So, there's a Crisis in the Church (involving a crisis of authority, basically striking at the HEART of the Church, its center of unity, the Pope).

Isn't that NECESSARILY going to cause a certain amount of disunity, confusion, differences of opinion what to do, etc.?

And this emotional woman is blaming each-and-every Trad priest out there, regardless of whether they're doing their best or not, because de-facto the confusion hasn't been cleared and the Crisis hasn't been solved. If the Crisis isn't solved by human means and put past us, says this woman, it's the fault of EVERY priest and bishop.

1. I understand the weakness of her female, emotional nature. I understand her frustration. Perhaps her immediate family has "taken damage" as it were due to the confusion/crisis and human infighting which is going to be found anywhere they are human beings, especially without a clear leader. But how about we be FAIR and place the blame where it belongs? How about we blame the Modernists and Freemasons who caused the Crisis in the Church, rather than the +Lefebvres of the world who are only trying to pick up the pieces, trying to keep the Faith, trying to help as many souls as ONE MAN can do?

2. I can't get behind her, however, because you can have saintly priests and bishops doing 100% of what they can do to be holy and help the Church and souls -- all the while UNABLE to solve the Crisis, because that is in God's hands. You can't equate earthly, material success with holiness, a.k.a. doing God's will. God grades on effort, NOT results. He's not an American or a businessman.

And some solutions -- such as solving the Crisis in the Church -- are reserved to God alone. As is evidenced by the DURATION of the current Crisis. What are we on, our 54th year?

3. Yes, she is naive. And she's not the first one in the last 50 years to have an "epiphany" at Church, during prayer, right after receiving Holy Communion along the lines of: "Hey! Why don't we all come together and unite during this Crisis! Wow, I'm a regular Joan of Arc! A regular hero!"

4. I'm not buying what she's selling -- namely, "despair". I feel bad for her that she is at wits end, and in apparent despair, but I will say this: God doesn't expect the impossible, nor will He ever test someone beyond their strength. So perhaps she's being a bit hysterical, dramatic, emotional here. A bit of a drama queen.

5. And yes, related to 1-4, she is clearly proud. She thinks the Trad priests and bishops don't pray the Our Father, and many other prayers (daily Breviary, Rosary, daily mental prayer) as well? She thinks that SHE ALONE has thought of this simplistic "solution"? Disgustingly high on herself. And that pride is against her female nature, like a man being delicate or vain in his appearance/clothing. There are sins/faults, and then there are sins/faults that your nature shouldn't even be weak against. An athlete being "lazy" takes more malice than a 400 lb man being "lazy" -- the latter has to fight his frame and is weighed down just walking across the room. The muscular, toned athlete has no excuse for lazing around and being slothful.

My only question is: what actor is going to play this woman, when her inevitable biopic is made. I got dibs on the movie rights.

I think her email address should be deleted.

So, there's a Crisis in the Church (involving a crisis of authority, basically striking at the HEART of the Church, its center of unity, the Pope).

Isn't that NECESSARILY going to cause a certain amount of disunity, confusion, differences of opinion what to do, etc.?

Of course.  That's part of the chastisement.

Not only that, but theological disagreements have been around since the beginning of the Church.  Just like at the raging battle between the Thomists and Molinists as a striking example.  Until the end of the world, wherever there are human beings, there will be divisions and dissensions.

Women make these things personal and emotional, whereas men are capable of agreeing to disagree, and they just carry on.  It's in line with the spirit of Ecuмenism to promote the Rodney King kumbaya mentality ...



With that said, there are a few groups (who shall remain nameless) who exhibit a childish / puerile contempt for some other groups ... one group in particular.

I am quoting below a letter which was shared with me:

+JMJ+
June 13, 2023
The Feast of St. Anthony within the Octave of Corpus Christi

Dear Catholic Bishops and Priests,

I am very sorry for the generic nature of this letter, but there are so many Catholic clergy, with so many different opinions that I felt I needed to write this letter to all of you without including any of your personal opinions on the current situation of the Catholic Church.

Who am I? I am a mother, whose heart is broken and all of you have broken my heart in some way. I know that seems like an unfair statement. How could you have broken my heart? You don’t even know who I am. You see God gave us His church to keep us happy and safe. The most important thing we teach our children is to know, love, and serve God in this world and to be happy with him forever in Heaven. Men, though, like to be right and have the answers. So they fight, yet they do not realize how that tears women apart and makes them not feel safe. When a woman does not feel safe, she cannot spread joy and happiness.

We need to stop fighting and let God heal His church. This starts with the Our Father.

“Our Father, who art in Heaven hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom

come thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day

our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who

trespass against and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.”

AMEN

We need to really think about those who have trespassed against us and then sincerely forgive them. If you still want to fight them, then you haven’t really forgiven them. We can speak charitably about our differences and realize that we can’t decide on the matter. Only a future Pope can.

I know you will think I am naive, but I just can’t keep a stiff upper lip anymore. I am dying inside and so are many of the women I know and love, too. Once the Devil has succeeded in destroying women’s hearts, then I believe all hell will break loose. We don’t want that. We want Nineveh, converting and being spared, not the death and destruction that Jonah wanted to see.

I forgive all of you, now I hope you forgive each other.

God bless you,

B.G.

Boo hoo 😢?  For the sake of your children and husband, pick yourself up and get on with it!  

1 Corinthians chapter 13.  Catholic men should protect woman at all costs no matter how hysterical they think they are. 

Feminist claptrap.  This is what led to so many innocent men being accused of rape.

Oh and I sent the letter out to four priests begging them to tell me stop before I sent it out to others.

Oh and I sent the letter out to four priests begging them to tell me stop before I sent it out to others.

Is that good Traditional, feminine behavior? There are some who would chime in here with sentences I won't write myself. But I bet those sentences would contain the words "kitchen", "cooking", "household", and "husband".

Asking to see the manager all the time, or writing to a bunch of priests, just makes them dread to see you walk in the door. You do realize what a Karen move that is, right?

"Begging them to tell me to stop" -- and you say you're not a drama queen? You're drawing that much attention to yourself and your behavior, bugging FOUR different priests with a letter, focused on you and your feelings? Behavior like this is the very definition of drama queen.