Reasons for Frequenting a Reactionary Faith Group – Dec 20 – Homily – Fr Terrance

 

Fr Terrance gives the homily at Bloomington, IN, on Dec 20, 2023, where he first contrasts King Ahaz's lack of faith with Our Lady's wise response and then links this to the challenge of the schismatic SSPX and Sedevacantism in the Church, urging true reform through obedience and faith.

The SSPX is a reaction to perceived modernist issues and falls into schism according to Canon 751, defined as "refusal of submission to the supreme pontiff or of communion with the members of the church subject to him." This movement, rooted in disobedience and pride, resembles old heresies and schisms. Members, often misled or seeking refuge in familiarity, fail to realize their deviation from true Catholicism. The SSPX is not in communion with the Church, rejecting essential aspects of faith, like John Paul II's 1998 profession of faith. True reform in the Church involves personal reform and obedience, not reactionary separation. This type of faith and obedience is taught in the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13) and Deuteronomy 5:32 - "You shall be careful to do as the Lord your God has commanded you. You shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left."
Let us pray for those misled into schism, seeking Our Lady's intercession for their conversion.

00:00 – Introduction to Contrasting Figures of Faith
01:07 – Reactions to Vatican's Document on Same-Sex Blessings
01:51 – Discovering and Understanding SSPX
02:19 – SSPX: A Reactionary Movement
03:01 – Reactionary Catholicism and SSPX
04:01 – Understanding SSPX's Schismatic Tendencies
05:07 – Defiance and Redefinition of Schism
06:05 – The Draw of SSPX: Pride, Fear, and Naivete
08:04 – Superficial Piety and Ideological Extremes
10:07 – Alignment with Conspiracy Theories and Authority Rejection

Ave Maria!

Mass: Weekdays of Advent - Dec 20
Readings:  - http://usccb.org/bible/readings/122023.cfm
1st: isa 7:10-14
Resp: psa 24:1-6
Gsp: luk 1:26-38

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