Fr. Hesse: Is the New Mass Valid? (Audio + Video Footage)

In this video, Fr. Hesse goes over proper distinctions; discusses the Vatican document Ecclesia Dei and how it pronounces material heresy, schismatic statements, and is in error; he goes over the correct definition of Tradition and how Vatican II handles it; he touches on the 1988 episcopal consecrations of Archbishop Lefebvre; he talks about errors in Vatican II documents; and talks about whether the New Mass is a valid sacrament.

Notable parts and quotes of Fr. Hesse in this talk:

Fr. Hesse gives an introduction to going over the document Ecclesia Dei and how and why this document pronounces material heresy, schismatic statements, and is in error.

“In one and the same document [Ecclesia Dei] we face double heresy, a major error in moral theology, and as far as canon law is concerned: a lie.”

“The sad thing is that we have several groups in the Church that base their very existence on this heretical, schismatic, and fraudulent document.”

Fr. Hesse talks about a statement in Gaudiem et Spes that is “downright Satanism.”

“Documents like this cannot be accepted and who does it ceases to be a Catholic. Therefore, if a priest of the Fraternity of St. Peter is honest and is good and is likeable and lovable—he might be personally, and as much as I might appreciate his efforts to keep the old Mass going—the moment he tells me that Vatican II can be interpreted in a Catholic way—(he personally might not know better or understand better)—but the moment he says that, I will entirely distrust him for all kinds of theological judgements because then I can see [that] he doesn't even recognize heresy where it is so patently evident.”

“The Holy Spirit is still with the Church. The Holy Spirit made sure that the new missal was never made obligatory with a papal signature. There is no such thing as a papal signature on the obligation to use that horrible book called ‘the new missal.’”

“The Holy Spirit takes care. At the same time the Holy Spirit made sure that Vatican II never defined anything. As a matter of fact, there’s an explicit term on that. Pope John XXIII said ‘this Council does not want to define or condemn.’”

Here he begins to get to the greatest detail about the question if the New Mass is valid or not.

Fr. Gregory Hesse, S.T.D., J.C.D., S.T.L., J.C.L., Canon Lawyer, Doctor of Thomistic Theology, lifelong friend and personal secretary of Cardinal Stickler at the Vatican from 1986-1988 has provided us with many talks and conferences where he gives a no-nonsense, intelligent, learned, and witty exposition and explanation of relevant topics facing contemporary faithful Catholics. Fr. Hesse got to know approximately 45 cardinals while studying and working in Rome for 15 years and he has an uncanny and substantial knowledge of many things. You would be hard-pressed to find another theologian quite like him.

Canon Hesse was related to the Hapsburg royal bloodline. He was born in Vienna in 1952, ordained by Cardinal Marella in St. Peter's Basilica on November 21, 1981, and earned doctorates in Canon Law and Theology from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome. He worked as a personal secretary of Cardinal Stickler at the Vatican from 1986 to 1988. He passed away on January 25, 2006. You would be hard-pressed to find another theologian quite like him. A breath of fresh air in today’s widespread climate of many weak, ignorant, and naive clerics and theologians, he was affectionately called by several of his friends during his life “the bull in the china shop.” His example, testimony, and insights no doubt played and will play an important role in Catholic thought and development. Listen to find out why.

You can download the free MP3 of all of Fr. Hesse’s talks to listen to on your computer or portable audio devices at: https://archive.org/details/FatherHesse
That link includes 33 talks totaling 38 hours, 50 minutes of audio.
You can also download them here: https://mega.nz/folder/7h52AYBY#6bmPr3KwWvgvsB2yBV7fkg

This video and all the remastered audio files at the above link have been professionally touched up to remove as much background noise, pops, crackles, and other audio imperfections as possible. Because the original recordings were done on cassette tapes with less-than-ideal audio equipment, there are a certain amount of audio artifacts and tape hiss that were not possible to entirely remove. However, the remastered audio files are significantly better than the originals.