In chess, the objective is obvious. The whole point of the game is to checkmate
the opponent's king, or, failing that potentiality, to achieve a draw when in
possession of insufficient material to effect a victory. But in any case, to avoid
being checkmated by the opponent (or, in regulated play, not to run out of time).
But what is going on in the SSPX?
In post-Conciliar Rome, it's Conciliar-business-as-usual, which amounts to
subterfuge, deception and keeping up a marketable image. Sorry if the truth is
a bitter pill. The highest law of the Church is the salvation of souls, but I
shouldn't have to enumerate all the reasons that law has apparently been
shoved 'under the rug' for half of a century and counting. There is some serious
monkey business going on at the highest levels. The mystery of iniquity is
working overtime. And apparently the SSPX represents some kind of 'obstacle'
to whatever-it-is that has subsumed the position of the "highest law of the
Church."
But in the SSPX, there must be some objective.
What could that be? As Mea Culpa has highlighted, "what does +Fellay gain by
joining Rome?"
1) He's already got the "True Faith"
2) He's already the Superior General and leader of the SSPX
If #1 is wrong, then he justifies making this agreement.
......and anything else will be for personal gain.....money, positions of power and
whatever else the world values. [...or.......will it?]
I know for a fact that +Fellay has been entirely enamored with the prospect of
making some kind of "return to normal," under the authority of the Pope. He has
been overtly preaching this agenda for at least 15 years. I know it has been
that long because I saw it happen in 1997, but it could have been going on
before that time. So this is not just a fad, or a lark, or some transitory whim.
This is a whole lot closer to being the summit and substance for his reason for
getting up in the morning. It is apparently his life's ambition.
It defines his schedule, his speeches, his hand-picked appointments of district
superiors and chapter capitulants, his business lunches, his conversations with
other clerics, his meetings with the Vatican bureaucrats, his e-mails, his press
conferences and interviews, and what he says to the children on the playground
as he glances to and fro to see who it is watching him because
he's much more
concerned with what someone THINKS about to whom he speaks than he is with
the content of his conversation with that person at hand. Now, what could be the motive for such dedication -- dedication, mind you, that
makes it seem worthwhile and "prudent" (he loves to preach on prudence, and
has trained his yes-men to do likewise!) to go so far as to even EVICT his own
elder brother in the faith, his senior bishop, with the ostensible intention -- for
him to further this lifetime personal goal of his?
Could it be the bestowal of ecclesiastical ordinary jurisdiction, of which he
currently is deprived?
Could it be getting his name in the Guiness Book of World Records?
Could it be a much more impressive Facebook page?
Could it be to win a bet he made with someone 15-1/2 years ago?
What is it that is so powerful that it consumes all the efforts of the District
Superior's every action, word and thought for 15 years, with no end in sight?
I don't have any doubts that there has been a 'Roman Chess game' going on, but
it would most decidedly help my understanding of the game if I could be informed
of what the stakes are. Because it's starting to look like someone may have
made a deal already, a deal with another person, and when I say 'person' I'm not
necessarily talking about a human being.......................
Has anyone noticed that the last time Bishop Fellay wrote a “Superior General's
Letter to Friends & Benefactors” was his Number #79 on December 21, 2011.
We are coming to a year since he himself “officially” wrote something. I would think that with all of the contradictions that have been said and the “rumors” that followed trying to figure things out –hence all of the explosions, that he would just write an official letter as the Superior General, and just “set things straight”. Sounds simple to me.
No more punishments to priests, and faithful denied Holy Communion. No more expulsions. Just be the “shepherd” and let us know from YOURSELF rather than from a bunch of “press secretaries” running around giving sound bites and back peddling –well Bishop Fallay meant to say this… Oh, he was just misquoted… and so on.
I think coming clean, and any retractions necessary is long overdue; as would be an example of virtue that would come from the pulpit that he preaches from…
Comming clean would require one to be honest & truthful. Being silent and waiting to see where the dust settles (seeing if the majority of SSPXers will leave or stay) is being "prudent".
In my humble opinion, this whole fiasco caused by +Fellay is a political situation and he's (ab)using our Precious Faith by dangling it as a carrot in his personal ambitions.
I keep asking myself this question "what does +Fellay gain by joining Rome?"
1) He's already got the "True Faith"
2) He's already the Superior General and leader of the SSPX
If #1 is wrong, then he justifies making this agreement.
......and anything else will be for personal gain.....money, positions of power and whatever else the world values.
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