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12/08/2018
If anyone has a truly Catholic mind,
He must, with Vatican II, leave it behind.
If anyone has a truly Catholic mind,
He must, with Vatican II, leave it behind.
Be the Society’s past Discussions seen
To scatter many illusions there have been!
Sincerity can mislead, however strong,
So churchmen may mean well, and yet be wrong.
How can one bishop please both Church and world?
The Devil’s power is day by day unfurled!
The Newsociety has not changed direction.
From Truth, it still intends the same defection.
Resistants, none of us may yet resign!
We’re part of a great God’s glorious design!
All politics, economics, peace and war –
Everything turns on Christ, against or for.
Church, or Society, God could bring to port,
But not if men His goodness bring to nought.
Old leaders, having failed, must get the sack,
And under no condition be brought back!
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.