Exaltation of the Cross: Heavenly Glory Descended on New York (Photos)
A beautiful Solemn Vespers with Seven Copes for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was celebrated at Old St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York on September 14.
Father Enrique Salvo, Rector of the basilica, was the celebrant, assisted by six priests.
In the choir were Bishop Pierre-André Dumas, 61, of Anse-à-Veau and Miragoâne, Haiti, clergy and members of the Order of Malta and the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.
The Basilica's Schola Cantorum and Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jared Lamenzo, performed Mozart's magnificent Solemn Vespers K 339 and other pieces by Mozart, Bellini, and Cherubini.
The glorious liturgy was sponsored by the Society of St Huge of Cluny, which promotes the Roman Rite.
This is magnificent true Catholicism. If apostate, heretic Pope Francis is fool enough either to try persecuting this, or implementing pro-homo changes after his "synod" he will have a full scale rebellion on his hands. I just finished this afternoon giving a lecture to my honors junior history class on the Boxer Rebellion in China (June-August 1900) when on Aug. 13th the re-enforcements for the European legations (14,000 troops from USA and others) stormed Beijing and the Dowager Empress Cixi and her court were forced to flee in disgrace from the Forbidden City to seek safty...otherwise she/they would have been arrested and maybe executed. Actually, the whole affair was the fault of European 99% Protestant missionaries (evangelicals) who had absolutely no respect for the Chinese people, they just wanted converts, and smashed Taoist and Buddhist temples, and destroyed family household ancestor shrines. That, and the economic pressure brought b Europeans on China lead to the Boxer rebellion against.all foreigners. Maybe a stupid analogy, but if Francis does to institute radical changes along the lines of the German "Synodal Way", I'd like to see him routed and his homo advisors routed out of the Vatican...a full scale rebellion against him. He would deserve it. But hopefully, he's not that stupid.