

These considerations – and many others – have distanced me from the SSPX, because to preach such words to the faithful would frighten them. We have the example of the present day Vatican, completely dominated by its enemies because their members have abandoned Our Lord Jesus Christ. This will not happen, however, without the infidelity of the leaders of the group, because we know that God never abandons man unless man abandons Him first. All that will remain will be some irrelevant dispersed faithful. In the Book of Daniel and the Apocalypse, we are warned that our enemies will have divine permission “to make war on the saints and to overcome them” (Apoc 13:7) and nothing, at least nothing visibly organized, will remain that the enemies will not have infiltrated and destroyed. Juan Carlos Ceriani).įaith in Ratzinger and a belief he will save the Church Thus I believe that the road taken by the SSPX is drawing it toward its ruin, and this is corroborated by others who have already denounced it (see the resignation of Fr. The contrast is striking when one considers the Apocalypse "And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon," … “And it deceiveth those who dwell on earth.” Now it seems that you and Bishop Bernard Fellay have faith in him and believe that he will save the Church: “We can indeed hope that God will reward the undeniable valor that Benedict XVI has shown by conceding the two prerequisites that the SSPX solicited, and that He will give him the strength and lights necessary to carry out such a restoration, which seems impossible from the human point of view (your editorial in Iesus Christi n. And, of course, Benedict XVI is the chief mentor of this Church. Therefore, in my view, to approach modernist Rome is futile, and worse, it is harmful, because until now Rome has shown that it will devour all the traditionalist groups and reduce them to the synthesis that it believes is the Church, that is to say, Vatican II.
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For I find not thy works full before my God” (Apoc 3:2). I believe - and for this reason I decided to act accordingly - that the fight has reached the point spoken of by the Angel to the Church of Sardis: “Be watchful and strengthen the things that remain, which are ready to die. I consider that given the current state of affairs, to preach to the faithful that we should reconquer something that is heading toward death means to not understand our situation. Leonardo Castellani and I believe in Bible prophecies, so these ideas concerning the time in which we live are not new to me. Since I was in the seminary, I have been reading Fr. I am not just talking about the Apocalypse, because the issue goes beyond this text since it also refers to the eschatological words of Our Lord and passages from the writings of St. The question is rooted in my different understanding of the facts and correlating them to eschatology. I am explaining to you some of the reasons for my decision because you deserve to know them for the charity and understanding that you have shown me since my arrival at the SSPX.


But since I am not a member and my opinion does not count on these matters, I have decided to inform you of my determination to leave the SSPX.įr. I assure you that I have experienced painful hours because of my disagreement with the authorities of the SSPX. I am writing to tell you that for some time I have been praying to know what God Our Lord is asking of me. In it he presents to his Superior in Argentina the reason why he left that priestly organization: the SSPX intention to merge with progressivist Rome. TIA posts today the whole text of the letter of resignation from the SSPX written by Fr.
