@rhemes.......I see where you are coming from, but I will have to disagree with your assumption that only a "minority" holds contempt with the traditional ways of the Church.

you stated: "I think there are others (this being a majority) that feel what they are offering (novus ordo) is best for the faithful.

Sure, as they have been indoctrinated into the modernist mindset that Pope after Pope warned us about. Not to mention, the subversion of communist members and the like who trained radicals to enter into seminaries to subvert the faith which they have done very well. Read life of Bella Dodd. There is also an interview posted on the net of her conversation with Dr. Alice VonHildebrand. She herself was responsible for supplying over 1000 radical non-believers into the seminaries. And she can tell of others who were hired to do the same.
This is why we must Pray for HOLY VOCATIONS..for HOLY PRIESTS!

you also stated: "and in the minority (I pray) are those that have open contempt for tradition and the sacred rites."

Here again, I have to disagree, ...the church as we all know is being run by the liberals, be they priest, nuns, bishops..they are the majority! Why do you think the Holy Father came out with a letter to the Bishops after his Motu Proprio (Summorum Ponticum) RESTATING that ANY priest may celebrate the extraordinary form (LATIN) WITHOUT THE PERMISION OF THE BISHOP? Because he was receiving continuous reports that even AFTER the Motu Proprio was in the hands of ALL bishops and pastors and everyone else who cared to read it, the bishops & pastors were and STILL giving any priest who wishes to say the Latin Mass, a hard time. And this is not as you pray the "minority". I have had many, many encounters with pastors and 99% do not want to hear a word about the Extraordinary Form, they outright DISOBEY what the Pope says, they have for the last 40-50 yrs. and they will remain in doing so, until the heat gets turned up and they are forced to make a choice! And I for one can't wait until that happens! Rome had recently stated that those men who became priests for reasons of financial stability, to continue and promote their lifestyle which is contrary to the Catholic faith (homosexuals) should re-consider their vocations. And this is what I'm talking about, having the heat turned up, to where they change their ways if they really believe they have a priestly vocation or get the he_ _ out!

There are many priests & bishops who are products of the 60-80's. And yes, that does have a great impact on many of the clergy, in what they believe, teach and how they act, sad to say. But then you have priests, (one comes to mind, who is a frequent poster of his videos here, and elsewhere, who does not look young enough for being a product of the 60's (no disrespect intended). He embraces the novus ordo modernism, which the saints would probably fall dead if they could walk into a novus ordo mass.
Then, you get younger priests, whom I know, that are in their 40's, and a couple in their early fifties who want nothing to do with the abominable new mass. They are diocesan and they'll do whatever it takes in order not have to say a novus ordo. They believe that giving communion in the hands is an abomination, as is lay people administering the Sacred Species, when a deacon Must receive from the priest. The list is too long.
So, why are there younger priests as the above who have the insight to know what is truly the most reverent, holy and most gloryifying Mass they could offer to the Father? Is it a grace? Do they have a more abundant love and certainly respect for Our Lord? There is a priest here, (young) who goes from one church to another and sometimes to 3 churches Every Sunday to say the Latin Mass. He has been instructing others to learn how to say it. And also, we see MANY, Many young people entering into the seminaries and convents which are Traditional, (Thanks Be To God!)
As always, we need to continue to pray for all priests..for HOLY priests and religious, especially those suffering for the true faith.

Gosh...... Do remember folks that His Grace is the product of the 60s-80s theological revolution in the Roman Church in the USA. Arbp Sheen was a brilliant, well adjusted and educated man in the Classics and was taught to THINK according to traditional Scholastic methods. Arbp Dolan has set aside these thought systems and within this departure has also set aside that ancient practice of "recollection" - where ones thoughts are always fixed upon God.

This brings me to an observation of mine: our Bishops (here in Europe and accross the pond) suffer from that evil called 'distraction'. Just look at Arbp Dolan's body language and gestures in the interview..... Could this be indicative of a weak mind, a mind which has not been formed and trained well? Just look at our Seminaries and houses of formation these days? The answer is rather clear! One is therefore quite disturbed to know that Arbp Dolan is President of your Bishops Conference!!

Where is the gravitas? “...some call him (refering to God the Father) or her, whatever you want, somebody beyond us...”

What's next? Will the Archbishop be quoting cartoon character Homer Simpson?
I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me, Superman!

I suspect the 'bible only' denominations are laughing at the Archbishop's flawed theology. They surely are also amused at the Catholic Church for appointing such a man -- who is capable of making such a flippant comment in public -- as Archbishop of New York and then electing him as president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Bishop Sheen's videos have been posted numerous times at gloria.tv. Ask yourself, do you think that Fulton Sheen [RIP] would have said or done the things that Timothy Dolan has said and done? My answer is “no” leading me to believe that the Catholic Church, at least in the United States, remains in deep trouble.

Res ipsa loquitur
www.traditio.com/comment/com0209j.jpg

Depressing... I have tried to look at the silver lining of Abp. Dolans election because Kicanas was a super scary liberal. When I went on Dolans blog months ago and a gay man attacked the church on celibacy and its opposition to gay marriage... I posted a civil but sharply worded reply to the mans diatribe. Dolan as the moderator deleted my post. I thought, ok... its his blog. I gave him the benefit of the doubt. Then that video came out with him at Xavier church with the rainbow sashes cheering on.... and I thought, ok, maybe he was taken by surprise, or thought these LBGT groups(introduced to him) were actually converting LBGT to an ordered lifestyle...

Now this....

God help us.

Please pray for him that he may have the strength to always speak the Truth.

I don't understand bishops of the west. What do they have to fear by speaking the Truth? Its not like they are in Iraq where someone will literally blow a hole through their head. The weakness they show is almost criminal.