Archbishop’s
Legacy – II
Structure, or
none? The Faith is where?
Wherever it
is, I must go there!
In 2012 the Archbishop’s successors at the head of his
Society of St Pius X, having failed to understand his fundamental putting of
Catholic Truth before Catholic Authority, claimed falsely to be following his
example when at the Society’s General Chapter of that summer they prepared to
put Truth back under Authority by opening the door to some political and
non-doctrinal agreement with the liars of Rome – “Catholicism is Revolutionary”
is a monstrous lie. For years now these successors have been spreading rumours
that the agreement is imminent, but Rome has them where it wants them, by their
own fault, and risks continuing to extract concessions such as, possibly, the
disastrous interview of March 2 granted by the Superior General to a
professional predator. Conciliar Rome never forgets what the SSPX seems no
longer to want to remember – Catholic Tradition and Vatican II are absolutely
irreconcilable.
However, the Archbishop has disciples who have not
forgotten this. They are going under the name of the “Resistance,” which is a
movement rather than an organization, as is only logical. Clinging to Truth
against the false Authority both of Rome and now of the SSPX, any internal
authority amongst them can at best be supplied, i.e. an abnormal authority
supplied invisibly by the Church in case of emergency for the salvation of
souls. But such authority, by the invisibility of its transmission (contrast
the visible ceremonies by which many kinds of authority amongst men are
transmitted), is that much weaker and more contestable than normal authority in
the Church, which descends always, ultimately, from the Pope. Therefore the
“Resistance” has the strength of Truth but a weakness of Authority normally
essential to protect Catholic Truth.
Surely resistant Catholics, inside or outside of
Tradition, have to take into account the many consequences of this split
between Truth and Authority, imposed by Vatican II on the entire Church. God’s
Supreme Shepherd being supremely struck by Conciliar folly, how can God’s sheep
not be supremely scattered (cf. Zach. XIII, 7: Mt. XXVI, 31)? Not to be
suffering, Catholics would have to not belong to the Catholic Church. Is that
what they want? Then Catholics for the time being should be neither surprised
by betrayals nor disappointed by divisions. The Devil is being given for the
moment almost a free hand to cause divisions (“diabolein” in Greek), and when
Catholics are all fighting for eternal salvation the divisions are frequently
bitter. Patience.
Next, from Conciliar Popes there can no longer be the
lifeblood of true Catholic Authority flowing down into Catholic institutions,
and so Catholic persons can no longer depend upon Catholic institutions like
they should normally be able to do. Rather, any such institutions have to depend
for Truth upon the persons, as we have seen the SSPX depending on Archbishop
Lefebvre . But persons without institutional backing or control are always
liable to be fallible, and so it seems unwise to expect that any grouping of
Catholics today for Truth is going to attract large numbers. Catholics may
naturally long for structure, hierarchy, Superiors and obedience, but these
cannot be fabricated out of thin air. Surely remnants are the order of the day.
Patience.
In conclusion, Catholics striving to keep the Faith
must take their well-deserved punishment, renounce all human illusions and
fabrications, and beg in prayer for Almighty God to intervene. When enough
souls turn to him for his solution instead of theirs, they will recognize that
his Providence provided it for them in the form of the Devotion of the First
Saturdays of the month, to make reparation to his Mother. For when enough
reparation is made, then he will give to his Vicar on earth the grace to
Consecrate Russia to her Immaculate Heart, and then order begins to be
restored, as he has promised.
For the practice of that Devotion, do not miss
next week’s “Comments.”
Kyrie eleison.
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