Eps. 1 Sleight of Hand
Don't Blame Vatican II
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Hello everyone I'm Michael Voris.
Catholics today, often in somewhat of a 'knee jerk reaction', tend to
relate modern changes in the Catholic Church to the teachings of
the Second Vatican Council... changes like the manner in which
the Faithful are given Holy Communion.
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For over ONE-THOUSAND years of continuous universal
tradition, the faithful were united in the practice of receiving the
Blessed Sacrament on the tongue.
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However, in a few short years following the Council, this age-old
practice somehow changed quickly. In some countries, the faithful
were taught to begin receiving our Lord's Sacred Body into their
hands.
Because this monumental change happened in the wake of Vatican
Two, many people naturally believed, and still do, that the Council
was the REASON for the change.
But what would you say if we told you that Vatican Two did NOT,
in fact, call for such a change?
Would you be surprised to know that the vast majority of the
Council Fathers, (the Bishops who attended Vatican II) were
staunchly OPPOSED to changing this age old custom?
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Well, if you are Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith, you wouldn't be
surprised to hear that at all.
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In fact, his Eminence wrote about this very subject in a preface he
penned for a book composed by Bishop Schneider titled “Dominus
Est – It is the Lord.”
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In this preface Cardinal Ranjith wrote,
“I think it is now time to evaluate carefully the practice of
Communion in the hand and, if necessary, to ABANDON what
was actually NEVER CALLED FOR in the Vatican II document
Sacrosanctum Concilium nor by the Council Fathers but was, in
fact, “accepted” AFTER it was introduced as an ABUSE in some
countries.”
Powerful words from a brave Cardinal.
In 2008, then ARCHBISHOP Ranjith stated those insights while he
was Secretary in the Vatican's Congregation for Divine Worship
and Discipline of the Sacraments.
Two years after putting those statements in writing he was made a
CARDINAL by Pope Benedict XVI.
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Bishop Schneider's book, calling for an END to Communion in the
hand, to which Ranjith added his own observations in the preface,
was published by none other than the Vatican's OWN publishing
division known as the Vatican Press.
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In it Schneider championed the Catholic Church's apostolic
teaching that Jesus is TRULY present – BODY, BLOOD, SOUL
and DIVINITY,
albeit veiled to our senses by the appearances of bread and wine.
He further called for an end to the practice of Communion in the
hand which he considers to be TOXIC to this 'Mystery of Faith'
that some Catholics so often struggle with.
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Noteworthy too is that Francis Cardinal Arinze added his OWN
endorsement to the back of Bishop Schneider's book saying,
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“I have read the whole book with delight. It is excellent.”
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Who is Cardinal Arinze, you ask?
For six years, including the period during which he endorsed
Bishop Schneider's book, Arinze, was the prefect of the
Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the
Sacraments.
This is the congregation of the Vatican entrusted by the Holy
Father to oversee all liturgical matters in the Church.
Cardinal Arinze is no light-weight when it comes to such liturgical
issues and is completely competent to makes such assessments.
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Cardinal Ranjith went on to contrast the two different manners in
which the faithful receive the Body of Christ.
Referring first to Communion in the hand he said,
“This practice contributes to a gradual, growing WEAKENING of
the attitude of reverence toward the Sacred Eucharistic Species.
The earlier practice, on the other hand, better SAFEGUARDS the
sense of reverence.”
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He poignantly added,
“At the same time, speaking of Communion in the hand, it is
NECESSARY for ALL to recognize that the practice was
introduced as an ABUSE, and hurriedly, in many places within the
Church right after the Council...”
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As we move throughout this season, you may be somewhat
shocked to learn that this Cardinal did in fact know exactly what he
was speaking of.
And as to HOW Communion in the hand was introduced, at least
in the United States,... well, that gives rise to the title of this series,
“Sleight of Hand – Reception Deception”.
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Before going on, we would like to state, just for the record, that our
END GAME in sharing all this is to be a part of the New
Evangelization or what John Paul the second called the reevangelization
of Catholics who have left the practice of their
faith.
There are those who have completely left the Church due to the
abuse of Communion in the hand. This abuse has weakened
their faith, giving them a reason to treat the reception of Our
Lord in the Eucharist as though they were buying a bagel from
a bagel shop.
Then there are others who see the Church promoting this abuse
and are leaving because they are aware of the dignity due our
Lord and are disgusted by the allowance of such reception.
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Like Bishop Schneider, Cardinal Ranjith, Cardinal Arinze and
many other princes of the Church, we, although not at all on par
with these intellectual and spiritual giants, do wish to bring the
faithful into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ, Who gives
Himself to us all as the Bread of Life.
Like the Bishops, we truly feel that peoples reverence for Jesus, as
the Eucharist, is compromised by the practice of communion in the
hand.
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In exposing how this abuse became prevalent, part of our goal is to
exonerate the Council, the Council Fathers, and the Popes, who as
we will show, were united AGAINST this practice from the
beginning.
They, therefore, represent Susanna from the book of Daniel – the
spotless bride of Christ – who was falsely accused of infidelity
toward her beloved spouse.
In the book of Daniel, chapter thirteen, Susanna is an allegory for
Holy Mother Church – delicate, beautiful and without stain of sin.
She is falsely accused by those in authority of marital infidelity,
which is often used by the prophets to stand for infidelity to God in
religious affairs.
The young prophet Daniel, by close examination, proves to the
people that the 'elders' or 'periti' have born false witness against her
and that she is innocent of all wrong-doing.
Some leaders’s in the Church, have purposely deceived and
continue to deceive the faithful into thinking that the Church has
pushed for this type of reception, when in fact by sleight of hand it
is the leaders, some of them, who promoted this abuse.
We thus take on the role of Daniel, who through careful
examination of the facts, will come to the defense of Susanna – our
Holy Mother Church.
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In the book of Exodus it’s recorded how God revealed Himself to
Moses as a fire…which while appearing to burn a bush on Mt.
Sinai... miraculously did not consume it.
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We will reveal to you how relatively few individuals, acting from
authority within the Church, are responsible for taking
Communion in the hand, like a match, and setting the liturgical
forest into a raging wild fire.
Unlike the divine flame Moses saw on Mt. Sinai, the firestorm of
Communion in the hand DOES indeed consume believers' faith in
the Eucharist where ever it’s flames have been allowed to spread.
God love you. I'm Michael Voris.
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Show Title: Sleight of Hand – Reception Deception
Episode Title: Episode Two: Papal Preference Part I
Written By: Brad
VIDEO AUDIO
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Hello everyone. I'm Michael Voris.
If you're like most Catholics you have an idea
that a change in Church practice must mean the
Pope's on board with it, right?
Well, it SHOULD. Emphasis on SHOULD.
But if it DOESN'T, how do you know? The
Roman Pontiff is six THOUSAND miles away
from us here in America.
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Communion on the tongue is a tradition with
roots growing deep into the Church's rich
liturgical soil.
This liturgical custom was suddenly uprooted
in the 1970s in it’s place the practice of
revising holy communion in the hand began
AGAIN. The abuse had been nixed over a
thousand years ago by Church authorities,
notably at the synod of Rouen in 650 AD
among other places.
The practice of Communion-in-the-hand
sprang up suddenly after Vatican Two in
Belgium and Holland... contrary to Church law
which did not allow it.
Once Communion in the hand became a
common practice, people stopped receiving on
the tongue resulting in the loss of faith within
the Real Presence.
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But modern media is a powerful tool for
uncovering truth and conveying it.
Here at Church Militant. TV we have gathered
some footage showing first hand what Pope
Benedict XVI said regarding distribution of the
Sacred Bread of Life.
FS with audio 0:10 – 1:02
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=A3zHpo3gtN0
Take a look for yourself.
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GX 2:25 – 4:00 silent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=A3zHpo3gtN0
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Pope Benedict started distributing Christ's
Body exclusively in this manner, directly on
the tongue, since 2009 on the Feast of Corpus
Christi.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=aXzsyuytMlQ
[FS 0:0 – 0:46]
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You may be familiar with Cardinal Burke,
Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the
Apostolic Signatura, Basically the Chief
Justice of the Church's Supreme Court…well
take a look at what he had to say about the
Pope giving Holy Communion ONLY to those
kneeling and on the tongue.
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Cardinal Burke knows this was not a mere
chance event as he just stated. Quote, “The
Holy Father is giving a very clear lesson by his
own insistence that the faithful receive
kneeling and on the tongue. He's teaching us
something. This is a decision which he
obviously made with much thought and for
good reasons.”
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[FS 4:32 – 6:19]
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Here too is EWTN news speaking in depth
about the same papal event.
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Did you catch that news flash? Quote: “The
Pope's Master of Ceremonies Monsignor
Guido Marini announced a new Vatican
protocol for receiving Communion in
L'Osservatore Romano this week. From now
on to receive Communion from Pope Benedict
at Papal liturgies one will have to kneel and
receive on the tongue.”
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In 2013 Pope Francis chose to keep Monsignor
Marini as Master of Pontifical Liturgical
Celebrations, because of Marini's traditional
formation.
Tune in next week as we continue revealing
the unmistakable Papal preference for
Communion on the Tongue.
God love you. I'm Michael Voris
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Show Title: Sleight of Hand – Reception Deception
Episode Title Episode Three: Papal Preference II
Written By: Brad
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Hello everyone. I'm Michael Voris.
The Roman Pontiff, like any leader of people
has to deal with both bureaucracy and the
human element.
This means he may not always like some things
going on in the Church, such as communion in
the hand.
We've gathered some footage so you can see for
yourself how our current Pontiff actually
distributes Holy Communion at Papal masses in
Rome and how he has instructed his priests to
distribute Holy Communion at those same
masses.
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[GX Papal Mass on April 14, 2013]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ycwLD_LcBKQ
[FS 0:0 – 0:39]
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This clip shows first the pope and then the
priests at his papal mass distributing the Bread
of Life to the faithful at the same papal mass in
Rome on April 14, 2013. The following content
might shock certain Catholics, viewer discretion
is advised.
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GX Papal Mass on April 21,2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ycwLD_LcBKQ
[FS 0:40 – 1:15]
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Now take a look at this video clip of a second
papal mass also in Rome a week later on April
21, 2013.
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It may not surprise many to see the Holy Father
distributing the Sacred Body of our Lord onto
the tongue of kneeling communicants who
come to him to receive Christ. But rare and
wonderful indeed were scenes of these brave
and pious priests who PROTECTED their
vulnerable Eucharistic Lord from possibly being
profaned by common handling or loss of sacred
particles.
At both papal masses were seen these priests
REDIRECTING communicants who had put
out their hand to receive our Lord – to
INSTEAD receive on their tongue in order to
reverently and securely receive their God. This
would be considered a MAJOR pastoral taboo
by many Church leaders in America and yet that
is EXACTLY what is being done in Rome.
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In our last episode we showed footage of Pope
Benedict XVI distributing the Blessed
Sacrament on the tongue at his papal mass.
We also showed video testimony of Cardinal
Burke stating that Pope Benedict, by
distributing in this manner, was
DELIBERATELY teaching us the PROPER
way to distribute and to receive our Lord's
Sacred Body.
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Rolling back the years to a papacy prior to
Benedict we look at testimony from soon to be
Saint John Paul II.
In the 1980 Apostolic Exhortation Dominicae
Cenae, John Paul II, in section 11 wrote;
GX “In some countries the practice of
receiving communion in the hand has been
introduced... However, cases of deplorable
lack of... towards the Eucharist....How
eloquent therefore, …..and power of the Holy
Spirit is necessary! To touch the sacred
species and to distribute them with their own
hands is a privilege of the ordained....”
“In some countries the practice of receiving
communion in the hand has been introduced...
However, cases of deplorable LACK of r espect
toward the Eucharistic species have been
reported, cases which are imputable NOT
ONLY to the individuals guilty of such
behavior, but also to the PASTORS of the
Church who have not been vigilant enough
regarding the attitude of the faithful towards the
Eucharist...
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He then addresses that priests alone are to
handle to Blessed Sacrament, by saying
“How eloquent therefore, even if not of ancient
custom, is the rite of the anointing of the hands
in our Latin ordination, as though precisely for
these hands a special grace and power of the
Holy Spirit is necessary! To touch the sacred
species and to distribute them with their own
hands is a privilege of the ordained....”
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GX “There is an apostolic letter on the
existence of a special valid permission for this
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During his visit to Fulda, Germany in
November 1980, John Paul II was asked about
the practice of Communion-in-the-hand by a
[Communion in the hand]. But I tell you that I
am not in favor of this practice, nor do I
recommend it.”
reporter from the magazine Stee-May Des Gla-
Bens. The Holy Father responded: “There is an
apostolic letter on the existence of a special
valid permission for this [Communion in the
hand]. But I tell you that I am NOT in favor of
this practice, NOR do I recommend it.”
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In 1969, Paul VI, ordered the Congregation for
Divine Worship to prepare an instruction, which
was called Memoriale Domini.
He wanted the instruction prepared as a way to
keep the practice of Holy Communion in the
hand from spreading even further. He
personally proofread the document, corrected it,
and then signed it.
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GX “This method of distributing holy
communion must be retained, taking the
present situation of the Church in the entire
world into account, not merely because it has
many centuries of tradition behind it, but
especially because it expresses the faithful's
reverence for the Eucharist.”
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In this document Pope Paul declares
“This method of distributing holy communion
MUST BE RETAINED, taking the present
situation of the Church in the entire world into
account, not merely because it has many
centuries of tradition behind it, but especially
because it expresses the faithful's reverence for
the Eucharist.”
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“The custom does not detract in any way from
the personal dignity of those who approach this
great sacrament: it is part of that preparation
that is needed for the most fruitful reception of
the Body of the Lord.”
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The Holy Father next speaks of the
NECESSITY of receiving Communion on the
tongue which prepares you to receive MORE
graces saying…
“The custom does NOT detract in any way from
the personal dignity of those who approach this
great sacrament: it is PART of that preparation
that is NEEDED for the MOST fruitful
reception of the Body of the Lord.”
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“This reverence shows that it is not a sharing in 'ordinary
bread and wine' that is involved, but in the Body and
Blood of the Lord, through which 'The people of God
share the benefits of the Paschal Sacrifice, renew the
New Covenant which God has made with man once for
all through the Blood of Christ, and in faith and hope
foreshadow and anticipate the eschatological banquet in
the kingdom of the Father.'
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Pope Paul VI goes on to say…
“This reverence SHOWS that it is not a sharing
in 'ordinary bread and wine' that is involved, but
in the Body and Blood of the Lord...Further, the
practice which must be considered traditional
ensures, MORE effectively, that holy
communion is distributed with the PROPER
respect, decorum and dignity.
“Further, the practice which must be considered
traditional ensures, more effectively, that holy
communion is distributed with the proper respect,
decorum and dignity.”
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“Lastly, it ensures that diligent carefulness
about the fragments of consecrated bread
which the Church has always recommended:
'What you have allowed to drop, think of it as
though you had lost one of your own
members.' ”
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And most importantly, the Holy Father,
concerned about fragments of the host being
lost promotes Communion on the tongue
saying,
“It ENSURES that diligent carefulness about
the fragments of consecrated bread which the
Church has always recommended: 'What you
have allowed to drop, think of it as though you
had lost one of your own members.' ”
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Seems pretty clear to us that not a single pope
had anything good to say about Communion-inthe-
hand but have shown their overwhelming
preference continually for Communion-on-thetongue.
GX In Psalmum XL Enarratio, PL XIV, 1134
“Ubi Petrus ibi ecclesia, et ibi ecclesia vita
eterna.”
“Where there is Peter there is the Church,
where there is the Church there is life eternal!”
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In the fourth century St. Ambrose, Father and
Doctor of the Church, said Ubi Petrus ibi
ecclesia, et ibi ecclesia vita eterna. Which is
rendered “Where there is Peter there is the
Church, where there is the Church there is life
eternal!”
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Rome has spoken and yet for many the cause is
not ended.
Will you stand with Peter?
God love you. I'm Michael Voris
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