Balance Proposed
True priests should neither flirt with Rome today,
Nor cut the Pope out of their Mass, I say.
True priests should neither flirt with Rome today,
Nor cut the Pope out of their Mass, I say.
Words supposedly of Our Lord to a French woman in the 1960’s and 1970’s constitute a serious warning to the modern world.
The author of “Eleison Comments” has been excluded from the Newsociety of Bishop Fellay, not a good sign for the old SSPX.
As a true Mass in false surroundings should be avoided, so should a faithful SSPX tying itself into an unfaithful Newchurch.
Back in 1988 Archbishop Lefebvre warned clearly that any merely practical agreement with today’s Rome would divide and destroy the SSPX.
An Italian observes how Benedict XVI has succeeded in dismantling much Catholic resistance in Italy. Clear thinking and speaking are called for.
By its disharmony, modern art points to some prior harmony, as harmony points to God. Despite itself, modern art points to God.
The revolutionary harmonies of Wagner’s “Tristan” played a major part in destabilizing modern music, and with it, modern man.
The Mass is central to the Church because it embodies Catholic Doctrine. The Mass needed saving first. Now for the Doctrine.
If anybody is afraid of the SSPX selling out to Rome, let them pray for the SSPX leadership never to be deceived.
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.
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