On Catholics, Authority, the SSPX, Resistance, Sedevacantism, Modernists and Modern Catholics

JMJ

I had an insight yesterday morning as I prepared for work.

Actually it is thanks to gullible's response:

Tradical: You should read my articles on Obedience (link). Is there anything specifically sinful in the legislation? Technically speaking no.

Gullible: wow (Source)

A key difference between the Catholic and UnCatholic response to this crisis is that a catholic is, on principle, ready and willing to obey the orders coming from an authority as long as they meet the criteria set out by St. Thomas Aquinas.

They don't let fear, uncertainty or doubt get in the way. They deal with the reality.

It doesn't matter if the authority is ecclesiastical or civil, so that is why the SSPX continues to echo Samuel:

Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth. (Source)

All authority comes from God, including ecclesiastical and civil. To disobey authority without real cause is to echo the demons "I will not serve".

A Catholic is always willing to serve an authority,when able to do so.

This is the defining aspect of the resistance and sedevacantists. They will not serve because they arrogate to themselves an authority they do not have.

Sedevacantists and benny-vacantists usurp authority by deciding for themselves who is and is not pope. The opinions of various saints are used to prop themselves up, but remain just opinions. No one with authority has made a decision.

The resistance likewise arrogate an authority to themselves based on various excuses of 'compromise' but in what really appears to be pride. If it is other than pride that motivates their disobedience and hatred for the sspx, I do not know. They decided that the sspx should not be in discussions with the modernists. Having cut themselves off from catholic principles, they no longer recognize as catholic the obedience due to authority. Hence their rapid fragmentation into a plethora of factions united only in their rejection of authority on the basis fear uncertainty and doubt. They aren't even united in the faith as they reject obedience.

The modernists, even those in positions of authority, likewise usurp authority by issuing orders against the faith. In these they ought not to be obeyed.

Finally, we have Modern Catholics, who in blissful ignorance disobey Catholic Dogma, Doctrine, Principles without a thought. Ignorant because they have practically never heard it from the mouths of their pastors. While they have an obligation to seek the truth, they trust the Church Teaching and are betrayed. They, in large part I believe, have much less on their consciences than the 'resistance' and sedevacantists.

How so?

Because the 'resistance' and 'sedevacantists' both had the gift to see the crisis and received it in the bitterness of their ungrateful hearts. There it festered and was transformed into poison. A poison that clouds their judgement and their view on the crisis. A poison that causes them to abandon, bit by bit, Catholicism without them knowing it. They are ungrateful (see this article on Gratitude)

The same may happen to Modern Catholics living in the ecumenical melting pot, but they haven't been given the same graces as the 'resistance' and 'sedevacantists'.

And unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required: and to whom they have committed much, of him they will demand the more.(Source: Luke 12:48)

Something to ponder: by obeying or disobeying whom are you imitating:

Our Lord Jesus Christ?

Satan, the fallen Angel's, or heretics like luther?

How would you know?

It is simple, set aside fear uncertainty and doubt and follow the catholic principle of obedience of authority.

As a Catholic your first step is to always be willing to obey. Then examining whether you can obey. Then obeying when required.

Hence the reason why the agitation over the clauses in the policy at theCalgary school are simply more 'FUD'

P^3

Facts and Opinions - An Explanation

+ JMJ When a person's assumptions are events outside of their control they form an opinion and, in my experience, assert this opinion to be fact. So ... it is important to define some terms:

The Curious Case of Steve Skojec and the Dangers of Deep Diving into the Crisis Sub-Titled: The Failings of Others

+ JMJ It's been a while now since Steve Skojec sold 1P5 and abandoned the Catholic Faith. I've been a 'Trad' since 1982 and in those 40+ years I seen this death-spiral before with a similar end point. It seems that anyone who jumps into the fray unprepared for the enormous task of righting wrongs will, eventually, become discouraged by not the task but the people who surround them. I remember when Skojec complained of the treatment his family received from a traditional priest. This seems to have been the start of the end for him. So what can we learn from the likes of Steve Skojec, Michael Voris (maybe?), Louie Verrecchio, Gerry Matatix and other celebrity Catholics? Probably quite a lot about what not to do. First, don't burn out on the crisis? When you burn out, on work or anything else, little things assume a more greater importance than they are due. This is one of my 'canary in the coal mine' signals that I've been stretching myself too thin

Morning and Evening and other sundry Prayers

+ JMJ Along the theme of P^3 (Prayer, Penance, Patience), and for my own reference ... here is a collection of Morning and Evening prayers from the Ideal Daily Missal along with some additional prayers. In this crisis of the Church, I do not think it is possible to do too much prayer, penance and have patience. P^3

What the heck is a congregation of "Pontifical Right"

+ JMJ In a discussion with a friend the question occurred to me that I didn't actually know was is involved in being a religious order of 'pontifical right'. I had a vague notion that this meant they reported to Rome as opposed to the local diocese. I'm also aware that, according to the accounts I have heard, the Archbishop received 'praise' and the written direction to incardinate priests directly into the SSPX. This is interesting because it implies that the SSPX priests were no longer required to incardinate in the local diocese but in the SSPX. This is something that belongs to an order of 'pontifical right'. Anyway here's some definitions: Di diritto pontificio is the Italian term for “of pontifical right” . It is given to the ecclesiastical institutions (the religious and secular institutes, societies of apostolic life) either created by the Holy See or approved by it with the formal decree, known by its Latin name, Decretu

Comparision of the Tridentine, Cranmer and Novus Ordo Masses

+ JMJ I downloaded the comparison that was linked in the previous article on the mass (here) . ... a very good reference! P^3 From: Whispers of Restoration (available at this link) . CHARTING LITURGICAL CHANGE Comparing the 1962 Ordinary of the Roman Mass to changes made during the Anglican Schism; Compared in turn to changes adopted in the creation of Pope Paul VI’s Mass in 1969 The chart on the reverse is a concise comparison of certain ritual differences between three historical rites for the celebration of the Catholic Mass Vetus Ordo: “Old Order,” the Roman Rite of Mass as contained in the 1962 Missal, often referred to as the “Traditional Latin Mass.”The Ordinary of this Mass is that of Pope St. Pius V (1570) following the Council of Trent (1545-63), hence the occasional moniker “Tridentine Mass.” However, Trent only consolidated and codified the Roman Rite already in use at that time; its essential form dates to Pope St. Gregory the Great (+604), in whose time the R

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