Laudetur Iesus Christus! Sunday is the seventh Sunday after Pentecost and the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. We provide the commentary for the Sunday propers: https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2020/07/fruit-free-will-and-providence-seventh.html#.XxPG3xJ7nwc

TODAY at 12:10PM: Scapular enrollments at St. Ann parish for the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel: Father will be enrolling people in the scapular at 12:10pm (prior to the Latin Mass) at St. Ann parish on Sunday July 16, the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. If one does not wear the scapular or practice the devotions, we highly encourage one to be enrolled – one’s salvation may depend on it. Our Lady appeared to St. Simon Stock in England, in 1251 A.D., and made this promise: “Take this Scapular, it shall be a sign of salvation, a protection in danger and a pledge of peace. Whosoever dies wearing this Scapular shall not suffer eternal fire.” https://www.ncregister.com/blog/the-powerful-brown-scapular-and-its-perennial-promises

(If you are already enrolled in the scapular you do not need to be enrolled again)

Latin Masses This Week

• Wednesday July 19, 6pm – St. Ann (St. Vincent de Paul, Confessor)
• Thursday July 20, 7pm – St. Thomas Aquinas (St. Jerome Emiliani, Confessor)
• Friday July 21, 7am – St. Ann (St. Lawrence of Brindisi, Doctor)
• Saturday July 22, 8am Respect Life Latin Mass* – St. Ann (St. Mary Magdalene, Penitent)

* 4^th Saturday July 22^nd: After St. Ann Latin Mass this Saturday July 22, there will be prayers at Planned Parenthood and a Holy Hour of Reparation in the church (for those unable to travel to the abortion facility).

1^st Sunday Latin Mass in Salisbury – August 6, 4pm: Looking ahead, there will be a Latin Mass at Sacred Heart parish in Salisbury on Sunday August 6^th at 4pm. Mass will be offered by Fr. Joseph Wasswa, with Confession starting at 2:45pm. Seminarians from St. Joseph College Seminary will graciously provide sacred music. A potluck will be held in Brincefield Hall afterwards Please bring a favorite dish, hors d’oeuvres or dessert to share. For more information contact the Salisbury Latin Mass Community: www.salisburylmc.org

Community News

Pray for the Repose of the Soul of Rebecca Toner

Sadly, Rebecca Toner, the wife of retired Deacon James Toner at Our Lady of Grace parish in Greensboro, passed away last week. A funeral will be held at 9:30am on Monday at Our Lady of Grace parish followed by a reception. Please considering offer prayers for the repose of her soul and consolation of Deacon Toner and the family. Some of our long time readers may recall, Deacon Toner has been one of the stalwart supporters of the Traditional Latin Mass in our diocese. We share one excellent article on the Latin Mass which he published in the Catholic News Herald a few years ago: https://catholicnewsherald.com/viewpoints/104-news/viewpoints/2239-deacon-james-h-toner-why-we-should-not-attend-the-traditional-latin-mass

Holy Face Devotions

• St. James, Concord– Mondays 10-10:30am in the cry room in the church
• St Mark – Monday July 17 at 3:30pm in the church (one time schedule change. Most other Mondays it is at 5pm)
• St. Thomas Aquinas – Tuesdays 6am in the church
• St. Ann – Tuesdays 7:30am in the main church after the Novus Ordo Mass (uses the booklet/chaplet which takes 15-20 minutes)
• St Michael the Archangel, Gastonia – Tuesdays, 9am, in the church
• Holy Spirit, Denver – Tuesdays 10-11am after the Novus Ordo Mass
• Don’t see your parish? Why not organize one?

Latin Mass & Traditional News

• Our Lady of Mt. Carmel: Dr. Mike Foley republishes an article on the history of today’s feast day (technically suppressed due it falling on a Sunday): https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2023/07/our-lady-of-mount-carmel.html

• New Founders of Rome Part II: A few weeks ago we shared an article from the Fraternity of St. Peter’s newsletter on the secular founders of the city of Rome, and comparing them with the new spiritual founders of Rome, Ss. Peter and Paul. This week we share the second installment of the article that looks at the monuments to these new founders (e.g. mainly St. Peter’s Basilica): https://fssp.com/new-founders-of-rome-part-2-the-monuments/

• Anniversary of the Restoration at Solesmes: Speaking of founders of great buildings of the Catholic faith, this week was the 190^th anniversary of the re-founding of the Benedictine Abbey in Solesmes, France on July 11, 1833, by the great priest and liturgist, Dom Prosper Gueranger (whom we quote often). The Abbey was shuttered and abandoned during the French Revolution, and when the lands were to be sold off by 1833, Gueranger put together money to save it and restore monastic life to that part of France. Since that time Solesmes has given back to the Church by educating priests and laity alike on the importance and meaning of the liturgy, as well as reviving Gregorian Chant in the 19^th and 20^th centuries (that’s probably why we quote him so often).  To learn more please see this brief article and history: https://onepeterfive.com/anniversary-restoration-solesmes/ To visit the Solesmes Abbey webpage visit: https://www.solesmes.com/

• Children at Mass: Practical Considerations: Dr. Joseph Shaw, head of the Latin Mass Society of the U.K., has written about the importance of having small children attend the Traditional Latin Mass and how to help them focus on the liturgy even at an early age: https://onepeterfive.com/children-mass-practical-considerations/

• Elizabeth Scalia: Reading signs and times: What does the state of Sister Wilhelmina’s body mean?: Our Catholic News Herald recently published a syndicated column by Elizabeth Scalia on the ongoing interest in the discovery of the apparently incorrupt remains of Sister Wilhelmina, foundress of the traditional Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles in Gower, Missouri. Of interest is that Scalia briefly focuses on the link between Sister Wilhelmina and the Traditional Latin Mass, and what the recent discovery may mean about the Latin Mass, traditional practices such as a full habit, and other topics. https://catholicnewsherald.com/viewpoints/104-news/viewpoints/9402-elizabeth-scalia-reading-signs-and-times-what-does-the-state-of-sister-wilhelmina-s-body-mean

• The Feast of St Elijah the Prophet: This Thursday July 20, is the ancient feast of St. Elijah the Prophet. It is not celebrated in the Traditional Latin Mass, only in the Byzantine Rite, and in the Carmelite Rite (which is similar to the Traditional Latin Mass). Greg DiPippo, with the New Liturgical Movement, explains in this 2022 article about the feast day along with some history of the Carmelite order: https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2022/07/the-feast-of-st-elijah-prophet.html#.YtzbNYTMKHt

• St John XXIII on St Lawrence of Brindisi: Friday July 21 is the feast of St. Lawrence of Brindisi, a doctor of the Church from the 17th century. Greg DiPippo shares Pope St. John XXIII’s commentary on this saint: https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2020/07/st-john-xxiii-on-st-lawrence-of-brindisi.html#.Ytzdh4TMKHt

• Cardinal Burke to offer a Pontifical Latin Mass on July 25 in Connecticut the Church in China: His Eminence Cardinal Raymond Burke will offer a Solemn High Pontifical Mass in Stamford, Connecticut, in honor of Our Lady of SheShan (a Marian apparition in China), all for the intentions of the persecuted Catholics in China. This is being done in conjunction with the Cardinal Kung Foundation, which supports the underground Church in China, and is named after the white martyr and longtime Bishop of Shanghai, Cardinal Ignatius Kung Pinmei, who spent 30 years in prison for the faith and died in exile in the U.S. in 2000 (and who offered the Traditional Latin Mass several times during his exile).  The Mass will be Tuesday July 25 at 6pm St John’s Basilica in Stamford, Connecticut, and can be live streamed here: https://stjohnbasilica.org/livestream To see the flyer for the event visit: http://www.cardinalkungfoundation.org/fd/pdf/Solemn-TLM-Masses-2023.pdf

Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel – July 16

Each July 16, the Church commemorates the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.  As Dr. Mike Foley explained in the article above, it was commemorated to thank the Blessed Mother for her protection of the Carmelite order, and for her appearance to St. Simon Stock to promote the wearing of the brown scapular. The appearance to St. Simon took place during a time when the Carmelites, originally from Mt. Carmel in the Holy Land, had to flee to Europe due to the Muslims retaking the Holy Land from the Crusader Kingdom in the late 13^th century.  We share an excerpt from Dom Prosper Gueranger’s entry from his book, The Liturgical Year about Our Lady’s appearance to St. Simon and how she made the scapular and its promises, a church-wide devotion:

In the night between the 15th and 16th of July of the year 1251, the gracious Queen of Carmel confirmed to her sons by a mysterious sign the right of citizenship she had obtained for them in their newly adopted countries; as mistress and mother of the entire religious state she conferred upon them with her queenly hands the scapular, hitherto the distinctive garb of the greatest and most ancient religious family of the West. On giving St. Simon Stock this badge, ennobled by contact with her sacred fingers, the Mother of God said to him: ‘Whosoever shall die in this habit shall not suffer eternal flames.’ But not against hell fire alone was the all-powerful intercession of the Blessed Mother to be felt by those who should wear her scapular. In 1316, when every holy soul was imploring heaven to put a period to that long and disastrous widowhood of the Church which followed on the death of Clement V, the Queen of Saints appeared to James d’Euse, whom the world was soon to hail as John XXII; she foretold to him his approaching elevation to the Sovereign Pontificate, and at the same time recommended him to publish the privilege she had obtained from her Divine Son for her children of Carmel—viz., a speedy deliverance from purgatory. ‘I, their Mother, will graciously go down to them on the Saturday after their death, and all whom I find in purgatory I will deliver and will bring to the mountain of life eternal.’ These are the words of our Lady herself, quoted by John XXII in the Bull which he published for the purpose of making known the privilege, and which was called the Sabbatine Bull on account of the day chosen by the glorious benefactress for the exercise of her mercy.

The entire entry is worth a read as it provides both the spiritual, ecclesial and political background around the time of Our Lady’s appearance: https://fsspatl.com/liturgical-year/521-sanctoral-cycle/july/3208-july-16-our-lady-of-mount-carmel

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, pray for us!

What Mass are you attending Sunday?