I met her some months ago. What a stalwart devout pious Catholic!
An email exchange:
Hello Father,
Please relate my condolences to Father —-.
Grieving is as deep as love. I can feel the pain all the way to the hermitage. Those who die like this are thieves, stealing our hearts to take with them, cheering us on to follow.
Prayers and blessing for you all.
Father George
And the reply:
Dear Fr George
Many thanks. Mrs —— died very peacefully after the Gospel as the family was offering Mass at her bedside. All her children were there. She had had a wonderful dream about heaven on Christmas Eve and after that was very eager to be on her way. She had stopped communicating a few days ago, but today when Fr —- asked if she wanted the family to have Mass, she very forcefully said YES. She had had several experiences while she was still awake and communicating. She experienced God and the heavenly homeland and told her children, It’s all true!! Heaven is real!!. So may her soul abide now in the depths of the Most Holy Trinity awaiting the great day of Resurrection. And may she intercede now powerfully for us…..
Gratefully fr —- -
Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine. Et lux perpetua luceat eis. Requiescant in pace. Amen.
Te Deum laudamus: te Dominum confitemur.
Te aeternum Patrem omnis terra veneratur.
Tibi omnes Angeli; tibi caeli et universae Potestates;
Tibi Cherubim et Seraphim incessabili voce proclamant:
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth.
Pleni sunt caeli et terra maiestatis gloriae tuae.
Te gloriosus Apostolorum chorus,
Te Prophetarum laudabilis numerus,
Te Martyrum candidatus laudat exercitus.
Te per orbem terrarum sancta confitetur Ecclesia,
Patrem immensae maiestatis:
Venerandum tuum verum et unicum Filium;
Sanctum quoque Paraclitum Spiritum.
Tu Rex gloriae, Christe.
Tu Patris sempiternus es Filius.
Tu ad liberandum suscepturus hominem, non horruisti Virginis uterum.
Tu, devicto mortis aculeo, aperuisti credentibus regna caelorum.
Tu ad dexteram Dei sedes, in gloria Patris.
Iudex crederis esse venturus.
Te ergo quaesumus, tuis famulis subveni: quos pretioso sanguine redemisti.
Aeterna fac cum sanctis tuis in gloria numerari.
V. Salvum fac populum tuum, Domine, et benedic hereditati tuae.
R. Et rege eos, et extolle illos usque in aeternum.
V. Per singulos dies benedicimus te.
R. Et laudamus nomen tuum in saeculum, et in saeculum saeculi.
V. Dignare, Domine, die isto sine peccato nos custodire.
R. Miserere nostri, Domine, miserere nostri.
V. Fiat misericordia tua, Domine, super nos, quemadmodum speravimus in te.
R. In te, Domine, speravi: non confundar in aeternum.
O God, we praise Thee, and acknowledge Thee to be the supreme Lord.
Everlasting Father, all the earth worships Thee.
All the Angels, the heavens and all angelic powers,
All the Cherubim and Seraphim, continuously cry to Thee:
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts!
Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of Thy glory.
The glorious choir of the Apostles,
The wonderful company of Prophets,
The white-robed army of Martyrs, praise Thee.
Holy Church throughout the world acknowledges Thee:
The Father of infinite Majesty;
Thy adorable, true and only Son;
Also the Holy Spirit, the Comforter.
O Christ, Thou art the King of glory!
Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.
When Thou tookest it upon Thyself to deliver man,
Thou didst not disdain the Virgin’s womb.
Having overcome the sting of death, Thou opened the Kingdom of Heaven to all
believers.
Thou sitest at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father.
We believe that Thou willst come to be our Judge.
We, therefore, beg Thee to help Thy servants whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy
Precious Blood.
Let them be numbered with Thy Saints in everlasting glory.
V. Save Thy people, O Lord, and bless Thy inheritance!
R. Govern them, and raise them up forever.
V. Every day we thank Thee.
R. And we praise Thy Name forever, yes, forever and ever.
V. O Lord, deign to keep us from sin this day.
R. Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us.
V. Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, for we have hoped in Thee.
R. O Lord, in Thee I have put my trust; let me never be put to shame.
The usual conditions for any plenary indulgence:
Sacramental confession, within abut 20 days before or after
Eucharistic communion, preferably on the day, or the days before or after
Prayer for the intentions of Supreme Pontiff, for instance, the Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, the Glory Be
The will to be detached from even venial sin
The recitation or singing of the Te Deum Laudumus is to be solemnized in a church, chapel or oratory.
Whatever the origin of this hymn, it seems that Saints Ambrose and Augustine were seen exclaiming the verses in alternation from memory. I love that kind of enthusiasm.
I’m hoping my little Holy Souls Hermitage Chapel counts, and that the way I sing this, perhaps quite pitifully, will count as “solemn”!
I’m going to ask our Lord to free the soul of priest in purgatory. Perhaps he will greet me at the gates of heaven and help to welcome me, as I hope, into the eternal habitations, as they are called in the Gospels.
Nota Bene: Don’t think that our Lord is misery in indulging souls with His good graces. He is good and kind. There are many, however, who insist that an indulgence is farcical, that there is no such thing, insisting that the soul has to be virtually enjoying the beatific vision, transformed in grace as much as the Immaculate Conception, before any indulgence would be granted by our Lord, which, by the way, would make the indulgence superfluous, right?
No, no. The will to be detached from even venial sin means that this is one’s intention. It does not mean that one is not weak. Honestly!
So, do an act of charity, offer an indulgence for one of the faithful departed.
Tomorrow, there is another special indulgence. Perhaps offer that for yourself. You can’t offer an indulgence for any other living person.
Anecdote: I know of a seminarian who was thrown out of an international Marian pilgrimage destination because he mentioned that the Stations of the Cross carried a plenary indulgence. Yikes!
Blood and guts everywhere: There are many stories of the martyrs going to their deaths singing the Te Deum Laudamus in thanksgiving for having been given the priviledge to bear witness to our Lord in the most trying of circumstances, which makes that witness, that martyrdom, shine all the more brilliantly.
When we are thankful to our Lord, that thankfulness must include all that which He has has permitted to happen to us which is rather horrific, in the sense that we know that He can and will draw a much greater good out of such events for our good and the good of others.
An emotional video sent in by a reader, the mother of a son who is in the military and in the seminary. I’m sure you’ll love watching it. Perhaps you could take just a few seconds and join me in saying a Hail Mary for her. She’s terribly sick.
Also, in remembering those who made the sacrifice, let’s ask our Lord about the eternal repose of their souls. Hail Mary…
This is the new Catholic section of one of the hundreds of local cemeteries, this being one of the larger cemeteries around, though you couldn’t tell it from this picture. In the first days of November, there’s a particularly easy plenary indulgence you can get for the Holy Souls: here.
This is the last big bit of plastic that served as a wall for the hermitage for the past year. It’s just been dropped to the ground from on high since — you guessed it — just about the last section of non-wall has been replaced with something more substantial (plywood and 2x4s).
That bit of plastic was not tossed or even put away. It’s now serving as a way to keep the kindling dry.
Kindling… Some of those branches are 4 inches thick. I’ll have to use the saw on them again to get them down to size. Here’s another pile about three times as large. I’ve yet to cover it up.
I’m distracted by a certain Laudie who thinks she can fly if she just flaps her ears fast enough.
Since she’s putting on weight, and she thinks she can fly, why don’t I just call her Dumbo after, you know…
Such distractions! I’ll have to get back to writing about Genesis. Lot’s of animals in that account as well.
All Souls Day — Holy Souls Day — is the titular feast of Holy Souls Hermitage.
The hermitage is especially given over to helping priests and bishops through the purgatory of this life and the next. So, there is an emphasis this month on getting priests and bishops out of purgatory.
I’m not alone in this intention. For instance, from a priest who visited Holy Souls Hermitage recently:
May the goodness and kindness of our Lord fill your hear this All Saint Day and following into your special feast day, All Souls Day!
I will offer three Masses tomorrow. One for all the faithful departed, with particular mention of your charism and hermitage, one for those deceased in my own family, and one for the Holy Father.
If you would like to celebrate with Holy Souls Hermitage, take up the Holy Souls Hermitage Holy Souls Challenge in this month of November, getting as many priests and bishops out of purgatory as you can.
This is the gargantuan wall mural taking up a very large section of the Dominican community’s chapel at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome, where, besides other universities and institutes, I spent many years. This was a work which drew me into the chapel frequently. Yikes!
The best way not to go to purgatory is, of course, to go through on this earth the purgatory which would have otherwise awaited us after we die.
I mean, I certainly would not want to be in purgatory until even, say, the end of the world. I would rather go straight to heaven. But, you know, I know that if our Lord, in His goodness and kindness, saves me from the jaws of hell crushing me until I’m dragged even further into hell…. if our dear Lord saves me from that, I’m thinking that I would in fact be in purgatory until the end of the world. And, get this, I think that without hardly even having an inkling about just how evil I have sometimes been in my life. I can hardly begin to know just how lacking in generosity in following the Lord I am now.
So, what to do? What to do?
I know! Two things, really…
(1) Be faithful to the Lord in absolutely every circumstance no matter what, depending on His grace. In conjunction with this, keeping us with the sacraments, Confession and Holy Communion.
(2) Pray for the souls in purgatory.
The souls in purgatory can’t help themselves, but silently await our prayers. A deafening silence. They are tugging at our hearts and souls. You know all that “moment of silence” stuff during times of catastrophe, etc.? That’s came about in Catholic Ireland in the days of yore when, with all Catholic pedagogy, had people pray for those who had no voice anymore, that is, precisely, the souls in purgatory.
Our prayers for them are extremely efficacious before the throne of God because it’s a gratuitous act of charity for those who are in desperate need.
And… and… our prayers in the end really aren’t so gratuitous, because we ourselves gain immensely. We grow in charity and cut our time in purgatory, even, in our Lord’s mercy, cutting out our time in purgatory altogether.
I think this cutting down of any time in purgatory also has to do with those we’ve delivered from purgatory by our prayers. They are just so very anxious to greet us to thank us that when we die, they are just so right in the face of our Lord and our Blessed Mother interceding with them that we be allowed straightaway into heaven, because, you know, they can’t wait to greet us, to thank us, even though we would then have all eternity to get acquainted! Hah! And away we go into the pearly gates. I love that. Heaven is heaven, after all.
So, that’s really cool, that kind of purgatory here on earth, I mean, you know, compared to the fire-like purgation after this life.
And, just a reminder, we have a Holy Souls Hermitage Holy Souls Challenge[Link fixed!] going on for the month of November: See if you can take up the challenge. Get those priests and bishops out of purgatory!
Also, just to say, if you ever have something you want to storm heaven about, pray for the Holy Souls. They will just so take up that cause should it be in the will of our Lord. Really! I mean: Yikes! Like that. Yikes!
Holy Souls Hermitage Holy Souls Challenge for the month of November, which is dedicated to praying for the Holy Souls in purgatory:
Do a plenary indulgence every day for a priest or bishop of our Lady’s choosing every day during November.You will rejoice when they greet you at the pearly gates to drag you right in to heaven.
The conditions for a plenary indulgence are well summarized by EWTN:
The following “General remarks on Indulgences” from Gift of the Indulgencesummarizes the usual conditions given in the Church’s law (cf. Apostolic Penitentiary, Prot. N. 39/05/I):
1. This is how an indulgence is defined in the Code of Canon Law (can. 992) and in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (n. 1471): “An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints”.
2. In general, the gaining of indulgences requires certain prescribed conditions (below, nn. 3, 4), and the performance of certain prescribed works ….. [in this case, those granted for the Feast of Mercy]
3. To gain indulgences, whether plenary or partial, it is necessary that the faithful be in the state of grace at least at the time the indulgenced work is completed. [i.e. one must be a Catholic, not excommunicated or in schism.]
4. A plenary indulgence can be gained only once a day. In order to obtain it, the faithful must, in addition to being in the state of grace:
have the interior disposition of complete detachment from sin, even venial sin;
have sacramentally confessed their sins;
receive the Holy Eucharist (it is certainly better to receive it while participating in Holy Mass, but for the indulgence only Holy Communion is required);
pray for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff.
5. It is appropriate, but not necessary, that the sacramental Confession and especially Holy Communion and the prayer for the Pope’s intentions take place on the same day that the indulgenced work is performed; but it is sufficient that these sacred rites and prayers be carried out within several days (about 20) before or after the indulgenced act. Prayer for the Pope’s intentions is left to the choice of the faithful, but an “Our Father” and a “Hail Mary” are suggested. One sacramental Confession suffices for several plenary indulgences, but a separate Holy Communion and a separate prayer for the Holy Father’s intentions are required for each plenary indulgence.
6. For the sake of those legitimately impeded, confessors can commute both the work prescribed and the conditions required (except, obviously, detachment from even venial sin).
7. Indulgences can always be applied either to oneself or to the souls of the deceased, but they cannot be applied to other persons living on earth.
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Prayers for the intentions of our Holy Father can be, for instance, the Creed and the Our Father.
The Work can be, for instance:
30 minutes of reading Sacred Scripture or
the rosary either in a group of whatever size and/or before the Blessed Sacrament (not necessarily exposed for adoration)
For the Via Crucis, the Way of the Cross, see the norms in the comments of this post.
There are some other options for the first days of November as well:
§ 1. A plenary indulgence, applied exclusively to the souls in Purgatory, is granted to the Christian faithful who:
1° on every single day, from the first to the eighth day in November, devoutly visit a cemetery and, even if only mentally, pray for the faithful departed;
2° on the day of Commemoration of All Faithful Departed [November 2] (or, according to the Ordinary, on the preceding or subsequent Sunday, or on the day of the solemnity of All Saints) piously visit a church or oratory and there recite the Pater and the Credo.
Although I’ve been doing 30 minutes of reading of the Sacred Scriptures (much of this being from Saint Paul!), there are many other ways to gain a plenary indulgence for those in purgatory. Here are some:
30 minutes of reading of Sacred Scripture
Stations of the Cross
5 decades of the rosary recited recited without interruption in a church or oratory or when it is recited in a family, a religous community, or a pious association, meditating on the relative mysteries of the rosary
30 minutes of adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament (Exposition and Benediction and Processions are not required!)
There are many others which are special to this occasion or that day, but those listed above can be gained every day of the year, once a day, either for oneself, or, what we’re interested in here, for the souls of those in purgatory.
Join anytime. Although I’ve been 30 minutes of reading of the Sacred Scriptures (much of this being from Saint Paul!), there are many other ways to gain a plenary indulgence for those in purgatory. Here are some:
30 minutes of reading of Sacred Scripture
Stations of the Cross
5 decades of the rosary recited recited without interruption in a church or oratory or when it is recited in a family, a religous community, or a pious association, meditating on the relative mysteries of the rosary
30 minutes of adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament
There are many others which are special to this occasion or that day, but those listed above can be gained every day of the year, once a day, either for oneself, or, what we’re interested in here, for the souls of those in purgatory.
A question came in the other day on the helplessness of the Holy Souls, it being understood that they cannot help themselves:
“If the last two people die on earth and go to purgatory, how will they ever get out?”
Coincidentally, an email came in with this:
“As I was doing the Nov 1-8 cemetery plenary (hoping) indulgence for the Holy Souls today, I wondered if the saints can help the Holy Souls. I’m thinking maybe not because they’d be able to do it much better than we can and the Souls would all be out of purgatory. What odd things come to my mind sometimes.”
Yikes! O.K.
Here’s the answer to the first: In our Lord’s providence, those who remain till the Lord comes will, as Saint Paul says, be caught up in the twinkling of an eye, much like the Immaculate Conception, a twinkling of an eye which does not exclude the “death” that might be described with the transformation of our earthly bodies to the bodies we will have in heaven, which will be able to see God face to Face.
Here’s the answer to the second: Although the Holy Souls (the Church Suffering) are not excluded from the solidarity of the saints in heaven (the Church Triumphant), nor even from each other (for they are holy), it is most fitting that they depend on the prayers of those on earth (the Church Militant).
The reason for this is that they themselves were a bit slack in getting to know what our Lord did for us while He walked this earth, while He was nailed to the Cross. They were not as generous with their souls in getting to know the truth of reality. They were a bit selfish, a bit cowardly, a bit too given to looking at the cross instead of to our Lord, frightening themselves and others. They surely did not concern themselves much with the relief of the Holy Souls in purgatory.
It is wonderfully fitting in justice that they learn a bit of humble thanksgiving by being on the receiving end of those who offer prayers for their relief, for their entrance into heaven, from the Church Militant. In this, they see the goodness of the Lord in such souls of the Church Militant, which is astounding to them, as they did not know this to any greath depth in their own lives. They cannot yet see the saints in heaven, but they visit those on earth to request prayers. And they see how far our Lord had to reach into this hell on earth to grab such souls as pray for them, and they learn to be in humble thanksgiving not only to our Lord, the Head of the Mystical Body, but also the members of that Mystical Body. This is necessary for them to be able to go to heaven, where, because everyone has learned this about each other and the Lord, the rejoicing is at fever pitch!
Since this section of the cemetery is new, dedicated to Catholics, there is so far only one marker. Little David lasted only one day. Yikes! Tempus fugit. Memento mori. We’re all living on borrowed time which our Lord provided for us. Today’s plenary indulgence was done at the cemetery, it being All Souls Day.
Today is all souls day, that is, the Holy Souls in purgatory. And they are holy. They will sooner or later be great saints in heaven. They have the indwelling of the Most Holy Trinity in their souls. They are filled with sanctifying grace. They are so good and so kind, and pray for us. They can’t pray for themselves. Our Lord instantly listens to our prayers for them, and they go on their way to heaven. They are grateful, and are sollicitous with our guardian angels for our welfare. They are super eager, then, to be the ones who welcome us into the eternal habitations when we die, which, hey… may be even today. Tempus fugit. Memento mori. Time flies. Remember death. Do that by way of love, remembering the Holy Souls. Visit a cemetery today and pray for them. Pray for the Holy Father. Go to Holy Communion and Confess your sins. I’ll be going to the cemetery down the mountain today. I’ll offer the plenary indulgence for a priest or bishop in purgatory. After all, this is what Holy Souls Hermitage is all about.
“Feast Day”? Yes, also for the Holy Souls. I mean, they rejoice to have so many prayers and Masses offered for them today. I’ll be offering three Masses today. One for all deceased priests and bishops. One for all the Holy Souls. One for the Holy Father and his intentions. I have often done three Masses in a row, as is often done, but today thought I would spread them out, as the hands were so numb after the first Mass I thought I’d better wait till things warm up a bit later in the day. The stove isn’t in yet. I didn’t want to drop the chalice or some such thing!
Often overshadowed by Halloween (October 31) and All Saints Day (November 1), All Souls Day is a solemn feast in the Roman Catholic Church commemorating all of those who have died and are in Purgatory, being cleansed of their venial sins and atoning before entering into Heaven. The importance of the feast was made clear by Pope Benedict XV when he granted all priests the privilege of celebrating three Masses on All Souls Day: one for the faithful departed; one for the priest’s intentions; and one for the intentions of the Holy Father. Only on a handful of other very important feast days are priests allowed to celebrate more than two Masses.
On All Souls Day, we not only remember the dead, but we apply our efforts, through prayer, almsgiving, and the Mass, to their release from Purgatory. There are two indulgences attached to All Souls Day, one for visiting a church and another for visiting a cemetery. While the actions are performed by the living, the merits of the indulgences are applicable only to the souls in Purgatory.
Always refer to the Norms on Indulgences for specific guidelines and requirements for gaining plenary and partial Indulgences.
Praying for the dead is a Christian obligation. The Church devotes the month of November to prayer for the Holy Souls in Purgatory, and participation in the Mass of All Souls Day is a good way to begin this month.
UPDATE: Rorate Caeli outlined the indulgence conditions much more eloquently:
§ 1. A plenary indulgence, applied exclusively to the souls in
Purgatory, is granted to the Christian faithful who:
1° on every single day, from the first to the eighth day in November, devoutly visit a cemetery and, even if only mentally, pray for the faithful departed;
2° on the day of Commemoration of All Faithful Departed [November 2] (or, according to the Ordinary, on the preceding or subsequent Sunday, or on the day of the solemnity of All Saints) piously visit a church or oratory and there recite the Pater and the Credo.
Thanks to a kind reader, the Daily Mass intention for the month of November here at Holy Souls Hermitage is for repose of the souls of all deceased priests and bishops.
The holy souls in purgatory would also be very grateful for any indulgences, particularly plenary indulgences, which would come their way. They will be eternally grateful, and be happy to welcome you yourself into the eternal habitations. Just one day makes the difference for a soul who will then be praying for you to get to heaven, and will be solicitous for your well being with your guardian angels in so many ways.
What’s my plenary indulgence project for today? Reading Sacred Scripture for thirty minutes.
Just that simple. When you die yourself, you’ll be so very happy you took the day or even whole month to do this. Our Lord, in His goodness and kindness, appreciates this very, very much.
All Masses for the Month of November at Holy Souls Hermitage will be offered for the repose of the souls of deceased priests and bishops. Please, join the effort by obtaining a plenary indulgence every day of November for deceased priests and bishops.
Make the intention to do this today. Plan some way to do this. Start by going to Confession as soon as possible, then again mid-month, then again at the end of the month. Receive Holy Communion daily. Pray daily for the intentions of the Holy Father, such as the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be. Ask our Lord for the grace to be freed from any attachment to sin, including venial sin. Then, daily, do what is required for a plenary indulgence. Here are just two examples:
Read Scripture for 30 continuous minutes.
Recite the Rosary with the mysteries in church. If you cannot go to a church, you must recite the rosary with at least one other person.
The book to the left comes highly recommended as an into to patrology course. I think I did my patristics course some 30 years ago.
Tempus fugit! Memento mori!
Speaking of which, thanks to D.W., I also received the book on purgatory. I had seen this in my earlier seminary days, when I had plowing through many of the publications of TAN Books. Very cool. This is not so much a Scriptural/Doctrinal approach as a into to the realities of our Lord’s mercy through the indications given to us by the great saints of the Church. Very cool! Thanks so much. How appropriate for Holy Souls Hermitage. I’ll see if I can’t use this for a series of posts on purgatory. Thanks, D.W.! I’m sure the Holy Souls appreciate this.
Let’s pray for the repose of the souls of those heroes who with no thought to thier own safety, gave their lives to save others if they could. Hail Mary…
Let’s pray for others who are being formed to be such heroes, and they don’t even know it. Heaven will tell the story. Hail Mary…
$0.00 so far for APRIL 2013 for Holy Souls Hermitage. That's surprising. The starting amount is $0.00 and the desired goal is $0.00. If I actually solicited donations, I would have to be a 501(c)3, which requires paying into the Obamacare abortion insurance program. Catholics need not apply. So, if you force donations on me, well, that's up to you. I explain it best on the Benefactors! page. I'm very thankful for what I have, and content with whatever there is. I thank all who have forced donations on Holy Souls Hermitage against all my protestations. I pray for you all daily, and offer Holy Mass for you about once a month.
Accompany me, Father George David Byers, S.S.L., S.T.D., as I begin life as a Catholic Priest-Hermit by choice. Holy Souls Hermitage is dedicated to the sanctification of my fellow priests, bishops, deacons & seminarians going through the purgatory of this life or the next. Prayer and sacrifice go up, of course, for both Benedict XVI and the next Successor of Saint Peter.
All told, Masses offered for Benedict XVI came to 918.
י ב ר כ ך י ה ו ה ב ה ת א ם ל ת פ י ל ת מ ר י ם ה ק ד ו ש ה May the Lord continue to bless you according to the intercession of Mary Most Holy
Proud to be a 4th degree K of C
N.B. As far as I understand, if you a non-practicing Catholic Knight, vid., a pro-abort politician, your membership remains because of laws about any purchased insurance. It seems that if such pro-aborts could be thrown out, they would be thrown out.
Stained glass windows at the Fathers of Mercy Shrine of the Divine Mercy
Dear seminarians, fellow priests and bishops... don't say you can’t be bothered to join in this novena for the healing of autistic children and adults and for help for their families, carers and the professionals who work with them. Send in the first names of those with autism.
When I was a chaplain in Lourdes I also used to bring the names of these kids to the prayer box in the grotto at Lourdes.
Here is a recently updated list of names of those who have joined the novena so far. Remember: Each name here carries a hugely awesome story of joy, anguish, pain, exhilaration, confusion, prayer – and lots and lots and lots of worry. Say a prayer for them now. Don’t forget: their souls are sustaining yours. Really, don’t forget that, not even for an instant. You will be happy you didn’t forget when they welcome you into heaven, and you are astonished at how they, by their prayers, got you into the pearly gates, even if just barely! It is the souls of just such as these which sustain seminarians, priests and bishops. Am I not right? Say a prayer for them now.
Andy
Doug
Steven
Wesley
Mikah
Stephanie
Brandon
Greg
Alec
Eric
Chris
Justin
Jon
Timothy
Laura
Dane
Keith
Robert
Nick
Thomas
Mark
Elliot
Josh
Nick
Joseph
Vijay
Renea
John
Anne
Gabriel
Frank
Sandeep
Tom
Benjamin
Ryan
Brenda
Jonathan
Dylan
Teddy
Jacob
Christopher
Jared
Dylan
Anthony
Francesa
Joseph
Raven
Stevie
Nathan
Trevor
Joseph
Mark
Brodie
Robyn
John
Drake
Vanessa
Pierce
Patrick
Joseph
Jacob
Rocco
Mitch
Michael
Cade
Owen
Alex
Brendan
Kyle
Will
Jake
Flynn
Matthew
Kaitlin
Sophia
Revanth
Kusha Conrad
Carter
Katie
Joey
Zach
Collin
Brett
Robert
Nick
Hamish
Justin
Kelly
Katie
Samuel
Hayden
Jack
Nick
Julia
Ben
Henry
Conor
Aaron
Abu
Dillon
David
Lucas
Noah
Samuel
Robert Dean
Lono
Matthew
Aaron
Blake
Gavin
Michael
Paul
Timothy
Jacob
Francis
Alicia
Ethan Nathaniel
Andrew
Wilson
Douglas
Junie Joseph
Aaron
Maria
Maximus
Biancas
Jennifer
Isaac
Isaiah
Erika
Matthew
Joshua
Michael
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The novena is in honor of Saint Philomena the Wonder Worker.
Taking in the view during my Confession run -- This includes my brothers all time favorite picture on the blog (and with a gazillion pictures, that's saying a lot). Great advice about how to go to Confession.
A hermit does not "FIND HIMSELF" ever! -- This is one of personal favorites. Brief but to the point about being found by our Heavenly Father instead of pretending to find Him.
JESUS GOES TO CONFESSION -- Another of my favorites! If you want to know how much Jesus loves us, this post will give you an indication. A seven-fold Yikes!
Dangers on the Road to Confession -- Ever get the impression that there's always something which stops you from getting to Confession? Here's the post for you (some great pictures!)
The Biblical Foundation of Priestly Celibacy by Father Ignace de la Potterie, S.J. This is one of the more visited posts of the blog. Father Ignace was a good friend. A confidant. I used this in a course on priestly celibacy that I gave at the Pontifical College Josephinum. I was very pleased that so many of the seminarians were extremely well read, and were, indeed, on the cutting edge of research involving Scripture, Canon Law, Patristics, Church History, Ecumenical Relations, particularly with the Orthodox, the prudence in regard to Anglicanorum Coetibus, the for the moment the ignoring of matters regarding the permanent diaconate, etc. Some were planning on doing doctoral theses on the subject. All were 1000% in favor of strict priestly (and diaconal!) celibacy. My heart rejoiced each class. People, you have to know that we have very, very excellent priests coming up. Some of those I'm talking about were just ordained in the last couple of weeks. (Spring of 2012). Also know -- Yikes! -- that is is because of this very article (among some others), that Father de la Potterie was so very bitterly hated by some few, who could not provide an answer to what he said, so well did he say it.
Continence -- C.W. fanatics will not like the reference to JPII in this very short post. Oh well. The definition of continence might surprise quite a few readers. The definition of terms is important! and enthralling! I wrote these notes up for a course given to the seminarians of the Good Shephard Seminary of the Archdiocese of Sydney. The Rector at the time wanted me to innoculate the seminarians from the heresy that they would be getting in their classes at a certain Catholic institute where they were attending lectures at the time. Yikes!
Chastity -- Another brief, important article with an in your face, perhaps rather unexpected definition. Knowing the definitions introduces us also to the spiritual life, as to why chastity is a gift of grace, bringing us into friendship with the Lord.
Celibacy -- Another in your face, perhaps unexpected definition that we need to know. This and other terms are bandied about with few knowing what they are saying. Bonus: a video of the great Irish singer, John McCormack, in reference to the priest who addressed Pope JPII during, I think it was, his first trip to the U.S.A. Hah!
Virginity -- Another in your face, perhaps unespected definition that we need to know. I've added a rant on the perpetual virginity of the Blessed Mother of God, and also commented on topics such as consecrated virgins, rape, "spiritual virginity", etc.
Eunuch - Part I -- This is, in my opinion super important commentary. I always get the remark from seminarians and priests that they've never seen anything like this before. Indeed, I haven't seen this anywhere else. This is all about the depth of Christ's love for His Immaculate Bride, the Church. That charity, in which we participate, is awesome indeed. You are dead wrong if you think you already know what a eunuch is. Dead. Wrong. Behold, something truly awesome about the love of God for us.
Eunuch - Part II -- A necessary follow-up and continuation of Part I, with lots of scriptural references in both Old and New Testaments. You'll never think of these passages in the same way. This is so important for priests to understand what they are doing as priests, especially when they offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and absolve sin and such. Priests are married to the Church by the Sacrifice they offer! Priests must know this or they will find themselves in touble. In knowing just how they are married to the Church, they will rejoice. It is just this which will bring much healing to the priesthood.
LUST & angels -- This is a refreshing anecdote from the life of Saint Jerome when he went further off into the desert to be a hermit. Instructive and bringing us right before Jesus. Totally cool.
Repression idiocy -- This is a rather severe critique of the hell of repression and doubled over concealed and especially for that reason very dangerous repression that was foisted upon seminarians for decades and is, I fear, still foisted upon them in some places. The kind of repression idiocy which I critique has been hailed as "Catholic" and "orthodox" by "conservative" Catholic seminaries and universities and colleges. It's anything but that. If you want to risk going straight to hell, do up some of this kind of oppression. If you want to be on your way to heaven, be at ease with weakness, in all chasity, in all honesty, before Jesus, and He will show you the way to rejoicing in holy purity. It's not about mind games. It's about knowing the wholeness and holiness of our Lord and Savior.
Wounded Healer idiocy -- The Wounded Healer idiocy is perhaps one of the most evil dynamics there is. Ever hear of it? Know who wrote popularized it? This is the method of "nice" and "caring" psychology, but is really just a horrific projection of the "Wounded Healer." This is a necessary read just because you will surely run across this kind of thing. Blech!
Impure, lustful thoughts -- This is very much a favorite post on HSH blog. I have very often also directed people to it. It seems it is very useful indeed.
My experience with porn -- This post generated by far the most heartfelt emails and comments on the blog. Porn is a huge problem in the USA and increasing around the world. This post speaks to that catastrophy. Yikes!
AD CINGULUM! -- This is from the series on the Vesting Prayers for priests for Holy Mass. However, I think all will be able to rejoice in what they read here, and will know more about the priesthood of Jesus among us, and what priestly celibacy is all about. Awesome!
There are many other posts I would like to add to this series. If you readers have any ideas, drop a comment in the comments box or send an email to holysoulshermitage using gmail dot com. Thanks!
♬ “Kíll the priest! ♬ Kíll the priest! ♬ Kíll the chí-ld ráp-ing priest!” ♬ (Meet the cheerleader) A HSH Special - In this article you will meet Monsignor Stephen J. Rossetti, one time president and director of the Saint Luke Institute (shudder) and – how to say it? — a one time paper-giver at the 2012 Pontifical Gregorian University Abuse Symposium (in preparation for the preparation of guidelines of the Holy See on how to treat abuse cases right around the world, coming up in another year or two). You will also see a never before published in full exchange of emails between Rossetti and Mr. Ryan MacDonald.
Abuse terminology that favors The Judas Crisis - This covers the specious terminology, which, however defined in this or that document, means something different in every case: substantiated / non-substantiated -- credible / non-credible. For some, non-substantiated and non-credible means unfounded, which means false, which calumny. But not all are in agreement about that usage. Thus, something can be deemed credible (though not in court of law), though non-substantiated, thus effectively destroying the priesthood of a priest with no proof.
The Judas Crisis $$$ — settlements vs litigation - This brief post is very important to understand the monetary motivation for not providing due process to priests. This should be an eye-opener, and make you sick. This is how bad things can get. If bishops and chancery toadies can do this to their priests, how will they treat real abuse victims in the future?
Prisons are for free! Didn’t you know? - Part of the collateral damage of NCRRG policies is that innocent priests will end up in prison. The prisons babysit these innocent priests "for free." Not giving innocent priests due process saves money. Using prisons saves more money. And tax-payers don't care? Really?
The Judas Crisis: NCRRG (Arch)Dioceses complicit in encouraging murder of priests? - This is a rather hard-hitting article. It is commentary on an article written by the NCRRG. This is of utmost importance to understanding The Judas Crisis. This is ground-zero of The Judas Crisis. The cold-blooded, callous indifference of The Judas Crisis is most evident here.
NOTA BENE: There are many more articles which are linked in those articles, and they are also important, such as the article critiquing the homosexualized VIRTUS® program: Msgr Stephen Rossetti, Msgr Edward Arsenault, VIRTUS ®, Saint Luke Institute, militant homosexualism The VIRTUS Child Protection Program Team: We must be militant homosexualists! That particular article is important to read in regard to the Judas Crisis in that VIRTUS® is one and the same with the NCRRG.
There are many others which are special to this occasion or that day, but those listed above can be gained every day of the year, once a day, either for oneself, or, what we’re interested in here, for the souls of those in purgatory.
Accompany me, Father George David Byers, S.S.L., S.T.D., as I begin life as a Catholic Priest-Hermit by choice. Holy Souls Hermitage is dedicated to the sanctification of my fellow priests, bishops, deacons & seminarians going through the purgatory of this life or the next. Prayer and sacrifice go up, of course, for both Benedict XVI and the next Successor of Saint Peter. 
