A reminder on the Sin of Schism….

It is IMPOSSIBLE to enter into schism or be in schism by the act of holding the Catholic Faith whole and entire, and by being in union with and subject to the Vicar of Christ on Earth, and the Papacy in se.

Good faith controversy over the identity of the Vicar of Christ is NOT schismatic.

F.X. Wernz, P. Vidal: “Finally they cannot be numbered among the schismatics, who refuse to obey the Roman Pontiff because they consider his person to be suspect or doubtfully elected on account of rumours in circulation.” (Ius Canonicum, 7:398, 1943)

Rev Ignatius Szal: “Nor is there any schism if one merely transgress a papal law for the reason that one considers it too difficult, or if one refuses obedience inasmuch as one suspects the person of the pope or the validity of his election, or if one resists him as the civil head of a state.” (Communication of Catholics with Schismatics, 1948)

De Lugo: “Neither is someone a schismatic for denying his subjection to the Pontiff on the grounds that he has solidly founded [‘probabiliter’] doubts concerning the legitimacy of his election or his power [refers to Sanchez and Palao].” (Disp., De Virt. Fid. Div., disp xxv, sect iii, nn. 35-8)

Go to Mass. Ask Our Lord to give YOU the temporal punishments, if any, due your priests who might erroneously commemorate the wrong man at the Te Igitur.

St. Vincent Ferrer, pray for us.

St. Catherine of Siena, pray for us.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux, pray for us.

St. Peter Celestine, pray for us.

St. Michael the Archangel, guardian of the Vicar of Christ on Earth, pray for us.

St. Peter, pray for us.

St. Joseph, pray for us.

Our Lady of Copacabana, slayer of the Pachamama demon, pray for us.

Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us, on Your One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church in terrifyingly visible eclipse, and on your current Vicar on Earth, Pope Benedict XVI Ratzinger.

It is an axiomatic truth that transcends human experience: “I think people who change tradition are narcissists who get a sense of power from being a *#$%+&@“

When I saw the headline above from Mr. Big Fur Hat at iotwreport.com, I jumped seeing ‘people who change tradition are narcissists’ thinking to myself, “Good heavens! Is iotwreport.com becoming a Traditional Catholic liturgy blog?”

No, the story is about the fact that apparently baseball is moving second base closer to home plate, but Mr. Hat’s point is exactly the same as a Latin Mass Catholic’s. Same game, different inning, if you will.

Baseball is moving second base 13.5 inches closer to home plate.

Why? Because some people don’t feel as if they are alive unless they are screwing with tradition.

Do click through and read the whole thing. It’s interesting on multiple levels.

(Catching up) Saturday in Passiontide Roman Station Church: St. John at the Latin Gate

(A word from Ann: While in Rome as a tourist, three places struck and drove home to me the reality of the history of the One True Church and of the City of Rome as an integral part of that reality, which we North Americans struggle to grasp:

1.) The church of San Paolo alla Regola – built over the house in which St. Paul lived and worked as a tent maker on the banks of the Tiber. It’s all real.

2.) The church of Domine Quo Vadis on the Appian Road, in which I stood and prayed in a cast of Our Lord’s miraculous footprints as He told Peter that He was going back to Rome to be crucified again. Indeed. Indeed…. It’s all so very real.

3.) The subject of Mr. Stein’s video today: the gazebo outside the church of St. John at the Latin Gate which houses the cauldron in which the Romans attempted to deep-fry St. John alive. But, as Our Lord promised, St. John came out of the boiling oil rejuvenated, lived many more years, wrote the Apocalypse, and died a natural death. It’s all so viscerally, inescapably real.

NEVER DOUBT OUR LORD’S PROMISES. ABOUT ANYTHING. EVER.

And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

Ait autem Dominus : Simon, Simon, ecce Satanas expetivit vos ut cribraret sicut triticum :

But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren.

ego autem rogavi pro te ut non deficiat fides tua : et tu aliquando conversus, confirma fratres tuos.

It’s all real.)

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