Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller:"This fraternity is for us no negotiating partner, because there are no negotiations about the faith."
The intent of Archbishop Müller's statement was not completely investigated by the reporter. The reporter was satisfied with this knife in the back of Tradition.
Were he to have been honest, he should have asked:
"Herr Archbishop Müller, is there someone worthy of discussions?"
The answer would have been:
"Yes. But of course. Father Joseph Pfeiffer."
"He is the most formidable defender of the Holy Faith"
"... This SSPX in-fighting, reminds me of some very sober words..."
Where do you get in fighting?
I believe the Holy Mother and her Son have had it with the Bishop Fellay Regime, the Brown Shirts, and the Whited Sepulcher Pharisees of the Surrendered SSPX and are dumping them.
And good riddance.
The booted Padres can get back to the work of the Church:
Canon Law of Holy Mother Church:
Suprema Lex Soli Solimarum: The Supreme Law is the Salvation of Souls.
Here are a few more sober words:
«... “Divine Providence often permits even good men to be chased out of the Christian communion through the unruly activities of carnal men. If they bear this undeserved affront with great patience for the peace of the Church, if they do not foment any new heresy or schism, they teach the world with what true attachment and with what sincere love God must be served. Their desire is to re-enter the Church when the trouble has passed. If they are forbidden to do so, if the storm lasts, or if their return were to arouse a similar or even more violent storm, they continue to wish well even to those through whose machinations and intrigues they have been chased out. Without ever forming separate conventicles, they defend to the death and they confirm with their testimony the faith they know to be preached by the Catholic Church. Then the Father crowns them in secret, He who sees them in secret. Such men are rare, yet examples are not wanting: and they are even more numerous than might be thought.» (Saint Augustine, Liber de vera religione, 11)
"... they continue to wish well even to those through whose machinations and intrigues they have been chased out..."
The Holy Priests that have been booted from the Regime are intended for the souls most abandoned, and chased away from salvation.
My prayer is that the Trads not think they can continue to pull the same baloney they have pulled for many years, buying Priests and building Chapels in their backyards that they can control, and measuring others according to their personal virtue.
And many other low down filthy things. they continue to wish well even to those through whose machinations and intrigues they have been chased out.
We need to become Catholic again; this is a fresh start for us all.
Concerning the three Bishops: Don't wait around for them to use the points on top of their head gear for the purpose they were intended.
Blessed be God in all His Angels and all His Saints.
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