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[Michael J. Matt @Michael_J_Matt]

Michael Davies on the SSPX, Sunday Obligation, and the New Mass

Honestly, I’m looking forward to Thursday when the armchair canon lawyers will be able to get some rest. It’s not that I don’t admire their courage to speak in the absence of knowledge. It’s just that since they’re rehashing talking points from a half-century ago, it’s hard to take it seriously.

Case in point: Some dear heart was clutching her pearls yesterday on Facebook over a SSPX priest who had allegedly claimed that Catholics are not obligated to attend the Novus Ordo. This was the slam-dunk final straw against the SSPX.

But when I saw that, I immediately recalled Michael Davies and canon lawyer Count Neri Capponi making the same point a long time ago.

In those years, Michael and I traveled together pretty extensively and, as money was tight, we would room together while guiding large groups of pilgrims to holy places in Europe. That provided ample opportunities to burn the midnight oil, arguing the hot button issues of the day, including and especially the SSPX.

And now all those old arguments are coming up again, as though what will happen in Econe on July 1 is something unprecedented and new. It’s not. So why all the online drama when nothing is going to change on Wednesday except for the names and faces of the new SSPX bishops? I have no idea.

Bottom line, Archbishop Lefebvre consecrated bishops without papal mandate for the first time in 1988, when all the mic-drop arguments on the Internet today were brand-new. This has happened before, and we all survived. In fact, we did more than just survive. That history-changing event in 1988 caused an explosion of “abrogated” Latin Masses all over the world, half of which were approved by the Vatican and local bishops. Nobody ever saw that coming. So, if by their fruits we will know them, well God bless Archbishop Lefebvre.

And now it is going to happen again. Breathe and unite the clans.

[Francisco Pier 方勇信 @thatchindian]

@nytimes @TheAthletic Ragebait. Ignore.

[Common Sense Todd @CommonSenseTodd]

@nytimes @TheAthletic The WNBA isn’t even basketball anymore.

It’s just a voyeuristic orgy of petty black women assaulting a white woman for “stealing our game.”

[Vince Langman @LangmanVince]

@nytimes @TheAthletic Because the WNBA is pure trash!

[My moms caregiver @mymomcare]

Referee Angelica Suffren watched as Caitlin Clark was assaulted and did nothing. Where is her punishment?

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

This is our George Floyd

[Francisco Pier 方勇信 @thatchindian]

@DanielDTTW 🤷‍♂️

[Astro @Thomisticae]

You can't blame the SSPX without equally blaming the people in charge of the Church in Rome for this absolute mess we're in.

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[BFM News @NewsBFM]

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[Calder Claydon 🦔 @claydon_calder]

Interestingly, Bishop Richard Williamson, after the 1988 Consecrations, actually had his arms formally granted unto him by the College of Arms in London.

I was told by a current Officer of Arms that, when the College of Arms received the request, knowing of the canonical irregularity of the Society, they wrote to the Apostolic Nunciature, who agreed that Bishop Williamson could be granted the arms of a Catholic priest, but requested that he not be granted the arms of a Catholic bishop.

[Francisco Pier 方勇信 @thatchindian]

@Back2Byzantium Yes

[Francisco Pier 方勇信 @thatchindian]

@percivalian_ For real?

[Francisco Pier 方勇信 @thatchindian]

hmmm

[nil @dhvanil]

@Pontifex umm...

[Francisco Pier 方勇信 @thatchindian]

@ThomasDominus2 Looking at +Hannapier's slogan and getting "Worthy is the Lamb" flashbacks. Prots have really worn this out in their P&W songs.

[Dr Taylor Marshall™️ @TaylorRMarshall]

Dear Vatican,

Would you please stop ordaining and protecting child molesters as bishops and priests?

Sincerely,
The Catholic Laity

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Lee Kuan Yew was a genius

[Francisco Pier 方勇信 @thatchindian]

Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions! What could possibly go wrong? ⚡️

[NewsWire @NewsWire_US]

U.S., Russia and China Are Integrating AI into Nuclear Early Warning Systems

[Francisco Pier 方勇信 @thatchindian]

@straits_times K.