The Eastern Rites of the Catholic Church have many concessions when it comes to the Filoque Clause, the Dormition of the BVM, liturgical concessions, etc.
they don’t have to dot the i or cross the t on every ecumenical council, to include Vatican II and on every papal utterance.
Wouldn’t that be the best way to make the SSPX completely regular with the Church? Make them their own Rite, with their own bishops and code of canon law.
And as with the Anglican Ordinariate, allow any Catholic priest properly prepared to fill in at an SSPX Mass in the absence of an SSPX priest.
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It might surprise you to know that the SSPX, until quite recently, conditionally re-ordained Novus Ordo priests who entered their ranks since they used to hold the position that the new rite of ordination was doubtful.
Many SSPXers will not attend masses offered by priests who were not ordained (or re-ordained) by an SSPX bishop.
So, I'm not sure how well your suggestion of letting any Catholic priest will in in the absence of an SSPX priest would go over with some of their folks!
I vaguely recall that. I know that i could not be the celebrant for an Eastern Rites Liturgy if I didn’t have bi-ritual faculties. But i could concelebrate but wearing Latin Rite vestments. Things are so complex with the SSPX that the best route to go is to make the FSSP the new rite with their own bishops and reintegrate the SSPX to include their bishops, who acknowledge the validity of Apostolic Succession and the validity of the modern rites of the sacraments. Doing this would be similar to how Episcopalians individually or as parishes are integrated into the Anglican Ordinariate. Of course their clergy must be reordained and all neeed to be Confirmed.
I'm not sure that addresses the core issue of reintegrating the SSPX back into the Catholic Church, though. While there are some folks who will go back and forth between the SSPX and the FSSP, there are others who would not. In my city, for example, there are large parishes for all these Trad groups, and the SSPX folks are unlikely to be found outside the SSPX church.
I think these things will come to a head soon when the SSPX consecrates a new bishop.
That is my solution. Individuals, bishops and other clergy and even entire SSPX parish choose to be reintegrated but into the FSSP elevated to a separate rite. The SSPX for those who want the disarray continues on just like the Eastern Orthodox who don’t want an Eastern Rites Liturgy affiliation.
Eastern Rite affiliation.
By rite do you mean particular Church within the Catholic Communion? If not a particular Church, and juridically, wouldn't a rite just be a particular usage within the Roman Church like the Dominican Rite which was and remains a monastic usage?
More like the Eastern Rites or the Anglican Ordinariate. FSSP would become independent with their own bishops and celebrate exclusively the ancient rites of the Church with ancient disciplines more akin to what all Catholics did prior to Vatican II.
I've been to a few SSPX chapels in the US, and I don't think any of them would take up the offer to be reintegrated in that way, but who knows! The SSPX chapel here in Kansas City is a good example since the US headquarters for the SSPX is about 5 miles from my house.
You have to understand that what you're dealing with is generations of people who are involved with the SSPX. Their sons are SSPX priests. Their daughters are SSPX-affiliated nuns. Here, they have a flourishing school and a pretty large Franciscan convent. I don't think they have any desire to see those things reintegrated into what they call the "conciliar church."
The HF should make their episcopacy problem a priority. Shouldn't be made needlessly worse. Read dossier and give a nod.
The small SSPX parish in Roswell, ga north of Atlanta, prays for the pope in the Roman Canon.
I am not clear about what bishop in the USA has jurisdiction over the various SSPX parishes nationwide. How many bishops do they have? The Anglican Ordinariate only has one bishop for the entire country!
The Melkite Rite parish in Augusta is under the jurisdiction of the Melkite Bishop in Newton, Mass.
I believe they are down to 2 bishops and of the 2, I don't believe either is resident to the U.S.
They must rely on delegation to function.
The Melkites have one eparchy in the US, Newton Mass as you noted above. We Byzantine Ruthenians have 3 in the United States, Pittsburgh is our archeparchy.
In light of the following, a miracle is required to inspire SSPX hearts and minds to enter into full communion with Holy Mother Church:
From Father Pagliarani, Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X:
"One thing that is important to understand...'the Benedict XVI experience': Summorum Pontificum:"
"However, the perspective of this motu proprio, which remained flawed, was based on an error: two forms of the same rite of Mass, and above all, I would like to add, the illusion of improving something in the current crisis without discussing the causes of the crisis.
"This was the error of Pope Benedict XVI and the limitations of this motu proprio: it just could not work. It could work for a while, but sooner or later it would lead to what has happened.
"It is true that the Council does not only contain errors...What really made the Council, what was the backbone of the Council - the real Second Vatican Council - was the New Mass, ecumenism, the dignity of man and religious freedom. They were the essential elements and the errors that changed the Church. They are the centerpiece of the real Council that changed the Catholic Church!
"The real Second Vatican Council, it must be rejected. The Catholic Church cannot regenerate herself if it is not rejected.
"We have the experiment of Pope Benedict XVI and it cannot work: to put truth next to error; to put the two Masses next to each other, so that one can “fertilize” the other; to have “a reform of the reform through continuity”… it is a total illusion."
Pax.
Mark Thomas
Every SSPX priest prays for the pope and the local bishop in the Roman Canon.
They have 2 living bishops, but they don't claim jurisdiction and are not in the leadership at present -- they are sacrament dispensers, traveling around the world doing confirmations and ordaining priests.
The Superior General is their leader, and they have district superiors in many countries.
The comments below demonstrate the SSPX's war against the Council, as well as Holy Mass of Pope Saint Paul VI:
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Pope Leo XIV:
"In this regard, I would like us to renew together today our complete commitment to the path that the universal Church has now followed for decades in the wake of the Second Vatican Council.
"Pope Francis masterfully and concretely set it forth in the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium..."
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Pope Benedict XVI:
"Needless to say, in order to experience full communion, the priests of the communities adhering to the former usage cannot, as a matter of principle, exclude celebrating according to the new books.
"The total exclusion of the new rite would not in fact be consistent with the recognition of its value and holiness."
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Father Pagliarani, Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X:
"It is true that the Council does not only contain errors...What really made the Council, what was the backbone of the Council - the real Second Vatican Council - was the New Mass, ecumenism, the dignity of man and religious freedom. They were the essential elements and the errors that changed the Church. They are the centerpiece of the real Council that changed the Catholic Church!
"The real Second Vatican Council, it must be rejected. The Catholic Church cannot regenerate herself if it is not rejected.
"We have the experiment of Pope Benedict XVI and it cannot work: to put truth next to error; to put the two Masses next to each other, so that one can “fertilize” the other; to have “a reform of the reform through continuity”… it is a total illusion."
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The Church will continue to move forward with the Council, as well as Holy Mass of Pope Saint Paul VI. The SSPX, in that regard, has rejected the Church's path.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
I was wondering when we would have to issue a "barf alert" and just like that he appears!
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