Martin Pease

  Dear A-, I hope you are having a good summer. I was sorry not to be able to get up to visit our Virginia relations- between the new baby, and going on college visits with the eldest(!), we have been extremely busy this year. It's no excuse, however, for how long we are between visits and it's up to me to remedy it. We really do miss you all, especially for the sparkling conversation. The Internet brings us together virtually now in some semblance of conversation, and I thought it would be easier for me to get my thoughts together- and very disjointed they seem to me- to underscore why I am of the position that Traditionis Custodes is a bad motu proprio.  To start with, as I said in my reply to you elsewhere, we are not parishioners at a TLM church. Our church has the most reverent Novus Ordo in town, and we love the people and the priest, so it is a good home for us. The only TLM is celebrated at a parish across town that also celebrates the NO, and the only Mass is at 5pm on