Zip it!
MICHAEL MATT
When Pope Leo XIV appeared on the loggia at St. Peter's, I made the call. He was Francis 2.0. He would continue the agenda of Bergoglio, the Lavender Mafia, the St. Gallen Boys, the Jesuits, and the post conciliar modernist antichurch. Prevost did not disappoint. He is everything I expected him to be.
One of the professional Catholics that nailed it out the gate was Taylor Marshall who pronounced it a disaster, He has since scrubbed that brutally honest and even prophetic video from the YouTube archive. This is because being right will cost you financially.
Right behind Taylor Marshall was Michael Matt of The Remnant who told the traditionalist recognize and resist crowd to "zip it." This is odd behavior from two guys who openly opposed Bergoglio. Now, I realize that you gotta give a new Pope time to disgrace himself before you call him out. We are past that now. Leo has arrived.
One guy that called it early and never wavered was Timothy Gordon. I will explain why I think Gordon is so bold while Matt and Marshall are so timid. It involves the letters "SSPX." Gordon is opposed to the SSPX while Marshall and Matt are not. Somewhere, the SSPX made a strategic move to not oppose Bergoglio, and they wish to continue this strategy under Prevost. Meanwhile, the non-schismatic trads are taking it on the chin. It's weird how things work like that.
I have come to the conclusion and find myself in agreement with Cardinal Burke that the SSPX are in schism. The modernists are good for the business of the SSPX as confused Catholics leave their parishes for the SSPX chapels. One of the competitors to those SSPX chapels were all of the Latin Masses that blossomed after Summorum Pontificum. Those TLMs are now being torched under Traditiones Custodes.
The SSPX clearly do not like competition. They despise sedevacantists with the same zeal that they have for their former brothers in the FSSP. Their long term aim appears to me to be the exclusive home of the TLM while appearing to still be in communion with Rome. Pope Leo can change this which is why they play nice and zip it.
On the Novus Ordo side of things, you have the controversies at LifeSite that clearly deal with Opus Dei members who must also play nice with Leo to keep their cult running. They want everyone to zip it, too. The bottom line is that both the SSPX and Opus Dei love money.
What do the modernists want? They want everyone who has the faith to leave the Church. They don't care which door you take. My advice to all faithful Catholics is to stay in the boat, recognize and resist, and stay and stink. My hero on this is Bishop Athanasius Schneider who has gotten it exactly right. I only see it now late in the game. He is still recognizing and resisting. God bless that man.
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