As Catholics in the Archdiocese of Toronto still reel from the horror of being deprived the Sacraments offered in the Roman Rite according to Missale Romanum, we should turn our minds back to two key points addressed by Pope Benedict XVI in Summorum Pontificum. Dear Catholic friends, as you read the late Pope's words, reflect on your experiences. You know that the words of Pope Benedict ring true; as you reflect on the contrary words in Traditionis Custodes, you know the monstrous lie that Pope Franics hoisted on the Church.
Pope Benedict:
"This document was most directly opposed on account of two fears, which I would like to address somewhat more closely in this letter.
In the first place, there is the fear that the document detracts from the authority of the Second Vatican Council, one of whose essential decisions – the liturgical reform – is being called into question".
"This fear is unfounded".
"In the second place, the fear was expressed in discussions about the awaited Motu Proprio, that the possibility of a wider use of the 1962 Missal would lead to disarray or even divisions within parish communities".
"This fear also strikes me as quite unfounded".
Now, let us consider the decisions made for Toronto in light of the words of Pope Benedict:
"I now come to the positive reason which motivated my decision to issue this Motu Proprio updating that of 1988. It is a matter of coming to an interior reconciliation in the heart of the Church....Let us generously open our hearts and make room for everything that the faith itself allows".
Compare the above to the text within Traditionis Custodes:
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| The late Pope with the arch-modernist Roche |
Pope Francis
"...responses reveal a situation that preoccupies and saddens me, and persuades me of the need to intervene. Regrettably, the pastoral objective of my Predecessors...has often been seriously disregarded".
"I am nonetheless saddened that the instrumental use of Missale Romanum of 1962 is often characterized by a rejection not only of the liturgical reform, but of the Vatican Council II itself, claiming, with unfounded and unsustainable assertions, that it betrayed the Tradition and the “true Church".
"A final reason for my decision is this: ever more plain in the words and attitudes of many is the close connection between the choice of celebrations according to the liturgical books prior to Vatican Council II and the rejection of the Church and her institutions in the name of what is called the “true Church.”
"Responding to your requests, I take the firm decision to abrogate all the norms, instructions, permissions and customs that precede the present Motu proprio".
Dear Catholic friends the above distinguishes clearly two visions: one, that the allowance of the Missale Romanum did NOT create division and a schismatic mentality; and, the contary that it does. They both cannot be true. Further, Francis moved even beyond the "strawman" attacks and ended on what we all now know is a confirmed falsehood ("responding to your request"). As has emerged from multiple sources, the Pope either lied himself, or committed grave negligence, and allowed a lie to be passed off as truth. Either way, as Pope, the "buck" stops on his desk.
The bishops of the Catholic Church did NOT express the negative views claimed by Francis and they did NOT "request" that a "firm decision" be taken against Missale Romanum.
One final note: so obvious was the secretive, condescending, and clericalist manner in which this Traditionis Custodes is imposed and enforced. Have any of you not yet seen Frank Leo and Arthur Roche strolling into a Roman trattoria in late June? Vox Cantoris has it here.
If you are still giving money to the Archdiocese: STOP! As the late, saintly Fr.John O'Connor said: "there is only one thing these men love more than heresy, and that is money".
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