We Got Ranjith
To the tune of "The Go-Go's "We Got The Beat"
WARNING!! Harsh language alert!! (unless you're really Keen-O. Inside joke)

I've posted about His Excellency, Archbishop Malcom Ranjith (pronounced RAN-jeet) in the past. He's been described in the press as "a street fighter" for The Holy Father.

He's also the very same one who stated that "bishops and even cardinals" who misrepresented Summorum Pontificum were "in rebellion against the Pope", as well as "what the Holy Fathers says, has to be obeyed in the Church. If we do not follow this principle, we will allow ourselves to be used as instruments of the devil, and nobody else."

That got me thinking.....

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WE GOT RANJITH
See the Traddies happy after Mass
No more bullshit Hootenanny Mass
No more choirs that horribly suck-ass
And we're happy as hell!

Trads got RanjithWe got Ranjith
We got Ranjith
Yeah
We got Ranjith

*Sister Bull Dyke whines "this shit ain't cool"
"Not 'The Spirit' of Vatican II"
"Not done yet destroying Catholic schools"
It's time she fell in line

Trads Got Ranjith
We got Ranjith
We got Ranjith
Yeah
We got Ranjith

We got Ranjith
We got Ranjith
Everybody get on your feet
We got Ranjith
You know we can just call Ranjith
We got Ranjith Jump back - get down
We got Ranjith
'Round and 'round and 'round

Trads Got Ranjith
We got Ranjith
We got Ranjith
We got Ranjith

* Alternate Chorus
Old broads in Spandex really want to dance
Liturg'cal Music puts them in a trance
Father Poof says just give them a chance
That's when we contact Rome

Step On Up And Shake Hands With Jesus
He's our bestest buddy in the whole wide world!

God bless Archbishop Ranjith. I sure do hope that when Cardinal Arinze retires, that Pope Benedict has Abp. Ranjith on a ridiculously short list of who is to be elevated to Cardinal, and take over that particular Congregation.

And I've posted about His Excellency many times in the past. Dare I say it?? Is he possibly being groomed as the next Pontiff? Works for me.

But in the meantime, enjoy this bit of sanity coming out of Rome, courtesy of The Catholic News Agency; (emphasis mine)

Communion in hand should be revised, Vatican official says

ROME, Feb 1, 2008 / 03:32 pm (CNA).- Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith, Secretary of the Vatican's Congregation for Divine Cult and Discipline of the Sacraments has said that the policy of giving Communion in the hand should be revised.

Receiving Holy Communion in the hand "produces a growing weakening of a devout attitude toward the Most Holy Sacrament," wrote Archbishop Ranjith in the preface of a book from the Auxiliary Bishop of Kazakhstan, Bishop Athanasius Schneider.

The book's title, printed by the Vatican Editing house, is “Dominus Est: Meditations of a Bishop from Central Asia on the Sacred Eucharist." Archbishop Ranjith says in the preface that the Eucharist should be received "with reverence and an attitude of devout adoration," and claims that the practice of receiving Communion in the hand "was introduced in some places in an abusive and hurried manner."

The Archbishop also highlights that the Second Vatican Council never promoted or legitimated such practice. “I believe it is time to evaluate and reconsider such a practice, and if necessary, abandon it all together," Ranjith concludes.BTW, as I've said on more than one occasion, if we REALLY believe that Holy Communion is in fact, The Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ, than isn't receiving Him as such standing and in the hand tantamount to shaking hands with Him? We should fall to our knees at the awe and majesty that is The Holy Eucharist.

Well, Swing Me From An Ineffable Gibbet!
As Presider Fishperson frantically searches for his dictionary (or is it correctly called a "gynotionary?)

Here's some from the Catholic World News; (Emphasis and comments mine.) Vatican approves new English translation for Mass

Vatican, Jul. 25, 2008 (CWNews.com) - The Vatican has given formal approval to a new English translation of the central prayers of the Mass for use in the United States.

In a June 23 letter of Bishop Arthur Serratelli, the chairman of the US bishops' liturgy committee, the Congregation for Divine Worship announces its recognitio for the translation, which had already won the approval of the US bishops' conference, despite strong protests from some liberal prelates. (And just who might these "liberal prelates" be... and why are they pouting?)

The new translation adheres more closely to the Latin of the Roman Missal. Since the 2001 publication of Liturgiam Authenticam, the instruction on the proper translation of liturgical texts, the Vatican has pressed for more faithful translations of the official Latin texts. (How Catholic.)

Alluding gently to the fierce debates over English-language liturgical translations in the past decade, the Congregation for Divine Worship reports "no little satisfaction in arriving at this juncture." The letter from the Vatican is signed by Cardinal Francis Arinze (bio - news) and Archbishop Albert Malcom Ranjith, the prefect and secretary, respectively, of the Congregation. (Ahhh... I see bigger things in the future of Abp Ranjith!)

The Vatican's binding approval covers only a portion of the entire Roman Missal. The entire process of translating the Roman Missal is expected to take at least until 2010. However, the prayers given the Vatican recognitio are the most common texts for the Order of the Mass. (Count on a barrage of monkey-wrenches being thrown by the liberals as they eagerly await the death of Pope Benedict.)

The Vatican approval comes just after the US bishops' conference voted against approval of another installment in the series of translations that will be required to complete the overall project.

The new translation is not to be used immediately, the Vatican letter indicates. Instead the US bishops are directed to begin "pastoral preparation" for the changes in the language of the Mass. During this same period, the Congregation for Divine Worship notes, some musical settings for the text could be prepared. (Monkey-wrench alert!! Can anyone lend their sabots to Fishperson and Friends?)

Among the noteworthy changes that Catholics will notice when the new translation goes into effect are:

At the Consecration, the priest will refer to Christ's blood which is "poured out for you and for many"-- an accurate translation of pro multis-- rather than "for all" in the current translation. (Gee... just like Jesus said, huh?)

In the Nicene Creed the opening word, Credo, will be correctly translated as "I believe" rather than "we believe."

When the priest says, "The Lord be with you," the faithful respond, "And with your spirit," rather than simply, "And also with you."

In the Eucharistic prayer, references to the Church will use the pronouns "she" and "her" rather than "it."

In the Agnus Dei, the text cites the "Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world," rather than using the singular word "sin."

In the preferred form of the penitential rite, the faithful will acknowledge that they have sinned "through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault."

Throughout the translation of the Offertory and Eucharistic Prayer, the traditional phrases of supplication are restored, and the Church is identified as "holy"-- in each case, matching the Latin original of the Roman Missal. (Isn't all this the initial and true intent of V2?)

A Stunner Out Of Britain
This is a 100% MUST READ!

The good ship USS 21st Century Catholic Counter-Reformation is well under way and under full sail. Cap'n Benedict has already announced over the 1MC that rough seas are ahead, but stout hearts and a firm resolve will get us through the gales that already trying to knock us off our course.

OK, enough of the squid-speak. You've got to read this article. Sheesh... when even the secular media recognizes the outright mutiny taking place in our Church, that might give the rest of us a real reason to look upon some our more "progressive leaders" a look with more than just a jaundiced eye.

From The Telegraph (Great Britain), here are a few paragraphs; (emphasis mine)

Pope gets radical and woos the Anglicans
By Damian Thompson
Last Updated: 12:01am GMT 16/11/2007

The 80-year-old Pontiff is planning a purification of the Roman liturgy in which decades of trendy innovations will be swept away. This recovery of the sacred is intended to draw Catholics closer to the Orthodox and ultimately to heal the 1,000 year Great Schism. But it is also designed to attract vast numbers of conservative Anglicans, who will be offered the protection of the Holy Father if they covert en masse. The liberal cardinals don't like the sound of it at all.

Ever since the shock of Benedict's election, they have been waiting for him to show his hand. Now that he has, the resistance has begun in earnest - and the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, is in the thick of it.

"Pope Benedict is isolated," I was told when I visited Rome last week. "So many people, even in the Vatican, oppose him, and he feels the strain immensely." Yet he is ploughing ahead. He reminds me of another conservative revolutionary, Margaret Thatcher, who waited a couple of years before taking on the Cabinet "wets" sabotaging her reforms.

Benedict's pontificate moved into a new phase on July 7, with the publication of his apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum. With a stroke of his pen, the Pope restored the traditional Latin Mass - in effect banned for 40 years - to parity with the modern liturgy. Shortly afterwards, he replaced Archbishop Piero Marini, the papal Master of Ceremonies who turned many of John Paul II's Masses into politically correct carnivals.

Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor was most displeased. Last week, he hit back with a "commentary" on Summorum Pontificum. According to Murphy-O'Connor, the ruling leaves the power of local bishops untouched. In fact, it removes the bishops' power to block the ancient liturgy. In other words, the cardinal - who tried to stop Benedict issuing the ruling - is misrepresenting its contents.

Alas, he is not alone: dozens of bishops in Britain, Europe and America have tried the same trick. Murphy-O'Connor's "commentary" was modelled on equally dire "guidelines" written by Bishop Arthur Roche of Leeds with the apparent purpose of discouraging the faithful from exercising their new rights.

A few years ago the ploy might have worked. But news travels fast in the traditionalist blogosphere, and these tactics have been brought to the attention of papal advisers.

This month, Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, a senior Vatican official close to Benedict, declared that "bishops and even cardinals" who misrepresented Summorum Pontificum were "in rebellion against the Pope".

Ranjith is tipped to become the next Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, in charge of regulating worldwide liturgy. That makes sense: if Benedict is moving into a higher gear, then he needs street fighters in high office.

The liberation of the Latin liturgy, the rapprochement with Eastern Orthodoxy, the absorption of former Anglicans - all these ambitions reflect Benedict's conviction that the Catholic Church must rediscover the liturgical treasure of Christian history to perform its most important task: worshipping God.

This conviction is shared by growing numbers of young Catholics, but not by the church politicians who have dominated the hierarchies of Europe for too long.

By failing to welcome the latest papal initiatives - or even to display any interest in them, beyond the narrow question of how their power is affected - the bishops of England and Wales have confirmed Benedict's low opinion of them.

Now he should replace them. If the Catholic reformation is to start anywhere, it might as well be here.

...And The Vatican Responds
To all those bishops who are resisting the Motu Proprio

I've posted about Archbishop Ranjith before. We sure could use a few hundred more like him.

From Fr. Zuhlsdorf 's What Does The Prayer Really Say?, check out what the #2 man at the Congregation for Divine Worship has to say -- (emphasis mine)

“The motu proprio Summorum Pontificum on the Latin Liturgy of July 7th 2007 is the fruit of a deep reflection by our Pope on the mission of the Church. It is not up to us, who wear ecclesiastical purple and red, to draw this into question, to be disobedient and make the motu proprio void by our own little, tittle rules. Even not if they were made by a bishops conference. Even bishops do not have this right. What the Holy Fathers says, has to be obeyed in the Church. If we do not follow this principle, we will allow ourselves to be used as instruments of the devil, and nobody else. This will lead to discord in the Church, and slows down her mission. We do not have the time to waste on this. Else we behave like emperor Nero, fiddling on his violin while Rome was burning. The churches are emptying, there are no vocations, the seminaries are empty. Priests become older and older, and young priests are scarce.”

And how I would love to see Archbishop Ranjith promoted to the #1 spot at CDW. Cardinal Levada can go back to San Francisco.

FINALLY... Some Straight Talk Out Of Rome
'Bout time

Archbishop Malcom Ranjith, the Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship, had some rather... interesting, shall we say... things about the Mass of Paul VI (better known as the New Mass, or the Novus Ordo Mass).

Here's a few tid-bits;

What I wished to insist on in those interviews was that the post-conciliar reform of the liturgy has not been able to achieve the expected goals of spiritual and missionary renewal in the Church so that today we could be truly happy about it.

Undoubtedly there have been positive results too; but the negative effects seem to have been greater, causing much disorientation in our ranks.

The churches have become empty, liturgical free-wheeling has become the order of the day, and the true meaning and significance of that which is celebrated has been obscured.

Granted, Archbishop Ranjith can't authorize the freeing of the Tridentine Mass (only the Holy Father can), but it sure is refreshing to see some honesty coming from the Vatican on what an absolute and utter disaster the New Mass is.

By the way, wouldn't it be nice to see a North American or Western European cleric (other than the SSPX or the FSSP) say the same thing? But like I've been saying for years, most "Catholics" in North America and Western Europe have already abandoned The Faith.

If and when the Tridentine is freed, be prepared to see it flourish in Asia and Africa.

Slowly..... Slowly
"Liturgical discipline needed, Vatican official says"

It's been said that things move glacially slow in Catholicism. But by Church standards, this is moving at lighting speed.

I've posted before that the #2 man at the Congregation for Divine Worship is a "Friend of Tradition".

"I agree 200% with you that there really is a problem in the Church with the liturgy and the priesthood, and both go together. We must work on this, and there is no doubt that the Pope has to set free the true Catholic Mass for everyone—I am going now to Rome where I will have my private chapel. I have just taken care to get a Missal of St. Pius V to celebrate Mass as it should be." ~ Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith , the new Secretary for the Congregation for Divine Worship, to Bishop Bernard Fellay, Superior General of the SSPX, 2001.

I'll readily admit that I got caught up in the anticipation and excitement a few months back concerning the freeing of the Latin Mass. I won't get snakebit again. But I will say this; things are getting..... interesting, shall we say?

Here is an excellent posting concerning Archbishop Ranjith and his attitude towards the Traditional Latin Mass.

A Spiritual Descendant Of martin luther Speaks!
THIS is an example of an "obedient priest"?

As I've posted below, a piece concerning Archbishop Rangith of the Congregation for Divine Worship , and what he had to say about those bishops who are trying their level best to fight The Holy Father's recent motu proprio. For those of you who haven't read it yet, I suggest you take a gander at it, then come back and read this.

But here is a ComBox posting I received from (supposedly) "Father" Charles Ledderer. There, you can also see my ComBox response to him. Anyhow, this is what I just rcv'd in the mail;
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Fr. Charles Ledderer has left a new comment on your post "...And The Vatican Responds To all those bishops w...":

One hundred more like him? You mean one hundred more bishops resident in fantasyland? I do not think that the Tridentine Mass will magically fill our churches and seminaries and change all that is wrong with the world. Such an attitude strikes me as nothing but a Catholic form of Fundamentalism. For the Protestant fundies all one has to do is "accept Jesus as Lord and Savior." For the Catholic fundies, worshiping according to the Missal of Pius V is all that is necessary.
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Personally, I don't think this guy really is a Catholic priest. His blog title is listed as On guard against the Catholic "lunatic fringe", and he states only that he's located somewhere in "The Dakotas". Also, he ensures that he lists that his Zodiac Year is that of the dragon. How appropriate.

Anyhow, I've done a quick search on the websites for the Diocese's of Fargo, Bismark and Sioux Falls, and guess what? There isn't a "Father Charles Ledderer" listed. Like I said... more than likely a fraud. This guy's about as much a Catholic priest as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in San Francisco are real Catholic nuns.

But if anyone else can find out if this individual really is a Catholic priest, please forward the info on to me. I know a person or two who has connections in The Vatican. I'm sure the Apastolic Nuncio and Archbishop Ranjith himself would be just tickled to death to read this.

A Sign From Pope Benedict On The Liturgy?
The new #2 man at the Congregation for Divine Worship friendly towards Tradition and the SSPX

"I agree 200% with you that there really is a problem in the Church with the liturgy and the priesthood, and both go together. We must work on this, and there is no doubt that the Pope has to set free the true Catholic Mass for everyone—I am going now to Rome where I will have my private chapel. I have just taken care to get a Missal of St. Pius V to celebrate Mass as it should be." ~ Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith , the new Secretary for the Congregation for Divine Worship

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