The fact that he went from Sede to Novus Ordo actually doesn't surprise me. It's an old tactic of the devil. Push a man too far to the right, until he snaps all the way around to the extreme left.
1. The Church's highest law is the salvation of souls. The Pope's power IS circuмscribed (limited). He has no authority to cause destruction to the Church or to souls. When he TRIES to do so, he is exceeding his authority, and is acting as a flawed, private individual. The Pope is the Vicar of Christ; he is not Christ Himself.
2. If you would listen to the saner voices in Tradition (like myself, Fr. Zendejas, Bishop Williamson) rather than the extremists (Sedevacantists, Fr. Pfeiffer, Traditio.com, Novus Ordo Watch, etc.) you wouldn't be tempted by these thoughts. Because the sane voices I mentioned keep everything in balance, including the FACT that not everyone in the Novus Ordo is a "no good dirty dog modernist". However, even the good ones in the N.O. are objectively wrong and ignorant, and they risk being deceived and losing their souls. The N.O. Mass is defective and deficient even on a good day.
3. The Church is our Mother, and certainly has measures in place for a Crisis such as the one we're living in. For example, supplied jurisdiction for confession and Matrimony. She wouldn't leave us without valid Masses and Sacraments for 45 years. What kind of mother would that be? I want NO PART of any heartless mother who would do that.
4. The Novus Ordo is obviously noxious, as can be judged by its fruits. You should never place yourself in that milieu. There is no command of God or men that says you or I should EVER have to sit through a Novus Ordo Mass and put our souls (and those of our children) at risk. Give the handshake of peace, receive communion in the hand from a lay "Eucharistic Minister", listen to the sage ministrations of some layman for a "sermon", follow the lead of some middle aged woman as she directs the (I forget what it's called). And of course there are also the altar girls, which distract the men. Not to mention the grave defects of the Mass itself.
If you are a Trad, you should know that the Novus Ordo is not an option.
Yes, Our Lord made His famous promise to Peter. But that's why this is a Crisis in the Church. Did you think +ABL and others were joking when they called this a grave crisis, the worst the Church had ever seen? If the Crisis weren't genuinely confusing, what criticism would you have for the millions of Catholics who have been confused over the past 50 years? Were they malicious or culpably ignorant about what they should do? Why have so many Catholics opted for "Tradition"?
If you are willing (or even quick) to believe that ALL THOSE TRADITIONAL CATHOLICS during the past 50 years were either stupid, ignorant and/or malicious, then I really can't help you, and shouldn't waste any more words on you. Am I wrong in thinking this?
See, Traditional Catholics admit the Crisis and the confusion. So we don't automatically condemn those who have taken other paths, though we might criticize those other paths. We know there is confusion, and we know the truth that when you "Strike the shepherd, the sheep will be dispersed." It's not the sheeps' fault.
The Pope and Church authorities are divorced from Truth and the Faith itself in many cases. They are tearing down the Church with their own hands. This can't be denied, unless you're in the business of self-deception. (Count me out on the self-deception; I have a love affair with the truth!) We don't have to depose the Pope, but we certainly can't join in the madness. We have to keep our distance, lest we ourselves lose the Faith. That is HUMILITY, not Pride. To place our souls in danger willingly would be the sin of Presumption -- that we are stronger than those 95% of Catholics who have lost the Faith.
I hope this helps.
Matthew
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