St. Pius X was born June2, 1835 in Venice. His parents were Giovanni Battista Sarto and Margarita (née Sanson); the former, a postman, died in 1852, but Margarita lived to see her son a cardinal. He was ordained in 1858, and for nine years was chaplain at Tombolo, having to assume most of the functions of parish priest, as the pastor was old and an invalid. He sought to prefect his knowledge of theology by assiduously studying Saint Thomas and canon law; at the same time he established a night school for adult students, and devoted himself of the ministry of preaching in other towns to which he was called. He became Pope in 1903. In his first Encyclical, wishing to develop his program to some extent, he said that the motto of his pontificate would be "instaurare omnia in Christo"[Restore all things to Christ] from Ephesians 1:10). He encouraged daily Holy Communion and that the first Communion of children should not be deferred too long after they had reached the age of discretion. It was by his desire that the Eucharistic Congress of 1905 was held at Rome, while he enhanced the solemnity of subsequent Eucharistic congresses by sending to them cardinal legates. He was a promoter of sacred music; as pope, he published, November 22, 1903, a Motu Proprio on sacred music in churches, and at the same time ordered the authentic Gregorian Chant to be used everywhere, while he caused the choir books to be printed with the Vatican font of type

under the supervision of a special commission. In the Encyclical "Acerbo nimis" (April 15, 1905) he treated of the necessity of catechetical instruction, not only for children, but also for adults, giving detailed rules, especially in relation to suitable schools for the religious instruction of students of the public schools, and even of the universities. He caused a new catechism to be published for the Diocese of Rome. As bishop, his chief care had been for the formation of the clergy, and in harmony with this purpose, an Encyclical to the Italian episcopate (July 28, 1906) enjoined the greatest caution in the ordination of priests, calling the attention of the bishops to the fact that there was frequently manifested among the younger clergy a spirit of independence that was a menace to ecclesiastical discipline. The pope has at heart above all things the purity of the faith. On various occasions, as in the Encyclical regarding the centenary of Saint Gregory the Great, Pius X had pointed out the dangers of certain new theological methods, which, based upon Agnosticism and upon Immanentism, necessarily divest the doctrine of the faith of its teachings of objective, absolute, and immutable truth, and all the more, when those methods are associated with subversive criticism of the Holy Scriptures and of the origins of Christianity. Wherefore, in 1907, he caused the publication of the Decree "Lamentabili" (called also the Syllabus of Pius X), in which sixty-five propositions are condemned. The greater number of these propositions concern the Holy Scriptures, their inspiration, and the doctrine of Jesus and of the Apostles, while others relate to dogma, the sacraments, and the primacy of the Bishop of Rome. Soon after that, on September 8 , 1907, there appeared the famous Encyclical "Pascendi", which expounds and condemns the system of Modernism. He died in 1914. He was canonized in 1954 by Pius XII.

(Principal source - Catholic Encyclopedia - 1913 edition )

PRIESTLY FRATERNITY OF SAINT PETER

Pastor: Fr. Kenneth Fryar, FSSP Phone: 480-231-0573 Mail: 2312 E. Campbell Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85016

Email: contact@phoenixlatinmass.org Website: www.phoenixlatinmass.org

Notitiæ August 31, 2008

Sunday Masses Propers: Readings:

16th Sunday After Pentecost, Class II, Green Ephesians 3, 13-21; St. Luke 14, 1-11

Intention:

8:00am Mass at St. Cecilia (Clarkdale, AZ) (1st Sunday of the month, 5:30 pm Mass) Pro Populo (i.e. For the Members of Mater Misericordiæ Mission)

Intention: 1:00 pm Mass at St. Thomas the Apostle (24th St. & Campbell Ave, Phoenix) Mons. William McKay

Weekday Masses At St. Thomas the Apostle at 6:30 am (ending 7:15 am) and

7:00 pm on Holy Days of Obligation

Monday, September 1 Thursday, September 4 Propers: Readings: Intention:

Requiem Mass (Daily Mass for the Dead) Class IV, Black Apoc. 14:13; John 6:51-55 +Holy Souls

Propers: Readings: Intention:

Requiem Mass (Daily Mass for the Dead) Class IV, Black Apoc. 14:13; John 6:51-55 + Guy U. Nogle

Tuesday, September 2 Friday, September 5 Propers: Readings: Intention:

St. Stephen of Hungary, King and Confessor Class III, White Eccl. 31, 8-11; Luke 19, 12-26 Sonia Stokoe

Propers: Readings: Intention:

Sacred Heart of Jesus Class III, White Eph. 3, 8-12, 14-19; John 19, 31-37 Confraternity of St. Peter

Wednesday, September 3 Saturday, September 6 Propers: Readings: Intention:

St. Pius X, Pope and Confessor Class III, White I Thess. 2, 2-8; John 21, 15-17 Sonia Stokoe

Propers: Readings: Intention:

Immaculate Heart of Mary Class III, White Eccl. 24, 23-31; John 19, 25-27 Ella Roberts and Family

Confessions Friday 5-5:30 pm and Saturday 4-5 pm at St. Thomas the Apostle. Sunday before Mass at St.

Thomas the Apostle, and at St. Cecilia, if possible. Other times by arrangement.

Sunday Music (Numbers for the Traditional Roman Hymnal)

Processional Hymn: Recessional Hymn:

Faith of Our Fathers Salve Regina

#214 #159

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Sunday Collect O Lord, we pray Thee that Thy grace may always precede and follow us, and make us continually intent upon all good works. Through our Lord, Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who reigneth with Thee in the unity …

Sunday Epistle

EPHESIANS 3. 13-21 Brethren: I pray you not to faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory. For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom all paternity in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened by His Spirit with might unto the inward man. That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts; that being rooted and founded in charity, you may be able to comprehend with all the saints, what is the breadth and length, and heighth, and depth; to know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all knowledge; that you may be filled unto all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do all things more abundantly than we desire or understand, according to the power that worketh in us: to Him be glory in the Church, and in Christ Jesus, unto all generations, world without end. Amen

Sunday Gospel LUKE 14. 1-11

At that time, when Jesus went into the house of one of the chief of the Pharisees on the Sabbath-day to eat bread, they watched Him. And behold, there was a certain man before Him that had dropsy: and Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath-day? But they held their peace: but He taking him, healed him, and sent him away. And answering them, He said: Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit, and will not immediately draw him out on the Sabbath-day? And they could not answer Him these things. And He spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them: When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the first place, lest perhaps one more honourable than thou be invited by him; and he that invited thee and him, come and say to thee: Give this man place; and then, thou begin with shame to take the lowest place. But when thou art invited, go, sit down in the lowest place: that when he who invited thee cometh, he may say to thee: Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have glory before them that sit at table whith thee: because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

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Parish Announcements and Prayer Requests

� Mass Intention Requests: It has always been very salutary and pious to have the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered for the good of souls, both living and dead. Anyone wanting to request a Mass for a special intention can send it to us at our address on the front of this Notitiae. The Masses will be offered, as far as possible, in the order in which they are received, so that sometimes it may take several weeks. Since we have only one Priest at this time, please do not request more than ten masses

at any one time. The recommended stipend in the Diocese of Phoenix is ten dollars.

� Reverend Father Paul Jared McCambridge, FSSP: we recently received a letter from Fr. McCambridge to thank you for all your financial gifts. He said: “Please extend my sincere and humble thanks to the faithful… All of these monetary gifts will be great help in getting started as a priest.” He is now appointed to Our Lady of Fatima Chapel in New Jersey. His address is: 32 W. Franklin Ave. Pequannock, NJ 07440. A DVD of his Solemn High Mass at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Alabama on 1 July 2008 is available from EWTN. Several weeks earlier we also received a very kind letter of gratitude from Reverend Father Dennis Gordon, FSSP.

� National Right To Life Committee: Msgr. William McKay has donated some materials from the NRLC. The “Choose Life” newspaper has a section on “Where do the Candidates Stand on Life?” These materials will be available at our table in the back of church. We only have about fifty or so copies so please be quick, and only take one per family. You can make copies of them if you so wish.

� Altar boys Schedule: There is a new schedule for the Altar Boys on our website, under the link for “Parish Activities.” Any other young men who would like to take part in the service of Our Lord at His Holy Altar need to have made their first Holy Communion, and should be regular members of the Mission, and need to be able to be present at the required practices. Please contact Father Fryar.

� Children’s Choir: Dr. Haefer would like to meet with any young adult of high school age or older who would be interested in directing the Children's choir under his supervision. Please call him at 480 968-5817. � Adults Choir: Rehearsals for the Adult Choir begin this Wednesday, September 3rd. These are no longer the ‘Seasonal Choir’ practices but rather we are now starting the choir for the year and very much need to have new members both male and female. Please remember to pray for the development of the music program at Mater Misericordiae Mission since it is such an important part of our service to God on your behalf. Those who are able should seriously consider singing in the Choir, in the spirit of the proper stewardship of our talents. Laziness would not be sufficient excuse for one who truly loves Our Lord!

FSSP Prayer Requests

On the Nature of Humility I

Here are four Virtues, the fruits of divine grace, which in their union bring the soul to God: these are humility, faith, purity and charity. With the loss of the knowledge of the true God they were lost to the world, and our Lord Jesus Christ brought them down anew from heaven to mankind. Their union in the soul is the distinctive sign of Christian holiness. When pride throws off obedience to God, humility dies. When the mind rebels against the authority of God as the Revealer of truth, faith dies together with humility. When the graceless soul allows the body to revolt and defile the soul with uncleanness, holiness is extinct. When self-love holds the place of charity, the spiritual life of man is no more. When these virtues have departed, the man is left to nature and the world, but to nature in cruel disorder, and to the world, not as God has made it in His goodness, but as man has made it in his concupiscence, to the world as it is taken up for a final end in place of God.

The men of the world have their measure of virtue, but that virtue falls short of God, and ends in this life. They measure their virtues upon the requirements of their fellowmen.

II The least known amongst the virtues, and consequently the most misunderstood, is the virtue of humility, and yet

it is the very groundwork of the Christian religion. Humility is a grace of the soul that cannot be expressed in words, and is only known by experience. It is an unspeakable treasure of God, and can only be called the gift of God. "Learn," He said--not from angels, not from men, not from books--but learn from My presence, light and action within you, "that I am meek and humble of heart, and you shall find rest to your souls."(S. J. Climacus, "Sea la Paradisi," Grad. 25.)

The more we are subject to God, the nearer we are to Him. He is infinitely above us, but by this very subjection we ascend to Him, and find in Him whatever is truly great.

III Humility consists in the confession of the grace of God. The first office of the grace of God is to make us sensible of the giver. The grand object for which we came into existence is more than the light and grace of God; it is God Himself, and those gifts are given to guide and lead and help us to Him. We are not our own good, nor are the things around or beneath us our good, however useful in their place and order, but God is our good, and whatever comes from God that is better than ourselves helps us on to Him. We have but the capacity for good, and the power of working with the good we receive. Pride is the practical denial of this truth, a truth that springs from the constitution of our nature. And therefore it is said in Holy Scripture that "pride was not made for man."(Ecclesiasticus x, 22.)

IV Again, humility is the interior, spiritual, sacrificial action through which, with the profoundest veneration and gratitude, we offer to God the being and life we have received from Him, with the desire and prayer that we may die to ourselves and live to Him; that we may be wholly changed and transformed into His likeness, detached from earth and united with God. But as we come to our God from sin and dark ingratitude, we owe more to Him than our being and our life; we owe Him the contrition, the breaking to pieces of our sinful form, with regret and sorrow that we have defiled and defaced His beautiful work; we owe to Him that we throw away every breath of vanity, falsehood and evil, which, when cast out of us, is nothing.

V Perfect humility is the fruit of perfect charity. The more we love God the less we value ourselves. He who is truly humble, truly empty of himself, is a vessel of election to God, full to overflowing with His Benedictions. He has only to ask to receive still more. He is the child of all the beatitudes, poor in spirit, meek of heart, hungering and thirsting after justice. When humility finds nothing in herself to rest upon, she finds her true center, and that center is God. For the humble soul alone has got the divine as well as the human measure of things. From: THE LITTLE BOOK OF HUMILITY & PATIENCE by Archbishop Ullathorne

Sun. – All Seminarians Tue. – Pope Benedict XVI Fri. – Fr. Robert Novokowsky Mon. – Fr. William Lawrence Wed. – Fr. Federico Masutti Sat. – Fr. Stephane Dupre Thu. – Fr. Calvin Goodwin