Just a reminder, Fr. Hewko has never received an expulsion letter, or was any ever pronounced, from the SSPX. He did receive a warning but nothing more. It is right and proper for him to be at the ordination.
Father said that after the Ordination last year, Fr.Rostand immediately "corrected" the Bishop as he sat down, telling him his sermon was inappropriate and divisive. I wonder if the sermon this year was approved by a review committee??? Perhaps it is broadcast on 2 minute delay to give them time to edit it Ha!
I would love to see the response that Fr. Hewko, still a priest of the SSPX, gets at the ordination.
When I first read this, I thought you were saying you'd like to see
what Fr. Hewko's response will be after seeing the ordinations.
Now I see you're saying the response he
gets (from others) -
- I have two things:
1) I hope he has a friend with him at all times, perhaps two or
three others who can trade places, but he should not go around
alone, because then there will be no witness to the treatment he
receives from others. There may be some who are just waiting
for the opportunity to "get him alone" so they can pull some kind
of tactic without being observed, and later they can deny it as
though Fr. Hewko would be making up a story. If he has a friend
with him, they can't do that, and so therefore, they won't.
2) If they are true to their new Moderninst leanings, what they
are likely to do is to ignore Fr. Hewko, that is, pay no attention to
anything he says, as if he is not there. If he approaches someone
in a situation where that someone is receiving others in turn, for
example, in the most extreme case, the one receiving would turn
away and leave Fr. Hewko's presence.
His purpose in being there is primarily to offer positive encouragement
to the ordinands, to congratulate them, and to greet the men he has
influenced in years past toward the pursuit of their own vocations.
He doesn't need to go on the "offensive" regarding the sell-out of +F,
and he doesn't need to ask anyone pointed questions, even though
he could, obviously. If anyone there doesn't know what he stands
for, it's their own fault. His mere presence, wearing a cassock, is
his statement for it speaks for itself.
Of course, there might be someone who sets up a situation, where
for example, two might have a prepared script they will perform in
front of Fr. Hewko, under the pretense of having a conversation with
him. They could do this after several times they, or others more
likely, have 'snubbed' him, such that they would have evoked a sense
of tension in him or a desire to be recognized. At that point, saying
their script they had prepared in advance, they could turn to Fr.
Hewko, whose attention they have, and ask him a question designed
to trap him, or to evoke from him a response (like the +W interview)
that would be incriminating, or could be used in that way.
This is why he should have an informed friend with him at all times, so
that a witness can see this kind of thing in action. Also, the friend
should be extra vigilant not to be distracted by someone, for one of
their tactics could be to draw the attention of Fr's. friend away for
a moment, while someone else does the scheme, above.
Fr. Hewko is coming in to a situation that the Menzingen-denizens
have had several weeks to prepare for, and there could easily be a
team of rehearsed players whose task it will be to endeavor just such
a scenario as that described above. In fact, it is the kind of thing
that +F could be using to test the effectiveness of particular men,
to see if they are capable of handling planned encounters, and to
test if they are willing to embark on such a thing in order to show
their allegiance to him, in hopes of 'moving up the ladder' to a
position of higher authority in the Society, such as a capitulant for
the chapters.
The test would be to see if they can pull off a favorable result, that
is, to obtain something useful from Fr. Hewko that can be used
against him, so as to, for example, expel him (they might not have
expelled him yet because they don't have enough of such things).
Also, it would be a test to see if they can be trusted to keep a
secret, and not divulge the fact that this planned scheme had been
rehearsed in advance. It would be quite a story if one such a man
would break away and offer his testimony to all the dark secrets are
being hidden in the closets of Menzingen.
I would not put it past these people to try such things. It's the
sort of thing that Freemasons and Zionists use all the time, and the
new leanings of the ExSPX are right down that alley.
But this is all speculation, and I have no specific evidence that any
such thing is really going on. I'm just offering it as a real possibility
considering all the recent stories to come down the pike -- how could
+F have pulled off the Chapter last year without applying some kind
of clandestine pressure on individuals? And it is not reported because
the ones to whom it happened have been formed gradually over years
of practice, to keep secrets and to be 'obedient' and follow orders
without too much thinking about what they're doing - blind loyalty -
and you cannot deny that such blind loyalty is being demanded of the
members of the ExSPX.
Blind obedience never has been and never will be Catholic.
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