This is a little write-up based on a short live session I conducted on Facebook recently. I think you'll enjoy this, It's Catholic news, Catholic spirituality, and a fraternal exhortation all rolled into one!

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The writeup is based on what I said in the audio, so whether you read it, or listen to the audio you're getting the same substance.

I’ve been thinking about something in Catholic news that’s a little wild. The Society of St. Pius X is planning to consecrate new bishops this July. If they go through with it, they’re basically setting themselves up for automatic excommunication—schism, plain and simple. Cardinal Víctor Fernández has confirmed it: this isn’t hypothetical. If they do it, they’re out of communion with the Church.

Here’s the thing I can’t get past: why would anyone go along with that? Imagine you’re a priest in the SSPX, about to be consecrated. You hear from Rome, “If you do this, you’re excommunicated.” Most of us would say, “Yeah… no thanks.” But these guys aren’t backing down. My guess? Deep down, they think they’re right and the Church is wrong. If the Church’s authority doesn’t matter to you, then you might as well do what you want—and that’s basically the definition of sedevacantism, even if they don’t call it that.

And here’s why it hit me personally. That’s what we do sometimes in our own lives, too. Not talking about accidental slip-ups, but those times we knowingly choose wrong. We sin, even knowing God’s law is clear. We act like His authority doesn’t matter—“I know it’s wrong, but I’m doing it anyway.” That’s the same kind of defiance in miniature.

God’s law, to me, isn’t a threat or a set of restrictions. It’s a guide to becoming the person He imagined when He made me—before original sin, before all my mistakes, before life happened. The more I align myself with it, the more I grow into the version of me He created. Day by day, it’s about running the race right now, not obsessing over heaven or hell, the finish line or the scoreboard.

So when I look at the SSPX, it’s a reminder of the stakes. Defying authority—human or divine—has consequences. And when we choose to follow God’s law instead, we’re not just obeying rules; we’re running toward the authentic life He designed for us. That’s the holiness He wants for each of us: the real, original, amazing version of ourselves.

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