Great Points!
I'll hold off on my opinion of where Bp. Tissier deMallerais really stands. He joined with the other two bishops in a great denunciation of the (what they thought was proposed) Preamble, them waffled away as soon as Fellay targeted him. He excoriated Fr.Chazal, charging him to "obey, obey!", claiming Father is a soldier, and must follow us, the Generals. But this General does and says nothing hiding away in Chicago, silent.
His latest sermon at the Confirmations in Ridgefield was, basically, a "Call to Pacifism"--- just pray, pray pray-- Our Lady will take care of every thing! Then, at the banquet, all he did was congratulate the parents of families-- "the Church needs families!"
WHY does the Church need families? So whole families can be brain-washed into supporting liberal and leftist theology, following like good little soldiers? Not a word on the import of the grace of Strength the new "soldiers" of Christ just received! Not a word on how the soldiers are being called, even in this our day, to lay their life down for Jesus Christ!
When I see these things, my mind goes all the way back to May 5, 1988. The morning after, following a very restless night, the Archbishop RETRACTED , publicly, his agreement, stating he had made a mistake! He realized that he could not trust the Romans. He lamented, later on, that 'his advisers were pushing him to sign'. Yes-- one of the chief advisers was (then Father)
Tissier deMallerais!
As a matter of fact, many of his advisers were pushing him to join Rome. Recall the waffling of people such as Michael Davies-- sitting squarely on the fence. We remember the advise of Father Schmidberger, when the Archbishop asked them what should he do with their (Rome's) new initiatives? Father Schmidberger said: 'you have to follow up on it-- you have to pursue it.'
We had the flight reservations and hotel room reserved for months. Everything was ready, just waiting for the appointed day in June, 1988. Then started, in lightening speed , the on again/ off again consecrations. " Rome has called "; "His Excellency is being summoned to Rome again"; "Cardinal so and so is here(in Econe) to plead";"Monsigneur so and so has come to end these consecrations!". This went on right up to, literally, the morning of the Consecrations! Even that very day, as we saw the limousine arrive from Rome( supposedly to take the Archbishop to Rome for top-level negotiations), we prayed the Holy Ghost would continue to strengthen and guide the Archbishop.
So, yes, unfortunately, well within the SSPX were people working against the Abp. from the very get-go. Just like with St Pius X., as great as he was, and as much good as he did, even he acknowledged that the enemy was already within the walls.
Now we all know, Fathers Rostand, Themann, LeRoux, Lorans, Schmidberger, Pflugger, Nely, Robinson,and so many others are committed modernists, and will do anything they need to do to get into Rome. Bp. DeGalaretta and Bp Tissier deMallerais are committed to silence-- go along to get along. And most of the priests trained under Rostand, LeRoux, Lorans, Schmidberger know very little of tradition--and may know less of their faith. What they know is obedience to the boss-- come floods and high water-- just obey the boss!
So. most of our priests have been converted to act as Real Estate sales ladies-- the client wants a two and a half story Colonial, with four bedrooms, black shutters, a central fireplace and a formal dining room? "Great!"-- "We have just the house for you-- these are very popular right now--everyone wants a colonial--they hold their timeless value!" But... during the tour, the husband doesn't like the "structured rooms", he doesn't like the "dark rooms", he doesn't think too much of the formal dining room, he doesn't like the central chimney-- "Oh, no problem", says our SSPX realtor lady--"this is really a house screaming with 'open spaces', if you just take down two or three walls. You can eliminate the closed in dining room, because families don't entertain anymore, anyway, and install a microwave over here! We can eliminate this old fashioned chimney, and install central air--and, we can replace this exterior wall with a window wall! In fact , this is a very modern style house , with only the outward appearance of traditional-- so it will sell well!"
And that's why the priests don't know how to preach. They are no longer certain what is acceptable in Fellay and Rostand's new world of One-World Church!
Pray the good Lord takes them soon, and the priests can find their bearings once again!