Complete Trascript of the Sermon given by Fr. Epiney
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ENTIRE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE SERMON GIVEN BY Fr. EPINEY ON MAY 26, 2019 IN RIDDES, SWITZERLAND
P. Epiney in 1986, signing the document of Consecration of the Fraternity to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Monday, June 17, 2019
Very dear Mr. Cura,
In that year of his priestly ordination, 1961, it was the year before the Council that prepared the convulsions and the great changes in our Holy Church. And by a special grace of God, you have known how to preserve the sense of faith, the sense of what was given to you in the seminary. And, even being a young vicar, then a young priest; on the occasion of the priestly meetings, he did not hesitate to express his disapproval of the changes he saw coming and that seemed to him - with good reason - contrary to the good of the Church, contrary to the good of souls. And so he said it bluntly. And, to show his attachment to the Church as always, he also kept his cassock, his ecclesiastical habit, convinced that this was a manifestation of his attachment to the faith and to the priesthood.
And then, Providence wanted his Bishop to name him for Riddes, knowing full well that it was a particularly difficult ministry: Riddes was not known for [its] Christian fervor.
But being you Cure of Riddes, was in turn the priest of Ecône. And again, by a special grace of Holy Providence, Ecône has become what we know today: the Seminar of Ecône, with the authorization of the Bishop of Sion. Therefore, there was no difficulty - quite the opposite - in that the seminary was closely linked to the Parish of Riddes, which was our Parish. And we find precisely the priest that the Good God had prepared for us. Firm in the faith, attached to the Tradition, ready to fight everything necessary to maintain your faith, to maintain your priesthood in a comprehensive manner.
Thus, since then, Ecône and the Cure de Riddes have maintained a relationship that has remained in an admirable fidelity. And that's when you had to make a decision, dear Father: despite the pain of the apparent rupture with the diocese, he preferred to keep the Tradition, keep the faith, instead of seeing the disaster enter his church, in his Parish as in other Parishes, see the deserted parishes, such as the seminary in Zion, which closed its doors to send Freiburg to the few remaining seminarians. He preferred to continue his priestly ministry as he had received it from the hands of his bishop and as he had been taught in the seminary.
And now, twenty-five years of priesthood have passed. And thanks to you, dear Father, the Valais is still Catholic. I think we can say it and we should say it. No doubt you will tell me: but Ecône has also become the symbol of Catholicity, the symbol of fidelity to the Church as always. But it is not Ecône who has maintained the faith in this dear Valais: it is you, dear Father, it is through you. If it had not been there, we would not have had this influx of valesanos. We would not have known this preservation of the Catholic faith in the hearts of the Valesanos.
And if this fidelity of Ecône, despite the tests that we have also gone through in the last fifteen years, always manifests itself permanently and without fail, it is also thanks to you, because, in the midst of these tests, you always has been present. You have never changed; He has never doubted. You have remained like a rock, faithful to the Ecône and faithful to the faith, faithful to the Church. That is what we want to be, that is what we should be .
This year we will have the joy of ordering five new Swiss priests. This is really a great grace. And it is thanks to your example and your prayer that we owe these vocations, dear Father.
God bless you. May God continue to give you strong health and all the graces you need, to continue your magnificent apostolate for the glory of the Good Lord and for the salvation of souls.
In that year of his priestly ordination, 1961, it was the year before the Council that prepared the convulsions and the great changes in our Holy Church. And by a special grace of God, you have known how to preserve the sense of faith, the sense of what was given to you in the seminary. And, even being a young vicar, then a young priest; on the occasion of the priestly meetings, he did not hesitate to express his disapproval of the changes he saw coming and that seemed to him - with good reason - contrary to the good of the Church, contrary to the good of souls. And so he said it bluntly. And, to show his attachment to the Church as always, he also kept his cassock, his ecclesiastical habit, convinced that this was a manifestation of his attachment to the faith and to the priesthood.
And then, Providence wanted his Bishop to name him for Riddes, knowing full well that it was a particularly difficult ministry: Riddes was not known for [its] Christian fervor.
But being you Cure of Riddes, was in turn the priest of Ecône. And again, by a special grace of Holy Providence, Ecône has become what we know today: the Seminar of Ecône, with the authorization of the Bishop of Sion. Therefore, there was no difficulty - quite the opposite - in that the seminary was closely linked to the Parish of Riddes, which was our Parish. And we find precisely the priest that the Good God had prepared for us. Firm in the faith, attached to the Tradition, ready to fight everything necessary to maintain your faith, to maintain your priesthood in a comprehensive manner.
Thus, since then, Ecône and the Cure de Riddes have maintained a relationship that has remained in an admirable fidelity. And that's when you had to make a decision, dear Father: despite the pain of the apparent rupture with the diocese, he preferred to keep the Tradition, keep the faith, instead of seeing the disaster enter his church, in his Parish as in other Parishes, see the deserted parishes, such as the seminary in Zion, which closed its doors to send Freiburg to the few remaining seminarians. He preferred to continue his priestly ministry as he had received it from the hands of his bishop and as he had been taught in the seminary.
And now, twenty-five years of priesthood have passed. And thanks to you, dear Father, the Valais is still Catholic. I think we can say it and we should say it. No doubt you will tell me: but Ecône has also become the symbol of Catholicity, the symbol of fidelity to the Church as always. But it is not Ecône who has maintained the faith in this dear Valais: it is you, dear Father, it is through you. If it had not been there, we would not have had this influx of valesanos. We would not have known this preservation of the Catholic faith in the hearts of the Valesanos.
And if this fidelity of Ecône, despite the tests that we have also gone through in the last fifteen years, always manifests itself permanently and without fail, it is also thanks to you, because, in the midst of these tests, you always has been present. You have never changed; He has never doubted. You have remained like a rock, faithful to the Ecône and faithful to the faith, faithful to the Church. That is what we want to be, that is what we should be .
This year we will have the joy of ordering five new Swiss priests. This is really a great grace. And it is thanks to your example and your prayer that we owe these vocations, dear Father.
God bless you. May God continue to give you strong health and all the graces you need, to continue your magnificent apostolate for the glory of the Good Lord and for the salvation of souls.
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COMPLETE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE SERMON OF FATHER PIERRE EPINEY, MAY 26, 2019
We have been informed of a communiqué signed by the Superior of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X, Don Davide Pagliarani, and by Mons. Vitus Huonder, Bishop of Chur, who has just resigned:
"On Monday, May 20, 2019, Pope Francis relieved Bishop Vitus Huonder from his position as Bishop of the Diocese of Coira, appointing an administrator in view of the election of his successor. According to a long-standing desire, Bishop Huonder retires to a house of the Fraternity of Saint Pius X. The sole purpose of this work is to consecrate himself to prayer and silence, to celebrate exclusively the traditional Mass, and to work for Tradition. , only means for the renewal of the Church. The Fraternity of Saint Pius X values the courageous decision of Bishop Huonder and is happy to be able to provide him with the spiritual and priestly framework he so desires. Hopefully this example will be imitated, to "restore everything in Christ". Signed by Mons. Vitus Huonder, Bishop Emeritus of Chur and Don Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the SSPX ".
"As you know, I will be living in the Priestly House of the Santa María de Wangs Institute, in the canton of San Gallen, which belongs to the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X. In line with the Holy Father Francis, I promise to contribute to the unity of the Church, not to marginalize, but to discern, accompany and help integrate."
What should we think about all this?
First of all, it surprises us. A conciliar bishop, a disciple of Pope Benedict XVI, a friend of Pope Francis, is received in a Fraternity school in Wangs. On the other hand, Bishop Williamson, despite having been consecrated by Bishop Lefebvre in 1988, was excluded from the Fraternity. In addition, Fr Schreiber, Superior of the Fraternity in Switzerland, in a letter to Fr. Grenon [collaborator of Fr. Epiney. Note from NP] , explains that, due to the presence of Father Brühwiler [priest expelled from the FSSPX because of the liberal drift, who joined the SAJM. Note from NP] , forbids the faithful to come here to Riddes for the Mass.
Now, you know that Father Brühwiler came here to help me because of my illness and weakness, he was expelled from the Fraternity. What has he done wrong? I wanted, like Bishop Lefebvre, the founder of the Fraternity, to remain faithful. And, like other priests, he was excluded from the Fraternity, like Bishop Williamson. And Monsignor Fellay asked me to throw him out, which I can not do for reasons of conscience, because he is a good priest, [z]ealous, who deserves our trust and who cares to be faithful to the founder.
Then Father Brühwiler, expelled from the Fraternity, joined the Priestly Fraternity of the Apostles of Jesus and Mary, founded by Monsignor Williamson and Monsignor Faure. What is this society? That was the name chosen by Bishop Lefebvre for his work. Later he chose the name of Priestly Fraternity Saint Pius X. But the statutes of this Priestly Society are the same as those of the Fraternity, with the clear and unequivocal will to remain completely faithful to Bishop Lefebvre, the founder. Father Brühwiler was no longer dependent on the Society of Saint Pius X, since he was expelled, and he made a request to join this Society of the Apostles of Jesus and Mary, and was accepted. Therefore, he is now under the leadership of Bishop Faure and Bishop Williamson, which allows him to remain here among us to help us.
My dear faithful, the situation is serious. Ecône is changing. It is time to close ranks and not desert our chapel, as recommended! We have always helped the Fraternity, we have worked for it! We have helped you to establish all the chapels here! Why would it be bad now to come here? This is the Mother Chapel of all the others here in Valais, to make possible the Mass of all times. It is not only about the Mass, but also about faith! All the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council, all the Bishops celebrated the true Mass! And all of them went to modernism, except for a few who resisted, leaving only one at the end, because Bishop Lefebvre fought until the end. He not only saved the Mass and the priesthood, but also the Catholic faith! Because the result of this "renewal" is apostasy! This is no longer the Catholic Church, it is the ecumenical Church, and there are enough examples! Just open your eyes to see that people are losing the true Catholic faith, true morality, truth, piety. And priestly and religious vocations diminish more and more. We ask the African priests to replace our own, we do not have enough!
"The great apostasy of which St. Paul speaks continues to grow." The social royalty of Christ is very much destroyed by religious freedom and human rights of the Second Vatican Council.Without the ordinations of Bishop Lefebvre in 1988, we would have died! Neither the [Fraternity of Saint Peter] nor any other, nor Ecclesia Dei, the Tradition would be dead! The "Operation Survival" was a total success thanks to the heroic action of Bishop Lefebvre, who remains excommunicated. Nothing has changed in Rome, blind spirits, the parallel church is the new Vatican II church, its new religion is ecumenical, Archbishop Lefebvre was right: "Only bishops completely free of all influence of liberal Rome can work for the good of the Church."
Bishop Huonder was ordained a priest with the new rite in 1971. In 2007 he was consecrated bishop with the new rite of episcopal ordination. However, Archbishop Lefebvre said: "All the sacraments are doubtful!" Thus, it is no longer clear today in the Ecumenical Council Church if priests are priests, if bishops are bishops It is confusion. We are in full Protestantism. It's almost the same, or even worse!
[They are] letting these bishops into the houses of the fraternity, of whom we are not sure of the validity of their priestly and episcopal ordinations, and who have permanent contacts with other bishops who want to take us back to Vatican II ... Because it is the goal, they also say it: it is about helping to integrate. Yes, he is a disciple of Pope Benedict XVI, who attracted some traditional communities that probably remained faithful to the Mass, but no longer fight against the errors of modernism. They shut up! We can not shut up when it comes to the truth! We must respond! We must react because it is about our faith, our salvation, the salvation of our souls. We must wake up! We must not sleep! We must not flee!
Before 2012 it was the conciliar Church that persecuted and expelled the most faithful, while today it is Menzingen who expelled a bishop and numerous priests for remaining faithful to Bishop Lefebvre. We can not not react to such actions, because everything we have done so far would be in vain. We are returning exactly to what happened 40 years ago, when most of the Catholics accepted by obedience the new Mass and the new orientations, obedience being a virtue linked to faith. It is not just about maintaining discipline, but keeping faith. We must obey God rather than men.
It is necessary to remain faithful and have the courage to fight, as Our Lady of La Salette said, with the available weapons: the [true] Holy Mass, the Rosary and faith, the defense of the Catholic faith from the beginning to the end. Until martyrdom if necessary! Because without the Catholic faith we can not save ourselves. Our Savior is not Luther, he is not Buddha. Now every week there are ceremonies with Protestants, Buddhists, Jews and whatever! That is no longer the true church! The true church is as eclipsed by a false church. We must remain as we are because we have never left the Church! They are the ones that came out! It is Rome that must return to Tradition! It is not tradition that must go to Rome to be acquitted.
Our Lady of La Salette said: "Fight, children of light, you, the small number of those you see clearly, the Church will be eclipsed, Rome will lose faith, let your zeal make you hungry for the glory and honor of Jesus Christ."
We conclude, dear brothers, in these coming days, the month of Mary instituted by San Felipe Neri. He gathered the young people in Rome to ask the Blessed Virgin Mary every day of the month of May, and there were tremendous conversions! In these conversions there were not only priests, bishops, religious, but also the Pope! Because praying to the Blessed Virgin, we touch the Heart of our Lord, who can not resist granting what the Virgin asks for. But today, as Lucia said in Fatima, do not expect the popes, bishops and priests to give you the order to pray. Everyone should pray for himself! Especially the prayer of the Rosary. Attendance at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, knowledge of the Catechism, Catholic doctrine to preserve the faith and transmit it! That is our mission. So take advantage of these three days of prayers. They are public prayers. At that time there were all kinds of disasters, earthquakes and poverty, so for three days the bishop ordered large public processions that lasted all day to ask the Blessed Mother to put an end to all these disasters. And it was obtained! That is why the Church made the rogatives obligatory. But who does it still today?
We must pray fervently with the Blessed Virgin Mary, because only she can crush the infernal demon that rules in the heart of Rome, the Vatican! The burning of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is a sign that the faith of France is falling apart! It is the end of the Catholic religion! Marie Julie Jahenny prophesied 129 years ago that Notre Dame would catch fire in Paris, but also the Vatican! Punishments are to be expected because no one makes fun of God.
So, attention! Let's watch and pray, keep the courage and confidence.
In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
[Emphasis - The Catacombs]