This morning before Mass, I gave my family a short sermon before departing to the church.
I explained to them what they likely would
not hear at the chapel today on this great feast:
That the primary evil of Vatican II's
Dignitatis Humanae was that it directly opposed the Kingship of Christ, and laid the axe to the root of Catholic civilization. I gave an historical lesson of the Vatican Secretary of State traveling the world to destroy the last remaining confessional states who still officially recognized the Catholic religion as the religion of the state, and ordered their laws and societies upon that basis, in orde to bring these societies into line with the new and condemned doctrine of
Dignitatis Humanae (e.g., in the
Syllabus, #15, 77-79). I explained that the Masonic concept of "religious freedom" uncrowned Christ the King (as +Lefebvre had said), and how Christ can never be King in countries where religious liberty is not merely tolerated when Catholics are in the minority, but which is instead touted as the ideal.
I then explained that 20 years ago, sermons combatting the evil influence of
Dignitatis Humanae as antithetical to the Kingship of Christ were routinely combatted in SSPX chapels, but that now, especially for the last 10-15 years, the Society had embarked upon a policy of coexistence (en reoute to integration) with modernist Rome, and that the price the SSPX (and its faithful) paid for choosing that path was silence on the subject of religious liberty, since their goal or reintegration into the conciliar church presupposes acceptance of the conciliar teachings (at least in the long run).
Therefore, I told them they would likely receive, as every year, a great sermon on some aspects of the Kingship of Christ: The need for Christ to be king of our souls, of our families, and even of our societies, but omitting to explain why the conciliar church rejects this last aspect of Christ's Kingship.
Consequently, I told them that they'd likely hear something like this OTHERWISE excellent 2014 sermon by Fr. Daniel Themann, who,
at 11:19,
explains that he is deliberately and intentionally omitting to discuss the 6th point of Pope St. Pius X's 6-part program to institute the reign of the Kingship of Christ the King, stating:
"We could talk about St. Pius X's particular condemnation of certain laws which brought about the separation of Church and state, for example in Portugal, and in France, but I'm going to intentionally pass over that for the sake of time, and also because these interventions of St. Pius X were more the response to particular crimes of these nations, ratheer than integral elements of his program as such."
https://florida.sspx.org/en/media/audio/st-pius-x-and-christ-king-5333 So, in 36 minutes, there supposedly just wasn't time to mention the errors of religious liberty, Vatican II's
Dignitatis Humanae, or how both are antithetical to the Kingship of Christ (even though such used to be commonplace on this feast every year). Nor has there been time in practically any other sermon, conference, speech, or article from the SSPX ever since the commencement of the branding campaign, by which the SSPX agreed to lay down its weapons at the feet of the conciliar church.
In truth, Fr. Themann could simply have stated that, "To enter into discussion regarding the separation of Church and state would unavoidably place the discussion upon a collision trajectory with Dignitatis Humanae, and I can't go there." Of course, he can't just say that, for the ccompromise would be exposed. Therefore, contrive other reasons for omitting the discussion.
Today, I can look around the chapel, and recognize many faces who used to hear such sermons, and marvel at their blithe acceptance of this new situation (i.e., a surrendered army, for whom Vatican II's religious liberty is no longer in their crosshairs). And then I marvel again at the new generation of SSPXers who never knew the pre-2010 SSPX: Would they have come had Rome not removed the legal obstacles in exchange for the SSPX's good behavior? Do they know anything at all about
Dignitatis Humanae, and how it opposes the reign of Christ the King? Have they ever read Archbishop Lefebvre's polemical works (e.g.,
They Have Uncrowned Him, or
I Accuse the Council)?
They have been drawn to a remade and softer Society. It is debatable whether they would have been drawn to the old Society. But what is not debatable is that they are not being innoculated against the conciliar errors, and expecially not against religious liberty and Vatican II (at least not from the pulpit).
Hence my little sermon, to supply for an anticipated annual omission.
Topic: Annual SSPX Christ the King Omission (Read 8243 times)