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Quote from: Matthew

if these notes are accurate, Fr. P is not going to say anything. It's better for these things to slip under the radar, and NOT confirm things like this. That way, even if we have notes from the conference, everyone will write it off as "hearsay" and "internet rumor" until it's too late.

He gets his conference, he influences his audience, but we don't get anything to wave around at people as we resist this march towards Modernism. Win-win for Fr. Pfluger.

A non-response by Fr. Pfluger to the request for clarification by the non-anonymous Sean Johnson should sufficiently confirm the veracity of the SSPX brother's notes.

I agree with Father when he says traditionalist are ridged, locked into themselves, and always condemning.   Anyone who has traveled in Traditional circles long enough must admit that this is true.  Just last week there was a small family who had never been to the Latin Mass.  I watched the "faithful ".  Some made facial expressions that clearly indicated their displeasure with slacks and no head covering.  After Mass others walked by and just looked at the ground.  Luckily, there were a few who were very welcoming.  One kind lady even went and sat next to them, offering them missals and showing them how to use it.  Most however ignored them.  Why? Fear? Pride? Lack of charity?  HMMmmmm...

There are the "little house on the prairie" folks who openly claim that if you don't ware prairie dresses, can your own food and slaughter your own meat you are somehow too worldly.   We have intense home schoolers who, with tears rolling down their face preach your children will go to hell if you send them to school.  We have the holier then thaugh types who boldly quote papal docuмents and spew off Lain phrases to pontificate their Catholicism ....throw in the conspiracy theorist, sedevecantists, and the pious prayers, and you have a mixed bag of pickles.   We even had one person frown in disbelief that we actually let our kids join the local soccer team and little league baseball.

There is a lack of charity in Traditional circles that must be addressed.  We use to have a very good priest who was great at coralling the factions.  One time he preached that if God wanted us all to live on little house on the prairie he'd have had us born in 1857.  If that's how you choose to live your life That's fine as long as you understand that such a lifestyle may not be for everyone, nor does that Catholic Church require it. He was great at breaking down these cliques.  Once left these cliques started to return.

I believe something must be done to address this issue.  One visitor to tradition said "these people are all over the map."  However compromising with doctrine, sleeping with modernist Rome, and ignoring the danger (poisoned soup) of Vatican II is not the answer. We must continue to shout these dangers from the rooftop.   Like St Bernard said, a Catholic priest must be like a guard dog who barks at approaching danger.  If the dog stops barking, it's useless.  

After Mass others walked by and just looked at the ground.  Luckily, there were a few who were very welcoming.  One kind lady even went and sat next to them, offering them missals and showing them how to use it.  Most however ignored them.  Why? Fear? Pride? Lack of charity?  HMMmmmm...