Bishops
The SSPX is no way “out of
the woods.”
Resistant bishops must
“deliver the goods!”
Ever since the General Chapter of July, 2012, when under Bishop
Fellay’s direction the Society of St Pius X took a decisive lurch towards a
compromise agreement with Conciliar Rome, Catholics of Tradition have wondered
where the two other SSPX bishops stand, Bishop Tissier de Mallerais (Bp. T) and
Bishop de Galarreta (Bp. G), because both have been rather discreet in public
since that time. However, firm words spoken by each of them last month have
raised hopes for the future of the SSPX. Are the hopes justified? Catholics may
need to remain on their guard . . .
The Confirmations sermon of Bp. T given on January 31 in Saarbrücken in
Germany could not have been more upright or clear. For instance: In the SSPX’s
confrontation with Rome, it may never go in for compromise or double-dealing.
We can never negotiate with Rome so long as the representatives of the
Newchurch (sic) cling to the errors of Vatican II. Any talk of ours with Rome
must be unambiguous, and have as its purpose the conversion of the Newchurch
representatives back to our one and only truth of Catholic Tradition. No
compromise or double-dealing until they have got over their Conciliar errors,
and have converted back to the Truth.
Admirable words! Uprightness is not Bp. T’s problem. He is no politician,
God bless him. His problem is that when it comes to putting words into action,
his “Fiftiesism” makes him obey his Superior and fall back in line with the
politicians of SSPX HQ in Menzingen. Nothing indicates that this will not
happen again this time, but we may always pray that, as the proverb says, “Even
a worm will turn.” Bp. T is far from a worm, but he is hiding from himself, or
genuinely cannot see, the full malice of Menzingen’s action. It is not just the
unity and welfare of the SSPX which is at stake, but the Catholic Faith.
On the contrary Bp. G is a politician. Unfortunately we do not have the
full text of the conference he gave in Bailly, France, on January 17, because
his exact words count, so we can only quote from a summary of his main
thoughts: Rome’s latest theological and canonical proposals for a Rome-SSPX
agreement remain unacceptable, but the Pope certainly wants an agreement and he
is perfectly capable of overriding his own officials and of imposing a
“unilateral” recognition on the SSPX. Such a recognition could definitely harm
the SSPX internally, but if the SSPX had done nothing to obtain it, then there
is nothing that the SSPX could do about it. However, Providence would once more
watch over the Archbishop’s work.
But, your Excellency, Menzingen has now for many years been doing all
it can by political negotiation to arrive at official recognition by Rome, and
its eventual “unilateral” arrival would be a mere pretense to deceive
Traditionalists so as to sell out the SSPX under cover of claiming, no doubt
with Rome’s permission behind th e scenes , that it was all Rome’s fault. But
the fact would remain that the Archbishop’s Society would finally be betrayed,
and you with your own “No, no, a thousand times no . . . but possibly, yes”
would have to answer for not having done all you could and should have done to
block its betrayal.
In brief, that emergency lighting system of the Universal Church in
Conciliar darkness, which is the SSPX, is itself flickering and in danger of no
longer giving light. Therefore that repair team to sustain the emergency
lighting, which is the “Resistance,” is still needed, and that team needs a
sufficiency of good foremen. A third bishop for the “Resistance” is planned, as
last year for March 19 at the monastery near Nova Friburgo in Brazil. He is its
Prior, Fr Thomas Aquinas, faithful warrior and veteran of the post-Conciliar
war for the Faith. May God be with him, and with all the humble and faithful
servants of God.
Kyrie eleison.
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