Inside Story – IV
The Bishop’s Roman plans were well on track
Till Providence intervened and held them back.
And so we come to the climax of the inside story of the outside
events of the Rosary Crusades of the Society of St Pius X six years ago.
Would Bishop Fellay choose Heaven’s solution to the crisis of Church
and World, trusting in Our Lady’s promise at Fatima of Russia’s
conversion and a “period of peace” if only Russia is consecrated to Her
Immaculate Heart, or would he choose the human solution of talks with
Rome to fabricate a synthesis of Tradition (2+2=4) with the Council
(2+2=4 or 5)? We can be certain that this is not how the Devil presented
the choice to the Bishop, especially when in June 2008 the Romans came
back into play.
In that month the Vatican became aware of the
possible Rosary Crusade for the Consecration of Russia through a letter
which the same messenger of Our Lady had addressed to Pope Benedict XVI,
invoking his blessing upon such an endeavor. The Vatican took the
letter seriously. Cardinal Darío
Castrillón Hoyos ordered Bishop Fellay to return directly to Rome from
Hawaii where His Excellency had gone to administer the sacrament of
Confirmation. On June 4, Cardinal Castrillón with a group of several
Roman prelates threatened Bishop Fellay that if he were to call for a
Rosary Crusade for the Consecration of Russia, Rome would close the door
to any future discussions, and Rome would revive the dormant
“excommunications” which had for the time being been rendered
inoperative. That was also when the Vatican tried to impose on Bishop
Fellay the “Vatican Ultimatum,” or five conditions necessary for any
discussions.
So under this Roman pressure, Bishop Fellay had still
not decided in the early autumn of 2008 to do as Our Lady asked,
despite her repeated requests, and in fact on October 5, 2008, despite
her direct warnings, he chose to apply the Second Rosary Crusade, set to
run from November 1 until Christmas, to the intention of the
“excommunications” o
f 1988
being lifted. On the same day Our Lord displayed His anger to the
messenger of Our Lady by a vision of Him bringing down His hand to
destroy the SSPX, while he referred to them as “Pharisees and
hypocrites,” and said, “I can no longer put up with them.” But in the
very moment of Our Lord’s hand falling, the messenger saw the Blessed
Virgin Mary interceding on the Society’s behalf, pleading for mercy and
saying “Remember the weakness of men.” The messenger then saw Our Lord’s
anger immediately give way to His mercy.
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The "excommunications" of the SSPX leaders
were illicit and "never were".
There was no need of a "lifting"
to something that spiritually didn't exist |
But the Bishop’s mind
was now made up. Three weeks later on October 26, at the Pontifical Mass
climaxing the Society’s pilgrimage to Lourdes for the 150
th
Jubilee of Our Lady’s apparitions at Lourdes, he went ahead with
announcing that the second Rosary Crusade would be dedicated to the
lifting of the “excommunications” of 1988. On December 16 he wrote in
private to the Pope, as requested by Benedict XVI, the letter asking the
Pope for the lifting of the excommunications of 1988. On January 24,
2009, these were partially lifted by Rome. Bishop Fellay directly
attributed this to the intervention of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and he
must have exulted in this seeming triumph of his patient diplomacy.
Alas,
any triumph was short-lived, because within days the enemies of
Catholic Tradition fired off in their worldwide media a torpedo
perfectly designed to blow out of the water the threatening reunion of
the Catholic Pope with Catholic Tradition. When the six-minute film clip
from November 1 of an SSPX Bishop casting serious doubt on the
“holocaust” and “gas chambers” of World War II was made public, Benedict
XVI had to run for cover from the deadly accusation of consorting with
“anti-semites.” The SSPX-Rome agreement was blocked, for at least a few
years. (To be concluded.)
Kyrie eleison.
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