Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

Reactions to the "conditions" given to the SSPX abound on the internet. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf has a good commentary on this issue, and more than this, he identifies the critical issue upon which all else rests , viz., " Who is Peter in the Church? " If this cannot be agreed upon, further discussion would seem useless. I reprint Fr. Zuhlsdorf's prayer. It is perfect. O God, our common Father who knows us better than ourselves, pour graces through the Holy Spirit into the hearts of the members of the SSPX to bend what is rigid and warm what is cold, that in union with the Vicar of Christ, to whom Your Son our Lord gave His own authority to bind and to loose and whom He gave as a gift to the Church as a visible point of unity, we may together in ecclesial charity strive in grace and zeal to renew Your people in our Holy Catholic Church .

Brian Kopp posts an interesting story with an extremely provocative title . The Roman Catholic Church is not a "standing army" composed of divisions. The Pope is not the Commander-in-chief, but the Servant of the Servants of God . It is an interesting story nonetheless in its scope, and puts into full view the concupiscence and folly of all of us men. As His Holiness infers in the final paragraph, God, is a patient God; the Son will still sort the "wheat from the chaff."

Shawn Tribe of the New Liturgical Movement carries part of a fascinating interview from Petrus . The interview is with Chilean Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 1998 to 2002. Here are two small snippets: Eminence, some inside of the Church continue to oppose the Motu Proprio 'Summorum Pontificum'… "Unfortunately it is true, but it is also necessary to remember that the Mass according to the rite of St. Pius V has never been abolished and though it is currently considered 'extraordinary', it has the same right to citizenship in the Church and the same dignity as the 'Novus Ordo' of Paul VI. It should be remembered that the bishops who were opposed to Motu Proprio of Benedict XVI are perfectly free to express their opinions civilly, but, ultimately, are required to be obedient and respect for the Pope, who is the only universal pastor of the Holy Roman Church......