Can a Catholic go to a SSPX mass

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Well, prudence …
This week 270 tourists were caught breaking their quarantine leaving their hotels. In other words, we have now cases of the virus , And we are fair game to these people who had “ their reasons”.
What is the rationale?
Padre Pío could say what he said because he was alive…
Or do you think people are making this tremendous effort of lock down until a few land that this effort takes the whole of the community?
Please think, Rose…
Think of those who cannot even see their loved ones hospitalized…nor bury their dead yet.
 
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can I go to mass at the SSPX chapel and receive communion there.
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According to the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei , absolutely:

“…it is possible to fulfill the Sunday and holy day obligation by assisting at Masses of priests of the Society of St. Pius X, but until such time as their situation is regularized in the Church, even though they are part of the Church, we cannot recommend your doing so.”
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Those words in bold — can someone find me some stone surface I can carve these in?

These eight words seem to address the “SSPX in schism?” issue once and for all.

I will leave it at that. These “to SSPX or not to SSPX” threads have a tendency to go south very quickly.
 
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Can you post some pictures of Christ the King church or the chapel? I need some consolation.
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This is so beautiful. I am awestruck!
 
For starters, the information we are hearing on the news is deceptive - not for any intent; it is for lack of information.

Why the lack? Let’s look at some math.

The growth of the virus in China (and other countries ) is telling. About 80% of those infected will not need hospitalization. Some oft them will have no symptoms; some will have mild symptoms, and some will have more, but not enough to require hospitalization. These are the “true” cases, not the reported cases.

Of the remaining 20% hospitalized, 5% or 1/4th will need ICU. And the death rate of all cases, reported and not reported appears to be around 3 to 4+%.

It takes an average of 17.3 days from infection to death. the math, based on the study of what happened in China, would indicate that for each death there may be 800 cases.

We are at the point now of cases going exponential and doubling somewhere between 6.2 days, and 2 days (depending on how widespread they are). For every death, there are approximately 100 cases, including the majority non-reported. The estimate of 8,700 reported cases now means that there could be easily be 43,500 cases total, with
34,800 people out there who are contagious and capable of spreading it. And with a replication rate every 6.2 days, net week would could have an additional 17,400 cases.

And if the move to quarantine is not as effective as desired, and a replication rate of doubling every 6.2 days, then by March 25, it is possible we may have 17,400 more people seeking hospitalization.

Anyone who thinks the bishops acted too soon, is simply unaware of how rapidly and how contagious this virus is.

And people are contagious before they have symptoms.

Estimates today are that we could need as many as 200,000 ICU beds; we now have about 100,000. And depending on whether we are getting a handle on the cases in the next 2 to 4 weeks, those may be low estimates.
 
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You are right it was Margaret .
I’m sorry.
Yet it applies in the sense that we are struggling that all have an opportunity to heal and live.
And in order to better serve patients, the health system cannot by any means get overcrowded.Anywhere it seems.
For some reason you seem to create a dichotomy between the body and the soul, as if we lived in the abstract supernatural with no feet in the ground,and if it wasn’t in this thread , I apologize. I am reading several threads but that is the gist I get from your posts, Rose. No need to answer if I am mixing threads up
 
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The Church is not without sacraments. Members of the Church cannot avail themselves to the Mass of a short period of time in 1st world nations. People in 3rd world nations may go a year or more between opportunities to go to Mass.

Your feeling that having no Mass for several weeks is more terrifying than the virus seems out of step with the Church, particularly in light of thousands upon thousands who have no opportunity at all the great majority of the time, and the thousands of deaths which are occurring here and now - for example, Italy had 425 deaths in the last 24 hours, and about 1/6th the population.
 
As you ve written it here, now I understand what you are saying.
And about hoarding toilet paper, well…there may still be time to return some if they kept the ticket , right?
Crisis can get the best and the worst in us.
Thanks for claryfing , Rose.
 
150 years ago my area of the country was mission territory with circuit riding priests people saw few tines a year.
 
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