“The One Thing Necessary”
The Liturgical Problem is Much Deeper than the Novus Ordo.
Jesus Carries This Cross
"Let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak."
“We know how to get through this.”
"Let us avoid... bitter zeal[.]"
Vatican: the Schism of Laity Attending the SSPX “is not to be presumed automatically”
"...refraining from every public statement that would oppose either his person or his Magisterium."
SSPX Bishops and Priests Excommunicated, Not (Necessarily) the Faithful who attend SSPX Masses
"[L]ay faithful are warned not to adhere to the schism of the Society of Saint Pius X."
Passing through the Storm – “We cannot defend the Faith integrally without suffering”
Official estimates were of at least 16,000 registered attendees.
Statements of the SSPX, Hopeful Comments from ++Fernández
The SSPX bishops "absolutely exclude any attempt to usurp the jurisdiction of the Sovereign Pontiff."
The Other Unauthorized Episcopal Consecration in California
Bishop Brennan remains in his see with jurisdiction.
At the Tomb of Archbishop Lefebvre
Pope to heretics: "We are already one!" Pope to the SSPX: this is a "schismatic act."
The SSPX: “Far be it from us to separate ourselves from the Roman Church.”
"I saw in the election of an Augustinian Pope a sign of hope."
Pope Leo to the SSPX: “please turn back!” from this “schismatic act”!
"...the schismatic act you are about to undertake would deprive them of the licit and, in some cases, even valid reception of the Sacraments, which they love and seek for their sanctification."