On this last day of the month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Our Lord, day before the Feast of the Most Precious Blood, I offer this petition to the Most Holy Trinity.
Mindful that the SSPX church in Paris, Saint Nicholas du Chardonnay is the seat of Our Lady Queen of the Clergy, I ask Our Lady to place her protective mantle over her sons, Leo and all the priestly members of the SSPX.
I ask our Lord, with His High-Priestly Heart wide open, to pour down His Most Precious Blood on Leo and the priests of the Fraternity.
May Christ’s Precious Blood and our Lady’s mantle purge and repel every demonic influence, any and all spirits of discord and pride.
Let the work of the Holy Spirit soften what is hard and move what is stubborn in their hearts and minds.
May the Holy Apostle Martyrs, Sts. Peter and Paul, Vicar of Christ and the Apostle of the Gentiles, petition from the Almighty the gift of abundant courage for both Leo and the Fraternity in this critical moment, courage to be generous, courage to postpone.
I raise this prayer with confidence to the Most Holy Trinity, God Three and One in the Most Holy Name of Jesus.
God the Father, have mercy on us.
God the Son, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, mercy on us.
Mary, Queen of the Clergy, pray for us.
Sts. Peter and Paul, pray for us.
Father, I join you in your prayer. While have no affection for the SSPX and have never attended even one of their Masses, I wish that Pope Leo would offer them the compassion, mercy, and pastoral concern we so often hear about in other contexts. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but it’s my understanding that the SSPX affirm every dogmatic teaching of the Church and that the point of disagreement is with how Vatican II has been interpreted and applied. Meanwhile, while the SSPX’s proposed consecrations have met with the overwhelming threat of excommunication, the irregular consecrations in China have been seemingly ignored. Does the Vatican actually object to the particular men proposed to be consecrated? Are they unworthy? Would there be other members of the SSPX who would be more acceptable to the Pope? Is there no way to have Pope Leo provide mandates for some consecrations or is it ultimately about denying the SSPX the ability to have any bishops left and thereby prevent them from functioning in the future? Is it really about indirectly killing the SSPX?