Author Topic: What do you think of an 8 month ban from an SSPX chapel? (Read 8772 times)

Maria Regina · « **Reply #20 on:** February 13, 2016, 10:36:00 PM »

I did not vote, but once I clicked View Results, I was prevented from voting.

So, I will say in this post that I think eight months is a little stiff for a penance.

However, I knew a woman who was mentally ill and who had offended many people in a particular parish. Many families left, and the parish membership and financial support were so low, that the bishop was threatening to close the parish and move the priest elsewhere. One of the past members wrote a letter, which the Bishop commanded to be read. Finally after several people complained, the priest talked with the bishop and she was penanced for one year. She was told to visit a woman's monastery for one year and seek their advice. Then she was allowed back into the parish.

Nadir · « **Reply #21 on:** February 13, 2016, 10:54:44 PM »

Maria Regina, I think by viewing first you forfeit your right to vote. I peaked but I had no intention of voting.

Interesting example!

I read it that the 8 months has already passed and, in the light of emails received by Cassini and JMcQ, Soulguard seems not to have corrected his behaviour.

Why should he accuse Father publicly like this, let alone make him subject of a vote. The whole things smacks of a selfishness and thoughtlessness.

We have to pray for both Father and Soulguard.

MariaCatherine · « **Reply #22 on:** February 13, 2016, 11:08:34 PM »

I'm hoping the vote for the first option was a mistake.

McCork · « **Reply #23 on:** February 14, 2016, 01:41:45 PM »

What would the priest do if you approached him calmly and pleasantly, and promised him that when you came to Church, you would go straight to the chapel without seeking conversation, and then at the end of Mass stay in your pew until most of the people exited, and then leave the chapel and go straight to your vehicle without seeking any conversation with anyone? That's actually how it was done in traditional times anyway.

Maria Regina · « **Reply #24 on:** February 14, 2016, 04:49:45 PM »

Quote from: McCork

What would the priest do if you approached him calmly and pleasantly, and promised him that when you came to Church, you would go straight to the chapel without seeking conversation, and then at the end of Mass stay in your pew until most of the people exited, and then leave the chapel and go straight to your vehicle without seeking any conversation with anyone? That's actually how it was done in traditional times anyway.

Exactly. Prior to Vatican II, we did not gather in the hall for donuts and coffee. We came to the Church. Only choir members would gather in the hall or a classroom for a brief choir practice. Sometimes they would practice in the choir loft, but without talking. We left after the Mass in silence.

Then along came Vatican II, where hugs (the Sign of Peace) were encouraged both before and after Mass. The church was no longer silent as people hugged each other in greeting, told jokes, and horrors of horrors, even gossiped. No wonder Paul VI exclaimed that the Smoke of Satan had entered the sanctuary.

So, yes, coming in silence and then leaving in silence would be appropriate.