Catalog of Compromise, Change, and Contradiction - Book version released

It is my understanding that Fr. Hewko has been aware for several weeks now that Mr. Johnson was the author and compiler of the changes contained in the book. I think it is clear, Fr. Hewko is speaking to the facts of the changes of the now-conciliar SSPX and not to Mr. Johnson's personal words. Thankfully, Fr. Hewko does not get bogged down in personalities and is not so petty as to refused to speak the important facts of the issue just because of who cataloged them. 

Not a little ironically, it is generally understood that Mr. Johnson continues to attend the conciliar-SSPX despite his clear understanding of their changes and new direction. If this continues be true, this hypocrisy certainly undermines his reputation. 'Let your yes be yes and your no be no.' Hopefully things have changed and Mr. Johnson no longer attends the SSPX?

Regardless. this catalog is a great service and may many souls (unlike Mr. Johnson?) once they know of the SSPX's new direction towards the Conciliar Church have the strength to remove themselves from that downward spiral into modernism and betrayal.

Sadly, what even more speaks to the hypocrisy of the author is the fact that he continues to loudly and boldly attempt to defend Bp. Williamson's statements of the last few years regarding 'grace in the New Mass'. How can we truly trust an author who selectively castigates one group (the SSPX) for their turn towards conciliarism but defends that same turn towards conciliarism in another group (i.e. the false Resistance under Bp. Williamson)?

It is my understanding that Mr. Johnson was soundly chastised for this very defense of 'grace in the New Mass' within the last few days on a thread that he started on another forum, which was begun and titled in such a way as to attack Fr. Hewko specifically. It ended, I was told, with Mr. Johnson leaving the thread after so many showed the error of his/Bp. Williamson's position. Even now, I understand, people are calling on Mr. Johnson to retract some of his errors that were so clearly refuted there.

Mmmm. If Mr. Johnson - with all his particular knowledge of the errors of the SSPX - hasn't decided on "fidelity to Tradition" by leaving the SSPX a full 7 years after their public betrayal, well, that's between him and the good Lord. You're right, cccc, all we can do is pray.

There are many souls that have children and who worry about how they are going to help provide the Sacraments for them. But we must trust in Divine Providence and not trust to our own poor human means of procuring something good. God does not ask us to obtain something good through a compromise with error. If the good Lord hasn't provided a plethora of faithful priests (and instead giving us only a precious few) then we must bow our heads under this penance being imposed on us and suffer patiently. But that doesn't mean we support those in error just to get Sacraments. If this was truly the right answer, then the Arians should have been approached for Sacraments during that crisis. Remember also how good, faithful Catholics avoided the Pax Priests. The Sacraments from those priests would have been valid but the laity knew that to attend those Masses and Sacraments would have given their silent approval of the evils of communism. Same with the juring priests during the French Revolution... those priests were avoided. The Church has already pointed out how to act in this time. Our sensus fidei tells us to have nothing to do with those who either promote or compromise with error. All we must do is hold fast to Tradition, to what the Church teaches.

As an aside, it is sadly Mr. Johnson who is well known for his ad hominem attacks, as was once again pointed out to him in that same thread that recently attacked Fr. Hewko.