Opinions on attending SSPX services?

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I’ve just, to my surprise, found out there’s an SSPX church fairly close to me. Would attending one of their masses be a bad idea? What is Rome’s official stance on this? There are already Tridentine services nearer to me which I learned of off the Archdiocese’s website. Of course it never mentioned the SSPX service.
 
If there is an approved Extraordinary Form Mass in your area, why would you go to an SSPX Chapel? :confused:

That doesn’t make a lot of sense.
 
I’m just looking for opinions since they are no longer excommunicated and I’ve read Rome even has allowed we make small donations at their services. It’s likely that without the SSPX the official EF masses wouldn’t even be offered today.
 
I’m just looking for opinions since I’ve read Rome even has allowed we make small donations at their services. It’s likely that without the SSPX the official EF masses wouldn’t even be offered today. That said, it’s just a curiosity. I doubt I’ll ever do it.
 
There must already be countless threads on the subject. I am certain if you do a search, you will be inundated with all of the opinions you will ever need. 🙂
 
You can fulfill your Sunday obligation and receive communion but you can’t confess to an SSPX priest.
 
Peerce said:
I’m just looking for opinions since I’ve read Rome even has allowed we make small donations at their services. It’s likely that without the SSPX the official EF masses wouldn’t even be offered today. That said, it’s just a curiosity. I doubt I’ll ever do it.
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If there is no other place to attend the EF and you attend there, it is only polite to chip in a few bucks for the candles.

However if you have a diocesean EF, you have no reason to attend the SSPX chapel. Please avoid a potential conflict and attend only the approved Masses in your area.
 
Mrs_Sally said:
If there is no other place to attend the EF and you attend there, it is only polite to chip in a few bucks for the candles.

However if you have a diocesean EF, you have no reason to attend the SSPX chapel. Please avoid a potential conflict and attend only the approved Masses in your area.
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Is post #5 correct? What potential conflict?
 
As stated in the letters of clarification on Summorum Pontificum issued by Benedict XVI, You should not go to an SSPX chapel if the EF Mass is provided by the diocese or some other approved organization (FSSP, ICKSP). You should go to the EF Mass provided under regular conditions, if and when it is available.

I imagine that Pope Francis would continue with the policies previously laid out. There is no need to stir the waters.
 
10thCrusader said:
As stated in the letters of clarification on Summorum Pontificum issued by Benedict XVI, You should not go to an SSPX chapel if the EF Mass is provided by the diocese or some other approved organization (FSSP, ICKSP). You should go to the EF Mass provided under regular conditions, if and when it is available.

I imagine that Pope Francis would continue with the policies previously laid out. There is no need to stir the waters.
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Ok…so if there is no other alternative for an EF Mass you can attend SSPX?
 
johnnyc176 said:
Ok…so if there is no other alternative for an EF Mass you can attend SSPX?
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That’s what the letters of clarification say. The one caveat is that the priest must not be saying things disobedient to the Holy Father. Actually, the SSPX priests don’t express disobedience to the Holy Father. That usually happens in the sedevacantist groups.

Sooo, if the priest expresses disobedience to the Holy Father, then get out of there! :eek:
 
I tend too vacillate between no and no on this. The SSPX is motivated by a spirit. That spirit is not and cannot be the Holy Spirit. It is the spirit of division and it is not from heaven. It’s purpose is to divide the Body of Christ.

The Holy Spirit unites.
The demon divides.
 
10thCrusader said:
That’s what the letters of clarification say. The one caveat is that the priest must not be saying things disobedient to the Holy Father. Actually, the SSPX priests don’t express disobedience to the Holy Father. That usually happens in the sedevacantist groups.

Sooo, if the priest expresses disobedience to the Holy Father, then get out of there! :eek:
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Thankfully I do have an EF Mass in my parish so it’s not a concern for me. Thank you.
 
This is the document that is referenced for this question.

ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CEDSSPX2.HTM
While it is true that participation in the Mass at the chapels of the Society of St. Pius X does not of itself constitute “formal adherence to the schism”, such adherence can come about over a period of time as one slowly imbibes a schismatic mentality which separates itself from the teaching of the Supreme Pontiff and the entire Catholic Church classically exemplified in A Rome and Econe Handbook which states in response to question 14 that the SSPX defends the traditional catechisms and therefore the Old Mass, and so attacks the Novus Ordo, the Second Vatican Council and the New Catechism, all of which more or less undermine our unchangeable Catholic faith.
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It is precisely because of this schismatic mentality that this Pontifical Commission has consistently discouraged the faithful from attending Masses celebrated under the aegis of the Society of St. Pius X.
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Peerce said:
I’ve just, to my surprise, found out there’s an SSPX church fairly close to me. Would attending one of their masses be a bad idea? What is Rome’s official stance on this? There are already Tridentine services nearer to me which I learned of off the Archdiocese’s website. Of course it never mentioned the SSPX service.
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I once read that we shouldn’t refer to the sacrifice of the Mass as a “service”…that’s sooo prostestant…this is what we have become…I love the Latin Liturgy…when I go home…New Orleans…there is a Latin Mass at St Patrick’s downtown…I have gone to the SSPX Mass in New Orleans also…PAX
 
JM3 said:
This is the document that is referenced for this question.

ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CEDSSPX2.HTM
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Actually, that document is a little dated (and you were very selective in quoting from it), That was the original Ecclesia Dei document issued by Pope John Paul II that asked the bishops to provide the EF Mass to those who asked for it. It was hoped that a more liberal application of the EF Mass would bring the SSPX back into the fold (Archbishop LeFebvre had been recently excommunicated for ordaining bishops without permission).

The more recent document Summorum Pontificum issued by Benedict XVI was much more expansive. It allowed for the EF Mass even without the local Bishop’s permission. There was an accompanying letter that rescinded the excommunication of the SSPX bishops (and consequently the priests). This make the SSPX Masses valid as the permission comes directly from the Holy See with the following conditions:

  1. *]The priests don’t speak disobedience to the Holy Father. Like I said that’s a whole other set of groups.
    *]There is no local EF Mass provided by the diocese.

    Since the OP said there was an EF Mass provided by the diocese, they should go there (unless its very far away or difficult to get to).
 
po18guy said:
I tend too vacillate between no and no on this. The SSPX is motivated by a spirit. That spirit is not and cannot be the Holy Spirit. It is the spirit of division and it is not from heaven. It’s purpose is to divide the Body of Christ.

The Holy Spirit unites.
The demon divides.
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Not true! C’mon…
Look at their website even and you’ll see a spirit that loves Christ and his church. They may currently be ‘irregular’ but you are talking about sedes. What spirit did you reply in?
I hope it is just misinformation. The sspx’ers I know are nothing like what you describe.
 
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