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A very good question, hollingsworth, and one that I am glad you asked
because you've done such a fine job in asking it!
Your choice of words evokes in me something I had not thought of
before, and it is this:
It seems to me that
+F threw in the towel, and being frustrated at the
very NOTION that his 'most generous' 12 million rosaries was yet unable
to accomplish the effect that he had
PRESUMED that it would have(!?!?),
he then suffered a kind of
melt-down, and descended into a
whimpering
mass of jello, whereby he
snapped, and
caved to the pressures of his
office which produced in him a willingness to
COMPROMISE in the form
of his abominable
AFD of 2012.
In FACT, looking at this again, it seems to me all the
more probable that someone inside the Vatican, one
of those shadowy figures who lurks behind the dark
side of granite columns ten feet thick and 120 feet
tall, one of those who has been carrying on the work
of the Father of Lies and who knows how to push the
buttons of anyone who dares step forward with the
pressing concern and meet awareness of some
significant number of Faithful who are thereby
offering their prayers (and especially penitential
Rosaries!) for the intention of the Collegial
Consecration, has found the combination of words
that "clicks" in the mind of XSPXSGBF, and has told
him as much so as to make him abandon his so-
called crusade, which then turned into a 'flash in the
pan'.
Only now, seeing in retrospect his
failure to persevere, he nonetheless
cannot muster the gumption to humble himself because humility is not
in him. Pride is his principal earmark, and it drives him relentlessly,
almost as if it were on autopilot.
In the event that it's any consolation to members of CI, some friends
of mine are having a weekly Rosary Webinar, held on Monday evenings
at 7:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7), soon to be Standard Time
(UTC-8). I think we have something like 100 Rosaries so far, maybe
more, since members can report additional Rosaries they pray during
the week for this intention. Oh, right: the intention is for the Pope and
bishops of the world to perform the Collegial Consecration of Russia to
the Immaculate Heart of Mary, all at the same time, or within a
reasonable proximity thereof not exceeding one day, either in the
same physical place or in their respective places throughout the world,
in a solemn and unified consecration prayer. Our Rosaries will be
tallied and submitted to the Holy Father (whoever he may be!) in
January of 2014. Whether he gratefully accepts this spiritual
bouquet or instead chooses to do something else with it (I might not
mind if he places the "flowers" of our prayers next to the now
infamous beach ball on the high altar of St. Mary Major, but I would
prefer that he first removes the beach ball and T-shirt!), makes no
difference, for his actions are on his head. But we are doing what
we can in this regard by joining in the prayers of the most Holy
Rosary.. We pray 15 decades, and it takes about 45 or 50 minutes.
The website is
https://join.me , and if you are interested,
please PM me for the login code. I can't promise lots of
FUN, but we do get the job done! (Hey, that rhymes!)
Think of it as a
penance and 'it all comes out in the
wash', as they say!