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Matt Gaspers
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Husband • Father • Managing Editor at @InsideVatican • Catholic Writer • Opinions are my own • Vivat Christus Rex
Feb 9, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
🧵 Earlier this week, Dr. Peter Kwasniewski posted copies of two important letters R/T the Vatican's efforts to eradicate the TLM from parish churches.

The first letter (date redacted) was sent by the Dicastery for Divine Worship (DDW) to a bishop: facebook.com/groups/preserv… 1/4 The DDW letter (transcription below) eliminates the possibility of bishops invoking can. 87 § 1 as a means of dispensing Catholics (without Rome's permission) from Art. 3 § 2 of Traditionis Custodes, which forbids the offering of TLMs "in the parochial churches". 2/4
Nov 4, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
🧵What a joke. The ones "sowing confusion about the synodal process" are precisely those in charge at @Synod_va — who can't even manage to define the term "synodality"! 1/4 2/4 I've read all of these documents (below) and NONE OF THEM contain an actual definition of "synodality":

• Synodality in the Life and Mission of the Church (2018)

• Preparatory Document (2021)

• Vademecum (2021)

• Working Document for the Continental Stage (2022)
Jul 28, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
[THREAD] As seen in these clips, @Pontifex and other Catholic prelates participated in a smudging ceremony while in #QuebecCity yesterday (July 27, 2022). #PopeInCanada

Source: "We will honor earth, wind, water, and fire. We will honor the mineral aspect, the vegetable aspect, and the human aspect."

The elder of the Huron-Wendat Nation then asked each direction (East, South, West, and North) to "open its door".
Feb 27, 2022 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
#Russia has still not been validly consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, since no pope has ever met all the conditions specified by Our Lady herself (see below): fatima.org/about/consecra…

#Fatima #ConsecrateRussiaNow .@cardinalrlburke agrees that #Russia still needs to be consecrated "in accord with her [Our Lady's] explicit instruction" (May 20, 2017): voiceofthefamily.com/full-text-card…
Feb 25, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
"The current events have nothing to do with a desire to infringe on the interests of #Ukraine and the #Ukrainian people. They are connected with the defending #Russia from those who have taken Ukraine hostage...." — #VladimirPutin, Feb. 24, 2022

Do you believe Mr. Putin? Source: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Feb 25, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
For those tempted to believe that #VladimirPutin is "the good guy" in present circumstances, please consider the following: catholicfamilynews.com/blog/2018/03/0… Image As shown above, Putin signed a "Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" with Communist #China (July 16, 2001), "with the hope of promoting and establishing a just and fair NEW WORLD ORDER...." voltairenet.org/article173177.…
Jan 21, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
"The promotion of the pre-Vatican II liturgy as somehow more holy or prayerful than the current liturgy 'is not basically a liturgical problem, it is an *ecclesial* problem,' the archbishop said."

Trans.: The TLM is incompatible with the new ecclesiology. ncronline.org/news/theology/… As I mentioned yesterday:
Jan 21, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
BREAKING: @Pontifex has declared St. Irenaeus of Lyons (d. ca. 202 A.D.), a very important early Church Father, a Doctor of the Church "with the title of Doctor unitatis ['Doctor of unity']." press.vatican.va/content/salast… St. Irenaeus' five-volume work "Adversus haereses" ("Against Heresies") is one of the most important Patristic texts of the 2nd century A.D. — a text which thoroughly proves the Catholicity and Apostolicity of the early Church. Here is a sample: newadvent.org/fathers/010330…
Dec 15, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
As others have pointed out, @ThomasJTobin1, "Recognize and Resist" has been around for decades and is based on St. Paul's example (Gal. 2:11) plus such texts as the following from St. Robert Bellarmine:

"Therefore, just as it would be lawful to resist a Pontiff..." 1/4 2/4 "invading a body [i.e., threatening physical harm], so it is lawful to resist him invading souls or disturbing a state, and much more if he [the Pope] should endeavor to destroy the Church. I say, it is lawful to resist him, by not doing what he commands, ..."
Oct 9, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
This morning in Rome, @Pontifex presided over a "Moment of Reflection" in preparation for the official opening of "the synodal Journey" tomorrow.

"The Synod," said Francis, presents "a great opportunity for a pastoral conversion in terms of mission and ecumenism..." 1/4 However, said @Pontifex, the #Synod "is not exempt from certain risks," including "formalism", "intellectualism", and "complacency".

Invoking the Holy Spirit, Francis prayed: "keep us from becoming a 'museum Church', beautiful but mute, with much past and little future." 2/4
Oct 8, 2021 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
Kudos to @RaymondArroyo for interviewing @BishopAthanas1 on @WorldOverLive. His Excellency spends a good amount of time discussing #TraditionisCustodes. Regarding #TraditionisCustodes, @BishopAthanas1 observes that "behind this Motu Proprio there is another agenda," namely, a "decisive rejection of Tradition".
Mar 7, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
"He that is not with Me, is against Me" (Luke 11:23).

"Christianity does not tolerate indifference. He who is not firmly on Christ's side, working with Him for the extension of His kingdom, by this very fact is opposed to Him..." — #DivineIntimacy, Third Sunday of #Lent "If you be the children of Abraham, do the works of Abraham" (John 8:39) — namely, believe in Jesus, the promised Messiah.

"Abraham your father rejoiced that he might see My day: he saw it and was glad. ... Amen, amen I say to you, before Abraham was made, I am." (John 8:56, 58)
Nov 21, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
[Thread] Wrong, @FrMatthewLC. Your argument is based on the false premise that the primary purpose of the #DeathPenalty is the protection of society from dangerous criminals. That is secondary. The primary purpose is to punish the guilty as an act of retributive justice. God Himself makes this principle of retributive justice quite clear in Genesis, something He *requires* (not suggests) for upholding the dignity of man: "Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God." (Gen. 9:6)
Aug 19, 2020 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
[THREAD] A few responses to today's "Vortex" — specifically 3:11-4:20 (see below for first 50 secs of said time stamp), during which @Michael_Voris clearly intends to impugn Trad outlets... Re: CM's position on Pope Francis, Voris says: "Unlike other outfits...we have never said he's not the real pope, or he's a heretic, or Benedict is still the secret real pope, or the conclave to elect Bergoglio was rigged."

Let's unpack this string of statements.
Aug 23, 2019 • 14 tweets • 40 min read
[Thread] @DawnofMercy, in response to your recent and lengthy diatribe -- principally against @cardinalrlburke, @Patrick_Coffin, and @TaylorRMarshall, but also naming @EWTN, @NCRegister, @EdwardPentin, @SophiaInsPress and others -- I offer a few observations. @DawnofMercy @cardinalrlburke @Patrick_Coffin @TaylorRMarshall @EWTN @NCRegister @EdwardPentin @SophiaInsPress 1a) With all due respect, you're making a mountain out of a molehill re: @cardinalrlburke's replies to @Patrick_Coffin's questions. Nowhere did +Burke state that we (the faithful) should hold in doubt the validity of @Pontifex's election. Furthermore, the peaceful and ...