Wessex: It is quite remarkable that Bp. W travels the world and can still reads (sic) the same script regardless of the prevailing social conditions. That is why some have taken exception to his opinions and positions and consider them inappropriate or not obligatory. However, he would say you cannot have one without the other.
What is quite remarkable to me, Wessex, is that you can get away with making these kinds of ambiguous statements over and over again with seeming impunity. I, for one, am not afraid of taking exception to some of the bishop's opinions and positions. The problem is, you will probably not state specifically what opinions and positions of his we ought to take exception with. You will go on couching your remarks in glittering generalities, refusing to engage in any pointed discussion, preferring, rather, to let the reader puzzle through what you actually mean. That has always been your MO.
It is pretty common knowledge that what the bishop said about the world was not always shared by his fellow priests and he continues in this vein long after the Society dumped its political character in favour of a more mainstream one. This is so obvious and does not need repeating. It could be that his quarrel with Menzingen is more to do with this than the exact nature of its relationship with Rome. He does like to sex up his sermons with apocalyptic prediction; something his adversaries frown upon, desperate as they are to fit in with society. His success with seminarians is going to be therefore mixed. Some will see the crisis in the Church is linked to the crisis in the world while others are uncomfortable making that connection.
Life has winners and losers. Those who can not connect the crisis in the Church with the crisis in the world are the losers and those who can are the winners. Those who are comfortable ignoring the crisis in the world must be increasingly uncomfortable living in that world, a place never known for showing any kindness to losers.
The Counter-Revolution breathes hotter and hotter down our necks as three of the bishops of historic mainstream Catholicism have the intelligence to deal with it and the other three evidently do not and will perish together with the disintegrating Novus Ordo they evidently prefer to life itself. In other words, stupid is as stupid does. As ever.
Meanwhile back among the living those who can appreciate apocalyptic prediction should be able to work well with the leaders of the Counter-Revolution after the deluge and those who can not are in for some very hard knocks. Those now clinging with all their might to the prevailing Red Terror will have clung so desperately for nothing when the White Terror follows, as it inevitably must.
Stupid is as stupid does and every intelligent Catholic is now running for the exits away from the Revolution, not waiting in line to get into the burning inferno.
Better to be among the winners than among the losers, especially when the apostate losers are such obvious damn fools.