Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, like me, was able to contemplate the First Sunday in Lent, 1,000 year tradition of the 15 minute Gregorian Chanted Tractus. (Poor Pope Leo XIV, though, didn’t get to contemplate it at his Bugnini Folk Mass, with kitschy Italian guitar plucking so-called liturgical music.)
Bishops galore, are once again regaining their manhood and celebrating public TLMs. God is Good!
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That’s because the twisted, mean old man is gone and a decent human being is once again on Peter’s Throne!
That's good, though I'm not sure that Bishop Conley would ever have been afraid to do something like that.
I think of "manhood" in the holy context. Saint Joseph exercised manhood in that fashion...humble...obedient to God.
Within Holy Mother Church, that denotes a real man.
I think also of "manhood" in the worldly sense. Example:
When Summorum Pontificum was issued, more than a few bishops reacted angrily to Pope Benedict XVI's motu proprio in question. Said bishops exercised their "manhood" by having kicked Summorum Pontificum to the curb.
Conversely, there were bishops who exercised their "manhood" in Catholic/Saint Joseph fashion...in obedience to Pope Benedict XVI.
The SSPX has exercised "manhood" by having made it clear that they will not permit Pope Leo XIV to interfere, should he do so, with their determination to consecrate bishops this year.
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I prefer Catholic manhood.
In that regard, Pope Benedict XVI served as a stellar example when he proclaimed his unconditional reverence and obedience to his successor.
That is my concept of Catholic manhood .
But there are Catholics who view "manhood" as sticking it to...oh...I don't know...Traditionis Custodes.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
And just think, His Excellency, Bishop Conley was a classmate of Fr. MJK at the Mount.
Bishop Conley embraces his pre-Vatican II formation at Mt. St. Mary’s in the post Vatican II period. FRMJK repudiated it and runs from it.
Bishop Conley grew up, thank God instead of worshipping Mamman
Speaking of Bishop Conley and manhood:
Father Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the SSPX, would do well to embrace the manner in which Bishop Conley has acted like a man...a Catholic man.
Bishop Conley served Popes Benedict XVI (requiescat in pace), as well as Francis (requiescat in pace), in obedient, loyal fashion. That is the holy manner in which Bishop Conley exercised his manhood.
Today, Bishop Conley has demonstrated the Catholic concept of manhood via his having rendered obedience and loyalty to Pope Leo XIV.
Conversely, Father Pagliarani has made it clear that the SSPX would not hesitate to consecrate bishops against Pope Leo XIV's mandate. That is not the manner in which a Catholic man operates.
A Catholic man should exercise his manhood in God-pleasing virtuous fashion. For a Catholic bishop, and/or priest, that includes, as Pope Benedict XVI had demonstrated, "unconditional reverence and obedience" to the Pope.
Bishop Conley has set that example via the three Popes whom he has served from Pope Benedict XVI to date. Father Pagliarani's Catholic manhood would be well served via his "unconditional reverence and obedience" to Pope Leo XIV.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
I believe you will find this interesting, Fr. McDonald:
https://dianemontagna.substack.com/p/exclusive-bishop-schneider-appeals
Below is an excerpt from Bishop Athanasius Schneider's appeal to Pope Leo and the SSPX matter via Diane Montagna's Substack:
https://dianemontagna.substack.com/p/exclusive-bishop-schneider-appeals
"...in 357, St. Athanasius disobeyed the order of Pope Liberius, who instructed him to enter into hierarchical communion with the overwhelming majority of the episcopate, which was in fact Arian or semi-Arian. As a result, he was excommunicated. In this instance, St. Athanasius disobeyed out of love for the Church and for the honor of the Apostolic See, seeking precisely to safeguard the purity of doctrine from any suspicion of ambiguity.
In the first millennium of the Church’s life, episcopal consecrations were generally performed without formal papal permission, and candidates were not required to be approved by the Pope. The first canonical regulation on episcopal consecrations, issued by an Ecumenical Council, was that of Nicaea in 325, which required that a new bishop be consecrated with the consent of a majority of the bishops of the province. Shortly before his death, during a period of doctrinal confusion, St. Athanasius personally selected and consecrated his successor—St. Peter of Alexandria—, in order to ensure that no unsuitable or weak candidate would assume the episcopate. Similarly, in 1977, the Servant of God Cardinal Iosif Slipyj secretly consecrated three bishops in Rome without the approval of Pope Paul VI, fully aware that the Pope would not allow it because of the Vatican’s Ostpolitik at the time. When Rome learned of these secret consecrations, however, the penalty of excommunication was not applied.
To avoid misunderstanding, under normal circumstances—and when there is neither doctrinal confusion nor a time of extraordinary persecution—one must, of course, do everything possible to observe the canonical norms of the Church and to obey the Pope in his just injunctions, in order to preserve ecclesiastical unity both more effectively and visibly.
But the situation in the life of the Church today can be illustrated with the following parable: A fire breaks out in a large house. The fire chief allows only the use of new firefighting equipment, even though it has been shown to be less effective than the old, proven tools. A group of firefighters defies this order and continues to use the tried-and-tested equipment—and indeed, the fire is contained in many places. Yet these firefighters are labelled disobedient and schismatic, and they are punished.
To extend the metaphor further: the fire chief permits only those firefighters who acknowledge the new equipment, follow the new firefighting rules, and obey the new firehouse regulations. But given the obvious scale of the fire, the desperate struggle against it, and the insufficiency of the official firefighting team, other helpers—despite the fire chief’s prohibition—selflessly intervene with skill, knowledge, and good intentions, ultimately contributing to the success of the fire chief’s efforts."
Indeed, Jim was my classmate. He's one of only two monsignors to emerge from our class year. Only one now survives...
Fr. ALLAN McDonald, I assure you, Jim brought his pre-Vat II sensibilities to Emmitsburg with him. He was one of the last to pass through the now closed St. Pius X Seminary in Erlanger, Kentucky, before joining us at the thoroughly middle-of-the-road Mt. St. Mary's, Cradle of American Bishops.
MT Suit, someone "manhood" does not come through as something that you are familiar with in your posts
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