The Secret Still Hidden

The Secret Still Hidden

An investigation into the private campaign of the Vatican Secretariat of State to conceal the words of the Virgin Mary in the Third Secret of Fatima.
 This book, written by Catholic lawyer Christopher Ferrara, is the first full-length examination of the grounds for rejecting Cardinal Bertone's version of the facts in the Third Secret controversy. The Cardinal's own statements, including his book and radio and television broadcasts in 2007, are shown to demonstrate beyond any doubt that a text of the Secret has been suppressed, evidently under an unjustifiable mental reservation that the text is not "authentic".

Amongst other things, the evidence presented here demonstrates that:

• The Secret has two parts, as Pope Pius XII's own investigator revealed, one which contains the words of the Virgin that are not found in the published vision.
• There are two different Third Secret envelopes, each bearing its own warning, in Sister Lucia's handwriting, that by "express order of Our Lady" the envelope is not to be opened before 1960.
• There are two different locations for these envelopes: the Holy Office archives for one, the papal apartment for the other.
• The text of the Secret was inside an outer envelope bearing dictation by Pope John XXIII and kept in the papal apartment — an envelope the Secretary of State has never produced even though he now concedes that the envelope exists.
• There are two different Third Secret translations in Italian, neither of which has been made public by the Vatican.
• Three different Popes since 1959 read texts of the Secret on two different dates - years apart - even though the Vatican's official explanation claims there was only a single reading by each Pope.

And yet the Catholic faithful are still being asked to believe that there is only one text of the Third Secret, and that the Virgin had nothing to say about the meaning of the ominous vision she herself confided to the Fatima seers. Whoever still believes this will have no good reason to continue believing after reading this book. And, given the absolute urgency of the Secret for every inhabitant of the planet, the case presented here should motivate Catholics and non-Catholics alike to demand that the Vatican reveal the hidden words of the Virgin to the whole world - before it is too late.

Paperback. 256 pp.

Music for Piano

Music for Piano by Nicholas Wilton - CD

Each copy of the CD sold by Carmel Books is autographed by the acclaimed composer.

"A young composer based in England, Nicholas Wilton has previously achieved success with his disc of sacred choral music.

His music is deceptively simple. Here, in a disc dedicated to his mother and father, are eight short pieces. The accompanying commentary to the disc states modestly that this is a “short recording of a few miniatures for piano for those who might like them”. The miniatures are impeccably championed by the evidently highly musical pianist, Alexei Knupffer. The program note also openly acknowledges that Wilton wears his major influences on his sleeve, and such is the case. Chopin and Scarlatti cast the longest shadows, while Shostakovich, Beethoven and Liszt lurk in the background (sometimes in the far background).

The short recital begins with the D-Minor Toccata, where it is surely Scarlatti that feeds the compositional hand (both texture and gesture point to this). The melancholy Spanish Dance in A (perhaps pointing towards Albéniz) is geographically specific in demeanour but more, it holds a key to Wilton’s methodology: that of a Satie-esque way of making the most of ostensibly simple gestures.

The Waltzes speak most strongly of the influence of Chopin (the second, the F-Minor, in particular, to my ears, and the Fourth, in a hyper-melancholy C-Minor: though the ending of the latter piece, a question mark in music, points more towards the enigmantic Satie again). The Waltzes speak, also, of a gentle soul at work here, but a soul that is entirely unafraid to speak its own truth. Accusations of being derivative are inevitable, perhaps, but careful listening reveals deeper truths. The charming innocence of the opening of the third Waltz (G-Minor) is perhaps allied to the technique of emotional Rückblick that one encounters in Schumann’s Kinderszenen, and even as Wilton’s Waltz opens out emotionally, it remains overshadowed by its opening.

The only Waltz to demonstrate any real sort of assertiveness, and then briefly, is the Fifth (A flat-Minor). The final B-Minor rides the tightrope of playful and melancholy with consummate expertise, ending with a firm gesture; yet, nevertheless, we are left wanting more.

The recording is quite close, but that is not inappropriate for music of this ilk. Fascinating".

Reviewed by Colin Clarke for Fanfare magazine.

Audio CD.

A Gem From the Diamond Mine

A Gem From the Diamond Mine

 

Mother Mary Elias of the Blessed Sacrament, O.C.D., 1879-1943

Elena Maria Thierry was born in Mexico in 1879 and died in 1943. She came from a noble lineage and of French descent. Elena was blessed with many gifts on the natural level, and her faith was firm and strong. Yet, as a young woman, she had no attraction for the religious life. However, she was advised by a holy priest, Padre Rosas, that God wanted her to become a Carmelite.

Initially she felt "repugnance for all she knew about Carmel, but she feared disobeying Padre Rosas", and so she persevered and soon received the Habit of Carmel and was given the religious name of Sister Mary Elias of the Blessed Sacrament.

The revolution in Mexico which erupted in 1910 lead to a terrible persecution of the Catholic Church. It was necessary for Mother Mary Elias to rescue all the religious of her convent in Aquascalientes and take them to safety in Cuba. From there to the United States, where she founded four Carmelite monasteries.

Mother Mary Elias of the Blessed Sacrament was a great soul with a great love for God. His Divine Will, was her will.... His suffering, her suffering. As she lay dying she murmured:"Poor Jesus, poor Jesus"!

Paperback. 328pp.

The Dove With the Scarlet Collar

The Dove With the Scarlet Collar

Mother Mary Elias of the Blessed Sacrament, O.C.D., 1879-1943 

Elena Maria Thierry was born in Mexico in 1879 and died in 1943. She came from a noble lineage and of French descent. Elena was blessed with many gifts on the natural level, and her faith was firm and strong. Yet, as a young woman, she had no attraction for the religious life. However, she was advised by a holy priest, Padre Rosas, that God wanted her to become a Carmelite.

Initially she felt "repugnance for all she knew about Carmel, but she feared disobeying Padre Rosas", and so she persevered and soon received the Habit of Carmel and was given the religious name of Sister Mary Elias of the Blessed Sacrament.

The revolution in Mexico which erupted in 1910 lead to a terrible persecution of the Catholic Church. It was necessary for Mother Mary Elias to rescue all the religious of her convent in Aquascalientes and take them to safety in Cuba. From there to the United States, where she founded four Carmelite monasteries.

Mother Mary Elias of the Blessed Sacrament was a great soul with a great love for God. His Divine Will, was her will.... His suffering, her suffering. As she lay dying she murmured: "Poor Jesus, poor Jesus"!

The New Roman Missal

Newly Reprinted - Back in Stock

The New Roman Missal 

Rev. F. X. Lasance

and

Rev. Francis Augustine Walsh, O.S.B.,

monk of St. Anselm's Priory, Washington D.C.

With Illustrated Study Plan

"Read Mass With the Priest"

By Very Rev. Msgr. William R. Kelly, Ph.D.

In Latin and English

To which is added a Supplement comprising an Explanation of 'The Ecclesiastical Year and the Sacred Liturgy"; Short Accounts of Certain Feasts and Brief "Lives of the Saints" contained in this Missal; a "Glossary of Liturgical Terms", with a "Description of the Symbolic Representations" and a Collection of "Communion and Other Prayers", those indulgenced in accordance with the new Raccolta.

A fine reproduction of the original 1945 text of the immortal Mass, according to the Council of Trent, with complete Latin and English text for the Ordinary and Propers of the Mass. There are no revisions, but additions made according to the Papal Decrees dating from 1945 to the end of Pope Pius XII's reign include the Mass Propers and the Divine Praise of the Assumption.

The binding is sewn with black leatherette cover and gold lettering. The pages have rounded corners and gilt edges. Complete with six coloured ribbon page markers.

1900 pp.

Carmelite Devotions

Carmelite Devotions and prayers for the special feasts of The Liturgical Year was compiled by a Carmelite Tertiary, and published in 1956 by the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Milwaukee, USA.

These devotions and prayers include the Brown Scapular, devotion to the Infant Jesus, the Gospel of the Holy Name, the Holy Face devotion, the Brigittine rosary and prayers to St. Joseph, St. Elias and St. Albert, as well as prayers composed by St. Teresa of Avila, St. Therese of Liseaux and Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, to name just a few.

There are novenas for the principal feasts of Carmel and the Liturgical Year, including those of the Immaculate Conception, the Christmas novena to the Infant Jesus, a novena in honour of the Holy Name and many others. Plus the history of the veneration of Maria Gratiae or Our Lady of Grace or the Bowed Head, and Maria S.S. Del Carmine Detta Della Bruna, which is believed to be the first painting of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, are included.

It is therefore hoped that these precious prayers and devotions will serve as a comfort and consolation to the reader, and lead to a greater appreciation of the blessings and graces that have bestowed on the Carmelite Order through the loving intercession of our Patroness, the Blessed Virgin Mary who is Queen and Beauty of Carmel.

Paperback. 228pp.

A Blessed Christmas

A very happy and holy Christmas to one and all from Carmel Books.

May the Christ Child bless especially the suffering innocents being slaughtered by Modern Herods.

Pray the Rosary

Very attractive and handy pocket-sized booklet, first published in 1953, with clear and concise illustration on how to pray the Holy Rosary. Contains all of the rosary prayers, with full-colour pictures and small text to aid meditation on each of the 15 decades. Also lists the desired fruits of each Mystery.

A perfect help for children and converts to learn to pray, and to love praying, the Holy Rosary. Ideal for Rosary Novenas, Family Rosary, Private Recitation and the First Five Saturdays.

"I hope that this beautiful little book will be your guide to a richer and more intimate understanding of the Holy Rosary. Keep it handy in your home and in your pocket or purse, because it is an inspiration to loving meditation on the Mysteries of Our Lord Jesus as you address Our Blessed Lady in petition and thanksgiving. May Jesus and Mary bless all who use it with tender and personal devotion".   -   Fr. Patrick Peyton, C.S.C.

Paperback. 48pp. 3" x 5". Full Colour.

2016 Ordo

The Ordo Recitandi is the flagship production of The Saint Lawrence Press. The Ordo contains the necessary directions for those who wish to sing the Office and Mass of any day in the Liturgical Year according to the classical Roman Rite.

The Ordo details those changes which arise due to the interaction of the Temporal and Sanctoral cycles. In addition the Ordo contains detailed information concerning the celebration of the various classes of Votive Masses,e.g. Masses of External Solemnities, rubrics for the Forty Hours.

The Ordo follows the format of the Roman Ordo that was produced for the Universal Calendar in the late 1930's following the fifth editio post typicam of the Roman Missal that was promulgated by SRC in 1939.

The Ordo is written entirely in Latin.

State Secrets

Vicomte Léon de Poncins (1897-1975) was one of the foremost experts on Judaism and Secret Societies. His prolific writing on the subject spanned half a century. His work was never speculative, but faultlessly and academically documented throughout.

In this new edition of the book, which has been out of print in English since it was first published in 1975, he presents shocking evidence of the Zionist grip on the governments of both America and Britain throughout the twentieth century, and especially in planning and unleashing two devastating World Wars. These facts have been thoroughly suppressed in mainstream books of History, though that is unsurprising in an age where Truth is to be found in the shadows.

In the preface Dr. E. Michael Jones writes: 

"If the world had heeded Poncins in 1975, it would have been spared the disastrous series of wars for Israel in the Middle East that have been the mainstay of American foreign policy".

This study is as relevant today as ever. Not just for the historically interested, but for all those who seek to understand the real agenda behind the Perpetual Wars for Perpetual Peace and Democracy.

Important Notice

Dear Customers and Friends of Carmel Books,

As many of you will know, when our founder Robin Pannell died in January 2008 he bequeathed Carmel Books to the British District of the Society of Saint Pius X.

For the past five years a stable home has been provided for Carmel Books to pursue its apostolate in an SSPX-owned property in Highclere, Hampshire, for which we offer our grateful thanks to Fr. Paul Morgan.

A review of the SSPX District's operational finances has been undertaken by its new Superior Fr. Robert Brucciani, and he explains on page 6 of the new District newsletter, Ite Missa Est, that:

"From 30th November, Carmel Books will undergo a change of ownership. For the last 5 years it has been owned by the Society of Saint Pius X and has been managed by Mr. Michael Fishwick. Following the implementation of austerity measures (see below), from 30th November, Carmel Books will be owned and run exclusively by Mr. Michael Fishwick. A new address will be advertised forthwith and business will continue as usual... and may the faithful continue to purchase good Catholic literature from Carmel Books".

As manager of the apostolate I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank Fr. Brucciani for providing for the continuation of Carmel Books as an independent Catholic bookseller. In the short-term, in a practical sense, it means that Carmel Books must search for and find a suitable new base of operation and that we will have to continue with a small range of stock until a suitable property is established once again.

To this end we are pleased to announce that we will be working very closely with a Catholic charity, The Saint George Educational Trust - www.sget.info - who recently published New Mass or Traditional Mass: A question of faith and issued a pre-Vatican II reprint of A Simple Prayer Book. There are many more very necessary and useful titles to come from SGET in the coming months and years, which will be available from Carmel Books.

From St. Andrew's Day 2015, until further notice, Carmel Books can be contacted at 215 Andover House, George Yard, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1PB.

Our email address remains the same - enquiries.carmelbooks@gmail.com - as does our website - www.carmel-books.org - and we encourage you all to refer to the Carmel Books blog every so often to learn of further developments and updates.

In Domino,
Michael Fishwick
Manager

Just War? Or Malevolence and Madness?

The armistice signed ninety-seven years ago, which was hailed as putting an end to 'The War That Will End War,' was really only a temporary halt to the genocidal objectives of the New Unhappy Lords of the Modern Age. Every war and conflict that followed throughout the 20th Century and into the 21st can trace its cause to the social upheavals, fragmentation of Old Empires and the consolidation of a growing New World Empire that resulted from the 'Great War'.

Two seminal books were published nine years ago that laid out Catholic Just War principles, and questioned from every conceivable angle the morality of pursuing War in Iraq. Those principles of Catholic Just War doctrine remain just as profound, just as vital and just as applicable today whether it be in regard to the ongoing butchering of Syria and Iraq, or the insane provocations continually pursued against Iran and Russia, whether it be by direct military intervention, or by the training and funding of Takfiri or Banderite terror forces.

Refuting the myth that America's socially conservative thinkers, journalists, and commentators tended to support the war in Iraq, Neo-Conned: A Condemnation of War in Iraq incorporates the opinions of some of the leading figures in America's conservative movement on why the decision to go to war and the continuing occupation of Iraq was and is the wrong course of action. Twenty-five articles by influential thinkers such as former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, syndicated columnists Sam Francis, Joseph Sobran, Eric Margolis, and Charley Reese, leading economist Jude Wanniski, social critics Tom Fleming and Paul Gottfried, and religious figures Bishop John Michael Botean and the late Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani make the case against the Iraqi conflict using conservative arguments on geopolitics, Christian morality, and common sense. Four detailed appendices on the war teachings of the Catholic Church are also provided. 

In Neo-Conned Again: Hypocrisy, Lawlessness and the Rape of Iraq the moral, political, and legal problems surrounding the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq are addressed with uncommon frankness by an eclectic mix of some of the world's most influential academics, lawyers, journalists, politicians, and military, intelligence, and media experts. Contributions include academics such as Noam Chomsky, Immanuel Wallerstein, and Claes Ryn; journalists Milton Viorst, Robert Fisk, Kirkpatrick Sale, and Justin Raimondo; former CIA professional Ray McGovern; former Defense Intelligence Agency professional W. Patrick Lang; and Fr. Jean-Marie Benjamin, personal friend of the former Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq Traiq Aziz. Discussing the Iraq war and related issues such as the legal foundation of the war on terror, the detention practices at Guantanamo Bay, and the roots of the American Neo-Conservative ideology, the essays illustrate the hypocrisy and illegality of America's stance on terrorism and its policies of aggression in the Middle East.

The Irish military chaplain Father William Doyle S.J. (1873-1917) combined humour, holiness and courage in an outstanding degree.

His death during the third battle of Ypres left intact for posterity the detailed spiritual diaries in which he had recorded for private use his methodical and gruelling path of self-conquest and the growth of his passionate love of Christ. Providence furnished him as biographer the most learned Irishman of his generation: his friend Professor Alfred O'Rahilly.

The resulting biography is a compulsively readable and revealing exploration of sanctity under the microscope, by an author whose calm judgement never falters. Father Doyle had devoted his life to the preaching of parish missions and had received the extraordinary grace of never once failing to obtain the conversion of the straying sheep, even hardened sinners, he sought out.

But the grace he most yearned for was martyrdom, and he finally won his palm on the bloodiest battlefield of history.

Father William Doyle, S. J.

Also available from Carmel Books

Merry in God: A Life of Father William Doyle, S.J.

Christ the King - They Have Uncrowned Him

From the back cover of the third edition of They have Uncrowned Him

"It is of immense importance that English-speaking readers should read, mark, learn and inwardly digest this book of Archbishop Lefebvre, They Have Uncrowned Him.

The Archbishop here denounces in depth the great plague of modern times, which has virtually destroyed Christian civilisation and is now wrecking the Catholic Church. That plague is Liberalism, or man's freeing himself with all his heart, with all his soul, with all his strength and with all his mind, from God.

Where did Liberalism come from? How is it so strong? How has it penetrated even into the Catholic Church? Alas, there is in English very little literature available on the subject. This is because England is steeped in Liberalism and has spread her liberal influences throughout the world, especially the English-speaking world, ever since that terrible 16th century, when King Henry VIII began to split the Church of England from the Church in England, and the mass of Englishmen followed in his footsteps, putting earthly king in front of Heavenly King, patriotism (so-called) in front of religion, country in front of God.

The problem extends far wider now than just poor England. The Church of Rome is being split from the true Church in Rome, as Our Lady of La Salette said it would. Despite her warning, Liberalism and Catholicism is confused in millions of Catholic minds.

In this book, Archbishop Lefebvre puts the crown firmly back on the head of our Heavenly King, Jesus Christ. Thank God, English-speaking readers have made this third edition necessary. All is not lost. May they make fourth, fifth and sixth editions necessary.
        -       Bishop Richard Williamson

The Secret Still Hidden

An appeal from the latest Fatima Crusader:

"Universal Call to Prayer. Join us October 13

On October 13, 2015 - the 98th anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun, Our Lady's sixth apparition at Fatima - join us in praying a Rosary for the bishops attending the Synod, for the conversion of sinners and the Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

We plan to pray this Rosary kneeling in Saint Peter's square at the same hour as Our Lady's Fatima apparition took place, which is 12 noon Portugal time, 1:00 pm Rome, Italy time. We believe our prayers united with those of supporters around the world on this day honouring Our Lady and Her Fatima Message will be more powerful, more efficacious.

Please pray a Rosary any time that day for the above-mentioned intentions while uniting your prayers with ours and those of all our apostolate volunteers and other supporters".

On June 26, 2000 the Vatican published the enigmatic vision of "the Bishop dressed in white" and claimed it was the entirety of the Third Secret of Fatima. Since then, a growing number of Catholics have become convinced that something is missing.

What is missing are the words of the Virgin Mary which would explain how the Pope in the vision comes to be executed by soldiers outside a ruined city filled with corpses. In this book, lawyer and Catholic commentator Christopher A. Ferrara conducts a meticulous examination of a mass of evidence - including many recent admissions, inadvertent disclosures, inconsistencies and sudden about-faces on the part of the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone - to arrive at the inescapable conclusion that a text of the Virgin's words in the Third Secret has yet to be revealed.

This book is the first full-length examination of the grounds for rejecting Cardinal Bertone's version of the facts in the Third Secret controversy. The Cardinal's own statements, including his book and radio and television broadcasts in 2007, are shown to demonstrate beyond any doubt that a text of the Secret has been suppressed, evidently under an unjustifiable mental reservation that the text is not 'authentic'.