SSPX Masses meet, and have met for as long as I know, the Sunday obligation. The Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” (the group in the Vatican effectively in charge of reconciling the SSPX to Rome) will tell you as much if you write them a letter.
As a lay, unaffiliated (with a religious order) Catholic, I would not go to any church or chapel and/or participate in any liturgy that was not approved of by the local ordinary.
Okay.
You could, I suppose, but I’d think that it is almost always preferable to go to a Mass that is not being celebrated by a priest whose status is irregular (almost always leaving room for any number of unusual circumstances)
I have seen reports in the press of anywhere from a few hundred thousand up to a million and a half. I don’t think anybody really knows for sure.
But that is not a qualification attached by the Holy See. In fact, the Holy See expressly says (and has been saying) it is okay to attend Mass at SSPX chapels, as long as one is not trying to separate oneself from Peter. Nothing else is attached.
Fr. Z don’t go to Communion, although it still is Jesus Christ.
I wasn’t aware! Thank you.
There is a third order. Which is kind of strange since the SSPX is not an order. I wonder how they will be affected.
I also tend to be “traditional” in the fact that I usually attend and belong to the parish my residence is geographically in.
Do these brothers referred to include the Benedictines related to the SSPX?
They aren’t a third order of ther SSPX. They are third order Franciscans who are attached to the SSPX in some way. They have separated, at least jurisdictionally, from the Franciscan orders of brothers and sisters.
Okay. Obedience to what? There is absolutely no obligation, explicit or implicit, in attending a geographic parish.
Getting off track…
This would not be the same. The Benedictines in NM that you are referring to (there may be others as well) are consecrated Monks who have taken solemn vows. When one uses the term “third order” it is typically used in the context of the laity such as Lay Dominicans, Secular Franciscans, Benedictine Oblates, Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites, etc. Of course there are the Third Order Regular Franciscans, but that just starts to make things messy and there are other threads with better definitions of that situation going so if you are interested, check here: forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=600571
So if you are in a third order, are you called “brother”?
No. A Lay Dominican for example would be referred to as Mr. John Smith, OP or Miss Amy Jones, OP. Brother and Sister are titles for consecrated religious. Again, for a discussion on third orders and everything surrounding them, there are dozens of threads that you should go read.
Then you are too invested in it for whatever reason. Take a step back. The Church will still be here tomorrow whether this comes to fruition, or if it doesn’t.
There is no reason why you cannot attend Mass there today if you like. You cannot go to confession there, but you can attend Mass. Of course, if there is another EF Mass close to you, it would probably be better to go there for the time being, though others may disagree with that.
Me too.
But if they have brothers and sisters then they do have lay people.