Bishop shall have the same right even when the censor has seen nothing objectionable in a publication.

VII. CONGRESSES OF PRIESTS

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ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 9

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 8

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 6

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 7

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 5

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 4

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 3

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 2

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 1

“You, at least, strive to console me.” – Time is Running Out to Respond to Our Lady’s Call

CATECHISM ON MODERNISM – PART III – THE REMEDIES FOR MODERNISM – V. INSTITUTION OF DIOCESAN CENSORSHIP

Published on: May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 by KOFPB

PART III
THE REMEDIES FOR MODERNISM

Q. What is the duty of the Bishops with regard to the publication of books, etc.?

A. It is not enough to hinder the reading and the sale of bad books; it is also necessary to prevent them from being published. Hence, let the Bishops use the utmost strictness in granting permission to print.

Q. Ought the Bishops to institute official censors?

A. Under the rules of the Constitution Officiorum, many publications require the authorization of the Ordinary, and in certain dioceses (since the Bishop cannot personally make himself acquainted with them all) it has been the custom to have a suitable number of official censors for the examination of writings. We have the highest esteem for this institution of censors, and We not only exhort, but We order, that it be extended to all dioceses. In all Episcopal Curias, therefore, let censors be appointed for the revision of works intended for publication, and let the censors be chosen from both ranks of the clergy secular and regular men whose age, knowledge, and prudence will enable them to follow the safe and golden mean in their judgments.

Q. What shall be the duties of these censors?

A. It shall be their office to examine everything which requires permission for publication according to Articles XLI. and XLII. of the above-mentioned Constitution. The censor shall give his verdict in writing. If it be favourable, the Bishop will give the permission for publication by the word Imprimatur, which must be preceded by the Nihil Obstat and the name of the censor.

Q. Must censors be appointed in the Roman Curia?

A. In the Roman Curia official censors shall be appointed in the same way as elsewhere, and the duty of nominating them shall appertain to the Master of the Sacred Palace, after they have been proposed to the Cardinal Vicar and have been approved and accepted by the Sovereign Pontiff. It will also be the office of the Master of the Sacred Palace to select the censor for each writing. Permission for publication will be granted by him as well as by the Cardinal Vicar or his Vicegerent, and this permission, as above prescribed, must be preceded by the Nihil Obstat and the name of the censor.

Q. May mention of the censor sometimes be suppressed?

A. Only on very rare and exceptional occasions, and on the prudent decision of the Bishop, shall it be possible to omit mention of the censor.

Q. What precaution must be taken for the protection of the censor?

A. The name of the censor shall never be made known to the authors until he shall have given a favourable decision, so that he may not have to suffer inconvenience either while he is engaged in the examination of a writing, or in case he should withhold his approval.

Q. On what condition may a censor be chosen from among the members of a religious Order?

A. Censors shall never be chosen from the religious Orders until the opinion of the Provincial, or, in Rome, of the General, has been privately obtained; and the Provincial or the General must give a conscientious account of the character, knowledge, and orthodoxy of the candidate.

Q. What approbations must books have that are published by religious?

A. We admonish religious Superiors of their most solemn duty never to allow anything to be published by any of their subjects without permission from themselves and from the Ordinary.

Q. May the censor rely upon his title to defend his personal opinions?

A. Finally, We affirm and declare that the title of censor with which a person may be honoured has no value whatever and can never be adduced to give credit to the private opinions of him who holds it.

VI. PARTICIPATION OF THE CLERGY IN THE MANAGEMENT AND EDITORSHIP OF NEWSPAPERS

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ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 9

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 8

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 6

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 7

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 5

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 4

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 3

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 2

ADVENT NOVENA TO THE CHILD JESUS – Day 1

“You, at least, strive to console me.” – Time is Running Out to Respond to Our Lady’s Call

CATECHISM ON MODERNISM – PART III – THE REMEDIES FOR MODERNISM – IV. RULES CONCERNING THE READING OF BAD BOOKS

Published on: May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 by KOFPB

PART III
THE REMEDIES FOR MODERNISM

I. RULES RELATIVE TO STUDIES
II. CHOICE OF THE DIRECTORS AND PROFESSORS FOR SEMINARIES AND CATHOLIC INSTITUTES
III. RULES RELATIVE TO STUDENTS
IV. RULES CONCERNING THE READING OF BAD BOOKS

Q. What is the duty of the Bishops as regards writings tainted with Modernism?

A. It is also the duty of the Bishops to prevent writings of Modernists, or whatever savours of Modernism or promotes it, from being read when they have been published, and to hinder their publication when they have not.

Q. What is their duty in this matter with regard to seminaries and Universities?

A. No books or papers or periodicals whatever of this kind are to be permitted to seminarists or University students. The injury to them would be not less than that which is caused by immoral reading nay, it would be greater, for such writings poison Christian life at its very fount.

Q. Ought the, same measures to be taken in the case of works written by Catholics who are imbued with modern philosophy and unsafe in theology?

A. The same decision is to be taken concerning the writings of some Catholics who, though not evilly disposed themselves, are ill instructed in theological studies and imbued with modern philosophy, and strive to make this harmonize with the Faith, and, as they say, to turn it to the profit of the Faith. The name and reputation of these authors cause them to be read without suspicion, and they are, therefore, all the more dangerous in gradually preparing the way for Modernism.

Q. Are the Bishops bound publicly and solemnly to condemn the pernicious books that get into their dioceses?

A. To add some more general directions in a matter of such moment, We order that you do everything in your power to drive out of your dioceses, even by solemn interdict, any pernicious books that may be in circulation there. The Holy See neglects no means to remove writings of this kind, but their number has now grown to such an extent that it is hardly possible to subject them all to censure. Hence it happens sometimes that the remedy arrives too late, for the disease has taken root during the delay. We will, therefore, that the Bishops, putting aside all fear and the prudence of the flesh, despising the clamour of evil men, shall, gently by all means but firmly, do each his own part in this work, remembering the in-junctions of Leo XIII. in the Apostolic Constitution Officiorum: ” Let the Ordinaries, acting in this also as delegates of the Apostolic See, exert themselves to proscribe and to put out of reach of the faithful injurious books or other writings printed or circulated in their dioceses.” In this passage the Bishops, it is true, receive an authorization, but they have also a charge laid upon them. Let no Bishop think that he fulfils this duty by denouncing to Us one or two books, while a great many others of the same kind are being published and circulated.

Q. May the Bishops condemn, and ought they even at times to condemn, works that have an Imprimatur?

A. Nor are you to be deterred by the fact that a book has obtained elsewhere the permission which is commonly called the Imprimatur, both because this may be merely simulated, and because it may have been granted through carelessness or too much indulgence or excessive trust placed in the author, which last has, perhaps, sometimes happened in the religious Orders. Besides, just as the same food does not agree with every one, it may happen that a book, harmless in one place, may, on account of the different circumstances, be hurtful in another. Should a Bishop, therefore, after having taken the advice of prudent persons, deem it right to condemn any of such books in his diocese, We give him ample faculty for the purpose, and We lay upon him the obligation of doing so. Let all this be done in a fitting manner, and in certain cases it will suffice to restrict the prohibition to the clergy.

Q. When the prohibition is restricted to the clergy, may Catholic booksellers continue to sell the book that has been forbidden?

A. In all cases it will be obligatory on Catholic booksellers not to put on sale books condemned by the Bishop.

Q. What are the duties of the Bishops with regard to Catholic booksellers?

A. While We are treating of this subject, We wish the Bishops to see to it that booksellers do not, through desire for gain, engage in evil trade. It is certain that in the catalogues of some of them the books of the Modernists are not unfrequently announced with no small praise. If they refuse obedience, let the Bishops, after due admonition, have no hesitation in depriving them of the title of Catholic booksellers. This applies, and with still more reason, to those who have the title of Episcopal booksellers. If they have that of Pontifical booksellers, let them be denounced to the Apostolic See. Finally, We remind all of Article XXVI. of the above-mentioned Constitution Officiorum : ” All those who have obtained an Apostolic faculty to read and keep forbidden books are not thereby authorized to read and keep books and periodicals forbidden by the local Ordinaries, unless the Apostolic faculty expressly concedes permission to read and keep books condemned by anyone whomsoever.”

V. INSTITUTION OF DIOCESAN CENSORSHIP

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