Is it true Fr Lavery is traveling to Reading to personally confront Bp Sanborn to ensure His Excellency finally (!) understands where he’s wrong and Fr Lavery is right? I would PAY to see that.
Fr Lavery doesn’t take well to having his assumptions questioned or his research corrected that makes of his argument nothing but noise. All his “research” leads to - NOTHING.
All this posturing and “proof” of their position - and still no action by an imperfect general council. Again - what’s keeping them from acting? Surely, Gammareli would appreciate the business!
In Massachusetts, the day a child is born, Dad must unload his handgun and lock the ammo away separately every time he leaves the bedroom to take a piss. “For child safety.”
But, the day before that, Mom can call Dr. Roto Rooter to brutally dismember the kid.
Imagine having your every word scrutinized for “errors” and, instead of going to you directly and privately, this person - a coward who works best when there is no immediate interaction - gives others a chance to pile on without your even being aware you’ve been attacked?
Will Bp Pivarunas reel in Fr Lavery? He has no power over the sycophants who follow him and hang on Fr Lavery’s every word, but he does as his Religious Superior. My guess is that he rather likes Fr Lavery doing this work, to take attention away from his own deficiencies.
Yes, you’ve told us over and over that the Thesis is “against the Faith”, and you’re now upset that we won’t listen to you. Why should we? You aren’t the Church. You have no authority. You have an X account. So - why should your opinion matter?
Since the opponents of the Thesis, which they believe goes “against the Faith”, don’t believe proponents of it are even Catholic, why should there be any engagement?
Dear Opponents of The Thesis:
We really don’t care what you think about it, since it begins from the calumnious premise that it is “against the Faith” and is absurdly compared to the SSPX “R & R” position simply to paint it in an unflattering light.
Regards, Other Catholics
You’d expect more humility and discipline from a traditional religious, but when you are Bp Pivarunas’ attack dog, the more time spent online and in “research” is preferable to time spent in prayer.
If Fr Lavery thought Bp Sanborn was in error, why didn’t he approach him privately? Why the big display on X? Well, it’s probably because he wouldn’t last 5 minutes in a one on one with Bp Sanborn.
In these most unprecedented times ever experienced by the Church, and the complete absence of ordinary jurisdiction and the distribution of faculties, how does Fr Lavery dare to hear confessions if not, essentially, by virtue of his ordination?
Since Fr Lavery (as well as his adoring and obliging coterie) presumes bad faith on the part of Bp Sanborn and the clergy associated with him, we must assume that these are the positions of his Superor, Bp Pivarunas, and that he encourages such arrogance in his clergy.
Fr Lavery presumes to “correct” Bp Sanborn on a point taken out of context (corroborated with a brief, select clip), as well as other issues, and is not a good reflection on the CMRI or Fr Lavery. I would trust Bp Sanborn’s scholarship over Fr Lavery’s “research” every time.