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I love it how you guys want to drum me out of the Church for criticizing the Pope.

Nothing could be further from the truth. You have missed my point entirely. I think Mons. Perle's letter is a weak defense of your position. I would argue that the SSPX's existence (if your posts are any kind of indicator) is no longer strictly dedicated to devotion. In contrast, the FSSP is. The FSSP exists to provide the sacraments in the traditional rites without all the destructive rhetoric.

Nor do I need you to advise me where I should go to attend Mass on Sundays.

It is Mons. Perle that is advising you, not me, but you interpret his advisement in exactly the opposite meaning of his intent. That is all I am pointing out. That is why I think that you are mistaken when citing Mons. Perle's letter to justify your position.

"It is Mons. Perle that is advising you, not me, but you interpret his advisement in exactly the opposite meaning of his intent. That is all I am pointing out. That is why I think that you are mistaken when citing Mons. Perle's letter to justify your position."

You miss the whole point of the letter. From my perspective, after all the insults, after all the fuming and fussing, the bottom line is that he simply states "HE CANNOT RECOMMEND" my attending an SSPX Mass. To which I respond, I couldn't care less what someone like himself might merely RECOMMEND--someone who has never been a friend of traditionalism, who had himself assisted in the devious put-down of the FSSP, who has so obviously loathed the SSPX from day one. The bottom line is he DARED NOT FORBID IT. That to me says it all.

Even more, it is ludicrous that he should have implied that it would only be sinful if one attended such a Mass out of some spirit of schism, but it would not be sinful if one attended to increase one's devotion. This is amusing for two reasons: first, because the SSPX and its adherents have been fighting the charge of schism from the get-go. Only those who despise us make this claim--getting their jollies by hurling the "schismatic!" epithet--people like Msgr Perle--and copycats like yourself. Second, an even bigger joke is the monsignor's grudging admission that devotion may be found perhaps more readily in an SSPX chapel than elsewhere in the Church these days. We're making some progress if even he has finally admitted as much.