Is your chapel in union with pope Francis or are you part of a different society like St. Pius X? We live nearby but we will always be faithful to the bishop of Rome.

I do love the Latin Mass and would like to expose my kids to it, presuming your group is approved by the local Roman Catholic ordinary.

There is a Crisis in the Church. Look at the PDF "Catholic Statistics". Proof positive that Vatican II was destructive to the Church and to souls.
There are also numerous problems with Vatican II itself, as shown in the PDF "The Errors of Vatican II".

Long story short, the evils that resulted in the aftermath of Vatican II were not accidental.

Catholics have a right to the true Mass and Sacraments. The Novus Ordo Mass, meanwhile, has many non-Catholic elements and the entire package tends to destroy the Faith in those who participate. Again, here in 2016, we have 46 years of proof. Look around you at your Novus Ordo parish and ask yourself if these people stand out in any substantial way from their worldly and non-Catholic neighbors.

The Pope is not the issue. For what it's worth, we're not Sedevacantists. We pray for the Pope (include his name in the Canon of the Mass, pray for him during Benediction, etc.) Nevertheless, St. Paul resisted Peter to the face "Because he was to be blamed." (Galatians 2:11).

As a Catholic, you should know that according to Catholic doctrine, not all obedience is praiseworthy. If your father asked you to murder someone, you must not obey. Such obedience would be sinful, and your father would have over-stepped his authority in giving you such a command.

Likewise we refuse to participate in the auto-demolition of the Church, being spearheaded by Pope Francis and the Modernists (Modernism = a heresy condemned by Pope St. Pius X) who surround him in the Vatican. I strongly suggest you read the papal encyclical "Pascendi" and other material on Modernism. It's the worst heresy the Church has ever faced; twisting and distorting everything it touches, and making a shipwreck of the Faith.

Galatians 1:8
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema.

We shouldn't be devoted firstly to the person of the Pope, but rather firstly to God and to the Catholic Faith. The Pope is the servant of the Faith, and not vice-versa.

We are actually the Pope's best friends, since we are trying to preserve the Catholic Faith, help save as many souls as possible, and work in a positive manner to build up the Church. As Pope, he has to want that. If he wants something else (creation of a new Catholicism, destruction of Catholic Tradition, etc.) then he wants it as a private individual. Such unofficial, un-Catholic, private desires we should not be supporting him on.

Please consider what I have written, as none of it is my opinion, but rather pure Catholic doctrine. Seek the truth, seek God first and foremost.

God bless,

Matthew

Pope obedient to God first.  IF the Pope excommunicates himself, through his actions (you will know them by their fruits), then we, the lay can not align ourselves with him.

Here is what I actually responded:

It's sad that you've "suffered greatly from it" basically for nothing. You should have left your parish and attended Mass with the SSPX or another independent chapel.

St. Dominic's does not have the permission of the local Ordinary; here in 2016 we find ourselves in an emergency situation and the Church provides jurisdiction in times like these. The highest law is the salvation of souls. Salus animarum suprema lex.

Suffering is normally meritorious, but some suffering isn't God's will. For example, if I were to sabotage my marriage (commit adultery, try to get my wife to leave me, etc.) it would be LESS PERFECT than living in marital harmony with my wife -- even though living in harmony makes me happier! That is because perfection consists in comformity with God's will -- not in suffering for its own sake.

God wants us to keep the Faith and save our souls. The Novus Ordo makes that almost impossible. Ergo, God wants you (and everyone else) to leave your parish and stay in a lifeboat -- an "unapproved Mass location" -- until the Crisis in the Church is over.

It would be most imprudent to stay in a classroom DURING a shooting. You can return later after the shooting. Normally, during a school day, the teacher and students wouldn't hide in a utility closet. But during a dangerous time when death is at hand? That's a different story.

I hope your children don't all leave the Faith, like so many others have. What makes you think your children will be spared? My wife is from a Novus Ordo family and all the young men in her extended family gave up the faith as teenagers. But that story has been repeated countless times all over the US -- because of the Novus Ordo.

The choice is yours, of course.

God bless,

Matthew

P.S.
For your sake, and your childrens' sake, you should at least attend the Diocesan-approved Latin Mass in San Antonio:

http://stpiusxsa.org/

They have weekly Mass.

Sounds like he is looking for a diocesan version of TLM.  Smell and bells, but the security V2 practices, including being in "communion" with a "Pope", which is not necessarily the same thing as holding the true faith.  

It is such a sad state we are in today when we must sift the words and actions of a man who sits in the Chair of Peter, as laymen we are not well equipped to do so and it can tear us apart.

I think long term confusion paralyzes the brain to some extent and people just stay where they are because they can no longer think clearly.

I have several Catholic NO friends who also have extreme loyalty to the Pope. They believe that the Pope can do no wrong, yet his words and actions disturb them, so they justify his erratic actions and believe that the press must be lying. However, Opus Dei has disingenuously convinced them that they must give the Pope 100 percent blind obedience, and that he can do no wrong.

The poor deluded man doesn't realize that HE'S the one in schism, along with his pope and all the other Modernists.

We are in FULL communion with the Catholic Church. It's the Newchurch that is schismatic.

(...)

Sorry Matthew but could you clarify how all this is supposed to work?

The actual Pope is in schism?

The Conciliar church is the Catholic Church yet at the same time it's not and is in schism from herself?

Quote from: Desmond

Quote from: Matthew

The poor deluded man doesn't realize that HE'S the one in schism, along with his pope and all the other Modernists.

We are in FULL communion with the Catholic Church. It's the Newchurch that is schismatic.

(...)

Sorry Matthew but could you clarify how all this is supposed to work?

The actual Pope is in schism?

The Conciliar church is the Catholic Church yet at the same time it's not and is in schism from herself?

I had similar questions.

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