MESSAGES
OF THE
GRAND MASTER-GRAN PRIOR

Message July 11, 2018
Saint Benedict Abbot

The Order of the Poor Companions of Christ and the Temple of Solomon (in Latin: Pauperes Commilitones Christi Templique Salomonici), also called the Order of the Temple, whose members are known as Knights Templar, was one of the most powerful Christian military orders of the Middle Ages. It remained active for a little less than two centuries. It was founded in 1118 by nine French knights led by Hugo de Payns after the First Crusade. Its original purpose was to protect the lives of Christians who pilgrimage to Jerusalem after their conquest. The order was recognized by the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem Garmond de Picquigny, who imposed as a rule that of the Augustinian canons of the Holy Sepulcher.

Officially approved by the Catholic Church in 1129, during the Council of Troyes (held in the cathedral of the same city), the Order of the Temple grew rapidly in size and power. The Knights Templar had a white mantle with a red pate cross drawn on it. Militarily, its members were among the best trained units that participated in the Crusades.The non-combatant members of the order managed a complex economic structure within the Christian world. They even created new financial techniques that constitute a primitive form of the modern bank. The order also built a series of fortifications throughout the Mediterranean Sea and the Holy Land.

The success of the Templars is closely linked to the Crusades. The loss of the Holy Land resulted in the disappearance of support for the order. In addition, the rumors generated around the secret Templar initiation ceremony created great distrust. Philip IV of France, heavily indebted to the order and frightened by his growing power, began to pressure Pope Clement V in order to take action against its members. In 1307, a large number of Templars were arrested, induced to confess under torture and burned at the stake. In 1312, Clement V yielded to the pressures of Philip IV and dissolved the order. Its abrupt eradication gave rise to speculations and legends that have kept alive the name of the Knights Templar to this day.

This dissolution was carried out with the execution at the stake of Grand Master Jacques de Molay along with other companions. Certainly the suppression of the Order of the Temple was effective, but somehow it has been maintained over the centuries, the Templar Spirit has survived the temporality, and today the Temple we carry many in the Heart, for the same purposes that at the beginning of his creation to serve God in his Church and the protection of the Pilgrims to Jerusalem, protecting the most needy, the most helpless, also with the spirit of the monk that we should be and together with that of the warrior, in defense of the Faith with the tools that the Church itself gives us, that is, announcing the Good News of the Kingdom of God and as prophets that we are by our own baptism, denouncing to society that which departs from the Law of God. That is our mission today.

Let us remember in our prayers the Great Sacrifice of our Elder Brothers and especially the last Grand Master, since they were innocent and subsequently known by a document in the Vatican's Secret Archive.

I leave you, a Prayer for our Grand Master Jacques de Molay, in case it serves them and they wish to pray with her for the eternal rest of her Soul.

Great Master, Jacques de Molay

PRAYER FOR JACQUES DE MOLAY

July 22, 2018
Saint Mary Magdalene

First Message of the Grand Master-Grand Prior, since the Approval as a Civil Association of the Order Poor Compañeros de Cristo and Santa María Magdalena

Today we celebrate our Patron Saint Mary Magdalene, she is in our Order the protector along with Jesus Christ and Saint Mary of the Temple. It is an honor for me to be able to write this first message since our beloved Order was registered in the RNA of the Ministry of Interior, on June 15, 2018.

We must begin by saying the meaning of his name, Mary, which means "preferred by God", a native of a people of Galilee, Magdala, on the shores of the Sea of Galileo or Lake of Tiberias.

Mary of Magdala, was the sister of Martha and Lazarus, was a public sinner, which does not mean she was a prostitute, until touched by divine Grace, she surrendered at the feet of the Lord, for Mary goes contrite for her sins and that is why that Jesus, reading in his heart, sees that what he is doing is not a simple gesture, but, a sign of Conversion, Mary, falls at his feet, recognizes in Him, his Savior, then, he had freed her from seven demons (Lc 8,2), work that Jesus does on her, great work, since, to expel seven demons is to realize a great liberation, hence, that Mary is so grateful, because so much was her unhappiness for such possession, that now freed, she crawls at the feet of the Master, of the Rabbuni, who will tell her on the day of the Resurrection.

We also have to recognize in Jesus Christ our Savior, our Redeemer, because he is also willing to free us from the spirits that can torment us in our lives as Christians we want to be. Mary, grateful for the prodigy that the Lord has done with her, leads her to pay with Love, the Love that Jesus has shown her, not with a carnal love, but, with a PASSION LOVE, of that disciple she has found in her Lord , to the authentic Pastor, who cares and watches over his life, away from the dangers of other penguins that may stalk him. Mary Magdalene, puts herself entirely at the service of Jesus like the other apostles, like the other disciples, paying him the Great Favor, with small, but continuous favors, dedicating his time like the other holy Women who had also been freed from evil spirits or healed of diseases they suffered, such as Susana, Juana and others. Time I spent with home issues, taking care of the children, preparing the belongings and listening to the Master. But besides, of all this, they also knew how to be at the foot of the Cross when Jesus was crucified. Mary Magdalene, together with Mary the Mother of Jesus, stood by her side, at the foot of her Cross, witnessing that crucified Love, as described by the evangelists, St. Matthew (Mt 27,55), St. Mark (Mc 15, 40) and Saint John (Jn 19,25), the well-known Calvary where Saint John, the beloved disciple, Saint Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary his Mother are.

Before such Love of Mary Magdalene, how could the Lord respond, then simply, appearing on the first day of the week, the Day of his Resurrection. it is how Jesus Christ pays his attention, showing himself first to the Woman, recognizing that, by the First Woman (Eve), sin entered, death into the World, by another Woman (Mary) entered the Life that is Jesus Christ and through Another Woman, Christ shows that His Word is always realized, and on the Third Day He rose from the dead. Curious, it is always the Woman, the protagonist in the great milestones of the Life of Jesus, this should lead us to reflection, as the social life of any country in the World develops today.

This is the story described in, the Synoptic Gospels, Mary Magdalene, a LOVE of JESUS CHRIST, Love, of which we have to look, especially, we, the Poor Companions of Christ and Saint Mary Magdalene. She is a clear example, also, set by the Church as the Apostolorum Apostola, (Apostle of the Apostles). The first Witness of the Resurrection of Jesus, we also have to witness that Christ is really Risen in our lives, that we are his faithful followers, that we are his faithful Soldiers, the Soldiers of Christ, there can be no greater Honor than to defend the Faith of the Catholic Church, its Magisterium, its Doctrine, its Moral, that is our task, as Poor Companions of Christ, honorable, virtuous and faithful Soldiers of Christ, that is what our Lord calls us to, and we cannot and should not disappoint such a great company, being aware, that we have to leave many things parked by the Kingdom of God, we have only one goal, to be faithful disciples of the Lord, no matter what else, what we think, what we are, really, who unites us , it is He. Nothing can separate us from the Love of God. BROTHERS WE CANNOT DEFRAUD GOD.

DEUS VULT !!!

Fr. Rvdo. Martín José García Ramírez

Grand Master-Grand Prior of the PCC-SMM

ASUNCIÓN DE LA VIRGEN MARÍA

15 de Agosto de 2018

Today dear Brothers, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary to the Heavens, this happens according to some theologians, for the death or sleep of the Mother of God. Be it a case or another, the truth is that as the Mother of God, she did not know the corruption of the sepulcher, because She was conceived without original sin and therefore, without suffering the consequences of it, we can say that the Virgin Mary preserved the which in Theology is known as the PRETERNATURAL (= By creating the first man in his image and likeness, God gave him extraordinary gifts, some far above human nature: the supernatural, which by divine grace made him a participant of his own nature; and the preternatural ones, common to the nature of the angels, such as integrity, immortality, impassibility, perfect mastery over animals and insightful wisdom).

The Virgin Mary was promoted to the Heavens and crowned by Queen of everything created, with it, she anticipates what our resurrection will be, as a creature, as a human person she is, She shows us what we will become after the resurrection of the flesh, and that after the purification of our soul, we will pass to the feast of the Wedding of the Lamb, today therefore, it is a day of hope, joy because in Mary Most Holy we have the proof of what we will become. That is why she is also called the New Eve, the Obedient, the Humble, which fulfills the Divine Will, quite the opposite of Eve, who sinned and was deceived by the devil, by the ancient serpent. In Mary, Life enters the World and the Blessed Fruit of her Belly will be the one who steps on the head of the serpent and conquers it.

Let's celebrate this day Brothers, with joy, with the joy that Our Mother of Heaven gives us, She protects us, takes care of us, as mothers do on earth with their children. And above all to those who in our Heart beats the feelings of Being and consider ourselves Templar, Our Lady of the Temple protects and cares for us under her maternal mantle. That through the intercession of the Blessed Mary and our titular Saint Mary Magdalene, we may be more faithful to the Lord our King.

HAPPY DAY OF THE ASSUMPTION !!!