“St. Thomas explains that for a law to be just, it must conform to the demands of reason and have an effect which is both good and for the benefit of those for whom it is intended. A law can cease to bind without revocation on the part of the legislator when it is clearly harmful, impossible, or irrational. It would certainly constitute an abuse of authenticity for a pope to forbid the celebration of so hallowed, venerable and Catholic a rite as the Tridentine Mass. Should it be done, there is a sound case to justify the faithful in resisting him, based upon accepted norms within Catholic theology. (p. 25).” CatholicismCatholic ChurchCatholic TraditionCatholic Church TodayCatholic Mass Book:The Legal Status of the Tridentine Mass Source: The Legal Status of the Tridentine Mass
“It is hard to believe that many of those now exercising authority in the Church appears to have as their dearest ambition the obliteration of the most Sacred Prayer [1962 Latin Mass] from the face of the earth - and would it be too outrageous to suggest that where they do manage to obliterate the Sacred Prayer, the sacrifice which it enshrines may vanish too?” CatholicCatholicismCatholic ChurchVatican IiCatholic Church TodayCatholic Mass Book:The Tridentine Mass: The Mass that Will Not Die Source: The Tridentine Mass: The Mass that Will Not Die