Makes me wonder the chaos that will ensue when the Church is finally restored and the old "parish rules" are put back into place. The rule used to be: You go to church in your neighborhood, no where else, without permission. You want to move? Get permission. You want to go to confession to a different priest, other than your parish one? Get permission. You want to marry someone in your parish, or from outside your parish? Get permission.
Two words: Old Catholics.
If the Restored Church decided to use the 1962 Missal, you'd have X number of Catholics that wouldn't submit to the legitimate, purified, Church authorities. They would be staying home on Sunday, praying their Rosaries and reading their missals, and thinking about how privileged they are to be the "remnant of the remnant" -- with a picture of the Japanese Catholics ("hidden Christians") on their walls, of course.
And here is the killer point; here is how I know this would happen:
The fact that the Church would be flourishing everywhere, with beautiful Tridentine Liturgy in every parish, correct doctrine, correct morals, etc. would be lost on them. Why? Because they aren't the type to look at the big picture, or look at things pragmatically AT ALL. They look at one encyclical, or one quote from a given Father of the Church, and blow it out of all proportion. They stubbornly cling to their own private interpretation of that one passage and, like a protestant, start their own church, population 5 or population 1.
They don't step back and say, "What am I doing?"
I should show you a picture of our Mass here every Sunday. 100% Catholic. But many things don't photograph, like the 100% Catholic doctrine that comes out of our priests' mouths. Or the fact they are validly ordained. Or their truly Catholic spirit inherited from Archbishop Lefebvre.
But with all that, we have people staying home from this Mass. They are so "uncompromising" and "principled" they have lost all touch with reality. I can understand "doctrine comes first" but you need to have SOMETHING keeping you sane or stable, just in case you are wrong if nothing else!
There is a place for pragmatism, practicality, and keeping both your feet on the ground.
Topic: If the days are not shortened even the Elect will perish (Read 4443 times)