I was just told that the two beautiful lighted statues of angels were sent/sold (?) to a novus ordo parish in Phoenix, St. Catherine of Sienna. I heard they were repainted, which would have been totally unnecessary as they were beautiful as is.
Such a sorry state of affairs here in AZ.
The SSPX has gone so far downhill.
Everywhere you look, in so many ways. Shrinking congregations, neglect of some buildings, while building monuments elsewhere.
But what other fruit could you expect, considering the Superior General and his cabal is set on betraying the mission of Archbishop Lefebvre, and trying to ѕυιcιdє the whole position?
Fortunately, the position isn't his to wipe out or destroy. The old SSPX position -- being pure, faithful Catholicism and all -- *will* continue, only now it's called the Resistance.
While Archbishop Lefebvre has gone on to his eternal reward (in heaven), we have one successor who has the same spirit: Bishop Williamson.
How many times does it turn out that your first choice turned out to be the right one? That sure applies to this case. I think that first choice was the suggestion of the Holy Ghost (to whose influence the Archbishop was most docile), but I don't know about the other 3. Perhaps they were more human choices.
Actually, all evidence points to the fact that the 4th choice for bishop (Fr. Bernard Fellay) was the most human choice of them all. Certain Swiss benefactors wanted a Swiss national to be among the 4 bishops to be consecrated. Bishop Fellay added no new languages to the mix, and he was the only one without pastoral experience -- he was a Bursar, an administrator, a bean counter. He was also the youngest by far, only 30 years old.
Our Lord chose 12 Apostles, and one of them was Judas. God's ways are inscrutable. "Who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been His counsellor?"
But Our Lord didn't choose Judas first. :)
Among the 12 Apostles, Judas was the Bursar. Do you know what other famous bishop in the SSPX was Bursar?