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Letter from the SSPX Superior General on the Motu Proprio 'Traditionis Custodes'
« on: July 23, 2021, 04:55:50 PM »
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    • Dear members and friends of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X,

    The motu proprio Traditionis custodes and the letter that accompanied it have caused a profound upheaval in the so-called traditionalist movement. We can point out, quite logically, that the era of the hermeneutics of continuity, with its equivocations, illusions and impossible efforts, is radically over – swept aside with a wave of a sleeve. These clear-cut measures do not directly affect the Society of Saint Pius X. However, they must be an occasion for us to reflect deeply on the situation. To do so, it is necessary to step back and ask ourselves a question that is both old and new: Why is the Tridentine Mass still the apple of discord after fifty years?

    First of all, we must remember that the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the continuation in time of the most bitter struggle that has ever existed: the battle between the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan. This combat culminated at Calvary in the triumph of Our Blessed Lord. It was for this struggle and it was for this victory that he became incarnate. Since Our Lord’s victory was through the Cross and through His Precious Blood, it is understandable that its perpetuation will also be marked by conflicts and contradictions. Every Catholic is called to this combat. Our Lord reminded us of this when He said that He came “to bring the sword upon the earth” (Matt. 10:34). It is not surprising that the Mass, which perfectly expresses Our Lord’s definitive victory over sin through His atoning Sacrifice, is itself a sign of contradiction.

    But why has the Mass become a sign of contradiction within the Church itself? The answer is simple and increasingly clear. After fifty years, the various elements that confirm the answer have become obvious to all well informed Catholics: the Tridentine Mass expresses and conveys a conception of Christian life – and consequently, a conception of the Catholic Church – that is absolutely incompatible with the ecclesiology that emerged from the Second Vatican Council. The problem is not simply liturgical, aesthetic or purely technical. The problem is simultaneously doctrinal, moral, spiritual, ecclesiological and liturgical. In a nutshell, it is a problem that affects all aspects of the Church’s life, without exception. It is a question of faith.
    On one side is the Mass of All Times. It is the standard of a Church that defies the world and is certain of victory, for its battle is nothing less that the continuation of the battle that Our Blessed Lord waged to destroy sin and to destroy the kingdom of Satan. It is by the Mass and through the Mass that Our Lord enlists Catholic souls into His ranks, by sharing with them both His Cross and His victory. From all this follows a fundamentally militant conception of Christian life that is characterised by two elements: a spirit of sacrifice and an unwavering supernatural hope.
    On the other side stands the Mass of Paul VI. It is an authentic expression of a Church that wants to live in harmony with the world and that lends an ear to the world’s demands. It represents a Church that, in the final analysis, no longer needs to fight against the world because it no longer has anything to reproach the world. Here is a Church that no longer has anything to teach the world because it listens to the powers of the world. It is a Church that no longer needs the Sacrifice of Our Blessed Lord because, having lost the notion of sin, it no longer has anything for which to atone. Here is a Church that no longer has the mission of restoring the universal kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ, because it wants to make its contribution to the creation on this earth of a better world that is freer, more egalitarian and more eco-responsible – and all this with purely human means. This humanist mission that the men of the Church have given themselves must necessarily be matched by a liturgy that is equally humanist and emptied of any notion of sacredness.

    This battle that has been waged for the past fifty years, which has just seen a highly significant event on July 16th, is not a simple war between two rites: it is indeed a war between two different and opposing conceptions of the Catholic Church and of Christian life – conceptions that are absolutely irreducible and incompatible with each other. In paraphrasing Saint Augustin, one could say that the two Masses have built two cities: the Mass of All Times has built a Christian city; the New Mass seeks to build a humanist and secular city.
    Since Almighty God has allowed all this, it is certainly for a greater good. Firstly for ourselves, who have the undeserved good fortune of knowing the Tridentine Mass and who can benefit from it! We possess a treasure with a value we do not always appreciate, and which we perhaps preserve too much out of simple habit. When something precious is attacked or scorned, we begin to appreciate better its true value. May this “shock”, provoked by the harshness of the official texts of July 16th, serve to renew, deepen and rediscover our attachment to the Tridentine Mass! This Mass – our Mass – must really be for us like the pearl of great price in the Gospel, for which we are ready to renounce everything, for which we are ready to sell everything. He who is not prepared to shed his blood for this Mass is not worthy to celebrate it! He who is not prepared to give up everything to protect it is not worthy to attend it!
    This should be our first reaction to these events that have just shaken the Catholic Church. Our reaction, as Catholic priests and as Catholic laity, must be profound and more far-reaching than all those feeble and sometimes hopeless commentaries.

    Our Blessed Lord certainly has another objective in mind in allowing this new attack on the Tridentine Mass. No one can doubt that in recent years many priests and faithful have discovered this Mass, and that through it they have encountered a new spiritual and moral horizon, which has opened the door to the sanctification of their souls. The latest measures taken against the Mass will force these souls to draw all the consequences of what they have discovered: they must now choose – with all the elements of discernment that are at their disposal – what is necessary for every well-informed Catholic conscience. Many souls will find themselves faced with an important choice that will affect their faith, because – and let us say it once more – the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the supreme expression of a doctrinal and moral universe. It is therefore a question of choosing the Catholic faith in its entirety and through it, choosing Our Lord Jesus Christ, with His Cross, His Sacrifice and His universal kingship. It is a matter of choosing His Precious Blood, of imitating the Crucified One and of following Him to the end, by a complete, rigorous and coherent fidelity.

    The Society of Saint Pius X has the duty to assist all those souls who are currently in dismay and are confused. Firstly, we have the duty to offer them the certitude that the Tridentine Mass can never disappear from the face of the earth. This is an absolutely necessary sign of hope.
    Moreover, each of us, whether priest or faithful, must extend a warm helping hand to them, for he who has no desire to share the riches he enjoys is, in all truth, unworthy of possessing them. Only in this way will we truly love souls and show our love for the Church. For every soul that we win to Our Blessed Lord’s Cross, and to the immense love that He manifested through His Sacrifice, will be a soul truly won to His Church and to the charity that animates His Church, which must be ours, especially at this present time.

    It is to Our Lady of Sorrows that we entrust these intentions. It is to her that we address our prayers, since no one has penetrated deeper than Our Blessed Lady, the mystery of the Sacrifice of Our Lord Jesus Christ and of His victory on the Cross. There is no one greater than Mary who has been so intimately associated with His sufferings and His triumph. It is in her hands that Our Blessed Lord has placed the whole Catholic Church. It is therefore to her that the most precious thing in the Catholic Church has been entrusted: the Testament of Our Lord Jesus Christ – the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

    Menzingen, July 22nd, 2021.
    Feast of Saint Mary Magdalen.
    Don Davide Pagliarani, Superior General.

    https://fsspx.org/en/publications/letters/letter-father-pagliarani-about-motu-proprio-traditionis-custodes-67628
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    Re: Letter from the SSPX Superior General on the Motu Proprio 'Traditionis Custodes'
    « Reply #1 on: July 23, 2021, 05:22:53 PM »
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    • DEO GRATIAS!!!   

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    Re: Letter from the SSPX Superior General on the Motu Proprio 'Traditionis Custodes'
    « Reply #2 on: July 23, 2021, 05:42:21 PM »
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    • Fr Fr Pagliariani  sums up the problem with the Novus Ordo in two paragraphs, or at least the essential problem with it:

    On one side is the Mass of All Times. It is the standard of a Church that defies the world and is certain of victory, for its battle is nothing less that the continuation of the battle that Our Blessed Lord waged to destroy sin and to destroy the kingdom of Satan. It is by the Mass and through the Mass that Our Lord enlists Catholic souls into His ranks, by sharing with them both His Cross and His victory. From all this follows a fundamentally militant conception of Christian life that is characterised by two elements: a spirit of sacrifice and an unwavering supernatural hope.
    On the other side stands the Mass of Paul VI. It is an authentic expression of a Church that wants to live in harmony with the world and that lends an ear to the world’s demands. It represents a Church that, in the final analysis, no longer needs to fight against the world because it no longer has anything to reproach the world. Here is a Church that no longer has anything to teach the world because it listens to the powers of the world. It is a Church that no longer needs the Sacrifice of Our Blessed Lord because, having lost the notion of sin, it no longer has anything for which to atone. Here is a Church that no longer has the mission of restoring the universal kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ, because it wants to make its contribution to the creation on this earth of a better world that is freer, more egalitarian and more eco-responsible – and all this with purely human means. This humanist mission that the men of the Church have given themselves must necessarily be matched by a liturgy that is equally humanist and emptied of any notion of sacredness.

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    Re: Letter from the SSPX Superior General on the Motu Proprio 'Traditionis Custodes'
    « Reply #3 on: July 24, 2021, 10:19:51 AM »
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    • This looks good on paper, They lost an opportunity when Covid Hit to prove themselves rather than locking down ,stay open continuing serving "GOD and the Faithful " they blew it and bowed to the state. Whom do they serve Ceasar or God ?
    " if your not ready to shed your blood for the Mass you are not worthy to celebrate it "
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    Re: Letter from the SSPX Superior General on the Motu Proprio 'Traditionis Custodes'
    « Reply #4 on: July 24, 2021, 10:27:49 AM »
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    • Quote from: cosmas on July 24, 2021, 10:19:51 AM
    This looks good on paper, They lost an opportunity when Covid Hit to prove themselves rather than locking down ,stay open continuing serving "GOD and the Faithful " they blew it and bowed to the state. Whom do they serve Ceasar or God ?
    " if your not ready to shed your blood for the Mass you are not worthy to celebrate it "
    Great post, Cosmas!
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    Re: Letter from the SSPX Superior General on the Motu Proprio 'Traditionis Custodes'
    « Reply #5 on: July 24, 2021, 10:47:03 AM »
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    • One more place that SSPX was a failure , was not continuing the Church of all times defense of the unborn and Respect due them ie : okaying the Covid Vaccine which wasn't and isn't a vaccine. It a diabolical slow motion  attempt by the Deep State to get world population down to Georgia Guidestones numbers. The SSPX needs to wake up and get back to saving souls instead of trying to win Rome's favor. How many souls were denied the sacraments during the lockdowns . SSPX tells us stay off the internet, get back on the internet we have podcasts for you during covid lockdown . We can't open the churches though , we are scared !
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    Re: Letter from the SSPX Superior General on the Motu Proprio 'Traditionis Custodes'
    « Reply #6 on: July 24, 2021, 02:17:35 PM »
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    • Fr. Pagliariani:
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    On one side is the Mass of All Times


    The 1962 missal is not "the Mass of all times". Even Our Lady of Fatima warned Pius XII through Sr. Lucia about "the ѕυιcιdє of altering the faith in her Liturgy". The SSPX members and faithful have grown up with an SSPX published missal that is a hybrid of the 1954-1962. Its an unauthorized missal. It kept many of the Feast that were abrogated in 1962 for decades. In 2007, when Pope BXVI changed the prayer for the conversion of the Jews on Good Friday, +Fellay accused him of changing an ancient prayer. That prayer had already been changed in 1962.

    Previous to the publication of Summorum Pontificuм, Fr. Peter Scott did a fundraising to publish the ACTUAL 1962 missal because they (SSPX) expected to be selling it to the indult communities. The Vatican used Baronius Press and their publisher in England to print the 1962 missals and declared them to be the ONLY authorized missals. The Angelus press was left with 1962 missals rotting because SSPXers had no use for it. The SSPX has done a disservice to Catholics by keeping them blind about the drastic changes to the 1962 missal by Msgr. Bugnini.

    Today, our Chapel celebrated the Vigil of St. James (1954 Missal). Tomorrow we will celebrate the Feast of St James the Greater, Ap. The 9th Sunday after Pentecost will be commemorated and the Last Gospel will be replaced by The Gospel of the 9th Sunday after Pentecost. This is one of the MANY examples of the "distortions" and "accretions" Msgr. Bugnini referred to in his book.

    "The Mass of all times" could never be the subject of indults or grant of privilage. The 1962 transitional missal is.
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    Re: Letter from the SSPX Superior General on the Motu Proprio 'Traditionis Custodes'
    « Reply #7 on: July 24, 2021, 02:32:00 PM »
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    • Maria Auxiliadora , im  not talking here about the Mass of All Time , Im talking about the ancient Tradidition of The Church to Protect The  Unborn from the moment of conception forward . The SSPX allowing the covid shot, shows even more how far down the slippery slope they have traveled. They need some educated theologians in the Faith of our Father's.
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    Re: Letter from the SSPX Superior General on the Motu Proprio 'Traditionis Custodes'
    « Reply #8 on: July 24, 2021, 03:33:35 PM »
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    • Quote from: cosmas on July 24, 2021, 10:19:51 AM
    This looks good on paper, They lost an opportunity when Covid Hit to prove themselves rather than locking down ,stay open continuing serving "GOD and the Faithful " they blew it and bowed to the state. Whom do they serve Ceasar or God ?
    " if your not ready to shed your blood for the Mass you are not worthy to celebrate it "
    Our SSPX chapel stayed open and we never lost a Mass during the lockdown in our city. 
    We have a mission chapel and our priest kept flying out, even with strict mask mandates and closures going on in our city, and mask mandates on flights. The local Novus Ordos were all closed down but we were still alive. Lots of new people showed up on our doorstep. Many of them are still with us today. 
    Our priest never once advised us to get the shot. Either at the pulpit or in person. The statement made in favor of the vacks by the SSPX was a serious betrayal, and a grave scandal to the Faithful. They made a huge mistake and I pray they come back and correct that misinformation PUBLICLY. 
    But know this, many of the individual priests did not go along with the propaganda and it was the opinion of either very ignorant or fully corrupted individuals in that organization. 
    And I’ll just say that if the SSPX endorses something as stupid as a vacks for a .001% chance of death virus, and people listen to that endorsement, then that’s on the idiot that listened and didn’t inform themselves. 
    I personally get along just fine without SSPX mouthpieces recommending health advice to me anyways. 
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    Re: Letter from the SSPX Superior General on the Motu Proprio 'Traditionis Custodes'
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    • Quote from: cosmas on July 24, 2021, 02:32:00 PM
    Maria Auxiliadora , im  not talking here about the Mass of All Time , Im talking about the ancient Tradidition of The Church to Protect The  Unborn from the moment of conception forward . The SSPX allowing the covid shot, shows even more how far down the slippery slope they have traveled. They need some educated theologians in the Faith of our Father's.
    I was quoting Fr. Pagliariani's Letter.
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