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A Spiritual Bouquet for the Agenda of the Consistory

Dear Friend,

As we approach the beginning of the consistory of Cardinals, we lift up our voices: “Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of the Cardinals and enkindle in them the fire of Thy love, send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created and Thou shalt renew the face of the earth!”

This is the cry of the Church for the descent of the Holy Spirit in every age, but even more importantly for the upcoming consistory which is set to begin on Wednesday, January 7th, the day after the traditional Feast of Epiphany. Please add your gift of prayer to the Spiritual Bouquet! This is your final opportunity before the Consistory begins.

In addition to praying for the wellbeing of the cardinals themselves, we also pray specifically for the agenda items of the consistory that they will have to address. According to the letter that Pope Leo sent to the cardinals personally, there are three basic agenda items which need our prayers.

Prayer Need 1: The evangelization question.

Pope Leo has directed the cardinals to re-read the documents, Evangelii gaudium and Praedicate evangelium, as a preparation for the consistory. This means their Eminences will be talking about the Church’s mission to evangelize and all the implications of our “great commission” to the world. 

“Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of the Cardinals and enkindle in them the fire of Thy love, send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created and Thou shalt renew the face of the earth!”

Prayer Need 2: The synodality question.

This may be the most critical prayer need of our spiritual bouquet. Based upon the extreme emphasis Pope Francis put on this bizarre new concept of the Church (remember that “synodality” showed itself to be something entirely different from the traditional concept of the “synod of bishops”), there needs to be an evaluation as to the exact meaning of “synodality”. The Cardinals will need wisdom from on high to discern this. A common sense approach to the matter would simply be to abandon the damaging and confusing idea altogether, but that’s up to the Cardinals. 

“Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of the Cardinals and enkindle in them the fire of Thy love, send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created and Thou shalt renew the face of the earth!”

Prayer Need 3: The liturgical question.

Another area of extreme tension for those of us who uphold the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) is the liturgical question, which was unduly inflamed by the awful document, Traditionis custodes in 2021. This wholly unprecedented policy of open hostility to the Latin Mass attempted to undo the reforms of Benedict XVI allowing greater freedom and latitude for the TLM since 2007.

So, for this intention and for all the needs to be addressed by the consistory of Cardinals, we raise up a cry from the heart of the Church for discernment, wisdom, and true reform: 

“Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of the Cardinals and enkindle in them the fire of Thy love, send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created and Thou shalt renew the face of the earth!”

We hope you will join us in sending our Spiritual Bouquet to the cardinals who are set to meet in Rome, the spiritual epicenter of our Church, to decide on critical issues. May their Eminences deliberate together and decide on all matters in union with the Tradition of the Church and the Will of God, all under the guidance of Christ’s Holy Spirit.

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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