THE ROSARY HOUR PODCAST NEWSLETTER
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away”. Matthew 24: 35-361
“DIES IRAE”
“Day of wrath—that day
will turn time itself into dust,
as both David and the Sibyl have testified.
How great that terror that will be
when the judge will come and separate out all things without exception.”
2nd EDITION, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 20242 (PACIFIC STANDARD TIME)
SEASON 3: SANCTITY & THE SECRET OF JOY
IN THE AMBIENCE OF THE POVEIRAN FAITH
In tonight’s Rosary Hour Podcast presentation (auto-posted for Pacific Standard Time), Fr. Thaddaeus Lancton, MIC returns to help introduce the concept of
“The Final Judgement” | The Day of Wrath.
ABOUT TODAY’S VIDEO: PART I
In this first part of today’s presentation, Fr. Thaddaeus Lancton, MIC returns from his desk at the National Shrine Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, MA (USA) to discuss with us “The Moment of Truth” (or “The Final Judgment”) in light of his ongoing teachings on the Holy Souls in Purgatory.
(Keep watching to the end of this short video to pray with Fr. Nuno, his choir and congregation at Igreja da Lapa3 in Portugal.4)
THEOLOGY ON “THE FINAL JUDGEMENT”
CCC (1021-1022)
The Catechism of the Catholic Church on “The Particular Judgement” 1021 states:
“Death puts an end to human life as the time open to either accepting or rejecting the divine grace manifested in Christ.” 590
and
“The New Testament speaks of judgment primarily in its aspect of the final encounter with Christ in his second coming, but also repeatedly affirms that each will be rewarded immediately after death in accordance with his works and faith.
The parable of the poor man Lazarus and the words of Christ on the cross to the good thief, as well as other New Testament texts speak of a final destiny of the soul - a destiny which can be different for some and for others.” 591
In 1022, the CCC continues:
“Each man receives his eternal retribution in his immortal soul at the very moment of his death, in a particular judgment that refers his life to Christ: either entrance into the blessedness of heaven-through a purification592 or immediately,593- or immediate and everlasting damnation.”594
FINALLY: IT ENDS WITH LOVE…
“At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.” 595
IN TODAY’S EPISODE, FR. THADDAEUS LANCTON TEACHES THAT
“Those things that are forgiven still have things that need to be healed, things that need to be repaired, that we can't just escape the consequences of our actions because some of those consequences we find in ourselves.
Because sin not only wounds others, it above all wounds ourselves.
~ Fr. Thaddaeus Lancton, MIC visit to ‘The Rosary Hour Podcast’ interview on ‘Purgatory & The Holy Souls’ hosted by Amelia for Season 3: “Sanctity and the Secret of Joy in the Ambience of the Poveiran Faith”, in collaboration with the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy (USA).
FR. THADDAEUS (Transcript):
“Whenever we think of things like the souls in purgatory, it reminds us of our judgment, something that most people in the modern world want to avoid because they want to avoid an encounter with a severe or harsh Jesus.”
FR. THADDAEUS (Transcript):
“But judgment isn't about Jesus lacking mercy as much as the moment of truth.
The easiest way to understand it is that at death, all the darkness of this life is lifted and the light of truth that shines from Jesus illumines us completely. And anybody who's driven a car knows the difference between driving on a gray day and a sunny day: when it's sunny, you have dust all over the car and you see just how dirty it is. Similarly, in purgatory, the souls there see all those things that they didn't even pay attention to.”
ST. FAUSTINA ON PURGATORY
FR. THADDAEUS (TRANSCRIPT): “St. Faustina in her Diary mentions how the Lord said that she needed to go to purgatory for three days it was as if she had died but he eventually sent her back and she suffered some more so she went straight to heaven (from what I understand), but she commented that in that moment of judgment she saw even those things that she didn't even pay attention to hand gestures reactions seeming a little impatience that she had and those things that we usually just kind of justify or don't even pay attention to those become part of what we see and the light of his truth shines into all that we are and all that we've done.”
ON REDISCOVERING OUR GREAT DIGNITY:
CREATED FOR GREATNESS
FR. THADDAEUS (TRANSCRIPT): “And it shows us our great dignity that we were created for greatness — greatness of holiness of union with god and of imitating his love and how serious it is when we fail that we often want to presume that oh we're just humans and no no big effect — we just kind of mess around and have problems and you know are weak and and create issues but we're called to something much greater than that, and so purgatory reminds us that our actions have consequences and even those things that are forgiven still have things that need to be healed things that need to be repaired that we can't just escape the consequences of our actions because some of those consequences we find in ourselves because sin not only wounds others that above all wounds ourselves.”
JESUS WANTS TO HEAL ALL OF IT
FR. THADDAEUS (TRANSCRIPT): “And Jesus wants to heal all of it because that's why he died. He didn't die that we would just limp forever. He died that we would be made into saints, holy and immaculate, like Our Lady.”
ABOUT PART II OF TODAY’S VIDEO
PART II:
Take a Virtual Pilgrimage to Vespers in Northern Portugal
Padre Nuno Rocha leads Vespers for Holy Souls at Lapa on Sunday, November 17, 2024
In the weeks leading up to Advent, Padre Nuno Rocha, Editor-at-Large for “The Diary of Prayer”, shares with our listeners an excerpt from the November ‘Evening Vespers’ in Northern Portugal led by his choir at Lapa.
This chorus-style, sung version is dedicated to the Holy Souls, and it typically follows the Rosary Prayers which also incorporate the congregation’s recitation of the “De Profundis” after the daily Rosary before the Mass.
We invite you to continue listening to this community sing Psalm 121 as it was set to music in the traditional style for the Archdiocese of Braga by local composer A. Oliveira.
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time | RE-READ DANIEL, Dn 12:1-3 |“Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake;
some shall live forever, others shall be an everlasting horror and disgrace.
But the wise shall shine brightly like the splendor of the firmament,
and those who lead the many to justice shall be like the stars forever."
MUSIC CORNER: Have you listened to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Requiem” or the “Dies Irae” lately? We invite you to take a moment to rediscover the words and to watch this creative performance by the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Claudio Abbado with the Swedish Radio Choir singer Recorded at Salzburger Dom Cathedral, Salzburg, Austria in 1999, as cited by today’s post for education use only purposes only. See the following link here:
FOOTNOTES TO 2nd EDITION POST FOR SUBSCRIBERS IN ENGLISH
REVIEWED BY IZZY NUNZIATO w/ AMELIA.
Sermon related to the readings:
Vocation Retreats with the Marians: Time and guidance for discernment.
“Our retreats for vocation discernment will be held in Steubenville, Ohio, on the following dates:
November 29–December 1, 2024
December 13-15, 2024
February 14-16, 2025
February 28-March 2, 2025
Sign-up here: https://forms.marian.org/vocations/discernment/
Learn more about Fr. Thad’s continuing consecration journey here: https://www.instagram.com/thedivinemercy/reel/DBRSlw3RFYY/
This congregational style of vespers prayer for the Holy Souls is a long time custom in Northern Portugal, as is the case in other parts of the world. Score of Psalm setting reproduced in part for educational use only purposes as composed by A. Oliveira.
Episode support to Fr. Thaddaeus Lancton and Amelia during our Live Record session by Fr. Elias Mary Mills (Franciscan of the Immaculate, USA), and Fr. Nuno Rocha (Portugal). With thanks also to Peter Markage from the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy and to Fr. Chris Alar, MIC and to Fr. Charles Nahm. 1st Edition Live Records for Episode 1 reviewed by Izzy Nunziato / Amelia w/ support from Fr. Nuno and thanks to Fr. Thad for his ongoing prayers and encouragement.
PRAY THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES ON SUNDAY
We invite you to pray the Glorious Mysteries of the Holy Rosary tonight (if possible with one other person in chorus); or to continue to carve out time to pray the Chaplet to the Divine Mercy for Holy Souls.
Also, if able, please look at your phone calendar to find some time before the end of November to pray “two full Holy Sacrifices of the Mass in one day” so that you can offer a second Holy Communion for a Holy Soul as outlined by the Vatican’s Jubilee Indulgences press release published on May 13, 2024. This is a kind of Supernatural Charity that all of us can take advantage of as we recall those who have passed away and strive to do something for them as we approach Christmas, the season of giving.
We can review Fr. Thad’s video for Day 90 — “Those who failed to intercede on behalf of others”. Let us show mercy to the Holy Souls who the Church calls us to help at this time in history. When we pray, we look to pray for others. We love others, love our neighbour, and called to intercede for so many people in Purgatory. We need to take time to make time for the souls who are suffering. If we watch the news, we can pause, pray, and intercede for those who have died. There is a great benefit for praying for others, allowing the whole Church to pray for us.
We need to make a list, Fr. Thad says, and we can have Masses said for our family — and at the same time, make the heroic sacrifice of brining to God a Holy Communion on behalf of the souls we can help who are waiting in Heaven from our time here on Earth.
In the meantime, please find the scriptural readings for meditation on the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary below to ask for the grace to understand the vision Resurrection, the Ascension, the descent of the Holy Spirit, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary as we pray the Rosary in the time leading up to the end of the Liturgical year and celebrate Christ the King.
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