The Ancient Rite of the Mass cannot be Forbidden

“𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴; 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘣𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘴; 𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘣𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵'𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘮 𝘗𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭.
𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 “𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸” 𝘵𝘩𝘦 “𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘴,” 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘮 𝘗𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯.”

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 “𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀 & 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆”, 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟯𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭.
see: https://www.firstthings.com/web.../2021/07/mass-and-memory

The bitter irony of the Catholic Church today is that the Pope who suppresses the Mass of the Saints, claiming that the reformed liturgy is “the unique expression of the lex orandi of the Roman Rite” (Traditiones custodes, Art. 1) simultaneously promulgates a new "Mayan" rite of the Mass:

 

While academics argue about the implications of the Pope's words and actions, they appear continually perplexed by his lack of consistency and clarity. If you want to know how bad it is, it would be hard to find a better expression than the reactions of Cardinal Raymond Burke former prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Cardinal Gerhard Müller former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Both appeared on EWTN's flagship news programme, The World Over Live, hosted by Raymond Arroyo and both appear simply perplexed by what is going on in the Church. There is no way to explain the contradictory and confusing actions we see throughout the Catholic Church at the moment and it is even harder to understand those who are going along with it!

At stake in all this is Catholic credibility. If the Pope refuses to enforce the lex vivendi in Germany, saying that it is up to individual bishops how they proceed with strategies which stand in direct contrast with two thousand years of Christian doctrine, thought and Tradition, while suppressing that Tradition and condemning it whenever he can, how can the Church claim to be anything more than an institution guided by nothing more than personal whim and political machinations?

It is hard to argue that the Pope is doing something other than replacing Scripture, Tradition and the Magisterium, with constantly changing beliefs and teachings, a project which he is calling "synodality": "Pope Francis seeks a synodal church that is always reforming". What is most clear is that no one is clear about what any of this means.

What I don't understand is how anyone thinks any of this can be convincing to anyone? The only ones who seem interested (to the point of infatuation) are those who are being flown around the world in business class, sipping Prosecco in business lounges and giving speeches. They all belong to the same demographic and lecture us about accompaniment, diversity and dialogue while closing down anyone who disagrees.

Final panel with all the keynote speakers at the #francis10 conference at @stambrose. @joshjmac is moderating pic.twitter.com/MHHCa7mSjT

— Heidi Schlumpf (@HeidiSchlumpf) March 18, 2023

A question for @tonyannett, @HeidiSchlumpf, @MassimoFaggioli, @joshjmac @CardinalJWTobin. et al. I have seen pictures of the Final Panel at @stambrose #Francis10 conference. Where are the people of color anywhere in these pictures? I could be wrong. if I am I apologize upfront. https://t.co/r4V5X34KEb

— Satish Joseph (@FrSatishJoseph) March 19, 2023

"A glass of Prosecco while we tuck you up in bed, Mr Ivereigh?"
"Whaaaat? I was promised Bollinger. And it's DOCTOR Ivereigh."

— Damian Thompson (@holysmoke) March 19, 2023

For years I have been saying that the greatest stumbling block to the preaching of the Kingdom and the message of the Gospel today is hierarchs and prelates who are determined that you are Catholic enough to give plenty of cash to keep them in the manner to which they have become accustomed, but not so Catholic that you care, that you recognise when they want to do something that contradicts the faith or cause a fuss or challenge the prevailing culture or embarrass them in any way.

I suppose it has ever been this way, but I do wonder if, in backing Francis, they may just have pushed the business model too far?

A house divided cannot stand (Mt 12:22-28) and, contrary to his role as the great bridge builder - the point of unity for all Christians, Pope Francis continues to factionalise the Catholic Church and pursue ideologically controversial positions which can only possibly divide the bride of Christ even further. It is an incremental heresy which chokes orthodox teaching and practice and allows error to slip through, drip by drip, piece by piece.