The
“new” SSPX apparently considers Opus
Dei
to be part of Catholic Tradition. In its News
from Tradition
feature, the Angelus
Magazine reports that Pope Francis appointed an Opus
Dei
lay member to a Vatican communication job.note
You
will search this Angelus
article in vain for anything even remotely resembling Catholic
Tradition. There is not even the shallowest Traditional Catholic
“buzzword”. The truth is that Opus
Dei
is a thoroughly
conciliar
group which promotes the new mass, as well as Pope Francis’s
Lutheran ecumenism (in October 2016, in Lund, Sweden), and countless
other conciliar evils.note
The
Angelus
Magazine’s News
from Tradition feature
includes a second article, about some Italian conciliar Benedictines
who are brewing beer to finance the repair of their historic
buildings.note
note
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Because
the monks say the new mass too, they must be only nostalgic for the
Traditional Mass and don’t hold the real Traditional Catholic
principle that the
new mass is inherently evil,
as Traditional Catholics do. In other words, those monks have the
same indult mentality as the “new” SSPX. The “new” SSPX leaders say kind things about the new mass and
sometimes attend it. See,
e.g., SSPX quotes and
the links back to SSPX sources.
Therefore, those SSPX leaders cannot be against the new mass in
principle but only prefer
the Traditional Mass. This is an indult mentality. Recently,
the N-SSPX placed a doubtfully-ordained “priest” (from the
conciliar church) in charge of its school in Ridgefield,
Connecticut. See the SSPX quotes and the links back to SSPX
publications.
In a widely-published article, this “priest” describes his
preference for the old mass instead of the new mass, by comparison
to some people’s preference for “Classic” Coke instead of
“New” Coke. Id.
This “priest” is a poster
child for the “new”
SSPX’s indult mentality.note
When the “new” SSPX uses its deceptive slogan “Preserving Catholic Tradition,” we see that the “new” SSPX really means a watered-down so-called “tradition” which is broad enough to include even conciliar monks and Opus Dei.
HomeHaving Abandoned Real Catholic Tradition, What Can the “New” SSPX do to Retain Its Followers?Archbishop Lefebvre built the SSPX to adhere to uncompromising Catholic Tradition but the SSPX has now abandoned this purpose. What can the SSPX do now to avoid losing its followers, as often happens to groups which abandon their founding purpose? Here are two deceptive strategies the SSPX is using:
The
SSPX has replaced adherence to Archbishop Lefebvre’s principlesnote
The “new” SSPX continually uses slogans such as “Preserving Catholic Tradition,” because the “new” SSPX fears that its followers will wake up if it does not continually repeat such slogans. These slogans put to sleep those “new” SSPX followers who derive a soothing feeling of wellbeing from hearing the buzzword “tradition”. However, thinking men see that the SSPX really means a watered-down “tradition” which is broad enough to include conciliar monks and the liberal Opus Dei.
A truthful man does not need to keep saying “I’m telling the truth”, just like the “old” SSPX did not need to continually say it was “Preserving Catholic Tradition.” By contrast, a lying politician continually declares that he is telling the truth, just like the “new” SSPX continually declares it is “Preserving Catholic Tradition.”