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Gloria.TV News on the 3rd of February 2015 No Longer Wanted: Yesterday Rorate Caeli blogspot published a beautiful video containing footage from the now defunct Seminary of the Franciscans of the …More
Gloria.TV News on the 3rd of February 2015
No Longer Wanted: Yesterday Rorate Caeli blogspot published a beautiful video containing footage from the now defunct Seminary of the Franciscans of the Immaculate. The footage was filmed on December 8, 2013, the very same day, when the Apostolic Commissioner of the Friars, Fr Fidenzio Volpi, closed down the Seminary. One of the friars filmed the entire day showing the way of life in the seminary not wanted anymore by those who lead the Church at the moment.
Those in Power Don’t Want It: On the day when Fr Volpi killed the Seminary of the Franciscans of the Immaculate he met with Pope Francis. After the closure of the Seminary the footage was kept in secret, witness of something no longer tolerable to those in power.
Specifically Ordered by Pope Francis: Rorate Caeli comments on the video: “With all the problems and scandals in the religious life in our times, which seem to be deemed praiseworthy by the highest authorities, what you see in this …More
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the whole video is here: FFI: How they were
In the life of St Odo of Cluny, before he was abbot of Cluny, he was a monk at St Martin's in Tours. There is a story he told when he was abbot of Cluny about two of the monks from his days in Tours.
He said that many of the monks in Tours didn't like to wear their habits in public (this is the 10th century, not the 21st) and so they would dress in …More
the whole video is here: FFI: How they were

In the life of St Odo of Cluny, before he was abbot of Cluny, he was a monk at St Martin's in Tours. There is a story he told when he was abbot of Cluny about two of the monks from his days in Tours.

He said that many of the monks in Tours didn't like to wear their habits in public (this is the 10th century, not the 21st) and so they would dress in ordinary clothes when they went outside of the monastery. One day two of the monks were sent on some trip outside the monastery, one of them wore his habit and the other didn't, but instead dressed in normal clothes.

However, the one dressed in normal clothes became so sick on the journey that he was about to die. Then the two monks had a vision. The sick monk was in front of a throne, and St Benedict was sitting on the throne, and he was surrounded by an army of monks, all in the Benedictine habit.

St Benedict peered down at the sick monk lying in front of him and said, 'I don't seem to recognize this monk's habit. He must belong to a different order. I can't help him, because I don't have the right to judge the lives and deeds of monks in other orders.'

Then the healthy monk took off his habit and wrapped it around the sick monk, begging for mercy. Then Benedict healed him, the vision ended, and his health was fully restored.

I know a priest who once gave a homily about his days in seminary. He said that most of the young men in the seminary studying to join the priesthood do not finish all the way, but most of them left before ordination. He asked the director of the seminary why this happened.

The director of the seminary said he had a pet dog, and there was a rabbit that one day ran into the yard in front of the dog. The dog then chased after the rabbit. And as the dog was chasing and barking, other dogs started to follow behind. However, after a few minutes, the other dogs got tired and one by one they stopped chasing, only his dog kept running.

Why did he keep running? Because his dog saw the rabbit and the other dogs didn't.

In the same way if someone is really following Christ, no matter what obstacle is placed in their way, they will have the strength to overcome it and keep following it.

If we really know who Jesus is then we don't need to worry or be anxious about any of these things; Christ has conquered and He is not going to be defeated. People are put under persecution because it is necessary, but if they really saw Christ, then this is not going to stop them. If they never saw Him, then they will stop, go into schism or something else like that. Only those who endure to the end will be saved.

May the traditionalists in the church offer up their sufferings for the rest of the church that it may be holy. Just as the monk wrapped his habit around the sick monk that needed mercy, so we also need to give ourselves up in sacrifice to help those who have gone astray.

Thank you for the news!