When in 2017 the Holy See made it possible for SSPX priests to receive delegation for marriages, there was not a word about invalidity of previous SSPX marriages. I attended a lovely wedding for which the cowardly and stingy bishop refused to give his permission.”Įven better would be lining up to go to confession to the bishop himself. ![]() It would be interesting to see his reaction as he walked into the church to hear confessions (assuming he does at all) and saw a hundred people already lined up, and have them, one after another, confess: Go to confession, one after another, to the priest who, sua sponte, declared attendance at these weddings to be mortally sinful. I recommend that everyone who attended these weddings go to confession. That said, going to confession is certainly a salubrious act. Thirdly, while there might be an issue of scandal, to maintain that every scandalous act is mortally sinful would shock even the most hardened Jansenist. Secondly, there’s no prohibition in Canon Law that prohibits the faithful from attending invalid weddings. First, if the parish needs to inform people, then they did not “knowingly attend” and therefore they did not fulfill one of the portions of committing a mortal sin, that is, knowledge that the act is mortally sinful. On another point, I’m not sure why/how the priest at the parish determined that “knowingly attending” these weddings is mortally sinful. But why have a pastorally sensitive heart toward these people? Right? They are only the most marginalized and now purposely persecuted group in the entire Church. Some bishops are rather more narrow-minded and cold-hearted when it comes to the desire of people to tie the knot with the Traditional Rite, probably in the chapel where they grew up. Most US bishops have done this, I think, and they also have a priest who acts as a kind of liaison in these matters. Francis opened this up and made it possible for local bishops to give delegation to SSPX priests for weddings are their chapels. SSPX chapels are not parishes and their priests are not pastors with jurisdiction to witness marriages. ![]() ![]() ![]() For the sake of proper form, there has to be a officiating witness to the exchange of vows with proper jurisdiction (such as a pastor in his parish) or delegation of that jurisdiction (such as a visiting priest who comes to do the wedding). For cryin’ out loud! Just give the SSPX priest delegation already! What are these bishops so afraid of? Why are they so spiritually stingy?Īlas, from the point of view of the current Code of Canon Law for the Latin Church, without that delegation, these weddings are invalid. Would you clarify what the canonical status of SSPX weddings (specifically those with denied permissions) is? Also is it true that attendance at such a wedding constitutes a sin? Thank you for all that you do those of us living in these confusing times. The (diocesan) parish has announced that these couples’ marriage are of doubtful validity and that those who knowingly attended the wedding should go to Confession before approaching for Holy Communion. Recently there were a couple of weddings that took place at the SSPX chapel for which the local diocesan bishop had refused the necessary “permission”. The local diocesan parish has also provided daily TLM but can no longer provide Traditional weddings. I am from a town where the SSPX has recently established a vibrant chapel and has been extremely generous in providing Traditional Latin Mass and other Sacraments in the traditional rite.
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