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  Mary, the Cause of Our Joy! - Easter 2019
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  Mary, the Cause of Our Joy! - Holy Week 2019
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  Sorrowful Heart of Mary Newsletter - Special Edition: U.S. Election 2020
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A few more quotes on the doubtfulness of Conciliar Sacraments - a reflection of how the SSPX used to approach the issue of Conciliar priestly and episcopal ordinations [taken from here and here]:


OTHER SOURCES QUOTING ARCHBISHOP LEFEBVRE ON DOUBTFUL ORDINATIONS


Dominicans of Avrille – footnote to “The Art of Confessing”:

Today, we must be precise: “a traditional priest validly ordained”. We know that there is a doubt on the validity of the new rite of priestly ordination (look at the letter of Archbishop Lefebvre on our website). There is also a doubt about the validity of the ordinations performed by conciliar bishops, even when they use the traditional rite. In his sermon of the consecration of four bishops (June 30, 1988), Archbishop Lefebvre said: “If God calls me, from whom will these seminarians receive the priestly ordination: from conciliar bishops whose sacraments are ALL doubtful?


Dominicans of Avrille - Le Sel de la Terre 54

“Due to the generalized disorder, both at the liturgical and dogmatic levels, we can have serious reasons to doubt the validity of certain episcopal ordinations.”



Fr. Peter Scott wrote the following conclusion in a 2007 Angelus article, entitled, "Must priests who come to Tradition be re-ordained?":

It would, indeed, be tragic if all traditional priests did not have moral certitude as to their ordination, and if there existed two different grades of priests, a higher grade ordained in Tradition, and a lower grade. It is for this reason that the superiors have the right to insist on conditional re-ordination for any priest turning towards Tradition, and will only accept ordinations in the conciliar Church after having investigated both priestly and episcopal ordinations and established moral certitude.

Archbishop Lefebvre clearly recognized his obligation of providing priests concerning whose ordination there was no doubt. It was one of the reasons for the episcopal consecrations of 1988, as he declared in the sermon for the occasion:

You well know, my dear brethren, that there can be no priests without bishops. When God calls me—this will certainly not be long—from whom would these seminarians receive the sacrament of Orders? From conciliar bishops, who, due to their doubtful intentions, confer doubtful sacraments? This is not possible."

He continued, explaining that he could not leave the faithful orphans, nor abandon the seminarians who entrusted themselves to him, for “they came to our seminaries, despite all the difficulties that they have encountered, in order to receive a true ordination to the priesthood...” (Fr. Francois Laisney, Archbishop Lefebvre and the Vatican, p.120). He considered it his duty to guarantee the certitude of the sacrament of holy orders by the consecration of bishops in the traditional rite, who would then ordain only in the traditional rite.

We must observe the same balance as Archbishop Lefebvre. On the one hand, it is our duty to avoid the excess of sedevacantism, which unreasonably denies the very validity and existence of the post-conciliar Church and its priesthood. On the other hand, however, we must likewise reject the laxist and liberal approach that does not take seriously the real doubts that can arise concerning the validity of priestly ordinations in the post-conciliar Church, failing to consider the enormous importance and necessity of a certainly valid priesthood for the good of the Church, for the eternal salvation of souls, and for the tranquility of the consciences of the faithful. Given the gravity of these issues, it is not even a slight doubt that is acceptable. Hence the duty of examining in each particular case the vernacular form of priestly ordination, the intention of the ordaining bishop, the rite of consecration of the ordaining bishop, and the intention of the consecrators.

Just as the superiors take seriously their duty of guaranteeing the moral certitude of the holy orders of their priests, whether by means of conditional ordination or careful investigation (when possible), so also must priests who join the Society accept conditional ordination in case of even slight positive doubt, and so also must the faithful recognize that each case is different and accept the decision of those who alone are in a position to perform the necessary investigations.

For regardless of the technical question of the validity of a priest’s holy orders, we all recognize the Catholic sense that tells us that there can be no mixing of the illegitimate new rites with the traditional Catholic rites, a principle so simply elucidated by Archbishop Lefebvre on June 29, 1976:
Quote:We are not of this religion. We do not accept this new religion. We are of the religion of all time, of the Catholic religion. We are not of that universal religion, as they call it today. It is no longer the Catholic religion. We are not of that liberal, modernist religion that has its worship, its priests, its faith, its catechisms, its Bible."



Bp. Tissier de Mallerais, quoted by Dominicans of Avrille:

Bp Tissier de Mallerais, in his sermon from June 29, 2016 at Econe, spoke as follows concerning the rite of ordination for priests:
Quote:“Clearly, we cannot accept this faked new rite of ordination that leaves doubts concerning the validity of numerous ordinations done according to the new rite. Thus this new rite of ordination is not Catholic. And so we will of course faithfully continue to transmit the real and valid priesthood by the traditional pr traditional priestly rite of ordination.”



Abbot F.M. Chautard - Catechism of timely truths: The rallies (seen by Archbishop Lefebvre) - July 8, 2018 [Translated from the French]:
Quote:17) Are the sacraments of the rallied priests valid?

The sacraments of the rallied priests are valid to the extent that their ordinations are valid (for the sacraments which require the priesthood in the minister). However, one can have a doubt about the priesthood of clerics rallied who were ordained by bishops themselves doubtfully sacred [consecrated] because of ambiguous intentions and the new rite of episcopal consecrations (after 1968).


Fr. Gregory Hesse

"Based on what has been stated by Archbishop Lefebvre, namely that the Newmass is a "schismatic rite", we would like to quote Pope Leo XIII and Saint Thomas Aquinas to prove that even though a schismatic sacrament may be valid, it does not have the guarantee of the graces and fruits that normally would flow from them, and also that they are like an amputated member of body (Church):
  • "From this it follows also that they cannot promise themselves any of the graces and fruits of the perpetual sacrifice and of the sacraments which although they are sacrilegiously administered are none the less valid and serve in some measure to form an appearance of piety, which St Paul mentions I Corinthians chapter 13 and which St. Augustine speaks of at greater length." (Serm. LXXI, in Matth., 32) Pope Leo XIII Eximia Leatitia, July 19, 1893, to the bishops of Poitiers)
  • "The form of the branch may still be visible, even apart from the wine, but the invisible life of the root can be preserved only in union with the stock. That is why the corporal sacraments, which some keep and use outside the unity of Christ, can preserve the appearance of piety. But the invisible and spiritual virtue of true piety cannot abide there anymore than feeling can remain in an amputated member." (Sermon of St. Augustine on the Gospel of St. Matthew). So there's no grace that flows from their sacraments.
  • "And since the conservation of the Eucharist is a power which follows the power of Order, such persons as are separated from the Church by heresy, schism, or excommunication, can indeed consecrate the Eucharist, which on being consecrated by them contains Christ's true body and blood; but they act wrongly and sin by doing so; and in consequence they do not receive the fruit of the sacrifice, which is a spiritual sacrifice." St. Thomas Aquinas [IIIa q. 82 art. 7, c]
  • "The priest, in reciting the prayers of the Mass, speaks in the person of the church, in whose unity he remains; but in consecrating the sacrament he speaks in the person of Christ, whose place he holds by the power of his Orders. Consequently, a priest severed from the unity of the Church celebrates Mass, not having lost the power of Order, he consecrates Christ's true body and blood; but because he is severed from the unity of the Church, his prayers have no efficacy. St. Thomas Aquinas [IIIa q. 82 art. 7, ad 3um]



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Dear friends,

With permission from both Father Hewko and the good soul who sent this to me, I am grateful to be able to share the following response of Fr. Hewko's in answer to a question asked of him about Novus Ordo/New Rite Sacraments.

While only Father's answer was shared with me (not the particular question), I think Father Hewko's response makes it clear what that question was.

May this help clear the ever-encroaching mist of confusion from Vatican II, in which it is easy for even the veterans of tradition to become disoriented!:

Quote:In answer to your question if the sacraments are a doctrinal or prudential question, they are, in fact, the perfection of both.

It is of doctrine that Christ instituted them as well as the clear matter, form and intention to be followed. That they give supernatural grace and other graces is also doctrinal.

Prudence comes in on circumstances surrounding them, such as, is such & such a candidate worthy for ordination or prepared enough for matrimony or first Communion?

So, with the new sacraments, it is doctrinal and not merely practical, because to change the matter, form or intention, as they do, affects whether they are valid or nor; whether they give grace or not. On these effects of the Sacraments depend eternal salvation.

So yes, they are firstly DOCTRINAL!

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  Sorrowful Heart of Mary Newsletter - September 2019
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  Sorrowful Heart of Mary Newsletter - June 2019
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Sorrowful Heart of Mary Newsletter - June 2019

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Some of the reference materials Fr. Hewko alluded to in this Newsletter:

2012 SSPX Doctrinal Declaration

2012 Six Conditions of the General Chapter for 'regularization' with Rome

2012 General Chapter Statement (The General Chapter Statement is referenced here as well by The Recusant.)

Catalogue of Compromise, Change, and Contradiction in the SSPX

See also Cardinal Pie's exhortations to 'faint-hearted' and worried Catholics about the end-times

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  Sorrowful Heart of Mary Newsletter - May 2019
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The following was a pleasant surprise: a translation into Spanish of Fr. Hewko's letter by Fr. Hugo Ruiz.

Here is the PDF Father provided: Carta Padre Hewko de 3 mayo 2019.pdf (120.12 KB)

God bless you, Fathers Hewko and Ruiz!


Quote:
Corazón Doloroso de María SSPX-MC




A los católicos que luchan por la tradición;


Es una alegría añadida a esta Sagrada Pascua llevar a los fieles de Australia, Inglaterra, Gales e Irlanda el Santo Sacrificio de la Misa y la verdadera doctrina de la Iglesia Católica, como siempre se enseñó, antes de que el Modernismo se infiltrara en sus santuarios y seminarios!

Sin embargo, parece que son necesarias algunas aclaraciones sencillas. Que quede claro, vengo como un "nieto" sacerdote del Arzobispo Marcel Lefebvre, con la clara postura doctrinal de su Sociedad Sacerdotal de San Pío X ANTES de todo el escándalo del GREC y de los compromisos de 2012 (encarnados en el: "La Declaración del Capítulo General" con "6 condiciones" para un acuerdo con la Roma modernista, y la "Declaración doctrinal del 12 de abril de 2012"). El continuo deslizamiento doctrinal, la aceptación de la Nueva Misa y de los Nuevos Sacramentos como "legítimamente promulgados", el reciente "reconocimiento" de Confesiones, Matrimonios y Órdenes Sagradas por parte de la Roma Modernista, refuerzan que la SSPX Conciliar es ahora sólo otra indulgenciaapéndice, coexistiendo como una de las muchas opciones en el pluralismo de la Iglesia Conciliar. Este es un rechazo implícito de la realeza de nuestro Señor Jesucristo. Cualquier católico está obligado a rechazar esta "Operación Suicidio" de la nueva dirección de Menzingen y permanecer con la "Operación Supervivencia" de Abp Lefebvre, más pertinente ahora, que nunca antes! "...Obviamente, estamos en contra de la Iglesia Conciliar que es virtualmente cismática, aunque ellos lo nieguen. En la práctica, es una Iglesia virtualmente excomulgada porque es una Iglesia Modernista". (Abp. Lefebvre, "Un año después de las consagraciones", julio-agosto, 1989).

Que quede claro, no estoy abogando por ninguna de las variedades de sedevacatismo, sino simplemente permanecer en lo que Mons. Lefebvre dijo. El Papa Francisco reinante, como los Papas Conciliares anteriores, es un escándalo y simplemente está aplicando la lógica del Vaticano II con su interminable evolución de dogma y destrucción continua! Resistimos su Modernismo y tenemos el deber de desobedecer sus órdenes de aceptar los Errores y Reformas Conciliares, tal como lo hizo Abp Lefebvre; tal como San Pablo tuvo que resistir a San Pedro, el primer Papa, en su cara.

Yo vengo sin agenda política, ni pregonando "mi propio apostolado", sino simplemente como sacerdote católico, como Mons. Lefebvre quería que obraran sus sacerdotes, respondiendo al llamado de los fieles, viniendo como embajadores de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo y de Su Santa Iglesia Católica, sabiendo que Ella provee jurisdicción para los sacramentos debido a la crisis de emergencia en la Iglesia.

Estar en la posición de sacerdote "independiente" no es mi elección, es muy desagradable y anhelo someterme a un obispo. Pero, por favor, ayúdame a encontrar a alguien que no se haya deslizado de la sólida posición de Mons. Lefebvre, es decir, que no se haya comprometido con la Roma modernista, o con la Nueva Misa, o que no esté promoviendo "milagros" de la Nueva Misa, sino que simplemente mantenga la clara línea doctrinal de Mons. Lefebve a todos los niveles: sobre el sedevacantismo, el Vaticano II, la Misa de Novus Ordo, las Misas del Indulto / Motu Proprio, etc., etc., etc. ¡Si encuentras uno, con gusto me arrojaré a sus pies!

En la misma línea, hay que decir que el creciente movimiento de comités laicos y sitios web dirigidos por laicos, sin la guía y supervisión de un sacerdote o de un obispo, es lo más detestable para la mente de la Iglesia. Recientemente ha llevado a la promoción del error y las herejías, las diatribas de la burla, las vulgaridades y el comportamiento escandaloso, el periodismo poco profesional al calumniar a cualquiera, en cualquier momento, mientras que la publicación de cartas anónimas que provocan el sensacionalismo más bajo y las más crudas detracciones. Esta es precisamente la razón por la que San Pío X exigió la censura de las publicaciones y su supervisión bajo los, entonces, confiables Obispos Católicos! (cf. Pascendi). Es necesario que los laicos apostólicos publiquen la buena doctrina y promuevan la fe católica y ahora, más que nunca, la postura de Mons. Lefebvre es clara! Desgraciadamente, sin embargo, la escasez de sana doctrina en los prelados de esta pesadilla postconciliar hace que los laicos se sientan algo desorientados, pero que se guíen al menos por la claridad doctrinal y la caridad fraterna que brillaban en las anteriores publicaciones católicas, cuando estaban bajo la dirección de un buen clero de mentalidad tradicional. Por un lado, "es necesario que surjan escándalos y no que la verdad se quede callada", como decía san Gregorio, y por otro lado, ser un tabloide de la cuneta y sacar provecho de ello. (cf. Cathinfo!).

Mis razones para dejar el OLMC en Kentucky se hicieron públicas, claras y siguen siendo las mismas. Me niego a poner en peligro la validez de los sacramentos y a promover un obispo dudoso. Tengo exactamente la misma posición de Mons. Lefebvre sobre la objetividad dudosa del Nuevo Rito de las ordenaciones y de las consagraciones episcopales. (Ver: thecatacombs.org para sus propias explicaciones extensas sobre este tema). Mons. Lefebvre fue un teólogo mucho más grande que cualquier otro en este siglo, con experiencia en el campo misionario. Su posición en todos los niveles supera con creces cualquier peso de pluma de nuestro tiempo!

Debido a lo absurdo de nuestros tiempos apocalípticos y a la aceleración de todos los males, es necesario establecer posiciones y aclarar cualquier confusión. Así que, unámonos como miembros de la Iglesia Militante, oremos y luchemos por su antigua gloria, que sólo regresará cuando el Papa obedezca obedientemente a Nuestra Señora de Fátima y Roma regrese a la Tradición Católica!

"Por lo tanto, cuando planteamos la pregunta de cuándo habrá un acuerdo con Roma, mi respuesta es simple: Cuando Roma vuelva a coronar a nuestro Señor Jesucristo. No podemos estar de acuerdo con los que destronan a Nuestro Señor! El día que reconozcan a Nuestro Señor como Rey de todos los pueblos y naciones, no seremos nosotros los que nos uniremos a ellos, sino ellos los que regresarán a la Iglesia Católica en la que permanecemos". (Mons. Lefebvre, "Fideliter", No. 68, marzo de 1989).

Sinceramente en Cristo, Resucitado del sepulcro!

P. David Hewko

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