(These are solely my thoughts and positions. Read them as such.)
https://sspx.org/en/society-catholic-priests-its-main-objective-formation-holy-priests-30297
So to start this off, for those who are not familiar with Catholicism, in layman's terms, the Catholic Church (and the Orthodox Churches; Eastern, Russian, Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Syriac, etc.) has a type of 'Authority' that originated with Christ, and revisited with the Holy Spirit, originally given to the Apostles and was handed down from them directly to their successors, who then perpetuated that succession to their disciples, and so one. Unbroken Authority through succession. And yes, that is in Scripture, beginning with Christ giving St Peter the Keys to Heaven.
*Matthew 16:19 (Authority)
And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.
*Matthew 28:16-20 (Great Commission)
16 And the eleven disciples went into Galilee, unto the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
17 And seeing him they adored: but some doubted.
18 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.
19 Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.
That Authority has two big parts to it - Exorcism and Commission (Vocation: Priesthood). The Commission portion comes directly through the Archbishops and Bishops down to the Priests themselves. This includes the divine Authority of succession and ordination. Meaning, without the perpetually handed down Authority originating from Christ, new Bishops and Priests cannot be ordained (made within the Church as a Holy Authorized vocation).
The problem with Prevost ("Pope" Leo) is two fold. One, he refused to give 'permission' for the Bishops of the SSPX (Society of St Pius the 10th(X) ) to ordain new Bishops.
Why is this an issue?
Because they are the last true diehard Traditional Priestly Order left in the novus ordo Church. The SSPX Churches are like the last lifeboats of the spiritual Titanic that the Church became after the erroneous changes to it, due to the 1962-1965 Vatican II Council. These 'changes' brought modernism and progressivism into a 2000 year old Holy Church created by Christ himself, through St Peter (our first Pope) (*side note - Pope is just another title for Patriarch or Church Father in Greek, Papas. It's how we get the words papal and papacy. It's been in official use since at least 250 AD with the Bishop of Alexandria, and transferred to Rome with Leo the Great (now there's some irony for you) in the mid 400s AD.)
So... the issue with his refusal to approve the ordinations is that he is doing it for modernist, leftist, dare I say demonic reasons. When those very old Bishops in the SSPX die, their would have been no one to take their place and continue the role of leader within the SSPX. No Bishops mean no new Priests in that order. Once the current population of clergy die off, no one replaces them and the Traditional Order that the SSPX holds on to would disappear, in a generation or two.
In other words, the current hierarchy in Rome is deliberately trying to remove what they know is a very old and Holy Order of Priesthood in favor of their more progressive, modernist orders (of which, we are seeing all of the heresies and blasphemies come from).
The second issue is that he is repeating the heresies (and adding new ones, it seems) of Bergoglio with regards to the rainbow degenerates, pagan cults like islam, allowing the Chinese Communist Party to "ordain" their own choice for Archbishops/Cardinals in China (which is supposed a Rome decision, not a commie one), and synodal protestant leanings (such as possible ordination of women, removing the Traditional Latin Mass, considering changing of doctrine and Traditions). This is just the tip of the iceberg. Don't even get me started on this new Fasttrack to "sainthood," which is something that is supposed to take several decades if not centuries.
So, this all boils down to the core issue.
Is the current Roman Catholic Church in the Vatican still a true Church of Christ?
This is a difficult question to answer. Are there members of the Holy See that are anti-Catholic, even anti-Christian in general? 100%. No doubt in my mind. I have read and seen the evil, paganistic things many of them have done over the last 5 years specifically, over the last 64 years generally. The Catholic Church that was the True "One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church" has, to my understanding and research, changed significantly after the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958. As with most other things in that time, progressivism, modernism, leftism, socialism/communism/marxism/maoism/leninism had been worming its way through our society, particularly education and politics, ever since the 1930s (probably as early as the 1910s). Eventually, it took root in the Church, and with the help of Congress, Culture, Hollywood, and Industry, it began to dismantle our Christian society a little piece at a time. Death by a thousand cuts. This is how demonic infestation works. Slowly, it enters. Gnawing little bits away until enough has been removed that it either collapses the thing or completely consumes it. With the removal of prayer from Schools (and the pledge of allegiance), with the atheistic separation (actually a satanic temple push for this - look it up) of Church and State (different than what is in the Constitution and Federalist Papers), and the gradual softening of unGodly philosophies and religions via mediums such as movies, TV, magazines, and music, the 1960s brought in a plethora of evil upon America; politics, communism, neopaganism, satanic worship, progressivism, atheism, drug culture, extreme violence, sexual depravity and licentiousness, increased violence, single parent homes, broken families, Godless families, fatherless generations who eventually act more like animals than human beings, the condoning of radically perverse behavior and dangerous mental illnesses.
For this, you need to read a few books on the subject, beginning with...
"What Went Wrong With Vatican II: The Catholic Crisis Explained" by Ralph M. McInerny
"The Smoke of Satan: Conservative and Traditionalist Dissent in Contemporary American Catholicism" by Prof Michael W. W. Cuneo
"America's Alternative Religions" (Roman Catholic Traditionalism, p. 101) edited by Timothy Miller
"Keepers of the Keys of Heaven: A History of the Papacy" by Roger Collins
"Keys of This Blood: Pope John Paul II Versus Russia and the West for Control of the New World Order" by Malachi Martin
"The Vatican Exposed: Money, Murder, and the Mafia" by Paul L Williams
The gist of it is as follows:
"A conspiracy theory asserts that Cardinal Giuseppe Siri (then Archbishop of Genoa) was elected pope in the 1958 papal conclave, taking the papal name Pope Gregory XVII, but that his election was suppressed. Siri did not associate himself with this idea. Followers of the theory recognize Siri as "Gregory XVII", and also refer to him as "the Red Pope." Exponents of this theory claim a prolonged emission of white smoke on the first day of balloting at the conclave indicated the election of Siri, but that threats applied from outside the conclave caused his election to be reversed, allowing Pope John XXIII to be elected two days later. The source of the threats has been variously identified as Jews and Freemasons, or the Soviet Union. Adherents of the theory say the election of John XXIII was invalid and regard him and his successors as imposters and antipopes."
Some may ask, "What is the problem with modernism? Shouldn't we stop living in the past? Shouldn't we be up with the times? It's not the dark ages anymore."
I have heard many variations of this debate. Twenty years ago, I was one of those people arguing for the abolition of "old stuff" and "outdated thinking" and "getting with the times."
And I was wrong.
Here's the thing... many folks confuse, or rather 'muddle and merge' various "modern" conceptions. For example... I believe that real prayer can help to heal someone. However, God also gave us the knowledge and inventiveness to reach the current state of medicine (I am speaking of surgical and therapeutic, not pharmacology - though basic pharm, like aspirin and insulin are obviously of good intent and result). I do not believe that if your 4 year old has a 104 degree temperature, you should go down to your local charismatic "church" and have a group prayer. Yes, pray for him. Pray hard. Pray unceasingly.
However... take him to the emergency room where a doctor will use modern medicine to cool him down, combat the infection, and save his life. Can God do it? Sure he can. Should you wait to see, knowing God has already allowed a means of frontline combat in that battle (a doctor)? No. We do not test our God. We ask him for help, but he also provides methods within his cosmic scope for us to find aid. We do not say "God, I really need to save my child, but I want You to give Me a miracle right now."
Modernism (and now postmodernism) is a philosophical notion that we have moved to a stage beyond Enlightenment, beyond Western Christian thought and morals, beyond Universal Truths, beyond Aristotelian utility, even. Modernism is about trying to cope with a cultural torrent of dystopian, nihilistic, atheistic, humanistic, socialistic, marxist scientism, where only the approved "science" and "liberal arts" criteria are true and real, even though they shift to something different every 5-10 years, and we should only do what makes us happy, what makes us feel good, what brings us the quickest satisfaction, what detaches us most efficiently from the world of pain and sorrow, what makes it "all about me" and "let's me be my best self" and "empowers me with 'my' truths and feelings" and all the rest of that nonsense.
And as we have become such a Church-detached society today, by most westerners reckoning, most of the people who think those Modernist notions are true and try to live by them do so at risk, because they do not understand where those notions come from. It isn't from within. Well... I suppose a bit of it is... in the same sense that Eve disobeyed God and took that piece of fruit for herself, for her own gratification and her own 'truth,' even though it was suggested and encouraged by the wicked serpent in the Garden. But aside from that perpetual stain on all souls (thanks a lot, Eve), the real Truth is that these notions are directly opposed to God almighty. And who is his biggest Adversary? Who wants most to upset God's apple cart and bring down humanity with self-delusion, vanity, greed, sloth, gluttony, wrath, lies, violence, sexual depravity? And if you oppose these things, that Adversary rages and pushes even harder, flooding the world with even more depravity, violence, temptations, darkness, blasphemies...
This is Truth. This has been known since the dawn of man. Whether you believe in the protestant notion of a 6000 year old earth (which I do not) or the possibility of a much, much older Earth, created on a long timeline, in a cosmic timetable that a creator of a universe might use, and accept that a preFlood world may be far older than a measly 6000 years due to the massive evidence at hand (that atheists misinterpret as just 'chance' and that something can build itself from nothing misconception). Whichever historical/archaeological/geological root you believe, it does not change how the world is tearing itself apart today, mostly because of
1) modernism/postmodernism/leftism/progressivism/etc.,
2) socialism/communism/marxism, and
3) paganism/satanism/luciferianism/islam (which is really just a variant of satanism. Don't believe me? Read the quran. You'll see it.)
I realize to some, this stuff seems fantastical. In contemporary "academic" circles, topics like the supernatural are considered taboo. I get that. Satan worked very hard to get our 'modern' academia to that position of narrow thought. Gratz to him.
I consider it my job in this life to try and open your mind back up. Remove the scales from your eyes. Restore that understanding/knowledge of your soul's connection to God. To help you find your way home. As it stands, I may be ipso facto excommunicated myself. I am definitely a Traditional Catholic. Admittedly, I am not the most adherent Catholic. The last two years have been rough. I've lost both my parents, a few cousins, a best friend, a mother-in-law. I have two elder sons and a younger daughter who are greatly struggling with life and do not heed their father's advice. I have an older daughter not of my blood, but that I raised and took her as my own, who has not spoken to me for 13 years. I doubt we would have much to say to each other at this point, so I simply pray for her soul and safety. My other four children are on the path, at least. Some moreso than others. But they are on the path.
Regardless, I am still 100% Roman Catholic. I struggle to find peace every day. God's Grace and my stubbornness keeping me going, though.
So, as I was saying, I am a Trad Cath. I was preparing to attend a brand new SSPX Church due to be completed (built) sometime this month. While I theologically and philosophically rest somewhere between SSPX and Sedevacantism, I was not quite ready to fully invest myself in the Sedes (as that would result in, per Rome, immediate self-excommunication). However, now it is more a matter of there are no Sedevacantist Churches within a reasonable distance of me (WA and CO are a bit of a drive from ND). So, the SSPX, even though it remained in communion with the Vatican all these years, trying to steer the Church ship back towards Traditionalism, has found itself in the same sea as the Sedes. But I view them more as an island rather than a piece of wood, adrift in an ocean (ie., other denoms and the novus ordo) being tossed about on the waves, listless and wandering. Again, I know this smacks of vanity a bit. But it does not make it less true.
The modern catholic church has become the "ape of the church" as predicted by Archbishop Fulton Sheen.
(learn more about him at https://fulton-sheen.catholic.edu/bio/ )
Additionally, the third Fatima secret (the alleged true secret) is said to be about this current 'era of a fallen church whose hierarchy has succumbed to the world of the secular, likely to make way for the new world church.'
*You know, by allowing Mayan and Amazonian pagan rituals in St Peter's basilica and on the Vatican grounds,
*or gay parades in the same Basilica,
*or muslim prayer rooms within the Holiest City (Vatican) on Earth
(although, it can definitely be argued that Jerusalem might be considered that, as well. Perhaps we should say One of the two holiest cities.)
By their fruits, you shall know them...
Matthew 7:15-20
15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16 By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.
The Third Fatima Secret was stated to have actually been the following:
"Knowledgeable Church authorities have confirmed Father Alonso’s conclusions about the Third Secret, that it concerns an unprecedented loss of faith, an apostasy, from which Portugal will be preserved. In 1984 the Bishop of Fatima said, “the loss of Faith of a continent is worse than the annihilation of a nation; and it is true that Faith is continuously diminishing in Europe.” And in his 1984 interview with Vittorio Messori, Cardinal Ratzinger confirmed this conclusion when he said that the final part of the Secret speaks of “dangers threatening the faith and life of Christians, and therefore the world.” Finally, we know that the fulfillment of the prophecy of the Third Secret began to be realized in 1960 because when Sister Lucy was asked why the Third Secret was to be revealed no later than 1960, she responded, “because it will be clearer then.” Since 1960, we have seen the prophecy of the Third Secret unfold before our eyes, and it is clear that since that time the world has been progressively suffering from a terrible loss of faith." https://fatima.org/the-real-third-secret
It is about the End Times and the fall of the Church. Not so much about atomic war and Russia, as has been said post-Vatican II.
This really rings true with a bit of Scriptural research.
Apocalypse 18:1-4
1 And after these things, I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power: and the earth was enlightened with his glory.
2 And he cried out with a strong voice, saying: Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen; and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every unclean spirit, and the hold of every unclean and hateful bird:
3 Because all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication; and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her; and the merchants of the earth have been made rich by the power of her delicacies.
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying: Go out from her, my people; that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues.
Regardless of what the current, modernist, anti-Catholic hierarchy in the Vatican is doing, there will remain pockets of the True faithful Catholics, like the SSPX and Sedevacantists, or the Eastern Rite Catholics, or even the Easter (et al.) Orthodox Churches east of Rome. It is of this brotherhood that I find myself being led to. Prophecy states that there will be far fewer Christians in the End Times, due to deception by the false church, false teachers, false witness and prophets. Many will fall away, as Scripture states. This really began in earnest in 1520, with Martin Luther. He was excommunicated for fifty different violations of Church and Scriptural law at the time. He also demanded to be made a Cardinal or Bishop, because he wanted more authority. He was also involved, allegedly, with a nun, in a romantic relationship (which is why he wanted the celibacy thing removed). But more importantly, he was (by witness accounts, as well as his own) demonically tormented on an almost daily basis. Today, we call this demonic oppression. It is one stage away from full possession. Some believe that by 1521, he had become fully possessed. Either way... what Luther did caused a schism over the next century, of damning proportions, and damning results for those who followed his rebellious path. Today, even though the Holy Church is on the verge of it's own schism, there is still a core Catholic Faith. Luther's rebellion, however (much like Satan's rebellion in Heaven) has caused the fall of many, resulting in 47,000 different denominations or protestantism today. 47,000 different types of "christianity" that all think they are the true path to God. They cannot even agree of how many Sacraments there are, let alone the correct nature and utilization of the few Sacraments that most of them seem to acknowledge in some fashion.
So, here we are. Five hundred years later. That rebellion led to atheism and the depravity our western world is filled with today. Just as the first huge rebellion led to a third of the angels being cast out of Heaven, down to the Earth, and the establishment of various pagan traditions all over the world so that the fallen angels could further mislead humanity away from God.
Modernism is just one more of those deceits. Misleading millions of people further from God. Clouding their perceptions to the point where most of them no longer believe in anything that is not mundane. Certainly not anything to do with God Almighty.
*Side note - Did you know that Darwin was originally a Christian, but became angry with God when his little girl died. He blamed God. He was also at odds with his father, who was Christian. This eventually led Darwin to develop a festering dislike for Christianity, and he claims to have further found more "natural evil" than "natural good" in nature itself, eventually leading to his agnosticism (not atheism). He even referred to himself on one occasion as the "Devil's Chaplain." Pain and sorrow misled him away from God... not what he saw under a microscope. And, did you know that Marx hated the Church? Marx was even considered a self-admitted satanist in his day. Read his earliest work. A play. About the devil. Or just read "The Devil and Karl Marx: Communism's Long March of Death, Deception, and Infiltration" by Paul Kengor. Two of modernism and scientism's most important icons were both very screwed up and demonically deceived men. Let that sink in.
I fear the modern catholic church - the novus ordo church - has fallen into the chasm of Modernism, fully. So many of my Catholic brothers and sisters have been deceived, all under the auspice of "If the Pope says so, it cannot be false." Well, boys and girls, I hate to tell you this, but Papal Infallibility only applies to very few situations, of which there have only been a couple in Church History, and Vatican II was not one of them. They are both are about Mary - "her Immaculate Conception (declared by Pope Pius IX in 1854 and grandfathered in after the First Vatican Council’s declaration of papal infallibility in 1870) and her bodily Assumption into heaven (declared by Pope Pius XII in 1950)."
So, beyond that, the Pope can most definitely commit errors, such as in the deconstruction of the Traditional Latin Mass, the invitation of demonic influences into the Vatican (such as synodal synods ad nauseum), and the invalid excommunication of those who are fully within their Authority handed down from Christ to ordain new priests and bishops within their already established and valid Catholic Order (such as the SSPX). The ONLY reason the modern church and it's current leadership would desire to stop the ordinations is to ensure that it eventually died out. The same gaggle of clergy that seem hellbent on removing Traditional Latin Masses, taboos on sin, clear lines between true Christianity and schismatic denominations (such as 47,000 variants of protestantism) and demonic cults (such as islam, hinduism, buddhism, asatru, voodoo, satanism), and seeking ordination of women (which St Paul was very clear on this NOT being allowed - remember how Eve screwed things up? There is a laundry list of said screwups throughout history), condoning and blessing gay unions and gayness in general (remember when God wiped out a couple cities because of this depravity? Not to mention wiping the Earth clean in a pretty catastrophic flood?), and generally ringing comparisons with the no-no lists in Apocalypse (Revelation for protestants), such as bending the knee to secularism and trying to bring about a one world church and govt.
And in all this... the SSPX said no. They maintained the Catholic Traditions to the best of their ability, in the face of the modernist shift in the Vatican. They tried to steer through the storm that the Vatican II Council unleashed on Catholicism. In the end, the modernist leftist "pope" from Chicago cast them to the curb. But in doing so, he caused the first rip in a new Schism that has been building for a couple decades, now, and forced into existence by the acts of Bergoglio (Francis) and Prevost (Leo).
At the end of the day, I will remain Catholic. I will side with God. I stand with my outcast brethren. The novus ordo church is anathema.
*Galatians 1:9
"9 As we said before, so now I say again: If any one preach to you a gospel, besides that which you have received, let him be anathema."
(But he who is separated from God is united to the devil, explains St. Paul (1 Timothy 1:20; 1 Corinthians 5:5))
Short Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
The well-known short version of this prayer follows in English and Latin. The Pope ordered this prayer to be recited daily after Low Mass in all the churches throughout the Catholic world. However this practice was almost completely swept away in the 1960s by liturgical changes made in the wake of Vatican Council II.
Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the malice and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of souls. Amen.
Sáncte Míchael Archángele, defénde nos in proélio, cóntra nequítiam et insídias diáboli ésto præsídium. Ímperet ílli Déus, súpplices deprecámur: tuque, prínceps milítiæ cæléstis, Sátanam aliósque spíritus malígnos, qui ad perditiónem animárum pervagántur in múndo, divína virtúte, in inférnum detrúde. Ámen
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Traditional Saint Michael Prayer
"Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
One day, after celebrating Mass, the aged Pope Leo XIII was in conference with the Cardinals when suddenly he sank to the floor in a deep swoon. Physicians who hastened to his side could find no trace of his pulse and feared that he had expired. However, after a short interval the Holy Father regained consciousness and exclaimed with great emotion: "Oh, what a horrible picture I have been permitted to see!"
He had been shown a vision of evil spirits who had been released from Hell and their efforts to destroy the Church. But in the midst of the horror the archangel St. Michael appeared and cast Satan and his legions into the abyss of hell. Soon afterwards Pope Leo XIII composed the following prayer to Saint Michael, which is the original version:
“O Glorious Prince of the heavenly host, St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in the battle and in the terrible warfare that we are waging against the principalities and powers, against the rulers of this world of darkness, against the evil spirits. Come to the aid of man, whom Almighty God created immortal, made in His own image and likeness, and redeemed at a great price from the tyranny of Satan.
“Fight this day the battle of the Lord, together with the holy angels, as already thou hast fought the leader of the proud angels, Lucifer, and his apostate host, who were powerless to resist thee, nor was there place for them any longer in Heaven. That cruel, ancient serpent, who is called the devil or Satan who seduces the whole world, was cast into the abyss with his angels. Behold, this primeval enemy and slayer of men has taken courage. Transformed into an angel of light, he wanders about with all the multitude of wicked spirits, invading the earth in order to blot out the name of God and of His Christ, to seize upon, slay and cast into eternal perdition souls destined for the crown of eternal glory. This wicked dragon pours out, as a most impure flood, the venom of his malice on men of depraved mind and corrupt heart, the spirit of lying, of impiety, of blasphemy, and the pestilent breath of impurity, and of every vice and iniquity.
“These most crafty enemies have filled and inebriated with gall and bitterness the Church, the spouse of the immaculate Lamb, and have laid impious hands on her most sacred possessions. In the Holy Place itself, where the See of Holy Peter and the Chair of Truth has been set up as the light of the world, they have raised the throne of their abominable impiety, with the iniquitous design that when the Pastor has been struck, the sheep may be scattered.
“Arise then, O invincible Prince, bring help against the attacks of the lost spirits to the people of God, and give them the victory. They venerate thee as their protector and patron; in thee holy Church glories as her defense against the malicious power of hell; to thee has God entrusted the souls of men to be established in heavenly beatitude. Oh, pray to the God of peace that He may put Satan under our feet, so far conquered that he may no longer be able to hold men in captivity and harm the Church. Offer our prayers in the sight of the Most High, so that they may quickly find mercy in the sight of the Lord; and vanquishing the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, do thou again make him captive in the abyss, that he may no longer seduce the nations. Amen.
V. Behold the Cross of the Lord; be scattered ye hostile powers.
R. The Lion of the tribe of Judah has conquered, the root of David.
V. Let Thy mercies be upon us, O Lord.
R. As we have hoped in Thee.
V. O Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my cry come unto Thee.
Let us pray.
O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we call upon Thy holy Name, and as supplicants, we implore Thy clemency, that by the intercession of Mary, ever Virgin Immaculate and our Mother, and of the glorious St. Michael the Archangel, Thou wouldst deign to help us against Satan and all the other unclean spirits who wander about the world for the injury of the human race and the ruin of souls. Amen.”
Roman Raccolta, July 23, 1898, supplement approved July 31, 1902,
London: Burnes, Oates & Washbourne Ltd., 1935, 12th edition.
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