This popped into my inbox tiday from Chris Stefanik... was perfect timing. Alyce and I were on our morning walk and I shared with her that i am...
Beautiful post. An example of why MOG is a good place ... forgiveness. Thanks for a great example.
I appreciate your honesty and your concern for those who are suffering. I join you in praying for peace in the Holy Land and for every innocent...
Thank you Padraig. Praying also for those left behind including my son and his wife who are grieving. She was in their wedding party and i think...
Please say a prayer for for my DIL's friend who committed suicide today. She suffered a lot from mental health issues and I place her within the...
Just catching up and praying now
[ATTACH] Smoke from Canadian wildfires making its way to Adirondacks in NY. An eerie looking sky and horrible air quality. Prayers for relief and...
Her relic is in altar at our little parish. She has always been a saint to inspire me...more so since my accident in helping with grace needed to...
I think SSPX response and defense actually does more harm to themselves and only reinforces that their actions led to really their self...
I think he is spot on
Happy 250th Birthday America! While this is a mere pittance for many of you in other nations, its a hard for me to grasp. My mind immediately...
Todays first reading i think is helpful as the Church goes through this time: Ephesians 2:19-22 Brothers and sisters: You are no longer...
I agree that truth is higher than obedience. But I keep coming back to a deeper question: Who safeguards the truth? For me, this isn't really...
So sorry. Praying
If every bishop, priest, or religious order could decide for itself that Rome was no longer trustworthy and therefore ignore the Pope's commands,...
I know this is from Vatican perspective and I've always tried to give the SSPX the benefit of the doubt because I believe many sincerely love...
Per this article, lay people who formally adhere to SSPX are also excommunicated....
https://apnews.com/article/vatican-traditionalist-pope-latin-975a7dd408e151310f5e515030cd6c97
Just seeing all of this journey you are on... keeping you in prayer.
I did a bit of research about face to face meetings between Vatican and SSPX. Both Benedict and Francis met face to face while JPII and Leo used...
Thanks HH for clarifying
Very wise words
I suspect he believes that resolving the issues of communion and authority has to come before creating new bishops? But not sure.
I think humility is needed from all of us—from the pope, from the SSPX, from bishops, priests, and every one of us in the pews. None of us sees...
A few years back I actually read the four major Vatican II constitutions —Lumen Gentium, Dei Verbum, Sacrosanctum Concilium, and Gaudium et Spes....
Thank you Padraig. That's helpful, and I appreciate your balanced perspective. I also understood that Vatican II was primarily pastoral rather...
Unfortunately, we are at the point where it appears a rupture will happen. This news makes me sad. I'm not an expert on the SSPX, so if I'm...
Sorry to hear this Peter. I am praying for you. Peace
So much good advice and prayers here for you, PF. As John said, its not small and its not that we measure pain and suffering to another... it's...
Thanks John and Padraig for sharing in this thread. Martin sounds like he was a wonderful man and is at peace. I never heard of the song. I...
