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+ JMJ ... the Rosary!!! There is a history of the Our Lady's Psalter being used as the most effective weapon against the enemies of the Church of Christ and its members!  Two event jump to mind: Lepanto and Austria . This story just rings true P^3 Source: CNA By Alan Holdren

+ JMJ Maybe the 'resistance' isn't founded on heresy.  Unfortunately, no 'resistor' that I have encountered online has provided explicit affirmation of the principles that I've discussed. One "resistor" who did admit that the   principles  are Catholic so he had to accept them later balked at Obedience with an excuse that he didn't 'trust' the Pope et al.  Now he is a home-aloner ala resistance. It is strange how a conspiracy clouded mind can narrow the perspective to the point where people echo the modernists saying "St.Thomas never could have imagined this time, so we need to disregard X".  I surrounded that with quotes because that was actually posted in answer to my discussion on obedience as per St. Thomas. There are a number of elements that I find telling in my contacts with 'resistors': They are selective in their application of  principles  .  It seems that the ends does justify the means for these ...

+ JMJ As a follow up to this article , and just in case someone believes that the SSPX didn't realize that Archbishop Lefebvre and Bishop de Castro Mayer were included in the lifting of the excommunication until much later - we have the following ( Courtesy of the Remnant ): At the Angelus conference, Bishop Fellay also drew our attention to a related indication found in the wording of the Vatican decree nullifying the decree of SSPX excommunication. The final paragraphs of this decree reads: On the basis of the powers expressly granted to me by the Holy Father Benedict XVI, by virtue of the present Decree I remit the penalty of excommunication  latae sententiae  incurred by Bishops Bernard Fellay, Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, Richard Williamson and Alfonso de Galarreta, and declared by this Congregation on July 1988.  At the same time I declare that, as of today's date, the Decree issued at that time no longer has juridical effect.   (Emp. added) Bishop Fel...

+ JMJ I am aware that a number of people hold the 'belief' that the excommunication of Archbishop Lefebvre and Bishop de Castro Mayer are not 'lifted'. My conclusion is that they are and I support that by referencing the last sentence of the following official and unofficial translations of the Decree of 2009. The logic is simple: The Decree of 1988 no longer has juridical effect. Ergo: The excommunication declared by the 1988 decree is lifted for all named, without distinction. I've attached a number of versions of translations etc below. P^3

+ JMJ "The Church needs this teaching today" Those are the words that were spoken to me by a "Modern Catholic" concerning the 'Theology of the Body' (a misnomer ...). I was surprised by this statement as it was suddenly introduced to the conversation. Frankly, I hadn't read anything about TOB and made it clear that this was the case. Intuitively, I suspected that TOB was inconsistent with prior Church Teaching. When I asked another Catholic about it, one involved at the Dioscesan level, I got a very innocuous answer.  From their perspective, it was completely consistent. But their understanding of TOB didn't seem to correspond with what snippets I had heard. In the end my intuition appears to have been right.  Attached below is an article by the SSPX on T.O.B. and I will have another one or two posted in the Fall. I think it is important to remember that TOB is not actually a 'Teaching of the Church' in the proper sense. ...

+ JMJ In defense of the recent consecration of Fr. Faure by Bishop Williamson, some have argued that the 1991 consecration of Bishop Rangel (RIP) by the Bishops of the SSPX present an equivalent standard of action and principles.  From this they conclude that the SSPX's condemnation of Bishop Williamson's action is flawed as the principles of the 1991 consecration and that of 2015 are equivalent.

+ JMJ This has been development for a long time and worthy of celebration! P^3 Redication Booklet Courtesy of the Remnant