The EWTN News portal reports (January 28, 2026) that the “Word on Fire” organization—founded by “Bishop” Robert Barron—plans to distribute its four-volume set of the “Liturgy of the Hours, Second Edition” to all U.S. “seminarians” free of charge. Funded by an anonymous donor, this initiative aims to place approximately 4,000 sets in the hands of those preparing for the conciliar sect’s “priesthood.” Brandon Vogt, executive publishing director, cited “Pope” John Paul II’s 1979 remarks about the Divine Office’s importance, while Barron claimed the gift would foster “lifelong fidelity to the Church’s prayer.” The new edition follows the U.S. “bishops'” 2012 translation revisions approved by the Vatican’s counterfeit authority in 2025. This maneuver exemplifies the conciliar sect’s systematic destruction of sacred liturgy under the guise of generosity.
Theological Annihilation Through Illicit Liturgical Reform
The so-called “Second Edition” constitutes a direct assault on the integrity of Catholic worship. Lex orandi, lex credendi (the law of prayer is the law of belief) dictates that alterations to the Church’s official prayers inevitably corrupt doctrine. Pius XII warned in Mediator Dei (1947) that “the sacred liturgy is intimately bound up with the doctrinal truths” and condemned “arbitrary innovations” as “foreign to the spirit of the Church” (§62). The 1970 reform of the Divine Office—imposed by Paul VI’s apostate regime—reduced the Psalter from its traditional weekly cycle to a four-week schema, excised imprecatory psalms, and eliminated repetitions essential to contemplative prayer. This neutered “Liturgy of the Hours” embodies the modernist project described in St. Pius X’s Pascendi Dominici Gregis as replacing “the immutable depositum fidei with philosophical evolutions” (§26).
Sacred Language Abandoned for Vernacular Profanity
By distributing an exclusively English edition, “Word on Fire” perpetuates the conciliar sect’s war against Latin—the Church’s sacred tongue. Pius XI’s Quas Primas (1925) established that Christ’s kingship demands worship in a language “sublime and universal, not vulgar or ordinary” (§21). The Vatican II sect’s Liturgiam Authenticam (2001)—cited to justify this translation—is itself heretical, violating Pope Pius VI’s condemnation in Auctorem Fidei (1794) of vernacular liturgical innovations. Seminarians immersed in vernacular prayers become incapable of offering the true Divine Office, which presupposes Latin as its immutable vessel.
Democratization of Clerical Obligations
The article’s emphasis on lay Catholics adopting the Divine Office exposes the neo-church’s anti-hierarchical agenda. St. Pius X’s Vehementer Nos (1906) affirmed that “the Church is essentially an unequal society” where “the multitude must submit to its pastors.” The Divine Office constitutes the Opus Dei—the specific work of consecrated souls—not a plaything for the laity. “Word on Fire’s” distribution scheme fuels the conciliar error of “universal priesthood,” condemned by Pius XI in Miserentissimus Redemptor (1928) as “dangerous and harmful” when misapplied (§21).
Formation of Apostate “Ministers”
Providing these corrupted liturgical books to “seminarians” completes their formation as agents of apostasy. Leo XIII’s Apostolicae Curae (1896) declared Anglican orders invalid due to defective rite and intention. The Novus Ordo “priesthood”—conferred through Paul VI’s invalid ordinal—suffers identical defects. These men will “pray” a counterfeit office while believing themselves ordained, embodying Pius XI’s warning in Quas Primas that “when religion is banished from the altar, the State will soon worship only itself” (§18). The anonymous donor’s “generosity” funds spiritual poison, like Judas offering silver to Gethsemane’s captors.
Omission of Supernatural Realities
Nowhere does the article mention the Divine Office’s true purpose: propitiatory sacrifice offered through Christ the Eternal High Priest. Pius XII’s Mediator Dei teaches that liturgical prayer “directs the human race and all its concerns toward God” through “Christ Himself, Head and Exemplar of the Church” (§20). The conciliar sect reduces prayer to communal self-affirmation, exemplified by Barron’s focus on “beautiful, durable edition[s]” rather than sanctifying grace. True seminarians would receive the 1960 Breviarium Romanum—whose psalms, antiphons, and readings nourished saints for centuries—not this modernist abridgment.
Conclusion: Worship Aligned With Apostasy
This initiative confirms the Vatican II sect’s total rupture from Catholic tradition. As St. Pius V decreed in Quo Primum (1570), “the penalty of excommunication latae sententiae shall be incurred” by those altering liturgical texts. The true Church’s priests still chant Matins at dawn and Compline at dusk; the conciliar “seminarians” will mumble vernacular paraphrases between psychology classes. Until the Roman occupation ends, no liturgical book bearing approval from counterfeit authorities can mediate sanctification. Let the faithful cling to the immutable Hours of Pope St. Pius X—the last authentic reform before the great apostasy began.
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Word on Fire to provide new Liturgy of the Hours to every seminarian in the U.S. (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 28.01.2026