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Sermon of 2nd February 2026, Saint-Curé-d’Ars Seminary, France.
“Reverend fathers, seminarians, sisters, my dear faithful.
It is a great joy for me to bless the cassocks of twenty-two new seminarians on this holy day when Our Blessed Lord, for the first time, went to the Temple to present Himself before the altar, so as to outwardly manifest the offering of Himself and of His life. “Here I am to do Thy will” – “This is the purpose of my Incarnation, and today I manifest Myself”. As much as possible, these perfect dispositions of Our Lord must be the dispositions of a young man who wants to give his life to Our Blessed Lord, in order to one day ascend to the altar.
What a beautiful example! This is the model to follow throughout our lives. This takes place in unity: the unity of Our Blessed Lady and of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lady, the Immaculate One, the Perpetual Virgin, accepted the rite of purification according to the law of Moses. Never had any creature ever been – or ever will be – as pure as the Blessed Virgin Mary. Yet, out of humility, she accepted this ritual. The offering of two turtle doves was brought, one for the burnt offering and one for remission of sins, and she is purified. It was the offering given by the poor.
And Our Lord Himself was redeemed because, as the firstborn, He belonged to God, and He was redeemed by paying the small sum of five shekels or five coins. He who was the true Redeemer – He who was himself the price of our redemption, accepted to be redeemed by a few simple coins. What humility! He was not strictly obliged to go to Jerusalem for this ritual. Jews who lived far away could do this by proxy. However, the Holy Family wanted to fulfil the law themselves, out of obedience.
What a magnificent example! Our Blessed Lord already presented Himself to us as obedient, obedient unto death. We know the perfection of His inner dispositions. He was already disposed to give everything for our redemption. To fulfil His duty of obedience to His Father and to fulfil His will. In this context of an already perfect immolation, we have a prelude to His Passion and to His Cross.
Our Lord cannot leave us indifferent
It is in this scene that Simeon appeared, a scene that was so common and so simple in appearance, but in the eyes of God, so unique, because Redemption had already begun. This old man spoke, and his words were divided into two contrasting parts. Firstly, the joy in seeing Our Lord Jesus Christ, and in taking Him in his arms. A joy proportionate to the desire he nurtured until that day. “At last, I have seen the Saviour, the salvation of Israel. Yes, I have seen Him!”
In Heaven, we will do nothing else but contemplate what Simeon contemplated in his arms during those few moments: this salvation, this Saviour, who has been prepared by Divine Providence, ever since the beginning of time. Christ’s incarnation was in God’s mind, if we may say so, for all people – ante faciem omnium populorum, lumen ad revelationem gentium. He is the only saviour who is given and offered, to all people and to all races, without distinction. What incredible joy! What joy in the eyes and words of this old man! Finally the light to teach the truth has come! The only path to salvation!
Nevertheless, Simeon’s joy and light, was suddenly interrupted by the announcement he made to Our Lady and Saint Joseph. He turned towards them, blessing them and telling them something in a very different tone – which is of course related to what had gone before. What exactly was he going to tell them? He told them that the redemption of mankind by this Child will come about through suffering, through the cross and through the Passion. This Child will be a sign of contradiction. This is a very beautiful definition of Our Blessed Lord. He is a sign of contradiction.
What does this mean in a more modern language? It means that Our Lord will not hide the truth, but He will affirm it. He is a sign of contradiction. He will manifest it through His words, and He will confirm it through His miracles. He will proclaim it and clearly state that it is the only way of salvation – there is none other. Why does He say that? It is because He cannot deceive souls. He did not come into this world to deceive souls. He came to save them. He came to manifest the truth and therefore, He will be persecuted. Furthermore, those who will follow Him will also be a sign of contradiction. Therefore, we must choose. We cannot remain indifferent before Our Blessed Lord. We cannot remain indifferent before the work of Redemption. Those who remain indifferent have already made their choice. Those who remain indifferent have rejected Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Simeon himself said this quite clearly. What did he say in his prophecy? He said: all these elements of Our Lord’s work of Redemption, all this will take place so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. What does this mean? In what sense will the thoughts of men’s hearts be revealed? It is in the sense that no one will be able to remain truly indifferent before Our Blessed Lord. One must choose. He is a sign of contradiction. Our Lord Himself will say one day: “He that is not with Me, is against Me; and he that gathereth not with Me, scattereth”.
And this revelation of the mystery of Redemption, which will be accomplished through the sufferings of Our Lord, will be accompanied by another suffering. This mystery of Redemption was first revealed through the suffering of Our Lord. However, God willed that Our Blessed Lady be associated with this work, and that Our Lady’s role alongside Our Lord be revealed at the same time as the role of Our Lord was revealed to men. Simeon, addressing the Virgin, said to her: “A sword of sorrow will pierce your heart. Your soul will be pierced by a sword”. What a sublime mystery that is hidden in these words! Yet a mystery that we can penetrate, and one that is extremely dear to Holy Mother Church. It is the mystery of co-redemption, the mystery of Our Lady’s association with the work of Our Blessed Lord.
The place of Our Blessed Lady in Redemption
Now we understand why the angel asked for Our Lady’s consent, her ‘fiat’. She truly understood that becoming the mother of God meant becoming the mother of a suffering God, of a redeeming God, a suffering Messiah, as was described in the Old Testament. Understanding that, she said “Yes, I accept. If it is the will of God, I accept”. God became man for a very specific purpose – and Our Lady understood this. She accepted this over and above all else. But why? Why, in His Divine wisdom, did God want to associate Our Blessed Lady in this way with Our Lord Jesus Christ’s passion?
It is because Our Lord came to save souls. However, He will ask each soul for its own collaboration, its own adherence to the faith and its own share of suffering. Nevertheless, Our Lady, despite being preserved from original sin before her conception, she who was in a certain way the most perfect and unique redeemed one, being never touched by sin, was still asked by God for her cooperation in the work of Redemption, in a manner proportional to her holiness. What a mystery! It is a profoundly Catholic vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Yes, God wants the cooperation of his creatures, and has made Our Lady the prototype of this cooperation.
You see none of this in Protestantism, which destroys all forms of cooperation. For them, it is only God who saves the predestined. This is Luther’s theology, and consequently, what are Protestants looking for, since this cooperation is not necessary? Logically, they reject the religious life, mortification and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, because Holy Mass, according to the Protestants, is a human effort or cooperation in a work that is purely divine. They reject the veneration of saints, because we do not need any intercessors or intermediaries. Above all, they reject the veneration of Our Blessed Lady. This is terrible because it destroys the work of Redemption as God intended it. However, for them it is logical.
It must also be said, on another level and in a different way, modernism has done the same thing. Modernism, without denying these truths has distorted them. Behind the ill-placed shield of a misunderstood Christocentrism, that is to say, the false fear of taking away Our Lord’s centrality, modernism also diminishes all human cooperation. Human efforts, mortifications and even the religious life are no longer understood. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is understood in a completely different way, as is the role of Our Lady. She is somewhat sidelined, negating her role in redemption, which is so central. This too, is terrible!
When you have a beautiful painting, what do you do to make it stand out? You try to find a frame that is worthy of that painting. This is precisely what God Himself did with the Blessed Virgin Mary. This magnificent painting of redemption is framed by Our Lady herself, by her co-redemption. What Divine wisdom! Yet, today, we are told that in order to better appreciate and so as not to lose the beauty of this painting, we should remove this frame.
Our Lady accompanies Our Lord in suffering
[The following part was spoken in Italian, here we provide a translation] Three times, the Blessed Virgin Mary accompanied Our Lord to Jerusalem. The first journey was for the Presentation in the Temple and the Purification of Our Lady, which we are celebrating today. There were also two other occasions when Our Lady accompanied him, and all these three episodes are linked to one another. They are on the same axis. They have a common denominator.
Today, Jesus, presented in the Temple, offered His human life to the Father. At the age of twelve, once again accompanied by the Blessed Virgin Mary, Jesus manifested His divine wisdom and offered it to the Father. The third time was at Calvary, again accompanied by Our Lady, Jesus once again offered to the Father His own life and His own blood.
What do these three very different episodes have in common? Why is the Blessed Virgin always present? She accompanied Our Lord three times in pain and in suffering. The first time, today, 2nd February, Simeon announced: “A sword will pierce your heart”. At the age of twelve, she accompanied Him once again to the Temple, and suffered the terrible heartbreak and the sorrow of losing the Christ-Child. This was the most unimaginable ordeal for Mary. The third time was when she accompanied Him again in sorrow, in the suffering of Calvary.
Why did each time that she accompanied Him, she had to do it in sorrow? It is because she is co-redemptrix. It is because she systematically participated in the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. She prepared for the passion with Our Lord. Our Lord’s Passion is also hers. That is obvious.
Therefore, what is the consequence of this truth, which is in the Gospel and has not been made up? It is that just as Mary was present throughout Our Lord’s life and followed Him in His Passion, and in everything that prepared and was linked to His Passion, so today Mary – in all logic – continues to be Our Lord’s associate and continues to dispense the graces that are the fruit of His Passion, to which she was associated ever since Simeon’s prophecy, making it also her passion.
What a profound mystery is contained in this sword! [End of passage spoken in Italian]
On Judgement day, Our Blessed Lord will ask: “What have you done with my Mother?”
I would like to go even further. How could Our Lady offer her Son, and such a Son? We can understand that she offered herself to God, her existence and her virginity, but offer such a Son? How could she offer Him? This Son, virginally conceived and virginally born, of whom she was the only human parent – the human nature of Our Lord came entirely from Our Blessed Lady. It is her immaculate flesh and her immaculate blood that formed the humanity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and it is logical that she adores this perfect Son. Yet, how could she offer Him? How could she say “yes”? Not just, “I say yes and I will stay in Nazareth”, but “I wholeheartedly say yes, and I will go with Him”. How could she do that? How can we explain this?
The answer is very simple. She did it out of love for us. This is not a story tale! It is the Gospel. Therefore, are we going to renounce this doctrine? Are we going to forget this sword that pierced the heart of Our Blessed Lady? Are we going to forget its meaning? Are we going to forget what Our Lady did at the foot of the cross? Are we going to forget her role as co-redemptrix? That is out of the question! It is part of our faith! It is the heart of our faith! This is something that we hold most dear!
We know that on the day of judgement, Our Lord Jesus Christ will show us His wounds. Our Blessed Lord, the just judge of all humanity, will show us His wounds and ask each one of us: “What have you done with My wounds? What have you done with My Passion? Have you taken refuge in My side or have you preferred the world? What have you done with My blood shed on the cross? What have you done with the Blessed Eucharist? What have you done with My grace?”
Then, He will also ask us one last question… “What have you done with My mother? I had nothing left. I was stripped of everything and abandoned by everyone. I had not a drop of blood left in My body. All I had left was My mother – and not just any mother, but a mother I myself had prepared – an immaculate mother, a mother full of grace, the mother of God. I had prepared her for Me. I had prepared her for My incarnation, My coming into this world. She was a mother who accompanied Me from the presentation in the Temple all the way to the cross. Throughout My life she never abandoned Me. All I had left was My mother, and I gave her to you so that she could continue to mould My image in your soul, something that in one way or another could resemble me. I gave you My mother. Therefore, what have you done with My mother? In Me, she gave birth to you in the manger without pain, surrounded by heavenly songs. Albeit in poverty, but without pain. She also gave birth to you at the foot of the cross. Therefore, what have you done with her? Did you celebrate her greatness? Did you honour her and treat her truly as a mother?”
There is no way you can sidestep this question. This is what Our Blessed Lord will ask us. Therefore, can we renounce this most beautiful and most profound doctrine, which shows us overabundantly Our Blessed Lord’s charity? Are we afraid that by treating Our Blessed Lady as she deserves – as co-redemptrix – she would alienate us from the mystery of Redemption, in which she herself is totally immersed? Can a true Catholic be afraid of that? It is impossible! Totally impossible! Moreover, are we permitted to deceive souls in this way? That is unacceptable! Are we permitted to drive souls away from Our Blessed Lady – when her role is not only to bring souls to Our Lord Jesus Christ, but also to mould His image in all souls? That is out of the question!
Episcopal consecrations out of fidelity to the Church and to souls
We believe that the time has come to think about the future of the Society of Saint Pius X, the future of all souls, whom we cannot forget, whom we cannot abandon, and above all, the good we can do for Holy Mother Church. And this raises a question that we have been asking ourselves for a long time and to which, perhaps, we must now give an answer. Should we wait longer before considering consecrating bishops? We have waited, prayed and observed the developments in the Church, and also sought advice. We have written to the Holy Father to present, in all simplicity, the situation of the Society, explaining these needs and at the same time to reconfirm to the Holy Father our only raison d’être, which is the good of souls.
We wrote to the Holy Father: Your Holiness, we have but one intention, which is to make all the souls who turn to us, true sons of the Roman Catholic Church. We will never have any other intention, and we will always keep this intention. Furthermore, the good of souls corresponds to the good of the Church. The Catholic Church does not exist in the clouds. The Catholic Church exists in souls. It is souls that constitute the Church and if we love the Church, we love souls. We want their salvation and we want to do everything possible to offer them the means to attain their salvation. Therefore, we have begged the Holy Father to understand the very unique situation in which the Society finds itself, and to allow it to take the means to continue this work in such an exceptional situation. We all know that the work of the Society, once again, has no other purpose than to preserve Catholic Tradition for the good of souls.
Well, unfortunately, these reasons do not seem to be of interest to Rome, and are not convincing. If you like, unfortunately, these reasons have not found a favourable ear with the Holy See, for the moment. We profoundly regret this situation. Therefore, what are we going to do? Are we going to abandon souls? Are we going to tell them that there is ultimately no case of necessity for the Society to continue its work? That ultimately everything is more or less fine. In other words, that there is no longer a state of necessity in the Church that would justify our apostolate and our existence so as to help the Catholic Church.
Can we therefore tell them that, despite everything, everything is fine? Certainly not! That would be a betrayal of souls, and betraying souls would mean betraying the Church. We simply cannot do that. This is why we think that 1st July 2026 could be a good date – an ideal date – as it is the Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ. It is the feast of Redemption. Nothing else is of interests to us. What we hold most dear is the Precious Blood of Our Lord, flowing down from his feet onto the wood of the cross. Our Lady, at the foot of the cross, was the first to adore this Precious Blood, and which we continue to adore at the foot of the altar. This is the only thing that interests us, and it is the only thing that we want to give to souls – souls have a right to this, it is not a privilege, it is their right! We cannot abandon them.
In the coming days, we intend to give you more information and greater detail. It is important to understand the reasons. It is important to understand what is at stake in all this. This is crucial. However, at the same time, we must understand all this through prayer. It is not enough to prepare our minds alone. I would even say that it is not enough to take a purely apologetic approach to all this. We must prepare hearts – our hearts – as it is a grace, and we must hold on to this grace. We must give thanks to God, and we must prepare ourselves. Yes, consecrations, once more, there will be episcopal consecrations. However, this is not to challenge the Church – it is definitely not a challenge. They will be consecrations out of fidelity to the Catholic Church and to souls.
Furthermore, I would like to add one last consideration… I fully assume responsibility for this decision. I assume it, firstly before God. I assume it before the Blessed Virgin Mary and before Pope Saint Pius X. I assume it before the Holy Father. I would sincerely like to meet the Pope before 1st July. I would like to explain to him, so as to make it possible for him to understand our real and profound intentions, and our attachment to the Catholic Church, so that he knows it, and so that he can understand it. I also accept this responsibility before the Holy Catholic Church and before the Society, before all the members of the Society and – I repeat yet again – before all the souls who in one way or another have recourse to us, and who ask us for help now or in the future. All these souls and all these vocations that Divine Providence has sent us and who continues to send us. Before them, I assume this responsibility – each and everyone in particular, because each soul has an infinite value.
Furthermore, in the Catholic Church, we must never forget that the law of laws, the supreme law that takes precedence over all others, is the salvation of souls. It is not the prattle of small-talk, it is not the synod, it is not ecumenism, it is not liturgical experiments, nor new ideas and a new evangelisation, it is the salvation of souls. This is the law of laws, and we all have a duty, each in our own place, to observe this law and to devote ourselves totally to defending it. Why must we do this? It is because Our Blessed Lady and Our Lord Jesus Christ taught us during their life here on this earth that they had no other intention and no other goal than the salvation of souls. Therefore, in one way or another, and according to our talents and our circumstances, each one of us must do everything we can, making our contribution to save our own souls and the souls of others. Amen.”
(Source : FSSPX)