tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post5733341520127059652..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: FROM THE VATICAN INSIDERFr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-79348766330039945672018-10-14T08:36:04.656-04:002018-10-14T08:36:04.656-04:00Dan said..."Personally, I think the "rap...Dan said..."Personally, I think the "rap-mass" is coming soon!"<br /><br />Personally, I think that it's time that the SSPX cease its "the Novus Ordo is evil and poisonous to the Faith...Vatican II is poisonous to the Faith" nonsense.<br /><br />It is time for the SSPX to enter into full-communion with Holy Mother Church. Upon its regularization, such Churchmen as Cardinal Burke will cease to declare the SSPX "schismatic."<br /><br />Pax.<br /><br />Mark Thomas<br />Mark Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-67202632140493743622018-10-14T08:28:54.768-04:002018-10-14T08:28:54.768-04:00Dan, at the five parishes in my area, we have seve...Dan, at the five parishes in my area, we have several priests from Africa. I have met the priests. I have worshiped at Masses that they've offered.<br /><br />They have given every reason to believe that they are holy men. They offer Mass in reverential fashion.<br /><br />I also know several Africans who've told me that Masses in their countries are offered in line with Church directives. In fact, they have reported that they've encountered more Latin and Gregorian Chant at Mass in their countries than they've encountered at Mass in America and Europe.<br /><br />Anyway, the Church permits liturgical inculturation. The Church is booming throughout Africa and Asia. The Church in those areas produce holy Cardinals, bishops, priests, religious, and laymen.<br /><br />The Novus Ordo/Vatican II has succeeded in holy fashion throughout Africa and Asia. <br /><br />Pax.<br /><br />Mark ThomasMark Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-25539020259831669962018-10-14T06:46:52.594-04:002018-10-14T06:46:52.594-04:00MT, maybe the SSPX would explain the "booming...MT, maybe the SSPX would explain the "booming Novus Ordo Masses" in Africa and Asia, were the result of the 'protestantation' of the mass. That is things like drums, and puja like practices being a part of the mass.<br /><br />Personally, I think the "rap-mass" is coming soon!Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01504517769804159508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-12341057889190647662018-10-13T23:21:02.372-04:002018-10-13T23:21:02.372-04:00"In our relations with Rome, it is not about ..."In our relations with Rome, it is not about being on the right or the left, hard-line or lax: it is simply about being realistic. The current situation of the Church, according to the Lefebvrian priest, “is a state of tragic decline: a sharp decrease in vocations, in the number of priests, in the practice of the faith, the disappearance of Christian customs, of the most elementary sense of God, which are manifested today—alas!— in the destruction of natural morality...”."<br /><br />If Vatican II and the Novus Ordo are "poisonous" and "evil" as the SSPX claims, then how do they explain the following:<br /><br />In Africa and Asia, the Church is booming. Novus Ordo Masses are packed...vocations booming.<br /><br />Pax.<br /><br />Mark ThomasMark Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-90462200549291627722018-10-13T21:45:58.420-04:002018-10-13T21:45:58.420-04:00The SSPX's Communiqué on the Canonization of P...The SSPX's Communiqué on the Canonization of Pope Paul VI repeats the error that "traditional" Catholics made when they trashed Pope Saint John Paul II's Beatification/Canonization.<br /><br />That is, rather than have focused upon Karol Józef Wojtyła, the man, (and now, Giovanni Battista Montini, the man, "traditional" Catholics judge the worthiness of the above men based upon their ("traditional" Catholics) judgments of Pope John Paul II, and Pope Paul VI Pontificates.<br /><br />"Traditional" Catholics have determined that Pope Saint John Paul II was an horrific Pope. The same applies to Pope Blessed Paul VI.<br /><br />However, as Rome made clear when Pope Saint John Paul II was beatified:<br /><br /> “Pope John Paul II is being beatified not because of his impact on history or on the Catholic Church, but because of the way he lived the Christian virtues of faith, hope and love... ”<br /><br />Beatification, as well as canonization, "is not a judgment on a pontificate, but on the personal holiness of the candidate."<br />======================================================================================<br /><br />Unfotunately, the SSPX's Communiqué in question includes the following horrific declaration:<br /><br />"Paul VI is the Pope who, for ecumenical reasons, imposed a liturgical reform of the rites of Mass and all the sacraments. <br /><br />"...Archbishop Lefebvre declared that the New Mass was “impregnated with the spirit of Protestantism” which is “a poison harmful to the Faith”.<br /><br />Preposterous, anti-Catholic comments such as that empowers such Churchmen as Cardinal Burke to declares that the SSPX “is in schism since the late Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre ordained four bishops without the mandate of the Roman Pontiff. <br /><br />"And so it is not legitimate to attend Mass or to receive the sacraments in a church that’s under the direction of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X.”<br /><br />The SSPX needs to join the Holy People of God as they rejoice in Pope Blessed Paul XVI's Canonization.<br /><br />Pax.<br /><br />Mark Thomas<br /><br />Mark Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-90518994701469380972018-10-13T18:21:12.562-04:002018-10-13T18:21:12.562-04:00A balanced and accurate assessment of Paul VI and ...A balanced and accurate assessment of Paul VI and a valid critique of the policy of popes canonizing their predecessors within living memory. Ironically the precedent was set by Pius XII, who in 1954 canonized the pope whose name the Society has adopted.<br /><br />And Fr Pagliarani's comments showed a clarity and consistency which the Sovereign Pontiff would do well to emulate.John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-44935177052186235792018-10-13T14:32:20.574-04:002018-10-13T14:32:20.574-04:00Apologies!
https://sspx.org/en/news-events/news/c...Apologies!<br /><br />https://sspx.org/en/news-events/news/communiqué-general-house-sspx-canonisation-pope-paul-vi-41188Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-12499742722543358122018-10-13T14:31:35.498-04:002018-10-13T14:31:35.498-04:00Communiqué of the General House of the SSPX on the...Communiqué of the General House of the SSPX on the Canonisation of Pope Paul VI<br /><br />https://sspx.org/en/news-events/news/communiqu%C3%A9-general-house-sspx-canonisation-pope-paul-vi-41188<br /><br />Pax.<br /><br />Mark ThomasMark Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-52893226858405189642018-10-13T14:26:47.817-04:002018-10-13T14:26:47.817-04:00Here is the SSPX's English translation of the ...Here is the SSPX's English translation of the interview:<br /><br />https://sspx.org/en/news-events/news/sspx-holds-treasure-its-hands-fr-pagliarani-interview-41010<br /><br />Pax.<br /><br />Mark ThomasMark Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-50836951548179985282018-10-13T14:25:21.697-04:002018-10-13T14:25:21.697-04:00Marc the link doesn’t workMarc the link doesn’t workFr. Allan J. McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-76569391000673722542018-10-13T14:18:16.802-04:002018-10-13T14:18:16.802-04:00I guess the Society heard me. Communiqué of the Ge...I guess the Society heard me. <a href="%E2%80%9Csspx.org/en/news-events/news/communiqu%C3%A9-general-house-sspx-canonisation-pope-paul-vi-41188%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow">Communiqué of the General House of the SSPX on the Canonisation of Pope Paul VI</a>Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-87433279012187112552018-10-13T10:38:39.525-04:002018-10-13T10:38:39.525-04:00I would note a caveat to what I wrote before: the ...I would note a caveat to what I wrote before: the Society continues with the relatively new strategy of not overtly addressing the situation in the Catholic Church. The canonizations tomorrow, for example, have drawn no public statement by the SSPX that I’ve noticed. When JPII was canonized, the Society produced a book refuting the canonization and presented their study to Rome in an attempt to prevent it. While the Society continues to reject the modern canonizations, they rarely espouse that position in a public, overt fashion anymore. Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-715911801566083872018-10-13T10:20:09.358-04:002018-10-13T10:20:09.358-04:00Aside: Bp. Fellay will be in town here for a Ponti...Aside: Bp. Fellay will be in town here for a Pontifical Mass tomorrow. <br /><br />I’ve noticed no differences in the Society since the election of the new Superior General. I think they’re in bunker mentality for the foreseeable future with a focus on establishing more schools. <br /><br />Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.com