Thank you, Fr. Mawdsley. It takes humility and courage to acknowledge one's errors. Your comments are very insightful. Prayers for you♥️🙏
@avecrux333
2 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most beautiful, informative and concise defenses of the historically significant work SSPX in the Catholic Church since it's founding that I've ever heard. Thank you, Father! Archbishop Lefebvre was a heroic and prophetic visionary who willingly took the most difficult path of being villainized by the entire Church and the world for doing his duty as a Bishop in the sight of God.
@danielhager2495
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Father for this video. Huge respect for your apology and the public correction of past mistakes.
@christopherbates1428
Жыл бұрын
God bless, & Mary keep you, Father!!!!
@Paulo_Sa_Pereira
Жыл бұрын
When you look for the Truth and don't settle for less
@RayNaraine
Жыл бұрын
What is this???!!!!??? A Priest demonstrating humility?!? It is such a rare site these days it is tantamount to seeing a unicorn! God bless you Father for showing me what a true servant Priest of our Lord looks like. Ave Maria. ¡Viva Cristo Rey!
@paulawarnes9951
2 жыл бұрын
I believe Archbishop Lefebvre will someday be canonized.
@annagreenmun1244
2 жыл бұрын
His canonization is way overdue.
@LUIS-ox1bv
2 жыл бұрын
When the Church returns to Her true Catholicity.
@E.C.2
2 жыл бұрын
Bishop Ngo Dihn Thuc helped keep Catholic tradition alive and he's the only 1 who traditionally Consecrated pre-Vatican 2 Ordained Priests.
@iesvschristvsrexregvm655
2 жыл бұрын
Santo subito!!!
@morningstarhomestead
2 жыл бұрын
@@E.C.2 Archbishop Lefebvre condemned Jim for his lack of orthodoxy and heretical beliefs
@tenneseetoo
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Father. You are ever an example to me in many things. May I now say, that I can add true humility to the good examples you model.
@bluschke52
2 жыл бұрын
I believe Archbishop Lefebvre is a saint. Thank you Father you are a blessing.
@floragreenfield4256
4 ай бұрын
St. Athanasius of our time.
@joanmaxime9716
4 ай бұрын
Abel of our time, a Christ-like man.
@rubenmartinez4346
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! We began going to the SSPX in 2018 and now my boy goes to their academy. God bless Marcel Lefebvre and the SSPX!
@rosariamcnierney7477
Жыл бұрын
Amazing! Praise Jesus Christ!
@michaelspeyrer1264
7 ай бұрын
stop putting your child in a stiutation to be exposed to schism. That's religous abuse.
@missmelanie73
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your humility! Archbishop Lefebvre is a hero who in my opinion saved the priesthood! He will be elevated to saint.
@tonytonyrondolone8820
2 жыл бұрын
You’re a good man father. Thank you for “transparency” and May Our+Lord Jesus+ continue to bless your ministry.
@judyhennick1707
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Father. That was music to my ears. And such a beautiful analogy you used in John staying at the Cross with Christ.
@christophere7426
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Fr. Mawdsley, for your enthusiasm for the true faith, for your clear explanations of the richness of the Church & it's traditions, and for your honesty. God bless you & all of your work now and into the future.
@psteven1458
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video and your humility. I loved your analogy of Archbishop Lefevre being like St John with Our Lady at the foot of the cross, very moving. I'm so grateful for the SSPX, God bless and keep up the good work.
@BrittPettibone
2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video. Thank you very much, Father.
@pamelapirrello1439
2 жыл бұрын
Father I recently started attending Latin mass. My first Latin mass was SSPX. Prior to that I always attended Novus Ordo mass because that is all I new. Believe it or not many Catholics are not aware of the Latin mass. It is thought of something that was long ago not any more. The truth is the Traditional Latin Mass is the True original Mass. It is all about Christ. Novus Ordo mass was started by a Free Mason. Novus Ordo was intended to take the focus off Christ in many ways.
@UserUnknown_333
Жыл бұрын
That is true, many do not know about the Latin Mass. During the COVID lockdown we moved from a NO parish ran by Dominicans that was as traditional as you could get to a TLM parish. When I talk to those back at the NO parish they think the TLM IS the NO Mass, just said in Latin! And when I invite them to the TLM, many seem afraid to leave behind what they've always known.
@marietta1335
Ай бұрын
@@UserUnknown_333 Please read Pope Benedict XVI's Summorum Pontificum dated 7/7/2007. It says that the Latin Rite has two forms: The Extraordinary Form with is the traditional Mass in Latin, and the Ordinary Form, which is the Novus Ordo. They are the same Roman Latin rite, in two different forms (or styles, if you please.)
@marriedkiwi
2 жыл бұрын
Also I was wrong. I was a founding member of ecclesia dei New Zealand and we naively tried to get access to Latin mass. We spent a lot of energy telling people NO! You do not go to SSPX..now I regard it as necessary, reasonable and proper
@ScriptureandTraditionFrJM
2 жыл бұрын
God bless you! And the SSPX. And God protect NZ (I think it is one of the two most beautiful countries in the world...)
@marietta1335
Ай бұрын
You were on the right track originally. Ecclesia Dei was a commission formed by Pope JPII to provide shelter to priests coming back to the Church after having been with the schismatic SSPX. How could you have left Ecclesia Dei for the non-Catholic SSPX? Pope Benedict XVI says the problem with SSPX is not discipline but doctrine. They reject Vatican II as a true council of the Church. Until SSPX reconizes and accepts Vatican II, consider it protestant.
@joelwren5718
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Father. I began attending an SSPX chapel about a year ago after the issuance of Traditiones Custodes. And it is encouraging to hear faithful priests articulate arguments in support of the SSPX.
@mjp1688
2 жыл бұрын
I, too, began attending an SSPX chapel a year ago when my parish was closed by Cdl Cupich with his "Renew My Church" plan. There were booming TLM parishes that I could have chosen, but after the publication of Traditiones Custodes, I realized that the priests of the SSPX were battle-hardened and would not bend the knee and abandon the Latin Mass. Sometimes in his homily, our Pastor reminds us to pray for the Pope since he is still the leader of the Church and needs our prayers.
@djq9332
2 жыл бұрын
@@mjp1688 @Joel Wren and I too. You were forgiven Father, as far as I'm concerned, a long time before today and who am I to judge anyone in any case. God bless you
@anthonypadua7427
2 жыл бұрын
@@mjp1688 A heretic is not a member of the Church, therefore a heretic cannot be the head of the Church. Francis is an anti-Pope.
@E.C.2
2 жыл бұрын
Resistance-SSPX is doing the pre-1951 Missal in some of their chapels. A true blessing would be the Thuc line,SSPV,and Resistance working together.
@sweetcaroline2060
Жыл бұрын
@@E.C.2 Have you researched the Thuc line? Fr. Hewko doesn't support it.
@josephseppe4473
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your courageous witness, Father! Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano and Bishop Athanasius Schneider have also concurred with your position. Oremus pro invicem cum Maria!
@traditionforever5038
2 жыл бұрын
Well said Fr. Mawdsley , you are a bright light in this dark world . GOD BLESS YOU !
@MsDormy
Жыл бұрын
Hear hear!
@ChristRisenAlleluia
2 жыл бұрын
Fr. Mawdsley, in Brittany's book she called you "the bravest priest I've ever met". But in these last two videos of yours, I see even more of your courage!
@theresagoldschmidt8740
2 жыл бұрын
SSPX offer beautiful, holy and reverent masses. Attending these masses for only a year has changed my life.
@johnfisher247
2 жыл бұрын
You have forgotten Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer. He also saw the problems in the Church. Many bishops, clergy also kept in touch with and supported the SSPX. If it had not been for the SSPX and the continuity within it, many Catholics would have lost their way. Pre 1988 the SSPX were one of the few clergy who administered the Sacraments in traditional form.
@robertweidner2480
2 жыл бұрын
I think in the future Marcel Lefebvre will be considered a Saint. Catholics in the future will look back on our time and say: When the Church went completely insane, one lone man stood up and said "No." Like St. Athanasius of Alexandria, Lefebvre contra mundum.
@chommie5350
2 жыл бұрын
Yes he is already .....
@E.C.2
2 жыл бұрын
So will Bishop Ngo Dihn Thuc.
@00fireball1
Жыл бұрын
Don’t forget the Lion of Campos! :)
@michaelspeyrer1264
7 ай бұрын
That's not going to happen. St. Anathansius was threatened with Excommunciation by the Pope because he was under derress. Would would make it invalid. Plus after the fact the Pope praised Athansius for his Holiness. Marcel on the other hand was warned by the Pope not to do what he did, had already been under disciplinary action for 10 years prior, disregarded that too, before finally being excommunciated for breaking the direct command of the Pope and breaking canon law. These are all grave sins of disobedience contrary to his vows. This man will never be canonized because he died unrepentant in a state of schism which is gravely sinful. The claim to the contary is pure fantasy dellusion.
@Thedisciplemike
2 ай бұрын
@@michaelspeyrer1264you don't know if he died unrepentant.
@medworakowski101
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Father. I needed this as a response to all those who are saying I should not be going to the SSPX. I have started attending since the Pope has put us into Limbo regarding the TLM and feel Blessed that I have an SSPX chapel near our home.
@jeffreykalb9752
2 жыл бұрын
Our SSPX chapel in Phoenix, AZ, is growing by leaps and bounds. It began with the Covid lockdowns, but continues today as the churches around us decompose.
@marietta1335
Ай бұрын
Good luck to them and may God have mercy on their souls. SSPX is not in communion with the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. Until it recognizes Vatican II, it not Catholic at all.
@HolyRedeemerElDorado
2 жыл бұрын
"Little Story Of My Long Life" recounts how even when the Archbishop was a seminarian a traditional professor of his was canceled by the powers that be. He saw and experienced the corruption of the hierarchy when he was a seminarian. And it is amazing that it came down to 3 seminarians who convinced him to preserve in not only transmitting the Mass but a traditional formation for priests.
@JessicaSteeleLive
2 жыл бұрын
Do you mind sharing who wrote that...I would like to read that.
@HolyRedeemerElDorado
2 жыл бұрын
@@JessicaSteeleLive It is a lovely little book by Archbishop Levebvre
@mariakotowski2419
5 ай бұрын
😢
@ingridlinbohm7682
2 жыл бұрын
I was confirmed by his grace Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1983. He had a difficult role to fulfil and fulfilled it to the best of his understanding and ability.
@nigelludkin-yoxall6845
Жыл бұрын
he confirmed me too in1986
@judithbereczky4114
Ай бұрын
"The best of his understanding and ability" ?
@rosezingleman5007
2 жыл бұрын
I pray I will continue to have access to the TLM. My parents did not (in their last years). I’m waiting for the shoe to drop in my diocese (Knoxville). I’m unable to travel very far….oh please Lord Jesus, preserve our Holy Mass and your priests !
@timthunell2685
2 жыл бұрын
Our descendents will venerate St. Marcel The Great, Bishop, Confessor and Doctor. Thank you Father for your humility and fortitude. May God bless you!
@MadMax31577
2 жыл бұрын
Bishop Schneider says the SSPX is fully Catholic and valid. Good enough for me.
@javaman8895
2 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@joemadden3795
2 жыл бұрын
Amen
@marietta1335
Жыл бұрын
But Pope Benedict XVI says it is not. And Pope Benedict's is the last word. from Pope Benedict XVI's Letter to Bishops of the Catholic Church, dated March 2009: "The fact that the Society of Saint Pius X does not possess a canonical status in the Church is not, in the end, based on disciplinary but on doctrinal reasons. As long as the Society does not have a canonical status in the Church, its ministers do not exercise legitimate ministries in the Church. There needs to be a distinction, then, between the disciplinary level, which deals with individuals as such, and the doctrinal level, at which ministry and institution are involved. In order to make this clear once again: Until the doctrinal questions are clarified, the Society has no canonical status in the Church, and its ministers - even though they have been freed of the ecclesiastical penalty - do not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church". www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/letters/2009/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_2009""0"310_remissione-scomunica.htm When you click the above link, you might land on an "error" page. Just click on the lower right hand corner and it will take you to the Benedict section of the Vatican website. The Benedictine official documents has a 2-page subsection on "Letters." Look for the one dated March 2009.
@marietta1335
4 ай бұрын
All the Popes from Paul VI to Francis (except JPI who died early in his pontificate) tell people not to attend SSPX because it is in schism. Below are quotes from the popes. Check them out. (I have capped some relevant words to make them easier to locate in quotes that appear too texty.) 1. Pope Paul VI's letter to Archbishop Lefebvre on the (schism) withdrawal of canonical recognition from the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) June 29, 1975: " … Our grief is even greater to note that the decision of the competent authority - although formulated very clearly, and fully justified, it may be said, by your refusal to modify your public and persistent opposition to the Second Vatican Council, to the post-conciliar reforms, and to the orientations to which the Pope himself is committed. " Finally, the conclusions which [the Commission of Cardinals] proposed to Us, We made all and each of them Ours, and We personally ordered that they be immediately put into force." Source: PAUL VI, "Lettre de S. S. Le Pape Paul VI a Mgr. Lefebvre," 29 June 1975, La Documentation Catholique, n. 1689, trans. in M. DAVIES, Apologia Pro Marcel Lefebvre, p. 113. 2. Pope St. John Paul II on SSPX schism in his Ecclesia Dei Adflicta, February 7, 1988: " In the present circumstances I wish especially to make an appeal both solemn and heartfelt, paternal and fraternal, to all those who until now have been linked in various ways to the movement of Archbishop Lefebvre, that they may fulfil the grave duty of remaining united to the Vicar of Christ in the unity of the Catholic Church, and of CEASING THEIR SUPPORT IN ANY WAY FOR THAT MOVEMENT. Everyone should be aware that formal ADHERENCE TO THE SCHISM IS A GRAVE OFFENCE AGAINST GOD and carries the penalty of excommunication decreed by the Church's law." www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/motu_proprio/documents/hf_jp-ii_motu-proprio_02071988_ecclesia-dei.html 3. Pope Benedict XVI in his Letter to the Bishops dated March 10, 2009:: "The fact that the Society of Saint Pius X does not possess a canonical status in the Church is not, in the end, based on disciplinary but on doctrinal reasons. As long as the Society does not have a canonical status in the Church, its ministers do not exercise legitimate ministries in the Church. "In order to make this clear once again: UNTIL THE DOCTRINAL QUESTIONS ARE CLARIFIED, THE SOCIETY HAS NO CANONICAL STATUS IN THE CHURCH, and its ministers - even though they have been freed of the ecclesiastical penalty - do not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church… "This will make it clear that the problems now to be addressed are essentially DOCTRINAL in nature and concern primarily THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL AND THE POST-CONCILIAR MAGISTERIUM OF THE POPES. "The Church’s teaching authority cannot be frozen in the year 1962 - this must be quite clear to the Society. www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/letters/2009/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_20090310_remissione-scomunica.html 4. Pope Francis did give SSPX the faculty to hear confessions legally and validly, because it does not contradict Canon Law. There have always been exceptional circumstances or instances of necessity in which the Church recognizes as valid and licit the reception of sacraments from priests who may be immoral, schismatic, irreligious, laicized, or even non-Catholic, provided their denominations have sacramental confessions. Canon 844 §2. Whenever necessity requires it or true spiritual advantage suggests it, and provided that danger of error or of indifferentism is avoided, the Christian faithful for whom it is physically or morally impossible to approach a Catholic minister are permitted to receive the sacraments of penance, Eucharist, and anointing of the sick from non-Catholic ministers in whose Churches these sacraments are valid. Canon 976 Even though a priest lacks the faculty to hear confessions, he absolves validly and licitly any penitents whatsoever in danger of death from any censures and sins, even if an approved priest is present. While Pope Francis' gesture of mercy shows an important precedent -- for the good of souls, the Church has the power to grant faculties even to priests who are not in good standing -- it is nevertheless NOT AN APPROVAL OF THEM - not an approval of SSPX, or their situation. 5. Pope Francis in his letter Misericordia et Misera, November 20, 2916: “For the pastoral benefit of these faithful (who attend churches officiated by the SSPX ) and trusting in the good will of their priests to strive with God’s HELP FOR THE RECOVERY OF FULL COMMUNION IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, I have personally decided to extend this faculty beyond the Jubilee Year, until further provisions are made, lest anyone be deprived of the sacramental sign of reconciliation through the Church’s pardon.” www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20161120_misericordia-et-misera.html Very clearly, Pope Francis' motu proprio shows there is still the need for SSPX “to recover full communion in the Catholic Church.” Therefore, Pope Benedict's statement on SSPX's non-canonical status in the Church still stands. 6. Pope Francis' letter, dated July 16, 2021, that accompanies Traditionis Custodes, specifically mentioning SSPX to be in "schism." Here's the 2nd paragraph, fully quoted: "Most people understand the motives that prompted St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI to allow the use of the Roman Missal, promulgated by St. Pius V and edited by St. John XXIII in 1962, for the Eucharistic Sacrifice. The faculty - granted by the indult of the Congregation for Divine Worship in 1984 and confirmed by St. John Paul II in the Motu Proprio Ecclesia Dei in 1988 - was above all MOTIVATED BY THE DESIRE TO FOSTER THE HEALING OF THE SCHISM WITH THE MOVEMENT OF MONS. LEFEBVRE. With the ecclesial intention of restoring the unity of the Church, the Bishops were thus asked to accept with generosity the “just aspirations” of the faithful who requested the use of that Missal." www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/motu_proprio/documents/20210716-motu-proprio-traditionis-custodes.html 7. About the SSPX faculty to officiate in Catholic weddings (Letter from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith dated March 27, 2017). It states that with the diocese's permission, an SSPX priest may officiate in a Catholic wedding but only if there is no diocesan or religious priest available, and the documents must be forwarded to the diocesan curia. It should be remembered, too, that in the sacrament of matrimony, the ministers are the couple themselves. A priest is only there to witness for the Church and receive the couple's consent. Other than those limited faculties, the sacraments of the SSPX, although valid, are not recognized by the Church because, as Pope Benedict XVI writes, the Society has no canonical status and no legitimate ministry in the Church. 8. Many people, including bishops, who say SSPX is not in schism or has reconciled with the Church, should be able to produce a document similar to Pope John Paul II's letter welcoming the SSPX in Campos, Brazil (now the Union of St. John Mary Vianney) into the fold, otherwise they should not be believed. Here's the link to Pope JPII letter: www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=4141 Thanks. God bless you.
@lm1275
4 ай бұрын
@@marietta1335 he's no different than Francis.
@robertryan2542
2 жыл бұрын
God bless you Fr, it takes a good man to acknowledge his mistake. There are tremendous men in all the Traditional orders, both FSSP and the SSPX. I met +Bhp Williamson recently, he is there in England with you. You would do well to meet this man for a chat. What a great pity he was put out of the Society. God is still using this great Bishop.
@JamesBond-qd5rc
2 жыл бұрын
How could one reach Bishop Williamson?
@granmabern5283
Жыл бұрын
I thought he left the Society out of pride. He was constantly disobeying and going against the Society. Years before the official separation someone asked me if I would stay SSPX or “ go with bishop Williamson”...😢
@helen451
3 ай бұрын
@@granmabern5283he was expelled he didn’t leave “out of pride.” He kept talking about controversial stuff and the higher ups didn’t like him doing that. I met Bishop Williamson in real life and he was one of the kindest most humble men ever.
@marietta1335
Ай бұрын
@@granmabern5283 If you are with the SSPX, you are disobedient to the Church. So what does it matter if Bishop Williamson disobeys SSPX when SSPX itself disobeys the Church, anyway? Ha-ha!
@fredbennett4956
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Father for your integrity. I'm an FSSP parishioner who is deeply grateful for Abp Lefebvre's heroic action in preserving the Mass. I have NO dbout that he will one day be recognized as the saintly hero I believe he was. Abp. Lefebvre - pray for us!
@auniversalwoman
Жыл бұрын
All FSSP should feel thankful to Archbishop Lefebvre... without him there would be no FSSPX for the FSSP to break off from. The only difference is FSSPX has Catholic bishops and FSSP has novus ordo bishops/ new world order bishops.
@robertbarnes9005
Жыл бұрын
@@auniversalwoman that is NOT the only difference. The FSSP are modernists who preach the new religion, submit to modernist bishops, fund modernist seminaries and claim V2 has no errors. Major differences.
@auniversalwoman
Жыл бұрын
@@robertbarnes9005 well... it's a major difference nonetheless... but not all fssp priests are knowingly preaching modernism... they just know they can't speak out against the Vatican II errors.
@robertbarnes9005
Жыл бұрын
@@auniversalwoman the FSSP proclaims modernism. As occurred recently when the society proclaimed its acceptance of TC and confirmed all its priests do so, along with all its terms. The FSSP is a tool of the modernist. It was created by JP2 with the mission to destroy the SSPX, and to this day it tries to do so.
@ScriptureandTraditionFrJM
Жыл бұрын
@ Robert Barnes The FSSP exist to adore God, feed His sheep, pass on Tradition. And they continue to do so. Yes it is a battlefield, and not every priest is the messiah -- not every priest is perfect, not every one of them manages to solve all the problems in the Church before breakfast. OK, no one on earth manages all this. And yes there is bad blood between some members of the FSSP and the FSSPX. They have their reasons. But no one is joining the Fraternity or the Society to make war on the other. I only know of priests who join either because they have Faith, because they want to serve God and souls through Tradition. It is fine for you to call out particular problems, but after 13 years in the Fraternity, I do not recognise at all the picture you paint of them. Francis is doing terrible evil and is trying to destroy Catholicism. So are many powerful prelates around him. This is difficult to say. It is much easier to criticise people lower down the hierarchy, blame them for it; blame our fathers because we are in pain. This is childish; it is not a sin. It is not the worst thing in the world to be childish. We have evil abusers in positions of power, and so the children -- frightened to face this -- fight among themselves, blame each other, because it is too terrible to face the reality that the one who has taken the place of their father is wicked. The FSSP is not part of the problem; they are much more part of the solution. Being imperfect does not mean you are the problem. Why not save your fire for the enemy instead of your neighbour?
@chatosoriano8644
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Fr for acknowledging the holy works of SSPX. During the pandemic, SSPX have shown the true meaning of being a good shepherd. They made sure that we the laymen are being fed with the spiritual food for our souls. Praise and thanks be to God for SSPX. Archbishop Marcel Lefevre, pray for us Amen🙏🙏🙏
@anthonypetrozzelli5429
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Father, for your video. If it wasn't for Arch Bishop Lefevre, there would be no TLM today. The SSPX has been persecuted and called schismatic, but they are holding true to the true Catholic traditions.
@AgentClaytonWebb
Жыл бұрын
I attend the Novus Ordo Mass because it is what’s being offered in my local area and during the times I can attend. I’m 37 yrs old, I came to the church through the RCIA program at 18 (my parents wouldn’t sign as they were non-believers)… I was brought into the church with the Novus Ordo (it’s all I’ve ever known) and while I realize I still attend mass and confession, I feel some guilt for not going to a traditional mass and it weighs on me more and more… please pray and have mercy on people like me.
@anthonymckinney9904
Жыл бұрын
You can see if there are other Rites in your area.
@marietta1335
4 ай бұрын
Agent - Tradition does not stop at 1962. If you want to know more about SSPX, check out what all the Popes say. Inspect the Church documents. All the Popes from Paul VI to Francis (except JPI who died early in his pontificate) tell people not to attend SSPX because it is in schism. Below are quotes from the popes. Check them out. (I have capped some relevant words to make them easier to locate in quotes that appear too texty.) 1. Pope Paul VI's letter to Archbishop Lefebvre on the (schism) withdrawal of canonical recognition from the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) June 29, 1975: " … Our grief is even greater to note that the decision of the competent authority - although formulated very clearly, and fully justified, it may be said, by your refusal to modify your public and persistent opposition to the Second Vatican Council, to the post-conciliar reforms, and to the orientations to which the Pope himself is committed. " Finally, the conclusions which [the Commission of Cardinals] proposed to Us, We made all and each of them Ours, and We personally ordered that they be immediately put into force." Source: PAUL VI, "Lettre de S. S. Le Pape Paul VI a Mgr. Lefebvre," 29 June 1975, La Documentation Catholique, n. 1689, trans. in M. DAVIES, Apologia Pro Marcel Lefebvre, p. 113. 2. Pope St. John Paul II on SSPX schism in his Ecclesia Dei Adflicta, February 7, 1988: " In the present circumstances I wish especially to make an appeal both solemn and heartfelt, paternal and fraternal, to all those who until now have been linked in various ways to the movement of Archbishop Lefebvre, that they may fulfil the grave duty of remaining united to the Vicar of Christ in the unity of the Catholic Church, and of CEASING THEIR SUPPORT IN ANY WAY FOR THAT MOVEMENT. Everyone should be aware that formal ADHERENCE TO THE SCHISM IS A GRAVE OFFENCE AGAINST GOD and carries the penalty of excommunication decreed by the Church's law." www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/motu_proprio/documents/hf_jp-ii_motu-proprio_02071988_ecclesia-dei.html 3. Pope Benedict XVI in his Letter to the Bishops dated March 10, 2009:: "The fact that the Society of Saint Pius X does not possess a canonical status in the Church is not, in the end, based on disciplinary but on doctrinal reasons. As long as the Society does not have a canonical status in the Church, its ministers do not exercise legitimate ministries in the Church. "In order to make this clear once again: UNTIL THE DOCTRINAL QUESTIONS ARE CLARIFIED, THE SOCIETY HAS NO CANONICAL STATUS IN THE CHURCH, and its ministers - even though they have been freed of the ecclesiastical penalty - do not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church… "This will make it clear that the problems now to be addressed are essentially DOCTRINAL in nature and concern primarily THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL AND THE POST-CONCILIAR MAGISTERIUM OF THE POPES. "The Church’s teaching authority cannot be frozen in the year 1962 - this must be quite clear to the Society. www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/letters/2009/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_20090310_remissione-scomunica.html 4. Pope Francis did give SSPX the faculty to hear confessions legally and validly, because it does not contradict Canon Law. There have always been exceptional circumstances or instances of necessity in which the Church recognizes as valid and licit the reception of sacraments from priests who may be immoral, schismatic, irreligious, laicized, or even non-Catholic, provided their denominations have sacramental confessions. Canon 844 §2. Whenever necessity requires it or true spiritual advantage suggests it, and provided that danger of error or of indifferentism is avoided, the Christian faithful for whom it is physically or morally impossible to approach a Catholic minister are permitted to receive the sacraments of penance, Eucharist, and anointing of the sick from non-Catholic ministers in whose Churches these sacraments are valid. Canon 976 Even though a priest lacks the faculty to hear confessions, he absolves validly and licitly any penitents whatsoever in danger of death from any censures and sins, even if an approved priest is present. While Pope Francis' gesture of mercy shows an important precedent -- for the good of souls, the Church has the power to grant faculties even to priests who are not in good standing -- it is nevertheless NOT AN APPROVAL OF THEM - not an approval of SSPX, or their situation. 5. Pope Francis in his letter Misericordia et Misera, November 20, 2916: “For the pastoral benefit of these faithful (who attend churches officiated by the SSPX ) and trusting in the good will of their priests to strive with God’s HELP FOR THE RECOVERY OF FULL COMMUNION IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, I have personally decided to extend this faculty beyond the Jubilee Year, until further provisions are made, lest anyone be deprived of the sacramental sign of reconciliation through the Church’s pardon.” www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20161120_misericordia-et-misera.html Very clearly, Pope Francis' motu proprio shows there is still the need for SSPX “to recover full communion in the Catholic Church.” Therefore, Pope Benedict's statement on SSPX's non-canonical status in the Church still stands. 6. Pope Francis' letter, dated July 16, 2021, that accompanies Traditionis Custodes, specifically mentioning SSPX to be in "schism." Here's the 2nd paragraph, fully quoted: "Most people understand the motives that prompted St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI to allow the use of the Roman Missal, promulgated by St. Pius V and edited by St. John XXIII in 1962, for the Eucharistic Sacrifice. The faculty - granted by the indult of the Congregation for Divine Worship in 1984 and confirmed by St. John Paul II in the Motu Proprio Ecclesia Dei in 1988 - was above all MOTIVATED BY THE DESIRE TO FOSTER THE HEALING OF THE SCHISM WITH THE MOVEMENT OF MONS. LEFEBVRE. With the ecclesial intention of restoring the unity of the Church, the Bishops were thus asked to accept with generosity the “just aspirations” of the faithful who requested the use of that Missal." www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/motu_proprio/documents/20210716-motu-proprio-traditionis-custodes.html 7. About the SSPX faculty to officiate in Catholic weddings (Letter from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith dated March 27, 2017). It states that with the diocese's permission, an SSPX priest may officiate in a Catholic wedding but only if there is no diocesan or religious priest available, and the documents must be forwarded to the diocesan curia. It should be remembered, too, that in the sacrament of matrimony, the ministers are the couple themselves. A priest is only there to witness for the Church and receive the couple's consent. Other than those limited faculties, the sacraments of the SSPX, although valid, are not recognized by the Church because, as Pope Benedict XVI writes, the Society has no canonical status and no legitimate ministry in the Church. 8. Many people, including bishops, who say SSPX is not in schism or has reconciled with the Church, should be able to produce a document similar to Pope John Paul II's letter welcoming the SSPX in Campos, Brazil (now the Union of St. John Mary Vianney) into the fold, otherwise they should not be believed. Here's the link to Pope JPII letter: www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=4141 Thanks. God bless you.
@judithbereczky4114
Ай бұрын
Do NO churches offer confessions. Already 20 years ago, in my area, you had to make appointment to be able to get confession. I can imagine what they do today, probably no confessions any more. This is a farce.
@marietta1335
Ай бұрын
Please read Pope Benedict XVI's "Summorum Pontificum," dated 7/7/2007. It tells you that there are two forms (styles) of the Roman Rite: the Extraordinary Form (now known as the TLM) and the Ordinary Form (the Novus Ordo.) They are the same Roman Latin Mass in two different forms. The TLM is the special form while the NO is the normative form. So the Novus Ordo is an authentic and approved form of the Mass of the Church. No need to feel guilty of attending just the NO. But if you do choose to go to the TLM, make sure to go to a legitimate and approved Latin Mass. There are many Latin Masses out there that are not in full communion with the Church because they do not accept Vatican II as a legitimate Church council. They are the schismatics (otherwise called "protestants," because they protest against Vatican II.) Among them are the SSPX and various sedevacantists who do not recognize the pope and does not mention his name in the "una cum" part of the Canon of the Mass because they are not Catholics. The SSPX does mention the pope's name, but they don't accept Vatican II, so they have no legitimate ministry within the Church, except Confession (which faculty is also given to any denomination with confession in their churches, such as the Anglican and Lutherans to be used in case of emergency.) God bless you.
@JEspin2024
2 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful analogy about Mgr Lefebvre and St. John being at the foot of the Cross.
@comercializacioncomerciali8800
Жыл бұрын
🥰🥰🥰
@ajmeier8114
Жыл бұрын
Except that the analogy doesn't hold water. Disobeying his superior is not akin to kneeling under the cross with Mary. It is the exact opposite! And disparaging a valid Mass is an afront to God
@ScriptureandTraditionFrJM
Жыл бұрын
What about when the superior wants you to ignore / keep silence about abuse?
@ajmeier8114
Жыл бұрын
@@ScriptureandTraditionFrJM How is that relevant? Was his superior asking him to ignore abuse?
@ScriptureandTraditionFrJM
Жыл бұрын
@@ajmeier8114 Because the blanket notion that one must always obey a superior is false. There are boundaries. These are given, in part, by the purpose that a superior has the authority in the first place. When those with authority abandon Jesus, we are not supposed to follow them. So when they expect or instruct us to abandon Tradition, we refuse. The novus ordo is an abandonment of Tradition. Tradition and Scripture are sources of Revelation, they are of God, with man's co-operation. They are greater than the papacy. Therefore the pope has no authority to require us to give up on God's Revelation. Archbishop Lefebvre was not disobedient. He was true, faithful, to God. If you look narrowly at a pope saying "Do not consecrate" and him consecrating, you likely will not get it. If you take the 2,000 year view, you might get it.
@robfrank1130
2 жыл бұрын
Superb video. Thank you.
@attrition71
2 жыл бұрын
Youre a gift to us, Father. I love your insight
@marylewis1864
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Fr.Mawdsley. This is a view I have slowly come around to myself, especially in the past year. I attend the TLM every day with the ICKSP. However if the SSPX were the only option,I'd have no hesitation in attending their Masses.
@AnimaChristisalvame
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your humility Father. You are a great example to all of us!
@jackieforestieri3010
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this podcast! When the pandemic lockdown occurred, I’d already been attending an SSPX chapel for a while, so I just continued to attend. It was weird because there was NO ONE on the roads at that time, we were told only travel for essential reasons, but I thought what’s more essential than the Mass and the sacraments? SSPX never considered closing down, and THAT was essential to my sanity!
@JeepGuy3
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, it's great that the SSPX are finally getting their due.
@debbieramsey8933
2 жыл бұрын
Three Hail Marys for this humble priest!
@TheAmosTree
2 жыл бұрын
It’s inevitable the church will return to tradition. Just like the Arian crisis which lasted a century we are 60 years into the Novus Ordo and already the tides are turning for the better but we have some severe persecution to go through before victory
@giovannamaloney2220
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you ! Very encouraging - I am praying. 🙏
@Mike-pf1ru
2 жыл бұрын
The other possibility is that we are in the end times!
@TheAmosTree
2 жыл бұрын
@@Mike-pf1ru We are in the end times. At least the beginning of those times. We are living through parts of the book of revelation and Daniel right now
@Mike-pf1ru
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheAmosTree It certainly appears to be the most probable explanation, but I'm not going to plant my flag on that hill just yet. I believe its a doctrine of the Church that prophecy is not completely understood until it is fulfilled. But I am ready and watching, as our Lord commands in Matthew 25.
@TheAmosTree
2 жыл бұрын
@@Mike-pf1ru I agree. I think people forget to watch. Many pray but not as many watch. Jesus let us know what to look out for.
@kevinleclerc9632
2 жыл бұрын
Amen Father !!!!! Ave Maria !!!!!
@evelyneteske3368
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Father, many of us needed to hear you say that! God bless you so much.
@Safe-and-effective
2 жыл бұрын
It takes courage to do this, father. The Church's mission SHOULD be to pass on what they received in an unbroken line, which is why what is happening now is so tragic. Thank you for your clear words.
@marietta1335
Ай бұрын
Sadly, SSPX broke away from the Church, thus breaking the "unbroken line."
@Safe-and-effective
Ай бұрын
@@marietta1335 See you at the mayan ritual, completely in line with the Church in 2024. Stop deceiving yourself. You have no argument.
@marietta1335
26 күн бұрын
@@Safe-and-effective Attacking your opponent does not win a debate. It's called "ad hominem"' and a fallacy in logic. It shows you have nothing to say. Sorry.
@francoisegregyi233
2 жыл бұрын
Cain offered the "fruits of the earth and the work of man" (the words of the new "offertory"). Abel offered the spotless lamb from his flock (the TLM). That's why Cain (the novus ordo clergymen) killed Abel (the vetus ordo clergymen).
@marietta1335
Жыл бұрын
The words of the NO Offertory were personally crafted by Pope Paul VI. He was Pope, not you.
@stthomasmore4811
2 жыл бұрын
Fr. Mawdsley, THANK YOU! I have been praying for you specifically on this. Heaven rejoices and the faithful are overjoyed. Our Lady knows Her own!
@autobotsNdecepticons
2 жыл бұрын
This stuff has also been a question on my mind. I have heard arguments on both sides and I just don't know enough about it to make a judgment myself, but Malachi Martin praised Lefebvre in some interviews I listened to recently, and it turned out he was right about the problems in the church he described (though I had no clue he was doing so at the time, as I never heard of him until last year), etc., so with all the other things I've read and heard in the past year and a half, I got the impression Lefebvre was one of those people who was wrongly persecuted.
@chommie5350
2 жыл бұрын
Lefebvre is a saint compared to evil Bergoglio
@margaretbingham468
2 жыл бұрын
Awe, God’ Bless you Father… I go to Latin Mass, I couldn’t tell you if it’s sspx or any other alphabet letter, I just know that it’s the Holy Sacrifice Of The Mass of my childhood, and, it’s there that I feel truly at home with God’ and His Church’ “The One True Holy Catholic Apostolic Church” “The Holy Mass Of The Age’s 🇮🇪🙏🏻✝️⛪️🕊🇻🇦 PAX
@ScriptureandTraditionFrJM
2 жыл бұрын
Right! I think that is what God expects of the faithful. An instinct for Him rather than a canon law degree and expertise in ecclesiology. It is important that priests have an idea of these, and laity so far as they are talented for it. But it cannot be the criterion of salvation. I look up to medieval peasants who I am sure would cut quickly through our knots and arguments, having an eye for the good, the true and the beautiful. The true Mass is meant to be recognisable: by the rites and regularity and the company and the demeanour of the priest and his homilies. I have not thought about this reply. Maybe it has a fatal flaw. But imagine how normal people of centuries ago would deal with the woke agenda. They would cut right through it. So also some of the complications which endless laws create. OK, I might be multiplying fatal flaws... but thanks for your refreshing comment.
@margaretbingham468
2 жыл бұрын
@@ScriptureandTraditionFrJM you're very welcome Father, I remembered after I commented, it's the 1962 missile, I was born in Belfast in the north of Ireland in 1963, I remember when my family and I were forced to leave our home and become refugees during the war because of our faith in the 1970's, I remember thinking to myself when I attended "mass" in the south of Ireland, "this must be how they do The Holy Sacrifice Of The Mass down here, (I didn't know any different) about what was going on in The Vatican, I just thought to myself, this must be how the collaborate Holy Mass down here.... I know different now, from not feeling at home for years until I found myself back home at, The Holy Sacrifice Of The Mass in Dublin. I pray to God' and His Blessed Mother, everyone finds their way back to The Mass Of The Ages, The Traditional Latin Mass. May God' continue to Bless, Guide and Protect you Father, Amen 🙏 PAX🕊️✝️⛪🇻🇦☘️🇮🇪
@jojackson1573
Жыл бұрын
@@ScriptureandTraditionFrJM now that's an entertaining thought ...how would the medieval folks deal with the woke crowd and their " logic " 😜
@livingpurgatory3
2 жыл бұрын
Fr Malachi Martin's interviews with Bernard Jensen are quite eye opening. He had access to info we can't even imagine. He was pro SSPX Thank you for your work Fr. God bless 🥰💖🙏
@jasminemahmoudi6777
Жыл бұрын
God bless you father.♥️ I'm from Poland and here FSSPX is growing so fast,many diocesan priests joined FSSPX , especially in 2 last years,and many new chapels were open ...We have also many vocations to priesthood,this year 9 young men entered seminary in Zaitzkofen and 3 will be brothers.Deo gratias!🇵🇱🥰
@fidefidelis4912
Жыл бұрын
Council of Trent, at Sess. 23, canon 7, says that those who aren't sent by the ecclesiastical and canonical Authority of the Church aren't legitimate. It is de fide, without exception. But now, only a Pope is an canonical Authority, only him can give bishops a mission. Since neither Abp. Lefebvre, nor the SSPX clerics received a canonical mission to consecrate bishops, and to say Masses, the attendance to SSPX Masses doesn't fulfill the Dominican Duty, so attending their Masses is a sin when one attends as he would attend the Sunday at his legitimate parish. So it is bad that these clerics joined SSPX instead of institutes with canonical power, because without canonical mission, the ministers are sending themselves and leading people astray.
@XavierIsraelMatamoros
Жыл бұрын
@@fidefidelis4912 What don't you understand about "state of emergency"? Your pope is a fraud, and not even Christian.
@granmabern5283
Жыл бұрын
Thankyou for the great news out of Poland! Deo Gratias!🎉❤
@judithbereczky4114
Ай бұрын
@@fidefidelis4912 You have no idea. Read Bishop Schneider about this topic.
@marietta1335
Ай бұрын
@@fidefidelis4912 Exactly! SSPX is in schism and has no legitimate ministry in the Church. All popes from Paul VI to Francis say so. SSPX is like protestant. It protested the Second Vatican Council as a legitimate council of the Church, they are not in full communion with the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. No matter how beautiful and valid their Mass is, it's not legal. Thank you for your excellent post. God bless you.
@marcelw6045
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for covering this so honestly. I’ve been attending SSPX and wonder about its legitimacy. And then I just heard recently that Lefebrve had dismissed 8 priests from his own group for being too traditional who recognized the incompatibility of any of the old rites with the new, even those of the 1962 Missal.
@jojackson1573
Жыл бұрын
I started going to the SSPX , in reaction after " Pachamama" ... even though priests I knew forbade it ... Then during lockdown I saw how they " rebelled " against the edicts to close .. They held Masses behind locked doors and even suffered a police raid in Scotland ... But for them I would never have received the sacraments... And then my mam was offered the sacraments , the only priests to offer ! You have only to go into a novus ordo church , and then one of their chapels to see the difference in reverence to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.. 🙏🙏🙏
@pilate3944
2 жыл бұрын
God bless you for humble apology, Father. You are truly a holy priest. Pray for me a sinner.
@Matias-op3nv
2 жыл бұрын
I know that there are several priests from the Fraternity of St. Peter as well as local diocesan priests who covertly sympathize with the SSPX position. How do I know this? SSPX priests have told me - they say that they’re in regular contact with some of these priests - especially after what happened with mass restrictions because of COVID.
@annagreenmun1244
2 жыл бұрын
Dear Father JM, Thank you for the bravery you have exhibited in your apology to the TLM orders mentioned. I have attended FSSP for as long as they have been in my city and celebrated with them in Rome on their 20th anniversary. Count Neri Caponi years ago encouraged us to go to any TLM we could find.
@Xavier-jh8qy
2 жыл бұрын
Gob bless you for your humility and honesty...Fr Mawdsley.
@livingpurgatory3
2 жыл бұрын
In recent interviews, Bishop Williamson said, today knowing what we know, Archbishop Lefebvre would most likely used the missal from the 50s
@CatholicTraditional
Жыл бұрын
The ‘62 Missal was mandated in 1983 to keep the Sedes out. Since many diocesan-approved TLMs have been using the pre-‘55 Holy Week in recent years, I wouldn’t be surprised if the SSPX goes back to it.
@livingpurgatory3
Жыл бұрын
@@CatholicTraditional would be nice. Would be nice to keep with Quo Primum
@ScriptureandTraditionFrJM
Жыл бұрын
Amen! That’s comes up in tomorrow’s video.
@livingpurgatory3
Жыл бұрын
@@ScriptureandTraditionFrJM cool. Thx For. God bless you and yours 🙏📿🛐🐂
@rickybaker42
4 ай бұрын
I’m not sure the Archbishop would have gone with the older missal. I think he very much cared about recognizing any legitimate changes to the missal, even if he would personally prefer the older one.
@JamesBond-qd5rc
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Father! In 2017 I began attending SSPX masses offered to the faithful at their beautiful Seminary in Dillwyn Virginia and have been so blessed by doing so. Thank you for your courage to speak well of the SSPX when so many do not. I have enjoyed listening to several of your talks.
@jakec947
2 жыл бұрын
Anyone can attend? Not just seminarians?
@JamesBond-qd5rc
2 жыл бұрын
@@jakec947 Yes, anyone can.
@jakec947
2 жыл бұрын
@@JamesBond-qd5rc I live about two hours from the seminary. I’ll have to make the trip. Thanks.
@JamesBond-qd5rc
2 жыл бұрын
@@jakec947 You will love it!
@littlerock5256
2 жыл бұрын
What do you make of two popes, JPII and Francis, saying the SSPX is in schism?
@cosmic4037
2 жыл бұрын
A French Archbishop who was cancelled for adhering to the traditional faith.
@auniversalwoman
Жыл бұрын
I think it would be nice if FSSP would stop doing and supporting Novus Ordo errors. We can't be afraid to criticize that. I don't like how they cowtoe to the propagation of 'Divine Mercy' a several times banned devotion that was brought back after Vatican II...
@phyllisryan4181
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Father for posting your change of mind about the SSPX. When I first discovered you, I scanned your KZitem history & listened to previous videos. I came across one you posted when you expressed your concerns. I was disappointed bec I respect both you & the SSPX. I believe when the nonsense ends, archbishop Lefebvre will be declared a saint. Tks again. God bless you! 🙏🏻😇💝
@marietta1335
4 ай бұрын
Lefebvre died excommunicated. BTW, if you want to know the official stand of SSPX with the Church, check what the Popes say. All the Popes from Paul VI to Francis (except JPI who died early in his pontificate) tell people not to attend SSPX because it is in schism. Below are quotes from the popes. Check them out. (I have capped some relevant words to make them easier to locate in quotes that appear too texty.) 1. Pope Paul VI's letter to Archbishop Lefebvre on the (schism) withdrawal of canonical recognition from the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) June 29, 1975: " … Our grief is even greater to note that the decision of the competent authority - although formulated very clearly, and fully justified, it may be said, by your refusal to modify your public and persistent opposition to the Second Vatican Council, to the post-conciliar reforms, and to the orientations to which the Pope himself is committed. " Finally, the conclusions which [the Commission of Cardinals] proposed to Us, We made all and each of them Ours, and We personally ordered that they be immediately put into force." Source: PAUL VI, "Lettre de S. S. Le Pape Paul VI a Mgr. Lefebvre," 29 June 1975, La Documentation Catholique, n. 1689, trans. in M. DAVIES, Apologia Pro Marcel Lefebvre, p. 113. 2. Pope St. John Paul II on SSPX schism in his Ecclesia Dei Adflicta, February 7, 1988: " In the present circumstances I wish especially to make an appeal both solemn and heartfelt, paternal and fraternal, to all those who until now have been linked in various ways to the movement of Archbishop Lefebvre, that they may fulfil the grave duty of remaining united to the Vicar of Christ in the unity of the Catholic Church, and of CEASING THEIR SUPPORT IN ANY WAY FOR THAT MOVEMENT. Everyone should be aware that formal ADHERENCE TO THE SCHISM IS A GRAVE OFFENCE AGAINST GOD and carries the penalty of excommunication decreed by the Church's law." www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/motu_proprio/documents/hf_jp-ii_motu-proprio_02071988_ecclesia-dei.html 3. Pope Benedict XVI in his Letter to the Bishops dated March 10, 2009:: "The fact that the Society of Saint Pius X does not possess a canonical status in the Church is not, in the end, based on disciplinary but on doctrinal reasons. As long as the Society does not have a canonical status in the Church, its ministers do not exercise legitimate ministries in the Church. "In order to make this clear once again: UNTIL THE DOCTRINAL QUESTIONS ARE CLARIFIED, THE SOCIETY HAS NO CANONICAL STATUS IN THE CHURCH, and its ministers - even though they have been freed of the ecclesiastical penalty - do not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church… "This will make it clear that the problems now to be addressed are essentially DOCTRINAL in nature and concern primarily THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL AND THE POST-CONCILIAR MAGISTERIUM OF THE POPES. "The Church’s teaching authority cannot be frozen in the year 1962 - this must be quite clear to the Society. www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/letters/2009/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_20090310_remissione-scomunica.html 4. Pope Francis did give SSPX the faculty to hear confessions legally and validly, because it does not contradict Canon Law. There have always been exceptional circumstances or instances of necessity in which the Church recognizes as valid and licit the reception of sacraments from priests who may be immoral, schismatic, irreligious, laicized, or even non-Catholic, provided their denominations have sacramental confessions. Canon 844 §2. Whenever necessity requires it or true spiritual advantage suggests it, and provided that danger of error or of indifferentism is avoided, the Christian faithful for whom it is physically or morally impossible to approach a Catholic minister are permitted to receive the sacraments of penance, Eucharist, and anointing of the sick from non-Catholic ministers in whose Churches these sacraments are valid. Canon 976 Even though a priest lacks the faculty to hear confessions, he absolves validly and licitly any penitents whatsoever in danger of death from any censures and sins, even if an approved priest is present. While Pope Francis' gesture of mercy shows an important precedent -- for the good of souls, the Church has the power to grant faculties even to priests who are not in good standing -- it is nevertheless NOT AN APPROVAL OF THEM - not an approval of SSPX, or their situation. 5. Pope Francis in his letter Misericordia et Misera, November 20, 2916: “For the pastoral benefit of these faithful (who attend churches officiated by the SSPX ) and trusting in the good will of their priests to strive with God’s HELP FOR THE RECOVERY OF FULL COMMUNION IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, I have personally decided to extend this faculty beyond the Jubilee Year, until further provisions are made, lest anyone be deprived of the sacramental sign of reconciliation through the Church’s pardon.” www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20161120_misericordia-et-misera.html Very clearly, Pope Francis' motu proprio shows there is still the need for SSPX “to recover full communion in the Catholic Church.” Therefore, Pope Benedict's statement on SSPX's non-canonical status in the Church still stands. 6. Pope Francis' letter, dated July 16, 2021, that accompanies Traditionis Custodes, specifically mentioning SSPX to be in "schism." Here's the 2nd paragraph, fully quoted: "Most people understand the motives that prompted St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI to allow the use of the Roman Missal, promulgated by St. Pius V and edited by St. John XXIII in 1962, for the Eucharistic Sacrifice. The faculty - granted by the indult of the Congregation for Divine Worship in 1984 and confirmed by St. John Paul II in the Motu Proprio Ecclesia Dei in 1988 - was above all MOTIVATED BY THE DESIRE TO FOSTER THE HEALING OF THE SCHISM WITH THE MOVEMENT OF MONS. LEFEBVRE. With the ecclesial intention of restoring the unity of the Church, the Bishops were thus asked to accept with generosity the “just aspirations” of the faithful who requested the use of that Missal." www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/motu_proprio/documents/20210716-motu-proprio-traditionis-custodes.html 7. About the SSPX faculty to officiate in Catholic weddings (Letter from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith dated March 27, 2017). It states that with the diocese's permission, an SSPX priest may officiate in a Catholic wedding but only if there is no diocesan or religious priest available, and the documents must be forwarded to the diocesan curia. It should be remembered, too, that in the sacrament of matrimony, the ministers are the couple themselves. A priest is only there to witness for the Church and receive the couple's consent. Other than those limited faculties, the sacraments of the SSPX, although valid, are not recognized by the Church because, as Pope Benedict XVI writes, the Society has no canonical status and no legitimate ministry in the Church. 8. Many people, including bishops, who say SSPX is not in schism or has reconciled with the Church, should be able to produce a document similar to Pope John Paul II's letter welcoming the SSPX in Campos, Brazil (now the Union of St. John Mary Vianney) into the fold, otherwise they should not be believed. Here's the link to Pope JPII letter: www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=4141 Thanks. God bless you.
@mab1564
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, Father!! 🙏
@PrometheanKitchen96
Жыл бұрын
I only started going to an SSPX church about 2 months ago and I'm very grateful for it even though I had my skepticism too because before the lockdowns I probably never would have, however, my opinion about them has completely changed
@kristinafinley2394
2 жыл бұрын
Father, the SSPX awaits you with open arms. They really need more priests and can't pump them out fast enough to meet demand.
@E.C.2
Жыл бұрын
Massive problem is the 3 Society Bishops are not trad Rite conditionally Ordaining Novus Ordo clerics. Tragic!
@kristinafinley2394
Жыл бұрын
@@E.C.2 I don't understand what you are trying to say...
@E.C.2
Жыл бұрын
@@kristinafinley2394 The 3 Sspx Bishops no longer conditionally Ordain novus ordo "Priests."
@rickybaker42
4 ай бұрын
Actually, as an sspx attendee, I think it is incredibly important that Father keeps doing his work within the fssp. I think both camps need more of this kind of conversation and I’m not sure just switching camps is going to necessarily help resolve the impasse between the two. We’re in desperate need of more unity and need to see each other as teammates, not enemies. We simply cannot continue attacking each other, or advising our parishioners to avoid the other group. We’re both fighting tooth and nail to save souls, and if we can start to recognize the incredible work both are doing, we will start to admire and respect each other. God bless you Father and please pray for me.
@angelahancock7916
7 ай бұрын
My family started attending our local SSPX chapel at the beginning of Advent in 2019. We live in a diocese that has one TLM a month locally, and after a couple of years of attending that and a lot of research we took the plunge and started attending the Society. For years we had moved to various parishes through the northwestern US - in Idaho, northern CA, eastern Oregon, and the Reno, Nevada area - and we were always dissatisfied. But we didn’t know about Tradition. There is a stark difference in both the Mass and the parishes themselves. We will never go back. It would truly be a detriment to our salvation as well as our children’s. We are so incredibly grateful for the SSPX.
@veronicav575
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video, Father. Your humility is encouraging and beautiful. I will share this for sure!
@teresaoftheandes6279
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Father. My experience was the same as far as only knowing the Novus Ordo then finding the TLM. This helped me because although I have gone to SSPX Masses, I have found myself struggling with the idea of joining a community of nuns that I feel strongly attracted to who are in a country where they are not able to have the Mass in their chapel except for when the SSPX priests say it for them when they are able. I cannot come up with any reason to convince myself that it's not the will of God to write to these nuns.
@rosariamcnierney7477
Жыл бұрын
God bless you, Father. Thank you for this act of humility and reparation.
@SteveSwags
2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video, Father. I'm a lifelong SSPX member and have had to defend them since the Episcopal Consecrations of June 1988. The biggest evidence that I've found, that proves to me the guidance of the Holy Ghost, is that a "state of emergency" (such as Archbishop Lefebvre referenced in his desire to consecrate replacement bishops) was allowed by the 1983 Code of Canon Law. If the old 1917 Code of Canon Law was still in effect, that provision was not allowed and Archbishop Lefebvre would have been automatically excommunicated for not having Pope John Paul II's permission. To this day, I have full confidence that the Holy Ghost guided Rome with how the 1983 CoCL was developed and instituted, knowing that it would be the salvation of Tradition. God bless you, Father.
@anthonypadua7427
2 жыл бұрын
The 1983 code is an abomination which teaches that non-Catholics can be given Holy Communion
@sayat_nova
2 жыл бұрын
very interesting, thank you for sharing. the archbishop’s referring to the “state of emergency” had piqued my interest when first learning about the history of the SSPX, although i am sorry to admit i did not research further at the time. the fact that such action was only sanctioned by canon law following the 1983 code is quite compelling! i pray that God continue to bless those true defenders of his church. there are so many voices out there now that the crisis has become so clear - priests and laypeople who now claim to be working on the same goal of defending the Church through Her tradition, so it is not always obvious to the faithful who is really behind the curtain, so to speak. i have been searching in earnest for some time now, trying to separate wheat from chaff, to find the authentic catholic position and proper stance on the current crisis, who act out of that love for God and the faith rather than the vanity of all the rest, and i must say i do believe that the SSPX is where such men are to be found.
@littlerock5256
2 жыл бұрын
Steve: "If the old 1917 Code of Canon Law was still in effect..Archbishop Lefebvre would have been automatically excommunicated for not having Pope John Paul II's permission." Automatic excommunication for this exact reason is in the 1983 Code of Canon Law: Can. 1382 A bishop who consecrates some one a bishop without a pontifical mandate and the person who receives the consecration from him incur a latae sententiae excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See.
@SteveSwags
2 жыл бұрын
@@littlerock5256 Can. 1323 The following are not subject to a penalty when they have violated a law or precept: 4/ a person who acted coerced by grave fear, even if only relatively grave, or due to necessity or grave inconvenience unless the act is intrinsically evil or tends to the harm of souls; Can. 1324 §1. The perpetrator of a violation is not exempt from a penalty, but the penalty established by law or precept must be tempered or a penance employed in its place if the delict was committed: 1/ by a person who had only the imperfect use of reason; 5/ by a person who was coerced by grave fear, even if only relatively grave, or due to necessity or grave inconvenience if the delict is intrinsically evil or tends to the harm of souls;
@littlerock5256
2 жыл бұрын
@@SteveSwags The pope is the custodian of and final arbitrator of canon law. JPII did not apply the canons you cite to Lefebvre, he applied Can. 1382 , which automatically excommunicated Lefebvre and which JPII affirmed. JPII had also communicated twice with Lefebvre beforehand, once the day prior to the consecrations, warning him that if he went ahead it would be a schismatic act. Lefebve's determination of canon law does not trump that of the pope. JPII declared Lefebvre both excommunicated and in schism, and that is completely in the power of a pope to do and no one can override it. "Rome has spoken, the case is closed." --St.Augustine of Hippo
@JimmyDevere
2 жыл бұрын
Dear Fr. JM, I too was raised NO and fell away from the Church. I attended NO Catholic K-12 and many if not most of my classmates have fallen away. I came back to the Church through Tradition and two FSSP priests, Fr. Joseph Terra and Fr. Kenneth Walker. If it was not for those two priests and the 6:30 PM daily Masses and Confession they offered I probably would not be here today. It was a small chapel in a crime ridden area of Phoenix. Because of their sacrifice (Fr. Walker was killed in the rectory in 2014) I was able to fulfill God's plan for me and realize my late marriage vocation. I was 43 when I was married and now am blessed with four Catholic children. I pray in thanksgiving for your priestly vocation and sacrifice. I personally believe Archbishop Lefebvre is one of the greatest and most important men in the past several hundred years.
@joanmorris3505
2 жыл бұрын
deo gratias
@marietta1335
Жыл бұрын
FSSP and FSSPX are not the same thing. FSSP is legitimate; FSSPX (or SSPX) is not. According to Pope Benedict XVI, SSPX has no legitimate ministry in the Church. From Pope Benedict XVI's Letter to Bishops of the Catholic Church, dated March 2009: "The fact that the Society of Saint Pius X does not possess a canonical status in the Church is not, in the end, based on disciplinary but on doctrinal reasons. As long as the Society does not have a canonical status in the Church, its ministers do not exercise legitimate ministries in the Church. There needs to be a distinction, then, between the disciplinary level, which deals with individuals as such, and the doctrinal level, at which ministry and institution are involved. In order to make this clear once again: Until the doctrinal questions are clarified, the Society has no canonical status in the Church, and its ministers - even though they have been freed of the ecclesiastical penalty - do not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church". www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/letters/2009/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_2009""0"310_remissione-scomunica.htm When you click the above link, you might land on an "error" page. Just click on the lower right hand corner and it will take you to the Benedict section of the Vatican website. The Benedictine official documents has a 2-page subsection on "Letters." Look for the one dated March 2009.
@marietta1335
4 ай бұрын
Jimmy, Stick with the FSSP. They're kosher. But the SSPX is schismatic. Don't go there. All the Popes from Paul VI to Francis (except JPI who died early in his pontificate) tell people not to attend SSPX because it is in schism. Below are quotes from the popes. Check them out. (I have capped some relevant words to make them easier to locate in quotes that appear too texty.) 1. Pope Paul VI's letter to Archbishop Lefebvre on the (schism) withdrawal of canonical recognition from the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) June 29, 1975: " … Our grief is even greater to note that the decision of the competent authority - although formulated very clearly, and fully justified, it may be said, by your refusal to modify your public and persistent opposition to the Second Vatican Council, to the post-conciliar reforms, and to the orientations to which the Pope himself is committed. " Finally, the conclusions which [the Commission of Cardinals] proposed to Us, We made all and each of them Ours, and We personally ordered that they be immediately put into force." Source: PAUL VI, "Lettre de S. S. Le Pape Paul VI a Mgr. Lefebvre," 29 June 1975, La Documentation Catholique, n. 1689, trans. in M. DAVIES, Apologia Pro Marcel Lefebvre, p. 113. 2. Pope St. John Paul II on SSPX schism in his Ecclesia Dei Adflicta, February 7, 1988: " In the present circumstances I wish especially to make an appeal both solemn and heartfelt, paternal and fraternal, to all those who until now have been linked in various ways to the movement of Archbishop Lefebvre, that they may fulfil the grave duty of remaining united to the Vicar of Christ in the unity of the Catholic Church, and of CEASING THEIR SUPPORT IN ANY WAY FOR THAT MOVEMENT. Everyone should be aware that formal ADHERENCE TO THE SCHISM IS A GRAVE OFFENCE AGAINST GOD and carries the penalty of excommunication decreed by the Church's law." www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/motu_proprio/documents/hf_jp-ii_motu-proprio_02071988_ecclesia-dei.html 3. Pope Benedict XVI in his Letter to the Bishops dated March 10, 2009:: "The fact that the Society of Saint Pius X does not possess a canonical status in the Church is not, in the end, based on disciplinary but on doctrinal reasons. As long as the Society does not have a canonical status in the Church, its ministers do not exercise legitimate ministries in the Church. "In order to make this clear once again: UNTIL THE DOCTRINAL QUESTIONS ARE CLARIFIED, THE SOCIETY HAS NO CANONICAL STATUS IN THE CHURCH, and its ministers - even though they have been freed of the ecclesiastical penalty - do not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church… "This will make it clear that the problems now to be addressed are essentially DOCTRINAL in nature and concern primarily THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL AND THE POST-CONCILIAR MAGISTERIUM OF THE POPES. "The Church’s teaching authority cannot be frozen in the year 1962 - this must be quite clear to the Society. www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/letters/2009/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_20090310_remissione-scomunica.html 4. Pope Francis did give SSPX the faculty to hear confessions legally and validly, because it does not contradict Canon Law. There have always been exceptional circumstances or instances of necessity in which the Church recognizes as valid and licit the reception of sacraments from priests who may be immoral, schismatic, irreligious, laicized, or even non-Catholic, provided their denominations have sacramental confessions. Canon 844 §2. Whenever necessity requires it or true spiritual advantage suggests it, and provided that danger of error or of indifferentism is avoided, the Christian faithful for whom it is physically or morally impossible to approach a Catholic minister are permitted to receive the sacraments of penance, Eucharist, and anointing of the sick from non-Catholic ministers in whose Churches these sacraments are valid. Canon 976 Even though a priest lacks the faculty to hear confessions, he absolves validly and licitly any penitents whatsoever in danger of death from any censures and sins, even if an approved priest is present. While Pope Francis' gesture of mercy shows an important precedent -- for the good of souls, the Church has the power to grant faculties even to priests who are not in good standing -- it is nevertheless NOT AN APPROVAL OF THEM - not an approval of SSPX, or their situation. 5. Pope Francis in his letter Misericordia et Misera, November 20, 2916: “For the pastoral benefit of these faithful (who attend churches officiated by the SSPX ) and trusting in the good will of their priests to strive with God’s HELP FOR THE RECOVERY OF FULL COMMUNION IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, I have personally decided to extend this faculty beyond the Jubilee Year, until further provisions are made, lest anyone be deprived of the sacramental sign of reconciliation through the Church’s pardon.” www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20161120_misericordia-et-misera.html Very clearly, Pope Francis' motu proprio shows there is still the need for SSPX “to recover full communion in the Catholic Church.” Therefore, Pope Benedict's statement on SSPX's non-canonical status in the Church still stands. 6. Pope Francis' letter, dated July 16, 2021, that accompanies Traditionis Custodes, specifically mentioning SSPX to be in "schism." Here's the 2nd paragraph, fully quoted: "Most people understand the motives that prompted St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI to allow the use of the Roman Missal, promulgated by St. Pius V and edited by St. John XXIII in 1962, for the Eucharistic Sacrifice. The faculty - granted by the indult of the Congregation for Divine Worship in 1984 and confirmed by St. John Paul II in the Motu Proprio Ecclesia Dei in 1988 - was above all MOTIVATED BY THE DESIRE TO FOSTER THE HEALING OF THE SCHISM WITH THE MOVEMENT OF MONS. LEFEBVRE. With the ecclesial intention of restoring the unity of the Church, the Bishops were thus asked to accept with generosity the “just aspirations” of the faithful who requested the use of that Missal." www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/motu_proprio/documents/20210716-motu-proprio-traditionis-custodes.html 7. About the SSPX faculty to officiate in Catholic weddings (Letter from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith dated March 27, 2017). It states that with the diocese's permission, an SSPX priest may officiate in a Catholic wedding but only if there is no diocesan or religious priest available, and the documents must be forwarded to the diocesan curia. It should be remembered, too, that in the sacrament of matrimony, the ministers are the couple themselves. A priest is only there to witness for the Church and receive the couple's consent. Other than those limited faculties, the sacraments of the SSPX, although valid, are not recognized by the Church because, as Pope Benedict XVI writes, the Society has no canonical status and no legitimate ministry in the Church. 8. Many people, including bishops, who say SSPX is not in schism or has reconciled with the Church, should be able to produce a document similar to Pope John Paul II's letter welcoming the SSPX in Campos, Brazil (now the Union of St. John Mary Vianney) into the fold, otherwise they should not be believed. Here's the link to Pope JPII letter: www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=4141 Thanks. God bless you.
@thetruth-bf6je
2 жыл бұрын
God bless you Father from Ireland🙏☘️
@awaldron7743
Жыл бұрын
Lefebvre will be a saint. SSPX will turn out to have saved the church. An excellent statement.
@mariateresa9965
2 жыл бұрын
🌹🙏Deo Gratias!Ave Maria!🌹🌹🌹🙏
@kathleencurran7805
Жыл бұрын
The Holy Mass is the hob of civilisation
@daniellelajoie1285
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@annemariebabich745
2 жыл бұрын
I agree totally with you Father. Lefebvre was a saint.
@terrymcdonnell9206
Жыл бұрын
Ones concern about the SSPX is not about what they are doing, have done, past and present. No my main concern is about the unanswered questions around the legitimacy of His ordination to the priesthood and His consecration of Archbishop Lefebvre by his Bishop and Cardinal mentor. This must be answered by the Church. God Bless Archbishop Lefebvre.
@MMC-jp1gl
2 жыл бұрын
God bless you for your humility and openness to truth:+) Keep following that path, I know I've been on it awhile. It's bumpy at times but pure and worth the hardships:+) God bless~
@benitaponciano412
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Father! Thank GOD for Arcbishop Lefebvre! AVE MARIA!
@anthonypadua7427
2 жыл бұрын
It seems you were “ordained” with the FSSP in 2016. Now you know the truth about the “bishops” they use for “ordinations”, have you been conditionally ordained?
@ScriptureandTraditionFrJM
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I was ordained in 2016 by Archbishop Guido Pozzo. I do not doubt he is a bishop, and therefore I do not doubt I am a priest. In the previous video I said the changes to the 1968 rite for episcopal consecration are disastrous. The new rite, by what it asks of God, limits the graces conveyed in comparison to the traditional rite. And I think it misdirects the bishop away from sanctifying and toward simply ruling. Worse, there are grave questions to be answered about its validity, and whatever the answer to that (which I do not have the information to judge), I hope the Church decides never, ever to allow her ancient rites to be messed around with again as they have been from the 1950s onwards. In the meantime, although these questions are serious, I am not going to doubt the validity of orders of almost all the bishops of the world and priests, simply because there's a lack of information about the 1968 rites. I think it has to be looked into, but there is no cause to fear the worst. Hope this makes sense.
@anthonypadua7427
2 жыл бұрын
@@ScriptureandTraditionFrJM Also, you stated: "Worse, there are grave questions to be answered about its validity, and whatever the answer to that"... this suggests you have doubts about the validity of the new rite. How then can you "not doubt" that Pozzo is a bishop, when you appear to have doubts about the validity of the new rite he was consecrated in?
@karinabrucker2297
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Fr. Mawdsley, God bless you for your truth and courage. My heart is so saddened for the abbey to which I belong for the way they embrace Bergolio and Vatican II. Their NM Mass, lovely as it is, cannot come close to the reverence of the TLM. Their hearts are closed but I pray for them constantly, my extended family whom I love dearly. I love Jesus so much more and the wonderful Mass He gave us. Never knew for 55 years that Latin Mass existed. Then came COVID, many rebirths and the greatest gift was coming home to our beautiful Latin Mass. I loved every word of truth you spoke. Thank you for your holiness.
@marietta1335
4 ай бұрын
All the Popes from Paul VI to Francis (except JPI who died early in his pontificate) tell people not to attend SSPX because it is in schism. Below are quotes from the popes. Check them out. (I have capped some relevant words to make them easier to locate in quotes that appear too texty.) 1. Pope Paul VI's letter to Archbishop Lefebvre on the (schism) withdrawal of canonical recognition from the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) June 29, 1975: " … Our grief is even greater to note that the decision of the competent authority - although formulated very clearly, and fully justified, it may be said, by your refusal to modify your public and persistent opposition to the Second Vatican Council, to the post-conciliar reforms, and to the orientations to which the Pope himself is committed. " Finally, the conclusions which [the Commission of Cardinals] proposed to Us, We made all and each of them Ours, and We personally ordered that they be immediately put into force." Source: PAUL VI, "Lettre de S. S. Le Pape Paul VI a Mgr. Lefebvre," 29 June 1975, La Documentation Catholique, n. 1689, trans. in M. DAVIES, Apologia Pro Marcel Lefebvre, p. 113. 2. Pope St. John Paul II on SSPX schism in his Ecclesia Dei Adflicta, February 7, 1988: " In the present circumstances I wish especially to make an appeal both solemn and heartfelt, paternal and fraternal, to all those who until now have been linked in various ways to the movement of Archbishop Lefebvre, that they may fulfil the grave duty of remaining united to the Vicar of Christ in the unity of the Catholic Church, and of CEASING THEIR SUPPORT IN ANY WAY FOR THAT MOVEMENT. Everyone should be aware that formal ADHERENCE TO THE SCHISM IS A GRAVE OFFENCE AGAINST GOD and carries the penalty of excommunication decreed by the Church's law." www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/motu_proprio/documents/hf_jp-ii_motu-proprio_02071988_ecclesia-dei.html 3. Pope Benedict XVI in his Letter to the Bishops dated March 10, 2009:: "The fact that the Society of Saint Pius X does not possess a canonical status in the Church is not, in the end, based on disciplinary but on doctrinal reasons. As long as the Society does not have a canonical status in the Church, its ministers do not exercise legitimate ministries in the Church. "In order to make this clear once again: UNTIL THE DOCTRINAL QUESTIONS ARE CLARIFIED, THE SOCIETY HAS NO CANONICAL STATUS IN THE CHURCH, and its ministers - even though they have been freed of the ecclesiastical penalty - do not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church… "This will make it clear that the problems now to be addressed are essentially DOCTRINAL in nature and concern primarily THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL AND THE POST-CONCILIAR MAGISTERIUM OF THE POPES. "The Church’s teaching authority cannot be frozen in the year 1962 - this must be quite clear to the Society. www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/letters/2009/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_20090310_remissione-scomunica.html 4. Pope Francis did give SSPX the faculty to hear confessions legally and validly, because it does not contradict Canon Law. There have always been exceptional circumstances or instances of necessity in which the Church recognizes as valid and licit the reception of sacraments from priests who may be immoral, schismatic, irreligious, laicized, or even non-Catholic, provided their denominations have sacramental confessions. Canon 844 §2. Whenever necessity requires it or true spiritual advantage suggests it, and provided that danger of error or of indifferentism is avoided, the Christian faithful for whom it is physically or morally impossible to approach a Catholic minister are permitted to receive the sacraments of penance, Eucharist, and anointing of the sick from non-Catholic ministers in whose Churches these sacraments are valid. Canon 976 Even though a priest lacks the faculty to hear confessions, he absolves validly and licitly any penitents whatsoever in danger of death from any censures and sins, even if an approved priest is present. While Pope Francis' gesture of mercy shows an important precedent -- for the good of souls, the Church has the power to grant faculties even to priests who are not in good standing -- it is nevertheless NOT AN APPROVAL OF THEM - not an approval of SSPX, or their situation. 5. Pope Francis in his letter Misericordia et Misera, November 20, 2916: “For the pastoral benefit of these faithful (who attend churches officiated by the SSPX ) and trusting in the good will of their priests to strive with God’s HELP FOR THE RECOVERY OF FULL COMMUNION IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, I have personally decided to extend this faculty beyond the Jubilee Year, until further provisions are made, lest anyone be deprived of the sacramental sign of reconciliation through the Church’s pardon.” www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20161120_misericordia-et-misera.html Very clearly, Pope Francis' motu proprio shows there is still the need for SSPX “to recover full communion in the Catholic Church.” Therefore, Pope Benedict's statement on SSPX's non-canonical status in the Church still stands. 6. Pope Francis' letter, dated July 16, 2021, that accompanies Traditionis Custodes, specifically mentioning SSPX to be in "schism." Here's the 2nd paragraph, fully quoted: "Most people understand the motives that prompted St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI to allow the use of the Roman Missal, promulgated by St. Pius V and edited by St. John XXIII in 1962, for the Eucharistic Sacrifice. The faculty - granted by the indult of the Congregation for Divine Worship in 1984 and confirmed by St. John Paul II in the Motu Proprio Ecclesia Dei in 1988 - was above all MOTIVATED BY THE DESIRE TO FOSTER THE HEALING OF THE SCHISM WITH THE MOVEMENT OF MONS. LEFEBVRE. With the ecclesial intention of restoring the unity of the Church, the Bishops were thus asked to accept with generosity the “just aspirations” of the faithful who requested the use of that Missal." www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/motu_proprio/documents/20210716-motu-proprio-traditionis-custodes.html 7. About the SSPX faculty to officiate in Catholic weddings (Letter from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith dated March 27, 2017). It states that with the diocese's permission, an SSPX priest may officiate in a Catholic wedding but only if there is no diocesan or religious priest available, and the documents must be forwarded to the diocesan curia. It should be remembered, too, that in the sacrament of matrimony, the ministers are the couple themselves. A priest is only there to witness for the Church and receive the couple's consent. Other than those limited faculties, the sacraments of the SSPX, although valid, are not recognized by the Church because, as Pope Benedict XVI writes, the Society has no canonical status and no legitimate ministry in the Church. 8. Many people, including bishops, who say SSPX is not in schism or has reconciled with the Church, should be able to produce a document similar to Pope John Paul II's letter welcoming the SSPX in Campos, Brazil (now the Union of St. John Mary Vianney) into the fold, otherwise they should not be believed. Here's the link to Pope JPII letter: www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=4141 Thanks. God bless you.
@tradcatpat2385
2 жыл бұрын
God bless you, Father. And we thank you.
@anastasiae7392
Жыл бұрын
I can't thank God enough for leading me in the pandemic to the true Mass. My prayer at the time was how could the church place the state above the Holy Eucharist , and shut the church doors and deny us of the Holy Eucharist which everything is about...especially on day's of obligation? The last timeI checked, that was a mortal sin. I'm adding my comment as I have just buried my husband and firmly believe God would not have lead me here. I believe wholeheartedly that the Holy Ghost is our strength and we just need to listen and obey God's calling. Thank you for this video Fr. Really appreciate it ❤
@lexreport6627
6 ай бұрын
Thank you Fr. Mawdsley. Once again your heroic character is on display
@truthspeaker9334
2 жыл бұрын
First sspx Mass today was as if I left a circus(novus ordo) and went to the heavens🤔
@cleophusA
2 жыл бұрын
It takes great character and humility to admit fault publicly. Thank you, Father, for stepping forward and admitting your mistake so that many more people will feel free to access the Mass of the Ages from the SSPX. I wish we had an SSPX Chapel near me here in North Alabama. The nearest one I can find is nearly 2 hours away, and the nearest Tridentine Mass is almost an hour and a half away, with its future being in serious doubt. If anyone here knows of a Latin Mass near Florence, Alabama, please let me know.
@E.C.2
Жыл бұрын
St.Benedict Lacey Springs,Alabama Holy Mass every Sunday
@sofiahaavisto1506
2 жыл бұрын
God bless you father, 🙏🙏🙏🙏
@larrywethington5936
Жыл бұрын
So he mentions the priests being forbidden to do what they have a right to do. If the priests continue for the good of souls, they are operating under what the Church calls, Supplied Jurisdiction " which is legitimate in times of crisis. Canon Law.
@Insightful_Inquiries
10 ай бұрын
Thank you for making this much more clear! God bless! +---------+---------+ 🌹“Pray the Rosary every day, in order to obtain Peace in the world..” ~Our Lady’s Words at Fatima May 13th, 1917🌹 -As always, Repent & believe in the Gospel! God Bless! +---------+---------+
@charliewebb4330
Жыл бұрын
Archbishop lefebvre is one of the greatest saints of our time
@Travis1365
2 жыл бұрын
Thankyou Father. Christ is our King, his Mother is our Holy Queen. Thanks be to God for our Catholic Faith. Jesus, have mercy on me a sinner.
@truthspeaker9334
2 жыл бұрын
First Sunday to sspx, night and day to novus ordo😃what do Rome expect faithful catholics to do😂😂
@marcokite
Жыл бұрын
well said Father!
@stevenrubio85
25 күн бұрын
SSPX and sedevacantism is not the answer. Coptic/Eastern Orthodoxy is the answer look into it. Christs Church is very much alive and thriving.
@drangeldeguzman68
Жыл бұрын
The church looks like the all metal church in San Sebastian in the Archdiocese of Manila
@larrywethington5936
Жыл бұрын
As one good lady said, many holy saints grew up with the old Mass. Not only that, but read The Bull Quo Primum by Pope St. Pius V where he gives priests for all time, in perpetuity, to say the traditional Mass, and says no Superior may ever forbid them. So Paul VI was in error, and now Pope Francis is trying to destroy it! It's an unjust order and the clergy do not have to comply. Furthermore, Pope Pius V said if anyone should contravene this order of ours, ( Pope Paul VI and Pope Francis), " let them know they have incurred the wrath of Almighty God, and the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul."
@sunny2shoes
2 жыл бұрын
God bless you Fr..
@pascendi88
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Father. Your virtues of humility & fortitude shine threw. From evil God can bring out even good. I started attending TLM only at start of Covid after the evil measures brought on by the state & the hierarchy of the Church when they closed down churches & deprived us of sacraments.
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