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05/22/2021
The Church today is in a great confusion –
May the need of charity be our prime conclusion.
The Church today is in a great confusion –
May the need of charity be our prime conclusion.
The human shepherds may desert the sheep,
But God cannot – unless these want to sleep.
When all is truth, I cannot pick and choose,
But lies mixed in with truth I must refuse.
Traditional Catholics must be broad of mind –
Not only faithlessness they left behind.
The Church which sedevax attempt to save
In fact to human limits they enslave.
A closer look at the three SSPX bishops’ Declaration of June 27 shows that it is not as strong as it might at first have seemed.
Since the SSPX leadership seems intent on selling out the SSPX, then there is plenty of work to keep a bishop busy all over the world.
A friend writes that he sees the Newsociety failing to denounce cultural problems. This failure makes it more than vulnerable.
Cardinal Siri was a fine churchman, but by his lack of reaction to the disaster of Vatican II, arguably not fine enough.
The General Chapter’s conditions for any future practical agreement with Newrome betray alarming concessions to the religion of man.
To a doubting French journalist the author of “Eleison Comments” expresses confidence that the imminent Motu Proprio will do much good.
Indeed, it both declares that the Tridentine Mass was never banned, and permits Latin rite priests to use it, whenever and wherever.
By overloading our eyes and ears, said Kafka, the cinema overwhelms our minds. Minds being overwhelmed means that lies triumph.
In his outstanding Encyclical of 100 years ago, Pius X nailed the deadly error of modern times: minds’ independence from their object.
Despite many Catholics’ reservations as to the content and motivation of the Motu Proprio, one may still believe it will do good.