EWTN News presents a “Special prayer to conclude 2025 and welcome 2026” that exemplifies the neo-church’s reduction of Catholicism to subjectivist sentimentality. This liturgical replacement urges families to gather around Nativity scenes while systematically excluding every foundational doctrine of integral Catholic faith.
Naturalism Disguised as Piety
The prayer’s focus remains entirely within the horizontal plane: “thank you for the flowers, the air, and the sun; for joy and sorrow” while omitting:
Any reference to the Kingship of Christ over nations (Quas Primas §18), the necessity of sacramental grace, or the Four Last Things. The phrase “master of time and eternity” replaces the dogmatic title Rex Regum – Christ the King.
Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas explicitly condemns such omissions: “Rulers of states therefore must not refuse to give public witness of reverence and obedience to the Empire of Christ.” The prayer’s silence on societal submission to Christ constitutes implicit acceptance of secular hegemony.
Sacramental Absence and False Ecumenism
Nowhere does the text mention:
- The necessity of Sacramental Confession for forgiveness of mortal sins (Council of Trent Session XIV)
- Frequent reception of the Holy Eucharist
- Reparation to the Sacred Heart
Instead, it promotes the modernist heresy of universal salvation through vague “blessings”: “shower them down wherever I go.” This directly contradicts the dogma Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus and Pius IX’s condemnation in Syllabus Errorum (Proposition 17).
Psychological Manipulation Replaces Doctrine
The prayer’s therapeutic language (“heart full of understanding,” “bright outlook”) echoes Vatican II’s Gaudium et Spes anthropocentrism. Contrast this with the 1917 Roman Missal New Year collects:
“O Almighty and everlasting God… direct according to Thy heavenly governance the hearts of Thy servants.”
The replacement of objective dogmas with subjective emotional states (“I want to live each day with a bright outlook”) constitutes the essence of Modernism condemned in Pius X’s Pascendi Dominici Gregis §6.
Omission of Mary’s Mediation
While instructing families to gather around Nativity scenes, the prayer:
- Never mentions the Immaculate Heart of Mary
- Omits the Rosary
- Excludes Acts of Reparation
This fulfills St. Pius X’s warning about modernist attempts to “eliminate the Blessed Virgin from the Church because they do not wish the Church to have any connection with eternity” (Ad Diem Illum §13).
Structural Apostasy of Source
The prayer’s provenance reveals its heterodox nature:
- Originally published by ACI Prensa – a neo-church propaganda outlet
- Adapted by “CNA” (Catholic News Agency)
- Distributed through EWTN
These organizations operate under the conciliar sect’s authority, having rejected the Oath Against Modernism. Their continuous promotion of naturalistic prayers confirms Archbishop Lefebvre’s judgment: “They have a new religion” (Conference at Écône, December 21, 1984).
True Catholic Alternative
Traditional Catholics should instead:
- Receive the Sacrament of Penance before year’s end
- Make a Holy Hour of Reparation on December 31st
- Recite the Veni Creator Spiritus at midnight
- Consecrate the new year to Christ the King through the Immaculate Heart of Mary using pre-1955 formulas
As Pope Pius XI taught: “When once men recognize, both in private and in public life, that Christ is King, society will at last receive the great blessings of real liberty, well-ordered discipline, peace and harmony” (Quas Primas §19). The analyzed prayer intentionally prevents this recognition.
Source:
A special prayer to conclude 2025 and begin 2026 (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 31.12.2025