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 Chardonnet 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?
Amen.
I also pray for this situation. May a last minute resolution be found!
Mickeyfitz, I can answer your first 3 questions. It’s not personal against the four sspx priests chosen. They weren’t actually named until well after discussion were attempted with Rome/Leo. These priests are well formed in Catholic Tradition, above and beyond most diocesan priests, and they each have been teaching at SSPX seminaries around the world. Both Fr Goldade and Fr Hanappier have been easily accessible and known to the faithful throughout DC/MD/VA. (I have been blessed to know them both, very well.)
Unfortunately the Roman authorities do not want more auxiliary bishops for the Society. They don’t see the crisis in the Church. Or they are happy with all the present problems and heresies. Bishop Schneider has been a true pastor and father of the Church. He was a personal visitor on behalf of the Vatican to the sspx and has spoke out time and time again for the Society, asking the Holy Father to be pastoral as there are many ways for the Pope to resolve this situation.
Let us pray for a return to Catholic Tradition, and for the Pope, and for Holy Priests.
St Pius X, ora pro nobis.
My son and I plus our traditional church group went to Mass in France at the above Church. Beautiful Church and Holy Mass.
I have to say, the SSPX fills churches all over the world. You would think Leo would embrace them.
May Your will, O God, be done.
We held a Twitter space this evening and prayed the rosary for the church, the Holy Father and the SSPX.
Lord have mercy!
My desire is that after the excommunication, the Pope will ask all Bishops to be much more open to the Extraordinary Form (yes, I like that name.)
The consecrated bishops and consecrtors are now excommunicated, outside the Church. May they penitenly return,
I also believe the Holy Father will remove faculties for confession and marriage.
The two questions I have been turning over and over in my mind: why didn’t Pope Leo offer to meet with them personally before the consecrations were announced, and; why didn’t the FSSPX leadership give Leo some time to get his feet under him. Words are cheap, but it doesn’t appear that there is any stomach for an agreement on either side. One cannot help but remember the verse: “pride goeth before destruction”!
@Archlaic
1. Either because he didn’t believe (or was led to believe) that meeting with the SSPX was important, or could resolve anything, or he believed (or was led to believe) that it was an issue of protocol — i.e., dialogue is to be had elsewhere, and or he didn’t recognize the SSPX having a right to dialogue directly with him. Nothing out of the ordinary, just standard bureaucratic / head-of-state dialogue issues. [Try getting a meeting yourself with your local priest/bishop to discuss VII issues].
2.) Pope Leo is no greenhorn. He knows what is what, given that he was previously Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops. Everyone knows what is what. The SSPX needs bishops; they gave Pope Leo plenty of time to deal with the issue. He is also a canonist and will be forced to deal with the issue canonically — which is ideal for the SSPX.
Recall that in 2011, there was stomach for an agreement on all sides until it was scuttled at the last minute by people in the Vatican. That hasn’t changed. There are elements in the SSPX that are recalcitrant. There are elements in Rome that are recalcitrant.
@allenmurphy says: “The consecrated bishops and consecrtors are now excommunicated, outside the Church”
Is that true? I can find no indication on any of the Vatican websites of a decree excommunicating them. If it is true, it is a time for profound mourning for the entire Church. Let us not jump to conclusions here.
Pope Leo can still apply the principle of mercy that we have all been asking for, even as he did for the CCP last year.