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04/14/2018
Thanks be to God for one almighty gift –
Archbishop Lefebvre, who gave Tradition its lift.
Thanks be to God for one almighty gift –
Archbishop Lefebvre, who gave Tradition its lift.
Archbishop Lefebvre was wise – his rule of thumb,
“Recognise, yet Resist” is not so dumb!
The Church which sedevax attempt to save
In fact to human limits they enslave.
The Catholic Church can never wholly fail,
But, partially, it can severely ail.
A heretic Pope is still the Church’s head,
Although, as personal member, he is dead.
Sedevacs say: “True Popes we have not had.”
Instincts are good, but reasoning is bad.
In modern Popes such sickness do we find
As can’t be grasped by any healthy mind.
The Church needs living Popes, however bad.
Kill off the Church they won’t, however mad.
In changing times unchanging truths must find
New applications, not to be left behind.
Infallibility is only lent to the Pope
From God through Church – else, he can be a “dope.”
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.