It is a cause for joy. This week Bishop Fellay met with the Prefect
of the CDF Cardinal Müller for the first time since the resignation of
Pope Benedict XVI.
There has been one unacceptable development. Catholics around the
globe have reacted – as though they have no part to play in the
reconciliation process.
We are wrong to place all the responsibility for reconciliation on
the shoulders of the Church hierarchy and the SSPX leaders.
There’s a
simple test for every Catholic to see if they are helping or hindering
the reconciliation. If you are a supporter of Cardinal Müller, could you
pray for Bishop Fellay? Most tellingly, could you pray for the SSXP
parishioners?
If you are a supporter of Bishop Fellay, are you willing to pray for
Cardinal Müller? Or, if you only attend the SSPX, could you pray for
Catholics who attend the Novus Ordo exclusively?
Perhaps the greater worldwide reconciliation between isolated
Traditionalists and mainstream Catholics has to start with praye…