Post-Conciliar “Chrism Mass” Preaches Naturalistic Humanism, Not Catholic Priesthood

The cited article from VaticanNews portal reports on an early Chrism Mass in Dili, East Timor, presided over by Archbishop Virgílio do Carmo da Silva. It emphasizes themes of “selfless service,” “synodal Spirit,” “closeness to the people,” and “spirituality of service and humility,” while invoking the example of missionaries and the authority of the antipope “Leo XIV.” The homily completely omits the supernatural essence of the priesthood—the sacrificial character of the Holy Mass, the ontological change conferred by Holy Orders, the absolute necessity of the state of grace, and the terrifying responsibility before the particular judgment. Instead, it reduces the priesthood to a naturalistic, sociological function of “service” within a “synodal Church,” thereby promoting the very Modernism condemned by St. Pius X.