Parental vigilance and leadership are both exceedingly important for the family’s salvation, especially while the Church and the New-SSPX are in crisis.
Parents, keep in mind you are always setting an example—good or bad—and forming your children 24/7, even without a conscious effort, whether you know it or not. Some parents take a position they think is “foolproof” that accepts leaning left and soft on Modernism, following the lead of the N-SSPX whom they assume knows best. Big mistake!
This same ill-advised position was the excuse parents most often used in the 1960s and ’70s (Post-Vatican II) to avoid taking action necessary to save their Faith. This position of inaction put them in a lukewarm status ... and you know what our Lord thinks about that! With that position, 99% lost their Faith, as those parents continually drifted further left without realizing it.
Meanwhile, the children learn that accepting a leaning left and softness-on-Modernism is acceptable because it was their family’s norm: “Mom and Dad were okay with that”. This fact will register in their minds for life, when challenged later on, with their Faith on the line. So if you are aware of a crisis in the N-SSPX and if you’re not in the Resistance now, you are failing your children.
By contrast, children will also remember their parents who would not tolerate any liberalism or Modernism under any circumstances. At your Particular Judgment, for which parental stance would you like to be accountable for? I know which one I would. A strong family position against liberalism is an important subject to be discussed in a family meeting. Besides, children—deep down—appreciate leadership with unyielding principles.
In the l960s and ’70s, parents took what they thought was a safe and foolproof position (viz., following their parish priests ... who led them into the VC II changes). Big mistake! They realized too late they had moved so far to the left that they did not recover their Catholic Faith for themselves and their children. Besides, the easy life of the new conciliar church was too much to give up, for the structured traditional Catholic life of the past.
Of course it is always prudent to make sure your family has access to the Sacraments. But with that end in mind, it is extremely important to ask yourself: at what price?
After Vatican II, many Catholic families made a great mistake of accepting the Faith-destroying changes and new conciliar Sacraments (which offend God and are of questionable validity). They didn’t want to be in that uncertain and inconvenient world of the “catacombs”, as well as exposing themselves to harsh criticism from family and friends, for a traditional stance. I see the same type of ill-advised decisions made by families still in the N-SSPX, viz., accepting liberalism creeping in all around, but not yet so obvious in their parish ... so they assure themselves that “it’s all right” to tolerate it—regardless of the bad example they set for their children (which will manifest itself in their children’s future decisions regarding the Faith).
They delay action (i.e., leaving the “new” SSPX) on the false assumption that it’s better to accept some liberalism rather than be without easy access to Mass and the Sacraments. This is following the devil’s plan of subtle, slow spiritual death while falsely believing they’re retaining the traditional Catholic Faith for their children.
Japanese Catholics kept the Faith for almost 300 years without priests and the Sacraments. God rewards with extra graces those faithful who stand up and fight for the traditional Catholic Faith when it is under attack and they are unable to practice it openly. By contrast, when Catholics accept a little liberalism, they leave the battlefield and the Fight for Christ the King. I believe that He responds by withholding His grace. He sternly warns:
I would thou wert cold or hot. But because thou art lukewarm [i.e., accepting some liberalism], and neither cold not hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth.
Apocalypse 3:15-16.
Pay attention to what is going on in your family and in the N-SSPX preparing for the coming deal. It’s been delayed for some time in order to liberalize their members and avoid as many defections as possible.
Parents, you must make the difficult decision to stay or to leave the N-SSPX before it is too late. Ensure the salvation of your family and join the battle, when you join the Resistance!