[Mershon]

Mershon I have not always agreed with you, and I am sure I had irritated you in the past, but I appreciate your thoughtful point of view.


Really no offense intended nor taken. Your views have a moderating flair that I would do well to imitate. I know I have come down on some of your views in the past, but I think it is time for us as Catholics to be more mature about why many people feel forced to join SSPX chapels rather than their neighborhood parish. The Vatican does not automatically excommunicate them, so neither should we, in my humble opinion.

Remember, I get hammered from both sides quite often.

[Dominick]

If someone attends an SSPX chapel, I look at it like they attend a Call to Action meeting. It is a dangerous thing for the faith, and the way they relate to the Church as a whole. When you foster suspicion, you are rarely disappointed. Sometime suspicion in the people governing the Church is well founded.

At first, I try to make it clear I am talking about the SSPX and not that person. Sometimes I pop off.

After someone opens their mouth, and says something that illustrates they have imbibed schism, then I have no qualms about my opinion.

No person is forced to attend an SSPX chapel, if they understand the nature of the Church clearly. I think some SSPX adherents do have an element of false advertising, and overstate the status of people regularly attending those chapels.

I think there are indeed good people in the SSPX, and having those people participate in the fight instead of being bricked up in a chapel would be very helpful. One doesn't hide your light under a basket, or in a chapel, right?