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THE MISSION OF ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC
CHURCH is to give honor and glory to
God and to sanctify and edify the souls
of the faithful by preserving, protecting,
fostering and defending the Traditional
Latin Mass and sacraments, as contained
in the Typical Vatican Edition of the
Missale Romanum of 1962 and contemporaneous
liturgical books. We seek to promote the
universal and unrestricted access to and
restoration of, this rite of Mass and sacraments.
The Sacrifice of the Mass is truly the
Sacrifice of Calvary made present among
us, a sacrifice at which we should dare
to be present, only in a spirit of the utmost
reverence and the most abject humility,
conscious of our unworthiness in the presence
of the all-holy God. A prayer in the liturgy
of St. John Chrysostom evokes the profound
truth that: "It is really Thou who
dost offer and art offered, Thou who dost
receive the offering and art given back
to us, Christ our God."
Inspired by these same sentiments, we
seek to unite ourselves with the entire
Church Militant, Suffering and Triumphant
in offering sacrifice to God in our ancient
and venerable rite. We seek to reach out
and regain for Holy Mother Church those
lost or disaffected souls who have left
Holy Mother Church, mindful as we are of
the changes occurring throughout the Latin
Church since the Second Vatican Council.
We proclaim Catholic Truth and use our traditional
forms of worship, which have proved to be
powerful, to attract new adherents to the
One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Faith
and provide for the spiritual welfare of
the Catholic faithful in accordance with
the Motu Proprio Ecclesia Dei with
at all times, complete adherence and fidelity
to all magisterial teachings pronounced
by Pope John Paul II, his predecessors and
successors.
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