Submit Your Intentions, Dec. 16 Solemn Pontifical High Mass

Dear Friend,

For the past week, I have mentioned that His Eminence, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke will celebrate a very special (and rare) Pontifical High Mass, this Saturday, December 16 at 11:00 AM Central Time, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin, which will be shown live on EWTN. You may watch the entire High Mass from any smartphone or computer.  The link is: www.ewtn.com 

All are invited to make a pilgrimage to the Shrine to assist at this Solemn High Mass, in person. 

What intentions will you be submitting, which will be included in the full ceremonial, Pontifical High Mass, offered by His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke? 

The December 16 Pontifical High Mass is the older, traditional, Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite that has been celebrated for centuries. 

Here are some interesting facts:

~ Only a Bishop, Archbishop, Cardinal or Pope can celebrate a Pontifical High Mass.

~ Cardinal Burke will process in the sanctuary wearing a cappa magna, a very lengthy and full silk ecclesiastical vestment, with a long train. A Cardinal's red skull cap will be worn and not a bishop's mitre.  The cappa magna represents the finery of the world, with its power and prestige. 

~ That is why after Cardinal Burke’s entrance wearing it, His Eminence will be publicly stripped of this finery and humbled before the congregation in the church. Then, vestment by vestment, His Eminence will be clothed in the new man of which St. Paul speaks, including the baptismal alb, the dalmatic of charity, the stole of pardon and the chasuble of mercy. When finally clothed in Christ, Cardinal Burke will begin the eucharistic celebration in persona Christi. 

~ His Eminence’s hands will be ceremonially washed by four clerics. Gloves will cover his hands. 

~ His Eminence will be wearing liturgical pontifical sandals on his feet, as well as liturgical stockings, also known as buskins.

~ When Cardinal Burke will be sitting and preaching, he will be on a chair called a “faldstool” which will be placed in the middle of the sanctuary. 

~ A Master of Ceremonies, clerics, deacons, subdeacons and altar boys will be present. 

~ Everything will be sung.

If you have never assisted at a Pontifical High Mass, please mark your calendar to either attend in person or watch on EWTN – live from your television, computer or smart phone, on December 16 at 11:00 AM Central Time, www.ewtn.com

Submit your intentions for His Eminence to remember in this High Mass:

Yours in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary,

Thomas McKenna

Founder and President

Catholic Action For Faith And Family
https://www.catholicaction.org/

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