Neo-Church ‘Summer Prayer’ Campaign Masks Invalid Sacraments and Antipope Obedience
The National Catholic Register, the flagship propaganda organ of the EWTN/neo-church apparatus, publishes a piece by Thomas Griffin, religion department chair at a Novus Ordo secondary institution on Long Island and author for the conciliar publishing house Our Sunday Visitor. The article, dated July 11, 2026, urges readers to “Make This Summer a Summer of Prayer,” prescribing a regimen of Scripture, “Mass and the sacraments,” and saintly quotes to combat summer anxiety. It cites Psalm 61, Philippians 4, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, St. Francis de Sales, and the false “saint” Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), canonized by the antipope John Paul II in 1998. The piece concludes with a generic exhortation to “go deeper into the heart of our God.” This superficial piety serves as a lethal anesthetic, lulling souls into the false security of the conciliar sect’s invalid sacraments and false hierarchy while the See of Peter remains vacant.
The Facade of Piety in the Counter-Church
The article functions precisely as the lex orandi of the novus ordo sect: a therapeutic spirituality stripped of the sacrum, the sacrificium, and the sanctitas of the True Church. Mr. Griffin writes, “we must rely on making contact with him through Mass and the sacraments”. This sentence alone condemns the entire enterprise. The “Mass” referenced is the Novus Ordo Missae of Paul VI (Montini), a fabricated rite promulgated by an antipope in 1969, which severed the lex orandi from the lex credendi by excising the propitiatory nature of the Sacrifice, the Real Presence as defined by Trent, and the sacerdotal priesthood. The “sacraments” administered in the conciliar structures—administered by “priests” ordained in the invalid 1968 rite of Paul VI, lacking the intention to do what the Church does (facere quod facit Ecclesia) and the proper form for Orders—are nullities. To direct souls to “make contact with Christ” through these nullities is not pastoral care; it is spiritual homicide. Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus. There is no grace in the counterfeit rites of the sect occupying the Vatican.
The Fatal Presupposition: Validity of the Novus Ordo Rites
The article’s fundamental theological bankruptcy lies in its unspoken premise: that the structures of the “Church” after 1958—its “popes,” “bishops,” “priests,” “Mass,” and “sacraments”—possess validity and jurisdiction. This is the heresy of the recognize-and-resist position condemned by its very fruits, and the formal heresy of the conciliar sect itself. Pope Pius XII, in Mystici Corporis Christi (1943), teaches that the Church is the Mystical Body of Christ, one, holy, catholic, and apostolic, united by the profession of the same faith, the same sacraments, and the same governance under the Roman Pontiff. Since the usurpation of the See by John XXIII (Roncalli) in 1958, the conciliar sect has promulgated a new faith (Vatican II), new sacraments (Paul VI), and a new governance (collegiality/synodality), thereby constructing a counter-church, the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel and Our Lord (Matt. 24:15). Mr. Griffin’s exhortation to attend “Mass” is an exhortation to attend the synagogue of Satan (Apoc. 2:9; 3:9), the “table of demons” (1 Cor. 10:21) where the Unbloody Sacrifice of Calvary has been replaced by a Protestantized “memorial meal” presided over by a “presider” facing the people.
The Canonization of the Invalid: Edith Stein as Ecumenical Bait
The citation of “St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)” is a deliberate deployment of false sanctity as ecumenical bait. Edith Stein, a convert from Judaism who perished at Auschwitz, was “canonized” by the antipope John Paul II (Wojtyła) in 1998. This act possesses zero canonical validity. A manifest heretic—Wojtyła, who kissed the Koran, prayed with pagans at Assisi, and taught religious liberty (Dignitatis Humanae)—cannot exercise the keys of Peter. As St. Robert Bellarmine teaches in De Romano Pontifice, “A manifest heretic, by that very fact, ceases to be Pope and head, just as he ceases to be a Christian and a member of the Church” (De Romano Pontifice, lib. 2, cap. 30). Therefore, the “canonization” is a nullity. Stein’s Carmelite spirituality, heavily influenced by modernist phenomenology (Husserl, Heidegger), was exploited by the neo-church to forge a false bridge to Judaism and modern philosophy, furthering the Masonic project of religious indifferentism condemned by Pius IX in the Syllabus Errorum (Error 16: “Man may, in the observance of any religion whatever, find the way of eternal salvation”). To quote her as a spiritual authority is to legitimize the counterfeit magisterium of the antichurch.
Therapeutic Deism vs. The Cross: The Anthropocentric Pivot
The linguistic texture of the article reveals the anthropocentric rot of the conciliar religion. The language is saturated with therapeutic categories: “anxiety,” “rest,” “relaxation,” “worries,” “peace of mind,” “present moment,” “well-being.” St. Paul’s exhortation in Philippians 4:6-7 (“Have no anxiety… the peace of God… will guard your hearts”) is ripped from its soteriological context—the peace of the justified soul in the state of sanctifying grace, obtained through the Sacrifice of the Mass and the Sacrament of Penance—and reduced to a Christianized mindfulness technique. St. Francis de Sales is cited not for his militant defense of the Catholic Faith against Calvinism (Controversies), but for a sentimental quote about “inner peace.” St. Thérèse is stripped of her Little Way of victimhood and reparation for sinners, reduced to a guru for “resting quietly on the heart of Jesus.” This is the religion of man prophesied by Paul VI himself at the close of Vatican II (Gaudium et Spes, 22), now fully realized in the “Church of the New Advent.” The Crux is absent; the Resurrectio is divorced from the Passio. It is a spirituality of the Antichrist, who comes “in his own name” (John 5:43), offering peace without the Cross, grace without the Sacrifice, and unity without the Faith.
Silence on the Sede Vacante: The Sin of Omission
The gravest accusation against this article is its eloquent silence. Not a word on the vacancy of the Holy See since 1958. Not a word on the invalidity of the new rites. Not a word on the necessity of assisting at the Tridentine Mass (the Mass of St. Pius V, codified by Quo Primum) celebrated by validly ordained priests (ordained pre-1968 or conditionally re-ordained) who reject the conciliar errors. Not a word on Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus, the dogma defined by the Fourth Lateran Council (1215), confirmed by Pope Boniface VIII in Unam Sanctam (1302), and Pope Pius IX in Singulari Quidem (1856). The article functions as a soporific for the damned, encouraging them to “pray” within the very structures that have severed them from the Vine (John 15:6). It is the spirituality of the Great Whore (Apoc. 17), making the nations drunk with the wine of her fornication (religious indifferentism, false ecumenism, liturgical novelty).
Conclusion: Flee the Counter-Church
Mr. Griffin’s “Summer of Prayer” is a summer of spiritual suicide for those who heed it. True prayer begins with the Professio Fidei Tridentinae, the rejection of the conciliar errors, the recognition of the Sede Vacante, and the exclusive attendance at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered by true priests in union with the true Bishops who retain the Faith entire. “He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters” (Matt. 12:30). The National Catholic Register, Thomas Griffin, and the entire conciliar apparatus are scatterers. They offer stones for bread (Matt. 7:9). Flee them. Seek the True Church in the catacombs, where the Mass of All Time is offered, where the Faith of the Fathers is kept intact, and where the King of Kings, Christ Jesus, truly reigns from the Tabernacle.
Source:
Make This Summer a Summer of Prayer: Sit Quietly With Christ — Even on Vacation (ncregister.com)
Date: 11.07.2026