TRANSITUS - OBLATES OF THE LAST MARTYRDOM

"The Holy Scriptures do not know any distinctions. They enjoin that all lead the life of monks." - St. John Chrysostom

Life in Christ . Death to Revolution . Restoration of Order

TRANSITUS - OBLATES OF THE LAST MARTYRDOM is an integrated association of lay monastics securing for souls a "school of perfection" to help ordinary Christians live the extraordinary “life of monks” or for those who simply want to live more like a monk.

"We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way." - St. Francis of Assisi

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Aug 8-10, 2008
Catholic High School Shine Conference

MONKROCK / TRANSITUS will have a booth again at the Catholic High School Shine! Conference. This will be our third year in a row. This year the retreat will be help in Muskegon (Grand Rapids), Michigan. More details to come.

FEATURED SERMONS

Spiritual Fatherhood: The Solution to the Modern Crisis - Sermon courtesy of Audio Sancto 06-15-08 [19:01] Listen >>

True Femine Dignity: Spiritual Motherhood to Priests - Sermon courtesy of Audio Sancto 06-08-08 [17:30] Listen >>

FEATURED WEB SITES / BLOGS

The New Liturgical Movement - Liturgical History, Theology, & Praxis; Sacred Music, Architecture, and the Arts

Sancta Missa - Tutorial on the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite (1962)

Papa.Stronay.Blogspot - Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer (formerly Transalpine Redemptorists of the SSPX) who have recently established full visible communion with the Holy See and the Vicar of Christ. Also publisher of The Catholic newspaper.

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Thursday, August 7, 2008 - 6:53 PM

News

Fr. Fragelli's First Solemn High Mass
July 13, 2008

Fr. Henrique Fragelli celebrated his first Solemn High Mass at St. Francis de Sales Oratory in St. Louis , Missouri on July 13, 2008. Photos commemorating this event were taken by Donald Lee of Lee Photography. They are breathtaking and give one a sense of awe and worship that we members of the Oratory (I think) take for granted as we experience this divine architectural and liturgical beauty every day we enter this Gothic cathedral to assist our priests according to the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite - the Traditional Latin Mass. NOTE: We do not have access to the images, so this is not one of them, and they should be viewed at Lee Photography's web site. >> More »

FIRST SATURDAY COMMUNION OF REPARATION
April 5, 2008

In obedience to Our Lady at Fatima's request in 1917 to honor and to make reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for all the blasphemies and ingratitude of men, TRANSITUS OBLATES are to practice and promote this devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary through a perpetual observance of First Saturdays, making it one of Reparation to atone for the sins of the world and Renewal of their True Devotion Total Consecration to Mary. The Five First Saturdays are intended to honor and to make reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for all the blasphemies and ingratitude of men. Five First Saturdays of Reparation were requested to atone for the five ways in which people offend the Immaculate Heart of Mary. More »

FIRST FRIDAY COMMUNION OF REPARATION
April 4, 2008

In obedience to Our Lord's instructions, "Behold this heart which has so loved men. Establish in the world a devotion to My Sacred Heart," TRANSITUS OBLATES are to practice and promote this devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through a perpetual observance of First Fridays - receiving Holy Communion of nine consecutive First Fridays - as well as Consecration to the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts of Jesus and Mary, the Enthronement of the images of the Sacred and Immaculate Heart in their homes, and a Holy Hour of Reparation on the Thursday before First Friday (or when possible) to commemorate the Agony in the Garden. More »

HOLY HOUR OF REPARATION & CONSECRATION
April 3, 2008

Every Thursday before First Friday, TRANSITUS OBLATES are to render to Our Lord a Holy Hour of Reparation for sins, offenses, and sacrileges against Our Lord Jesus Christ’s Sacred Heart and Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart, as formal act of consecration of ourselves, our families, our homes, our association, and the whole world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, on behalf of the Ministerial Priesthood and the rebuilding of the Church, for the restoration of Christendom and the Social Kingship of Christ, and the salvation of souls. The Holy Hour may be made individually or in a group. Holy Hours are to be held in a Catholic Church preferably where there Exposition and Benediction of Blessed Sacrament, but may be held if the Blessed Sacrament is not exposed, but is still in the Tabernacle, or may be made at home before one’s altar to the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts of Jesus and Mary. More »

OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP NOVENA
March 25, 2008

Every Tuesday, TRANSITUS OBLATES are to pray the Novena to our patroness Our Mother of Perpetual Help by St. Alphonsus Maria Ligouri. If possible, the novena should either be prayed at a church, alone or with others, in front of a picture of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, or at home in front of your enthronement altar with your family and/or fellow Oblates. For those in the area, the novena is said every Tuesday at St. Francis de Sales Oratory in St. Louis, MO after low Mass at 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. There may an archconfraternity dedicated to Our Mother of Perpetual Help in your diocese. Our Mother of Perpetual Help is a symbol of Holy Mother Church as "the refuge and hope of sinners" – reminding us that all God's children are children of the Blessed Virgin Mary the Mother of God and Mother of the Eternal and Sovereign High Priest and King. More »

LETTER FROM THE SUPERIOR GENERAL #2 (PT.1)
March 12, 2008

My dear fellow Oblates, inquirers, and friends, we have been led, by way of the Liturgical Year, into the “desert” (or “wilderness”) for the liturgical season of Lent which is derived from the Latin word for 40. As we know, the desert is not only a geographical location, but it is a fearful spiritual journey into unknown territory, a divine encounter with the Almighty, and an unavoidable confrontation with the Enemy. [...] Regardless if we are called to the monastic or secular way, if we bear the name Christian, we must not only accompany Our Lord in the desert, we must learn from Him, imitate Him, and share in His Passion and Martyrdom – like the Blessed Virgin Mary and Her Seven Sorrows – lest we, like the children of Israel, be overthrown by the Enemy and perish by our own sinfulness. More »

LETTER FROM THE SUPERIOR GENERAL #1
January 1, 2008

It is fitting that we began our journey of inquiry and initiation into this lay monastic association at the beginning of the Church's Liturgical Year during the season of Advent. Advent is a penitential time (though not as severe as Lent) of preparation for the coming of our Savior Jesus Christ on the Feast of the Nativity (December 25). [...] It is a great challenge in our “crooked and perverse” culture to prepare ourselves “with due honor” for the great feast commemorating the first coming of Christ; and so it is in the “Second Advent” of preparation for Our Lord’s last coming. More »

THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LADY IS THE BEST PREPARATION FOR ADVENT AND OUR ADMISSION INTO TRANSITUS
November 21, 2007

This Advent, may we be impregnated with the Word of God - faithfully fulfilling all that is the Divine Will, and in doing so, give birth to Our Lord in the coming Feast of the Nativity (Christmas) through our holiness and acts of charity. Likewise, may we adequately prepare ourselves for our initial stages of Inquiry (Candidacy) and Initiation (Postulancy) into Transitus. In fact, the entire Monastic Way, i.e., program of ongoing formation for the Transitus "school of sanctity" is a continual process of consecrating ourselves to Our Lord and Our Lady - total and complete in true devotion and reparation for sin, making of our souls a worthy dwelling place for the Holy Ghost, so that our lives may be an acceptable sacrifice (oblation) to the Father. May we imitate Our Lady and rely upon her intercession so that we may be worthy children of her Son Jesus Christ. More »

TRANSITUS HAS GONE PUBLIC!
September 17, 2007

It is fitting that this is the day that we take this small but momentous step into such a fearful undertaking. For what we have embraced will require us to let go of so many things. Yet, what we seek to gain, in its smallest measure, is worth more than what the world could ever appraise. We sense we are entrusting ourselves to more of what we do not know than what we think we understand. Yet, we are fully aware of what we are attempting to do. We have a deep sense, though we could change our minds, that our bodies and our souls will forever remain changed. Even if this deep impression that imprints such an acute and lasting mark would fade or even disappear, its infliction will be forever felt. Yet, we not only want it to be felt, but to be operative and efficacious. Maybe this is a veiled glimpse of what our father Francis experienced on Mount Alverna. More »

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LITURGICAL YEAR

Today in the Liturgical Year - 2008 Liturgical Year according to the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite Novus Ordo Missae (Vatican II) as well as the Traditional Roman Rite - Extraordinary Form (1962) courtesy of Catholic Culture.

Daily Readings - according to Ordinary Roman Rite (New) courtesy of the USCCB.

Sunday Propers & Readings - according to the Traditional Roman Rite (1962 Missal) courtesy of Angel Queen.

Current Month Overview - includes Feasts, Intentions of the Pope, Focus of the Liturgy, Highlights, and more courtesy of Catholic Culture.

Current Month Liturgical Calendar - 2008 Liturgical Year New (Vatican II) and Traditional Roman (1962) Rite courtesy of Catholic Culture.

Current Year Liturgical Calendar - 2008 Liturgical Year according to the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite Novus Ordo Missae (Vatican II) as well as the Traditional Roman Rite - Extraordinary Form (1962) courtesy of Catholic Culture.

Byzantine Rite Catholic Lectionary
Bzantine Rite Liturgical Calendar

LIVES OF THE SAINTS

Saint of the Day - according to the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite (New - Vatican II) courtesy of American Catholic

Pictorial Lives of the Saints - Daily biographies of the Saints according to the Traditional Roman Rite. January + February + March + April + May + June + July + August + September + October + November + December * See also: Alphabetical List of the Saints

Patron Saints Index

The Daily Roman Martyrology - The eulogies of the Saints and Blessed approved by the Sacred Congregation of Rites up to 1961. An essential part of the Roman Liturgy, specifically during the Office of Prime.

THE DIVINE OFFICE:
THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS

The Divine Office: The Liturgy of the Hours - according to the New Roman Breviary (Vatican II) courtesy of Universalis.

Audio Liturgy of the Hours Podcast - according to the New Roman Breviary (Vatican II)

The Divine Office (Divinum Officium) - according to the Traditional Roman Breviary 1960 (Latin / English).

DAILY MEDITATIONS

Meditations from Carmel Podcast - Short meditations come directly from the treasury of writings of the great Carmelite Saints including St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. Therese of Lisieux, Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, St. Teresa of the Andes, Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection, St. Teresa Benedicta and many more. Courtesy of the St. Louis Order of Carmel Discalced Secular.

Daily Reading from The Rule of St Benedict - By being moderate and flexible in day-to-day concerns, but uncompromising in spiritual matters, St. Benedict's Rule has endured for 1500 years as a living code, a guiding light that has shown untold numbers of religious men and women the path to holiness. (Daily Excerpts)

COMMENTARY & SERMONS

The Church's Year - Explanation of Epistles and Gospels throughout The Liturgical Year according to the Traditional Roman Calendar by Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine courtesy of SSPX Asia.

Audio Sancto - Traditional Catholic Sermons from Sundays, Holy Days, and more.

The Liturgical Year - This monumental liturgical work, comprising fifteen volumes, was the life-long labor of Benedictine Abbot Dom Gueranger. A daily spiritual pilgrimage through the liturgies of both the East and the West with daily entries corresponding to the Traditional yearly cycle of the Church's worship in both her divine seasonal feasts and those of her saints. [NOTE: Web Site incomplete]