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Fr. Cyprian’s Benedictine Monastery:heretical and cult-like

 

By Bro. Peter Dimond, O.S.B.

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What are your thoughts on theBenedictine monastery of Fr. Cyprian in NM?

 

MHFM:  Thank you foryour question.  The monastery isbasically a SSPX monastery.  Many of thebrothers study at the SSPX’s seminary in Winona, MN.  They accept Benedict XVI as the pope, andthey hold that Bishop Lefebvre (who believed that souls could be saved in anyreligion) was a pillar of orthodoxy. 

 

BishopMarcel Lefebvre, Against the Heresies,p. 216: “Evidently, certain distinctions must be made.  Souls can be saved in a religion other thanthe Catholic religion (Protestantism, Islam, Buddhism, etc.), but not bythis religion.”

 

Theirpositions are unfortunately not of the true faith, and the founder of theirmonastery, Fr. Cyprian, is a heretic. Here is what he wrote in his Autumn, 2005newsletter:

 

Fr. Cyprian, newsletter, Autumn,2005: “We celebrate the 100thanniversary of the birth of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre on November 29thand thank God for giving us this great saint as our infallible guide,especially in the firm establishment of this monastery.”

 

Fr. Cypriansays that Bishop Lefebvre (a completely independent bishop) was his “infallible guide”!  This is cult-like.  Not even a pope is infallible in all he does,but only when he invokes his Magisterial authority.  But Fr. Cyprian says that Bishop Lefebvre wasan “infallible” guide!  This is purely hereticaland arguably idolatrous. 

 

Do they havemany externals at their monastery?  Absolutely.  Do theygive the appearance oftremendous devotion to God and the monastic vocation?  Yes. Since so many “traditionalists” care only about externals, and don’treally value the faith, as soon asthey get a brochure from a group such as this – replete with pictures of themonks engaged in holy activities – most of them are swept away.  They immediately conclude that they must beof God.  Who cares what positions theyhold on such “unimportant things” as whether Benedict XVI is the pope orwhether non-Catholics can be saved?  Whocares: “look at that neat monastic setup,that orderly schedule, and those fine Benedictinehabits!”  Bad-willed people, whodon’t really care about the faith of Jesus Christ, are swept away byexternals.  That’s one reason why theSSPX has amassed such a following.  It’show the homosexual cult, the Society of St. John, was able to gain so muchsupport in such a short period of time: they appeared quite dedicated in theirnice-looking cassocks and beautiful-sounding Latin chanting, yet underneath itall was a pack of unspeakable perverts.  Now, of course we’re not asserting that all who externally appeardedicated and traditional are spiritually false.  Rather, we’re asserting that if an individualappears externally dedicated to the true faith but continues obstinately inpositions not in line with it then he or she is definitely bad-willed andinsincere, now matter how dedicated he or she mayappear. 

 

As we’vetried to point out repeatedly, and as is exemplified so clearly in the case ofthe Society of St. John, appearances/externals are one thing and can bedeceiving – sincerity, true interior devotion and having the true faithinternally inhering in one’s soul is another. 

 

St. Alphonsus (+ c.1760): “In the estimation of men, thevalue of an act increases in proportion to the time spent in its performance;but before God the value of an actincreases in proportion to the purity of intention with which it is performed.  For, as the scripture says, men look only tothe external acts, while God regards the heart…” (The True Spouse of Jesus Christ, p. 597)

 

A while backwe posted a link about a convent of Novus Ordo nunswho pray that Jews remain Jews. (http://www.beliefnet.com/story/16/story_1675_1.html) Since they don’t want Jews to believe in Christ and the Catholic faith –but rather to remain Jews – those nuns are obviously apostates.  They are on the road to damnation and theydon’t have any faith in Christ.  However,they spend much of their day in silenceand their convent is unheated.  Theysurely consider themselves dedicated Catholics and perhaps extraordinary ascetics, while the reality is that they are completerejecters of God and headed for hell. This demonstrates that without the true faith, it is impossible toplease God (Heb. 11:6) – no matter how many other acts of religion, devotionand supererogation one thinks one performs.

 

Some of themost pernicious heretics in Church history deceived their victims by theirexternals and apparent ascetism.  Arius, for instance, was able to convincemany in this way.  This is a keypoint.  One can busy himself with manyactivities, including religious ones; but if the intention is not pure (i.e.for God and the salvation of souls), and the whole Catholic faith is notpresent, it’s worth nothing.  One caneven spend many hours a day in prayer and religious work; but if, for instance,the person thinks that John Paul II was a Catholic after seeing John Paul II’sapostasy, then that person’s devotion is in vain.  That’s because he doesn’t truly believe inGod.  In his case, his works arephony.  They serve to make him feel eliteand superior, but he doesn’t believe they are necessary.

 

No matter howmuch time and effort a man puts out, if he doesn’t hate evil, his effortis worth nothing.  If he cannot tellpeople the full truth, no matter how much time he spends publishing, speaking,traveling or working for matters Catholic, it’s all worth nothing.  If he refuses to believe what God hasrevealed because he just cannot accept it – for instance, that all who die asnon-Catholics are not saved – his effort is worth nothing.  That’s precisely what we are taught in thestory of God’s rejection of Saul.

 

1 Kings 15:22-23: “And Samuel said: Doth the Lord desire holocausts andvictims [i.e. sacrifices], and not rather that the voice of the Lordshould be obeyed?  For obedience is better than sacrifices:and to hearken rather than to offer the fat of rams.  Becauseit is like the sin of witchcraft to rebel: and like the crime of idolatry, torefuse to obey.  Forasmuch as thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord hathalso rejected thee from being king.”

 

This passageof scripture does not concern obedience to a reputed authority in the Church;it concerns obedience to the Word of God: faith in His revealed word.   And the chilling admonition above in 1 Kings15 was made by the prophet Samuel to King Saul, who had offered sacrifice indirect violation of God’s word.  Saul had attempted to please God with hissacrifice, while he was simultaneously contravening God’s spoken word.  As a result, King Saul’s sacrifice wascompletely rejected by God; and Saul himself was cast off by the Lord.  

 

What aboutthe other monks under Fr. Cyprian?  Arethey heretics, too?  It really dependsupon whether or not they have the same sentiments as Fr. Cyprian.  If they believe that Bishop Lefebvre, acompletely independent bishop, is an “infallible” guide… if they believe thatLefebvre was right to teach that souls can be saved in other religions afterthis is pointed out to them… if they agree that it’s okay to reject the“canonizations” of the man they deem to be pope, as the SSPX does… if theybelieve that John Paul II was a Catholic afterthey have been informed of his apostasy… then they are heretics just likeFr. Cyprian.  I fear that many of themwould obstinately defend these things, especiallyLefebvre’s heretical teaching on salvation, even after it (and its clear contradictionof Catholic dogma) would be pointed out to them.

 

A horriblesign was the fact that when the snake-worshipping, Voodoo-blessing,Koran-kissing apostate John Paul II died, the “monks” of NM under Fr. Cypriancelebrated a requiem Mass for him.  Theycelebrated a requiem for a man who rejected as meaningless Jesus Christ and theentire monastic life.  By such an action,they are indicating that one can reject as meaningless the entire monastic lifeand Jesus Christ Himself, as John Paul II did, and still make it toHeaven.  If they had any devotion toChrist, they would have a major problem celebrating a requiem Mass for theapostate John Paul II.  Those who wereaware of John Paul II’s activities, and still didn’t have a problem with therequiem Mass, are phonies.

 

Even thosewho may not agree with Fr. Cyprian’s positions, which is probably few, are inthe grave peril of imbibing the schismatic and heretical positions of the SSPXas long as they are surrounded by heretics in the monastery.  This is obviously why no Catholic couldsupport or enter this monastery, which doesn’t espouse positions in line withthe true Catholic faith.  Unfortunately,it espouses those which are heretical (souls can be saved in other religions),schismatic (one can reject the hierarchy one recognizes as the Catholichierarchy) and hostile to true faith in God (the independent Bishop Lefebvrewas “infallible”).

 

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