Maundy Thursday 2013

Unless one has been living in a cave for the past year, one knows Francis washed the feet of two females in the juvenile detention center for Maundy Thursday 2013.  A few tidbits which may not be so well known and demonstrate how Francis set himself up purposely for failure by not following catholic tradition.  The article from the International Business Times, Pope Francis to Hold His First Maundy Thursday Mass at Youth Prison of Mostly Muslim Offenders, let the cat out of the bag as to what a revolutionary Francis is.  As always the underlines are ours.  A tip of the hat to Jim Smith for sending us this article and videos.

Pope Francis to Hold His First Maundy Thursday Mass at Youth Prison of Mostly Muslim Offenders

By Esther Tanquintic-Misa | March 28, 2013 1:16 PM EST

For his first ever Maundy Thursday mass as newly installed pontiff of the 1.2-billion strong Roman Catholic secular religion faith, Pope Francis has chosen to hold it at a youth prison wherein his 12 disciples during the re-enactment of the washing of the feet will be acted out by prisoners themselves.

At a time where the world confronts too many issues on the economic and political front, not to mention the very pillars of Pope Francis' Catholic faith being pounded by sex abuse crisis as well as corruption allegations, the washing of the feet of 12 young prisoners, is very symbolical of the hope the new pontiff wants to extend beyond the walls of Vatican City.

This year's washing of the feet by Pope Francis will happen at the Rome's Casal del Marmo juvenile detention center to be participated by select 12 youth prisoners, aged 16 to 21 years old.

The Pope's visit "will make them see that their lives are not bound by a mistake, that forgiveness exists and that they can begin to build their lives again," Father Gaetano Greco, prison chaplain, told CNA.

The washing of feet on the Thursday before Easter is a Christian tradition commemorating Christ's Last Supper.

Fr Greco shared some of the young men eagerly volunteered to participate in the holy tradition, while others were extended an invitation.

This, as Fr Greco explained, was because most of the detained youth are Muslims. "Only eight of our residents are Italian, six boys and two girls."

There were also others who have no religious belief at all.

"Therefore many of them don't even know who the Pope is. For this reason too, it was far from easy to explain to them the importance of the Pope's visit," Fr Greco said.

"But all of them are very happy, and the visit will make them think, reconsider and understand that there are people in this world who are concerned for them," he said.

Many of the youth prisoners came from broken families, took to illegal drugs and engaged in various crimes.

Around 10 girls and 40 boys are expected to participate in the mass. Apart from their participation in the washing of the feet, the youth will also lead the readings and the prayers of the faithful.

Did you catch all that dear reader?  Francis went to a jail which was populated with young adult drug users & petty criminals, most of them followers of Mohamed, and performed the Pedilavium ceremony (Washing of the Feet).  There were only six Catholic males in the jail!  In other words Francis didn't want to follow the tradition of the church.  One would think that the 'Vicar of Christ' would follow the rubrics for Holy Week, the most important week in the calendar of the catholic church, but not Francis.  Maundy Thursday is significant because "it solemnly commemorates the institution of the Eucharist and is the oldest of the observances peculiar to Holy Week" and the Washing of the Feet, is performed "in memory of the reparation of Christ for the Last Supper."  When all the eyes of the world are on Francis he does something revolutionary which then alchemically transforms the solemnity of the religious day into a photo-op of how great he is!   All the while Francis publicly claims he wants to return the church to tradition!  What a modernist!

Jorge Bergoglio and the Washing of the Feet

Francis inspires a Novus Ordo priest to follow his example

 Bergoglio's breaking of tradition has now become a 

tradition as stated by Rome Reports

Learn how silly tradition is according to 'Fr.' Bambrick

Football jersey Friday #2

(A hurricane in the Vatican!)

Another one from the you cannot make this stuff up file!  José Maria di Paola aka Padre Pepe presented Francis with a Huracán (hurricane) jersey at Domus Sanctæ Marthæ in late August 2013.  He is a good friend and was a star presbyter under then bishop Jorge Bergoglio.  Club Atletico Huracán is located in the Parque Patricious neighborhood of Buenos Aires.  They are the historical rival of Francis' beloved Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro even though, Huracán plays in the 'B' League while San Lorenzo play in the 'A' League.  Padre Pepe is a famous ex-slum priest of Argentina.  Ex- because after years of dedicated slum service, he was given a nicer parish.

(Bergoglio in 1998 during a visit to the Villa 21-24 shanty town in Buenos Aires)

When one takes the God instituted Tridentine Latin Mass away from the people and substitutes it with the man made Novus Ordo Missae the people turn to places other than religion to relieve themselves of their sorrows.  Into this void steps the sport of football Francis is so obsessed with.  Not finding solace in the Novus Ordo Missae or football, many turn to drugs.

(First it was a hurricane but now it's a melee in the Vatican!)

Which bring us to the other gift Padre Pepe gave Francis, a copy of Cuerpo a cuerpo*, the book he 'wrote' but was complied by Victor Primc.  Victor said, "Cardinal Bergoglio was the first to use this expression (cuerpo a cuerpo)."  It was intended as a handbook on how to combat the growing drug problem in the slums before Argentina ends up a narco state like Mexico.  According to the La Stampa article, Argentina, cuerpo a cuerpo contra la droga (as always underline are ours):

"Bergoglio has always supported the priests and their work in the slums. Not only the creation of the Home (neighborhood center**) and its inauguration, which he attended on Holy Thursday March 20, 2008 in the Virgin of Luján parish there has washed the feet of six children who are drug addicts thus showing that the Church is willing to serve victims of this scourge. Then he blessed the facilities of home, the center of the district of San Alberto Hurtado in villa 21, from this time has returned many times to meet with (those) whom he worked, celebrating the sacraments, opening new offices or just being with the guys. The book opens with a letter sent by Francis a week after becoming pope to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Home."

To recap :

1. take the Tridentine Latin Mass away & the Sacraments,
2. substitute the counterfeit man made Novus Ordo Missae & football,
3. watch all sort of problems result including drug addiction & dreaded poverty and,
4. prescribe more Novus Ordo Missae, football, and a handbook to solve everything!

Let's see, cause the problem then propose the solution to the said problem.  It's 'tikkun olam' for the slums!  Thanks Pepe & Francis!  Get ready to see a revolutionary program like this at a local Novus Ordo church.

 (Holy Thursday in the Hogar de Cristo shelter for drug users, in the 

Parque Patricios neighborhood of Buenos Aires, March 20, 2008)

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* “Cuerpo a cuerpo” translates literally from Spanish to English as "Body to body".  Figuratively in English one would say "hand-to-hand" combat or "melee" for this expression.  As we don't currently have a copy of the book to read we cannot say which meaning is intended.

** The neighborhood center is a place created by the Novus Ordo churches which are in the slums to help drug addicts and the poor who find it difficult and even impossible to access government institutions.

(The book, Cuerpo a cuerpo, given to Francis.)

(Letter Francis sent to the Neighborhood Center, 'Hogar de Cristo')

The above letter thanks the friends of Hogar de Cristo for the letters which they sent to Francis.  He then attributes the growth of the neighborhood center to it being a place, "where God embraces them (drug addicts) as a parent to comfort them, heal them and help them stand up."