It's not really going backward, though. What the priest is wearing didn't come from the time of Our Blessed Lord, but has its origins in the 2nd to 5th centuries, and has developed greatly since then. What the priest is wearing comes from Talmudic Judaism that dates well after the time of Christ. He and the rest of these people are complete fools.
This is *very* misleading. The picture is of an Easter Vigil, where the passover meal is explained.
The caption with the picture states that this is Mass. Totally wrong, and I sincerely hope that the author is not INTENTIONALLY misleading.
Please keep in mind that the statutes and catechesis of the Neocatechumenal Way are all fully approved by the Holy See. This includes the Easter Vigil.
This picture, and the caption (i) “Priest is celebrating Mass as a Jewish Passover Meal,” (/i) is absolutely wrong, and grossly misleading. This picture is NOT MASS, but from an Easter Vigil, where the faithful stay up all night long waiting for Easter morning. They are taught about the Passover Meal, as it relates to Christianity. To falsely label this picture as Mass, is calumny.
The statutes were only approved after a struggle, also over their liturgical practices. They should never have been as the Way has an erroneous concept of the proper relationship between the Church and Judaism which certainly is far from the intentions of the Fathers of Vatican II, let alone other more authoritative sources of authority for our glorious Faith.
To Chris Gillibrand, You admit that the statutes were approved (although you put your own "slant" on the approval.) You then go on to say "but they never should have been." Are you saying that the Congregation for Divine Worship, and other dicasteries, made a mistake? And are continuing to make mistakes? That Pope Benedict was wrong when he said in his address on Jan. 17, 2011: “Accomplished profitably in the last few years has been the process of writing of the statutes of the Neocatechumenal Way that, after a period of validity "ad experimentum," was approved definitively in June 2008. Another significant step carried out in these days, with the approval of the competent dicasteries of the Holy See, is the Catechetical Directory of the Neocatechumenal Way. With these ecclesiastical seals, the Lord confirms today and entrusts to you again this precious instrument that is the Way, so that you can, in filial obedience to the Holy See and to the pastors of the Church, contribute, with new impetus and ardor, to the radical and joyful rediscovery of the gift of baptism and to offer your original contribution to the cause of the New Evangelization. The Church has recognized in the Neocatechumenal Way a particular gift aroused by the Holy Spirit: as such, it tends naturally to insert itself in the great harmony of the ecclesial body. If nothing else, please address the fact that you have a picture of a catechesis on the Passover Meal, that you labeled incorrectly as a”Priest Celebrating Mass!” That is at the very least dishonest!
Even if not from Mass (though the Easter Vigil actually refers to a Mass, but whatever) this is just silly.
As pointed out, blue and white and stars of David are *not* symbols we inherit from the Patriarchs ... they are post-Christian talmudic jewish symbols ... I refer to the same talmud that contains many blasphemies against Our Lord and Our Lady.
We have the true Catholic Faith and we have the Mass, we don't need to invent any of this junk.
The neo-catechumenal way should just be supressed.
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The caption with the picture states that this is Mass. Totally wrong, and I sincerely hope that the author is not INTENTIONALLY misleading.
Please keep in mind that the statutes and catechesis of the Neocatechumenal Way are all fully approved by the Holy See. This includes the Easter Vigil.
This picture is NOT MASS, but from an Easter Vigil, where the faithful stay up all night long waiting for Easter morning.
They are taught about the Passover Meal, as it relates to Christianity.
To falsely label this picture as Mass, is calumny.
You admit that the statutes were approved (although you put your own "slant" on the approval.)
You then go on to say "but they never should have been." Are you saying that the Congregation for Divine Worship, and other dicasteries, made a mistake? And are continuing to make mistakes? That Pope Benedict was wrong when he said in his address on Jan. 17, 2011:
“Accomplished profitably in the last few years has been the process of writing of the statutes of the Neocatechumenal Way that, after a period of validity "ad experimentum," was approved definitively in June 2008. Another significant step carried out in these days, with the approval of the competent dicasteries of the Holy See, is the Catechetical Directory of the Neocatechumenal Way. With these ecclesiastical seals, the Lord confirms today and entrusts to you again this precious instrument that is the Way, so that you can, in filial obedience to the Holy See and to the pastors of the Church, contribute, with new impetus and ardor, to the radical and joyful rediscovery of the gift of baptism and to offer your original contribution to the cause of the New Evangelization. The Church has recognized in the Neocatechumenal Way a particular gift aroused by the Holy Spirit: as such, it tends naturally to insert itself in the great harmony of the ecclesial body.
If nothing else, please address the fact that you have a picture of a catechesis on the Passover Meal, that you labeled incorrectly as a”Priest Celebrating Mass!” That is at the very least dishonest!
As pointed out, blue and white and stars of David are *not* symbols we inherit from the Patriarchs ... they are post-Christian talmudic jewish symbols ... I refer to the same talmud that contains many blasphemies against Our Lord and Our Lady.
We have the true Catholic Faith and we have the Mass, we don't need to invent any of this junk.
The neo-catechumenal way should just be supressed.