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SSPX: Letter from the Superior General to all the faithful of the Society of Saint Pius X

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JMJ

A letter from the SSPX Superiour General was read from the pulpit this morning and the french version can be found here: La Port Latine and the english version here: FSSPX.News.

For the record (because of link rot) I have reproduced both versions below.

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French

Bien chers fidèles,

Quelques jours après la cérémonie du 1er juillet, je tiens à vous adresser ces quelques mots.

Je souhaite tout d’abord vous remercier. Depuis plusieurs années, je priais la très sainte Vierge afin qu’elle prépare les cœurs à cet événement historique. J’avoue avoir été profondément touché de voir comment, tous, vous avez accompagné les sacres épiscopaux par votre prière et votre gratitude envers la divine Providence.

Le 1er juillet, de nombreux fidèles du monde entier étaient présents à Écône, et ils vous représentaient tous. Ce fut une immense joie de les voir si nombreux et si fervents. Comme vous le savez certainement, un orage s’est produit pendant la cérémonie : « Devant l’éclat de sa présence, les nuées se sont élancées… Et le Seigneur a tonné du haut du Ciel, et le Très-Haut a fait entendre sa voix » (Ps. 17, 13–14). À ce moment-là, ma joie a redoublé. D’un côté, j’étais le témoin privilégié d’une liturgie d’une beauté exceptionnelle ; de l’autre, j’avais sous les yeux une autre beauté, tout aussi touchante : celle d’une foule immense de fidèles demeurant à leur place durant tout l’orage et priant Notre-Dame pour les nouveaux évêques, pour l’Église et pour le Pape. Parmi eux se trouvaient des dames âgées, à genoux, ainsi que de jeunes mamans portant leurs nourrissons dans les bras. C’était la plus belle image que l’on puisse donner de la Fraternité : des fidèles animés d’une foi inébranlable, que rien ne saurait troubler ; des âmes pour lesquelles le saint sacrifice de la Messe est véritablement le centre de leur vie. Vous ne pouvez pas imaginer la consolation qui fut la mienne à cet instant. Cette scène s’est profondément gravée dans ma mémoire et je ne pourrai jamais l’oublier.

Jusqu’au dernier jour, j’ai espéré un geste de bienveillance, ou du moins de simple compréhension, de la part du Saint-Siège. Mais les sacres ont été condamnés et la dureté des sanctions prises est sans précédent. Elles visent d’abord les évêques, mais aussi les membres de la Fraternité. Même les fidèles sont concernés. Cette condamnation, parfaitement injuste, représente une humiliation immense pour des personnes qui n’ont d’autre but que de défendre la vraie foi et de travailler au salut des âmes. Mais je tiens à ce que vous sachiez que cette profonde humiliation, qui touche d’abord les membres de la Fraternité, a un sens aux yeux de Dieu qui ne doit pas vous échapper. En dernière analyse, ces sacres ont été accomplis pour chacun d’entre vous, chers fidèles. Vos âmes sont le véritable trésor confié à la Fraternité, ce qu’elle chérit le plus. Une seule âme possède une valeur infinie. Si, pour lui assurer l’enseignement de la vraie foi et l’administration des vrais sacrements, il faut payer le prix d’une telle humiliation, alors cela en vaut la peine, car une âme n’a pas de prix. La fête du Très Précieux Sang de Notre-Seigneur, prix de notre salut, nous le rappelait avec force le 1er juillet.

Les sanctions entendent vous frapper vous aussi d’une manière assez cruelle. Cela est certainement douloureux, mais n’en soyez pas trop surpris. En définitive, c’est la Tradition elle-même, que nous chérissons plus que tout, qui est excommuniée dans tous ceux qui l’incarnent. Il est évident que, devant Dieu, une telle condamnation ne peut pas être valide, car elle condamnerait ce qui est au cœur de la vie même de l’Église.

Mais alors, au milieu de ce nouvel orage, une question se pose : qu’est-ce que Notre-Seigneur attend de vous maintenant ? C’est dans l’âme de chacun d’entre vous que la foi doit demeurer intègre et vivante. Si la Providence permet une crise telle que l’enseignement de la foi se trouve mystérieusement obscurci, cette même foi doit continuer de vivre dans les âmes, malgré tous les vents contraires qui cherchent à l’éteindre. Si l’éclat extérieur de la profession officielle de la foi vient à disparaître, la petite bougie que chacun d’entre vous a reçue le jour de son baptême doit rester allumée dans son cœur et dans son esprit jusqu’au dernier jour. C’est, en définitive, la seule chose qui compte. Cette petite flamme est la première chose que nous avons reçue au commencement de notre vie chrétienne, et c’est aussi la seule que nous conserverons jusqu’à la fin.

Je vous confie tous à la très sainte Vierge Marie, à laquelle la Fraternité Saint-Pie X a été consacrée à un titre tout particulier. Qu’elle vous protège toujours au milieu de tous les orages et de toutes les difficultés, et qu’elle garde vivante cette petite flamme allumée dans vos âmes lorsque se déchaînent tous les vents contraires. Toutes les grâces nous viennent par ses mains. C’est elle que nous devons remercier pour la grâce des sacres, et c’est elle que nous devons prier afin que les nouveaux évêques soient des instruments toujours plus dociles à ses inspirations, et qu’ils persévèrent jusqu’à la fin dans cette fidélité.

La Fraternité ne vous abandonnera jamais. Jamais vos âmes ne perdront leur valeur et leur prix aux yeux de ses prêtres.

Dieu vous bénisse !

English

Dear faithful,

A few days after the ceremony of 1 July, I wish to address these few words to you.

First of all, I wish to thank you. For several years, I had been praying to the Most Holy Virgin that she would prepare hearts for this historic event. I confess that I have been deeply moved to see how all of you have accompanied the episcopal consecrations with your prayer and your gratitude towards divine Providence.

On 1 July, numerous faithful from all over the world were present at Écône, and they represented all of you. It was an immense joy to see them so numerous and so fervent. As you certainly know, a storm broke out during the ceremony: “At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed… And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the highest gave his voice” (Ps. 17:13–14). At that moment, my joy redoubled. On the one hand, I was the privileged witness of a liturgy of exceptional beauty; on the other, I had before my eyes another beauty, just as touching: that of an immense crowd of faithful remaining in their places throughout the storm, praying to Our Lady for the new bishops, for the Church, and for the Pope. Among them were elderly ladies, on their knees, as well as young mothers carrying their infants in their arms. It was the most beautiful image that could be given of the Society: faithful animated by an unshakeable faith that nothing could trouble; souls for whom the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is truly the centre of their lives. You cannot imagine the consolation that was mine at that moment. This scene has been deeply engraved on my memory, and I shall never be able to forget it.

Right up until the last day, I hoped for a gesture of goodwill, or at least of simple understanding, on the part of the Holy See. But the consecrations were condemned, and the harshness of the sanctions imposed is unprecedented. They are directed first at the bishops, but also at the members of the Society. Even the faithful are affected. This condemnation, wholly unjust, represents an immense humiliation for people who have no other aim than to defend the true Faith and to work for the salvation of souls. But I want you to know that this profound humiliation, which touches the members of the Society first, has a meaning in the eyes of God that must not escape you. In the final analysis, these consecrations were carried out for each one of you, dear faithful. Your souls are the true treasure entrusted to the Society, that which it cherishes most. A single soul possesses infinite value. If such a humiliation is the price that must be paid to secure the teaching of the true Faith and the administration of the true sacraments, then it is worth it, because a soul has no price. The feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord, the price of our salvation, reminded us of this forcefully on 1 July.

The sanctions are intended to strike you too, in a rather cruel way. This is certainly painful, but do not be too surprised by it. Ultimately, it is Tradition itself, which we cherish above all else, that is excommunicated in all those who embody it. It is evident that, before God, such a condemnation cannot be valid, for it would condemn what lies at the very heart of the life of the Church.

But then, in the midst of this new storm, a question arises: what does Our Lord expect of you now? It is in the soul of each one of you that the Faith must remain whole and alive. If Providence permits such a crisis that the teaching of the Faith becomes mysteriously obscured, that same Faith must continue to live in souls, despite all the contrary winds that seek to extinguish it. If the outward brightness of the official profession of Faith should disappear, the little candle that each of you received on the day of your baptism must remain lit in your heart and mind until your last day. That is, in the end, the only thing that matters. This little flame is the first thing we received at the beginning of our Christian life, and it is also the only thing we shall keep until the end. 

I entrust you all to the Most Holy Virgin Mary, to whom the Society of Saint Pius X has been consecrated in a most particular way. May she always protect you amid all storms and all difficulties, and may she keep this little flame alive in your souls when all the contrary winds are unleashed. All graces come to us through her hands. It is her we must thank for the grace of the consecrations, and it is to her we must pray that the new bishops may be instruments ever more docile to her inspirations, and that they may persevere in this fidelity to the end.

The Society will never abandon you. Never will your souls lose their value and their worth in the eyes of its priests.

God bless you!






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