Yin-Yang Cardinal Müller: Catholics Must Submit To Novus Ordo And Francis

The difference between the Roman Rite and the Novus Ordo are “only in some external rites," a clueless Cardinal Gerhard Müller claims in a preface to the German edition of Old Rite Bishop Fernando Rifan’s book “Tradition und lebendiges Lehramt” (Tradition and Living Magisterium), published on November 22.

Among the elements "which do not belong to its substance," Müller lists the direction and language of celebration. However, in real life, these two points are among the most aggressively defended Novus Ordo dogmas to the point that a priest presiding in Latin or facing God is immediately fired.

In fact, the Roman Rite and the Novus Ordo cannot be compared, as the latter has never developed as a commonly recognised rite since every priest makes up his own ceremonies, and liturgical abuses are the rule.

Müller who was ordained in 1978, celebrated only twice in the Roman Rite. For him, it is “absurd” that the forms of Mass “are raised to the level of dogmatics” - as if the liturgy depends on academic dogmatic theories and not vice versa.

He refuses to face reality by claiming that Vatican II is "not" the cause of the misinterpretation of "its teachings" (Vatican II was not a teaching, but only a pastoral Council), and the "renewed liturgy" should not be blamed for its abuses (who should?).

According to him, the Roman Rite and Novus Ordo “must be accepted by every Catholic without doubting the orthodoxy of the other or evading the obligation of all to obey the pope and the competent bishop in matters of faith and sacramental discipline.” Unfortunately, Müller leaves the question unanswered how the Novus Ordo smorgasbord of abuses could be compared to the venerable Roman Rite. Further, the Pope has competence over the sacramental "discipline" but not over the sacraments.

Müller goes on calling Traditionis Custodes “questionable in content and form” - which seems to contradict his previous statement.

For him, the solution is "unity" and "justice" without truth, “The good Catholic, for the sake of the Church’s unity and trusting in the higher justice of God, humbly submits to decisions of ecclesiastical authority, even if he finds them unjust and weakly justified by facts – apart, of course, from the demand of obedience to heretical teachings or immoral acts” - of which the Francis regime is full.

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