While Chaos Frank, aka Mr. Jorge Bergoglio, continues to pump up his rhetoric toward Marxist humanistic goals such as global warming and a one world religion, not to mention silently condoning by his ambiguous words and actions (which to true Catholics are not ambiguous but very deliberate) in favor of adultery, sodomy, and abortion (ugh!) - while forsaking the duty to teach, sanctify and rule (which would be the case were he a true pope) - we need to focus on what's really important for our own salvation and then for all other souls. Those who might think ol' Jorge the Marxist is the first to spew heresy, be aware it goes all the way back to John 23 aka Angelo Roncalli the Mason and Sillonist. To see these heresies and how these six imposters have all veered from the true Faith since the death of Pope Pius XII on October 8, 1958, see Grevious Errors of the False Popes It would behoove the welfare of each soul to seek out the truth and connect the dots lest at Judgment Time your feeble excuse that you didn't know when the evidence was put before you won't gain you entrance into Heaven.

    Too often today in this materialistic and fleeting world we fail to remember that time is short and we know not the time of our end. I like to compare our life on this earth as a mere drop of water compared to the never-ending ocean of eternity. Unbelievably, most place more emphasis on that tiny drop than they do the eternal sea. They fail to realize how fast that single drop dries up, evaporating into nothingness. That is one reason why holy Mother Church always sets aside a substantial period of 40 days to rein in our inhibitions due to our fallen human nature so we can stay liguified with Sanctifying Grace so we can more easily merge with the eternal sea of Heaven. In her wisdom, holy Mother Church mandates fasting and partial abstinence all days except Sundays and full abstinence from meat on Ash Wednesday, Holy Saturday, and all Fridays. In addition, She encourages us to do penance and self-sacrifice to amend for our sins and to remind us what is really important by denying ourselves things of comfort that don't contribute toward our salvation. This could be anything from curtailing our appetite for certain foods, television, social media, drinking, smoking, those Starbuck lattes, or whatever it is that we place such importance on but pale in comparison to what's really important: our immortal soul. Self-discipline of our concupiscences help to focus on the end goal, which, all in their right mind would say, is Heaven! One way to make Lent more meaningful is to pray the full set of fifteen mysteries each day. For those who would like to pray the fifteen decades with others, they can do so by calling 563-999-5045 at 7 p.m. on the west coast and 10 p.m. on the east coast every evening.

    As you can see there is nothing more important than the welfare of the soul. That is why we've practically made the entire focus of content on our annual Lenten edition of 2024 the spiritual and devotional aspects in providing all you will need to help make a devout and effective lent. Especially efficacious during lent is the inspiring illustrated Way of the Cross said each Friday and daily, if possible, according to the method of St. Alphonsus Liguori as we keep in mind all that Jesus suffered for us because of our sins and how much love He has for us that He gave His very life. There is also a video of the St. Alphonsus method though a bit modernized, and Michelle Maher provides a moving piece on the Passion According to St. Matthew. To the right you'll find the rules for fast and abstinence for all Catholics. As is only right and proper for Lent, the intention is to look inward and for those events and occurrences happening in the world, in politics, and the counterfeit CONciLIAR church, we refer you to our DailyCatholic Twitter Feed where we'll try to keep you up to date each evening or as often as possible with pertinent tweets that might have an effect on Catholics. For those who want to keep abreast of events, their causes and consequences, and inspiration from other ports, we confidently recommend NovusOrdoWatch.org and Christorchaos.com for articles and links. We also can recommend two blogs worth your while, Introibo Ad Altare Dei and Fr. Cekada's Quidlibet. For us here at the DailyCatholic the main emphasis in this edition is to concentrate on matters that will aid your spiritual lives during this penitential season.

    Thus we provide this one-stop-covers-all edition for Lent, if you will, to afford our readers everything they need to make this the most productive and fruitful Lent ever. We do so for several reasons. First, the majority of our readers do not have access to the true Sacraments for they do not have a Traditional Latin Mass near them nor do they have, sadly, access to a true Roman Catholic priest. Therefore, we provide a web Daily Missal with the Ordinary of the Mass and the Daily Propers of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass with the full liturgy in both Latin and English for all of Lent plus the feast days for the saints honored over the next six weeks. You'll also find an Excellent Explanation of the Traditional Latin Mass with videos illustrating the magnificence of this august sacrifice. While we cannot provide the Sacraments, we can point you to one of the nearest trusted Traditional Catholic Chapels where we can assure you that you will have access to the true holy Sacrifice of the Mass. We also have several Live Masses (see on right), from which many benefits can be attained, despite not being able to receive the Eucharist. Be sure to read about assisting in absentia for instructions.

   On that point, the Traditional Latin Mass, which Father Frederick Faber called, "the most beautiful thing this side of Heaven", it is the most perfect prayer, especially during Lent for, in the Church's divinely-inspired wisdom, Christ's Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension is represented throughout the Mass. To enhance your Lent, each day we offer a part of the Holy Mass from the Prayers at the Foot of the Altar on Ash Wednesday through the Final Blessing and Last Gospel during Holy Week that correspond so perfectly with an action by the Priest, the alter Christus, to what it represents in Our Lord's Passion. It is truly beautiful, meaningful and inspiring and should bring a greater love and understanding of why it is the Mass for All Ages and must be said "in perpetuity" as His Holiness Pope St. Pius V decreed infallibly in Quo Primum and set the stipulations for the form and matter in De defectibus. The magnificent painting to the right illustrates how great one Holy Mass is where all of Heaven is present for the propitiatory sacrifice of Christ to His Heavenly Father by the alter Christus at the altar facing God, not the people. Those present at this august sacrifice assist the Priest, who alone is consecrated to touch the sacred Host and Blood, and where only in the Traditional Latin Mass is the sacrament confected at the Transubstantiation. If you doubt that, we strongly recommend you read Father James F. Wathen's irrefutable work "The Great Sacrilege" which we featured on these pages during this past Time of Septuagesima and will resume Easter Week. It should leave no doubt in your mind that if you still attend the Novus Ordo, you must flee from it as fast as you can for the salvation of your own soul.

    Of course, to be in the state of sanctifying grace, one must take advantage of the Sacrament of Penance and to prepare for a good confession, we provide for you a thorough Examination of Conscience in order to worthily be sorry for whatever sins you may have on your soul in confessing to a true Priest. We remind you that only a priest ordained in the pre-Vatican II Sacrament of Holy Orders has been given the power to absolve your sins. Those ordained in the new man-made rite of Paul 6 neither have the power to forgive sins in the new-fangled 'sacrament' of reconciliation, nor to confect the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist at Mass. This is vital to realize for the welfare of your eternal salvation. Yes, the True Church is in eclipse and returned, so to speak, to the catacombs where only a remnant Church remains, but it is the recognized Church from St. Peter through Pope Pius XII and the only one which Jesus promised "The gates of hell shall not prevail against it". For greater discernment, we encourage you to go to Our Lady by praying the daily Rosary as often as your state in life permits. We provide all you need to assist you in praying the Holy Rosary in English, Latin and Spanish with meditations for all fifteen Mysteries provided by John Gregory, specifically the Sorrowful Mysteries during Lent. A staple during Lent is Stations of the Cross according to the method of that indomitable holy Doctor of the Church St. Alphonsus Liguori. For each day we provide our readers with a reflection by the renowned Benedictine Abbot Dom Prosper Gueranger with excerpts from his masterful 15-volume "The Liturgical Year". In addition, we provide a sermon, courtesy of TraditionalCatholic Sermons.org, for each day, most by Father Benedict Hughes, CMRI with a few by Bishop Daniel Dolan, including a Day of Recollection by His Excellency as well as a series of Fifteen Reflections on Christ's Passion by Bishop Donald Sanborn for Holy Week and, finally, a series of outstanding talks given in 1973 by a priest who needs to be kept anonymous. Father X’s words are very powerful and every Catholic should listen to his talks. Father X’s words will assist and inspire you in your daily battles against the devil and his agents.

    On Tuesday of Holy Week we celebrate the feast of St. Joseph and encourage the 30-Day Novena leading to his feast on March 19. We also provide readers inspiration with links to sources that can only enhance your spiritual reading during Lent beginning with the Douay-Rheims Bible, St. Bridget of Sweden's Book One, Book Two, Book Three and 102 chapters of Book Four all from her Revelations and Prophecies she received which should be a wake-up call for everyone of us in striving to become better Catholics. For each Sunday in Lent we also provide the Haydock Commentaries for the Epistle and Gospel sent to us by John Gregory who also offers thorough meditation on each of the Five Sorrowful Mysteries that should exemplify your appreciation in saying the holy Rosary. In addition, we will link the inspirational articles of Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey at Christ or chaos for feasts that fall during Lent including his benchmark work From Eden to the Empty Tomb during Holy Week as well as the editor's equation on how and why the Mystical Body of Christ, His holy Church, is unrecognizable just as He was during His Passion and Death in a series from last year encompassing The Passion of the Sorrowful Mysteries for the Church.

   If you cannot attend the valid and perpetual Holy Sacrifice of the Mass which we list at Traditional Latin Masses on our Devotion port, then we pray and hope all of the above will enable you to make this Lent the best you can. You will also be inspired by the lives of the six holy Doctors of the Church featured during Lent as well as specials on St. Patrick in his own words on the Conversion of Souls and on how St. Joseph is The Silent Assassin.     May you have a blessed and grace-filled Lent. Ecce lignum crucis. In quo Salus mundi pependit.