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 + JMJ February started off with a chaotic flurry of Rome and SSPX interactions. I've pulled together quite a list of internet articles (see below) and more keep appearing on my regular searches. ... So I think I need to stop adding as of today.  I think that there are only two documents that bear a separate analysis - the two press releases made by Rome and the SSPX.  One element that I learned is that the SSPX intends to consecrate five bishops.  We now know that the SSPX is going to proceed with the Consecration of Five (5) Auxiliary Bishops.  I will post another article on this event in more detail once time allows. Here is a discussion by John-Henry Westen on his YouTube Channel Sign of the Cross. My only comments at this time on the events are: We've been in this situation in 1988, so what is old is new again. For those who feel that the SSPX is leaving communion, yeah ... no. This does not materially change the situation of the SSPX as the legal aspe...

 + JMJ I had the following thought a while ago as I read yet another article of the sad state of the world and the viral death spiral of the various humans stuck in the doom loop.  Man amasses knowledge yet learns nothing. A empty shell with no wisdom. I'm not certain how to break this down. So ... this I will be relying on the principle of progressive elaboration. Someone can learn how to use a handgun - that is knowledge.  Then they can decide whether or not to shoot at a steel plate beside them.  That is where wisdom / judgement comes into play. Those with wisdom know the risks of a ricochet coming back at you. The sound of a bullet twirling in the air as it comes back at you is not comforting, it is terrifying.  The wise man or woman doesn't take the risk. So the fact is that we are in the midst of one of the worst crises of the Catholic Church. That is probably the worst part - we are surrounded by every aspect of this crisis. The perspective of e...