From the Tridentine documentary script's Chapter 12, "Sacrificial Contrition." What an extraordinary wonder that was this morning during the Traditional Tridentine Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, which actually began with a rehearsal dinner orchestrated by Christ the King Himself on His Feast Day the evening before, and concluded with something good, a Divine Royal Wedding present, that remains still a secret to this soul. What wonders!
A DIVINE ROYAL WEDDING TO CHRIST THE KING ON THE 2024 FEAST OF SAINT JUDE
The evening prior, on Sunday night and the Feast of Christ the King, while having a late supper in dimmer light and while thanking God for the fine little feast, and after inviting Jesus to share it with you, Christ the King suddenly made an announcement.
He proclaimed that this supper is the rehearsal dinner prior to your wedding to Him in the morning during the Traditional Tridentine Holy Sacrifice of the Mass celebrated in Latin at St. Joseph's.
Later the next day, on that Monday morning while at work at the clinic, you discover that it is also the Feast of St. Jude, the Patron Saint of Hopeless Cases and to whom you had been praying - at God's request - for a certain person and an apostolic mission.
What wonders!
SOMETHING VERY GOOD IS COMING
So many tears of true, sacrificial love and gratitude were shed while on the way to the church to be wed to and unified with Jesus Christ the King anew on this morning.
He is so in love with us all.
WED TO A DIVINE ROYAL KING, OVER AND OVER AND OVER EACH NEW DAY
"To fall in love with God is the greatest of romances, to seek him the greatest of adventures, and to find him the greatest of human achievements." ~ Saint Augustine
THE INVERSION OF WEDDINGS IN OUR TIME AND HOW THEY SHOULD BE MODELED AFTER ONE'S WEDDING TO CHRIST OUR KING, ON GOD'S LAWS, AND ON CHRIST'S TEACHING
There is so much truth to that.
THE FOCUS MUST BE AND REMAIN ON GOD AND THE PROPER WORSHIP OF HIM, HIS WAY WHICH IS ALWAYS THE RIGHT WAY
"He who wishes to be wise without the true Wisdom, or saved without the Savior, is not well, but sick - is not wise, but a fool." ~ Saint Philip Neri
THE WEDDING GIFTS ARE THE GIVING OF ONE'S SELF AND THE DISINTEREST IN SELF INTEREST
"God bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention with which our actions are performed than on the actions themselves." ~ Saint Augustine
TRUE VALUE, TRUE MEANING, TRUE LOVE
"We must be pure. I do not speak merely of the purity of the senses. We must observe great purity in our will, in our intentions, in all our actions." ~ Saint Peter Julian Eymard
AS THE HOLY SACRIFICE IS OFFERED TO ALMIGHTY GOD, JESUS CHRIST THE KING IS UNIFIED AS TWO-IN-ONE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT TO CELEBRATE THE MASS TOGETHER WITH THE PRIEST ON THIS SPECIAL WEDDING DAY (WITH ALL THREE PERSONS OF THE BLESSED TRINITY PRESENT)
What wonders.
JESUS, THERE ARE A GREATER NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE THIS MORNING AND YOU KNOW I PREFER THE HOLY HIDDENNESS
Our Lord then that He has brought the whole world into the church, His Father's House, for this Wedding.
"The life of the body is the soul, the life of the soul is Christ." ~ Saint Anthony of Padua
WHILE KNEELING AT THE COMMUNION RAIL BEFORE CHRIST'S HIGH ALTAR INSIDE GOD'S HOUSE ON MOUNT CALVARY, YOUR PRIVATE SACRED VOWS TO CHRIST THE KING ON THIS DAY ARE REVEALED JUST PRIOR TO RECEIVING HIS REAL PRESENCE IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT, WHILE REVERENTLY KNEELING AND ON YOUR TONGUE
All of a sudden, at the final elevation of the small, round, white Sacred Host just before the celebrant priest distributes Holy Communion, Christ the King reveals what your wedding vows to Him are to be this morning and they make up THE RECONCILIATION PRAYER that had been written with His inspiration years before.
This is absolutely stunning, and so deeply moving, and the words from that prayer begin flowing along with so many tears of gratitude for being properly loved by Christ the King who is our Divine Redeemer, Divine Restorer, Divine Remedy for All, and the Divine Bridegroom of every soul.
"The Lord breathes the breath of life, contrition of heart, into the face of the soul when he impresses upon it his own image and likeness, which has been soiled by sin, and renews it." ~ Saint Anthony of Padua
A RECONCILIATION PRAYER FOR EVERY SOUL
&
WEDDING VOWS TO CHRIST THE KING
AT HIS REQUEST
Oh sweet Author of Life,
Your
pardon I seek as I kneel before Your Cross.
Lord, forgive me.
Immerse me in Your compassion,
for
I have so little to offer you.
Even my petition for forgiveness comes from You.
You long for my approach though wounded,
so
generously willing to exchange human iniquity
with
Your Love that immolates and saves,
when
the soul but accepts Your invitation.
I give my nothingness entirely
to You.
Divine Justice have mercy on me,
and
may all my brothers and sisters benefit also,
especially those most in need
of
Your sanctifying and eternally saving Divine grace.
Blood of Christ wash over me
and
transform me into Your likeness.
Make
of me the mirror that reflects Your love to Your beloved.
Thank You for Your sacrifice and invitation,
and
for Your patience while awaiting my response,
as I seek Your will while You encourage me
to
make proper, holy use of my free will.
Thank You for lovingly creating, teaching,
guiding,
and consoling me,
and
for all You have generously given me
including the grace to recognize that
which
on my own I cannot see.
Thank You for allowing me to lose that we may win,
and
for giving me the opportunity to journey with You
along
Your Way of the Cross.
I accept Your love,
and
return to You my heart united with Yours,
along
with my obedience.
Jesus, thank You for everything,
God’s
will be done!
Please
accept my petition to fill this dry well
with
Your Divine Presence.
Amen.
WORDS CANNOT CONVEY HOW DEEPLY AFFECTING EVERY SINGLE WONDROUS HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS IS AND TODAY WAS NO EXCEPTION
It was beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
So grateful.
"Every person has a destiny — a final destiny. He has lesser goals, too, such as making a living, rearing a family, but over and above all, there is his supreme goal, which is to be perfectly happy. This he can be if he has a life without end or pain or death, a truth without error or doubt, and an eternal ecstasy of love without satiety of loss. Now this Eternal Life, Universal Truth, and Heavenly Love is the definition of God. To refuse this final project end and to substitute a passing, incomplete, unsatisfying object, such as flesh or ambitious ego, is to create an inner unhappiness that no psychiatrist can heal." ~ Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
