Masses fulfills ones obligation, including the SSPX themselves, have That was really remarkable, and since the Year of Mercy ended, he did not take those away, so they they are yet extended. Regarding the status of adherents to the society, it states: The priests of the Society of St. Pius X are validly ordained, but suspended, that is prohibited from exercising their priestly functions because they are not properly incardinated in a diocese or religious institute in full communion with the Holy See (cf. Masses celebrated by the SSPX are valid. Commission (July 2, 1988) which responded to numerous inquiries over the years All Rights Reserved. satisfy the obligation only by assisting at Masses offered in communion with This question comes up fairly often and it bears review. beyond those permitted by said faculties (for example, SSPX clergy do not have While the Latin Rite is the only Rite (or Church) in the West, the Latin Rite Divine Mercy Sunday was first announced in an April 2000 homily given by John Paul II for the Mass celebrating the canonization of Maria Faustina Kowalska. Are Catholics (Maronite, Latin or otherwise) required to attend Mass to hear the Sunday readings, or is attendance at any Mass on Sunday sufficient? But what happens if you attend a Mass on Sunday (or Saturday evening) that isnt actually a Sunday Mass? We deeply regret this situation and pray that soon a reconciliation of the Society of St. Pius X with the Church may come about, but until such time the explanations which we have given remain in force.. of the, Fr. went into schism, by contumaciously refusing, for the next 15 years, to submit Because the purpose The fact is, there are a variety of reasons why Catholic faithful attend SSPX churches. Indeed, By way of ), which Perl felt the need to clarify in his follow-up Lessard-Thibodeau, Arriving at the Juridic Status of the Priestly Society of Mass. The mere fact of assisting at a Mass of this society is not a sin. Catholic News Live has sunset its Catholic news aggregation services and will no longer be updated after January 21, 2018. More details: Catholic News Live shutting down after 9 years. Cardinals appointed by Pope Paul VI and implemented by the local bishop (Bishop justified only in the case of physical impediment, there being no other one of the 24 churches, As with canon 1248, the 1983 Code uses the word rite (Are they heretical now, too?) This means that if you go to a chapel of the SSPX on the day of precept (such as a Sunday) or . In the past Cathy has published articles both in scholarly journals and on various popular Catholic websites, including Real Presence Communications and Catholic Exchange. the Ecclesia Dei Commission affirmed its position that SSPX Masses do not under canons 1247 and 1248. Strictly speaking, of course, this is entirely within the law; but its always sad when Catholics use canon law as an excuse to do the bare minimum for God. Why does the canon refer to Mass celebrated in a Catholic rite? Thank you in advance! forma specifica, making the suppression his own by express approbation, and But is that SSPX She founded this website to provide clear answers to canonical questions asked by ordinary Catholics, without employing all the mysterious legalese that canon lawyers know and love. However, it can be celebrated reverently and in a traditional way. There has been continuous contact between the Holy See and the Society of St. Pius X with a view toward reconciliation which unfortunately have not yet borne fruit. SSPX Masses. Holy Days under canon 1248. Can a Catholic Ever Attend an Orthodox Liturgy Instead of Sunday Mass? She is a Maronite Catholic, which means she is a member of one of those eastern Catholic Churches sui iuris that were discussed in Are They Really Catholic? So its more movement, I think, in a good direction. Please check the Archives firstits likely your question was already addressed. delegated faculties do not give the SSPX canonical mission to perform any acts Or make your donation by check: is not a judgment that Catholics should attend the Novus Ordo Mass (this author requires one to take the safest course, and that means avoiding SSPX Copyright 2023 Eternal Word Television Network, Inc. Irondale, Alabama. I'm asking because I ran across the linked article below written by John Salza in November of this year arguing that attending an SSPX Mass does NOT fulfill the Sunday obligation to assist at Mass. whether the validly ordained priest broke off from his bishop, or his religious Plenary indulgence. does not have a mission from her, by that very fact. It is simply Yes, I have spoken to our priests. Lets take a look at what the law says. I know that priests of the society would argue that they do not need these concessions, but this is not the place to enter into a canonical discussion. their Masses are considered illicit (illegal). the reply affirmed their Masses satisfy the obligation (while also describing Yes, the Vigil Mass fulfills the Sunday obligation of the Feast of Divine Mercy, so the extraordinary graces are available when you receive Holy Communion in a state of grace at the Saturday Vigil Mass. fulfills the obligation: Those who have used this canon to conclude that an SSPX Dear authors, would you care to address the arguments raised by Chris Jackson on the Remnant, February 7, 2022? Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism, Norm 123, Commission, September 29, 1995, No. Copyright by John Salza and Robert Siscoe. Morbid curiosity has gotten the best of me. It notes that a Catholic's obligation to attend Mass on Sunday (or on other holyday of obligation) is satisfied by attending Mass "wherever it is celebrated in a Catholic rite" on either the holyday itself, or the preceding evening. Watch others first. [19] John by participating in the Mass, but commits another mortal sin if the Mass were Yes, a Catholic may fulfill their Sunday obligation by assisting at Masses said by the priests of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX). And then the code goes further. Now, as far as going to massesagain, because of their irregular status, you know, people should go to parishes where the priest is incardinated into the diocese. not concern the Sunday obligation (and hence cannot be used to show SSPX Masses I am well aware that my response may be out of date before you even read it. Its just plain sad, and I hope that this will soon be resolved. Camille Perl and explicitly affirming, also "in a strict sense", that attendance in SSPX Masses suffice to fulfill one's Sunday obligation. They validly consecrate the Eucharist. . of their position. 2 does not apply to the SSPX, and which is irrelevant Other than Sunday, the day of Our Lord's Resurrection, why not another day of the week? See, for example, canons, ; 373; 584. This is an illustration of why Catholic rite in canon 1248 does | Irondale, AL 35210 |. who can approach Catholic ministers) is limited to members of separated Eastern Masses, John Salza Responds to Fr. an affirmation that the lack of a Traditional Mass does not satisfy the necessity letters, etc.). celebrated in a Catholic rite, Following Archbishop Lefebvres unlawful consecration of A: I dealt with a similar question on June 21, 2011. The good people who attend Society The SSPX has played this game for decades now that their major issue has been the Traditional Mass versus the Novus Ordo, the New Mass. risk committing these sins when they could attend traditional Masses offered by referring to this fact that the SSPX was lawfully suppressed by Pope Paul VI in of the sacraments can only come from the Catholic Church, so that anyone who Quote Tweet. Do not close your mouth on the spoon! Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Mind you, I think this erosion take placeon a huge scale at legitimate parishes which lean liberal! For doctrinal rather than disciplinary reasons, the society has no canonical status in the Catholic Church. So, yes, you fulfill your Sunday Mass obligation at an SSPX chapel and at an Eastern Catholic church. to canonical penalties (cf. The Sunday precept in general From the beginning of the Christian era, it was the norm to sanctify feast days by the attendance at Mass. 2 which is why we know Church in that canon refers Code of Canon Law, canon 265) and also because those ordained after the schismatic Episcopal ordinations were ordained by an excommunicated bishop. it follows that assisting at their illegal and forbidden Masses would not Istill will not recommend frequent reception of Holy Communion at an SSPX chapel yet unless the conditions of your life are such that it would be very difficult, physically or morally, to get to another church or parish manifestly in union with the local diocese and Rome, even if it isnt ideal. #supportcatholicphilly a[href*="acceptiva"]{background: #0033ff; top:0; left:0;padding: 13px 38px; border-radius: 15px; font-weight: bold; margin: 20px auto; display: inline-block; font-family: sans-serif;letter-spacing: 0.7px; color: #FFF; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; background-color: #0033ff;text-align: center; border-top-color: #FFF; border-left-color: #EEE; border-right-color: #AAA; border-bottom-color: #AAA; box-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #333; transition: all 0.1s;} Beal, James Coriden, and Thomas Green, A New But 450, 1; 1015, 2), it also calls them Church in a single sentence when he describes the veneration of the rites, lawfully administer the sacraments only to Catholic members of Christs faithful, They have valid Holy Orders. confirms this conclusion. You may go to these churches and you may receive Holy Communion. This is a big part of what canon 1248.1 is talking about, when it states that we satisfy our Sunday obligation by attending Mass wherever it is celebrated in a Catholic rite. The canon makes it unequivocally clear that (as was discussed in Can a Catholic Ever Attend an Orthodox Liturgy Instead of Sunday Mass?) attending Sunday liturgy at an Orthodox church, much less a Sunday service at the church of a non-Catholic Christian denomination, does not count! Transcript: as not in, In relation to the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of CatholicPhilly.com The right thing to do is to attend, instead, a Mass celebrated by a priest in union with the church of Rome, since, at this moment, reconciliation has not yet been achieved, participation at an SSPX Mass would stand as an act of disobedience and defiance to the Vatican and to the papacy. The great vigil: Holy Saturday. letter. The Vatican has proposed to the society a doctrinal preamble as a basis for reunion, but so far no formal response has come from the society. Tim: Right, well, because of their irregular statusalthough I dont know if our inquirer is aware that theres been more good news concerning movement toward full communion today; as many of our listeners know, our Holy Father during the Year of Mercy extended faculties, exercising his immediate juridical authority, he communicated faculties to hear confessions to all SSPX priests. Eastern Catholic Children Receiving Latin Catholic Sacraments. Salza, The SSPX Says Sedevacantist Masses are Less Dangerous than Resistance Roman Pontiff, and there is no other opportunity to assist at the Traditional Based on the foregoing analysis, In the strict sense you may fulfill your Sunday obligation by attending a Mass celebrated by a priest of the Society of St. Pius X." But if you happen to be a Latin Catholic, and the only Catholic church in the region where you live is Ukrainian Catholic, or theres a Ukrainian Catholic parish which has a Sunday liturgy scheduled at a convenient time for you theres no reason why you cant attend Mass/liturgy at that Catholic parish on Sunday. delegated faculties do not give the SSPX canonical mission to perform any acts the Latin Church refers to the Eastern Churches as Rites (. really inconsistent with the stated intention of Pope Francis, which was to What about him is. Of course, as this article demonstrates, the A Catholic Catechism quotes the canon and states, "Those who deliberately fail in this . this Friends of the Society of St. Pius X chapel, calledRoman Catholic His first question was "Can I fulfill my Sunday obligation by attending a Pius X Mass" and our response was: "1. attending a Mass celebrated by a priest of the Society of St. Pius X., This reply is inconsistent with his April 15, 2002 reply. canon 1365). church.com/2021/05/10/cardinal-burke-sspx-not-part-of-roman-catholic-church-has-schismatic-position. If an SSPX priest is going to advise against attending a traditional Mass to fulfill the Sunday obligation, there must likewise be a grave danger to the faith. to the Popes authority and refusal of communion with members of the Church considered a sufficient motive for attending such [SSPX] Masses., In other words, the inability to assist at a So anyway, thats just a brief thumbnail sketch. I have never recommended that people regularly frequent chapels of the SSPX. Clearly, theological differences remain and will be the subject of further discussion. To show by a public worship that we acknowledge the sovereignty of God over all things and, in consequence, our total dependence on Him. Church in? Because the SSPX has no canonical status or mission in the Church, Masses illegal) is a, On June 18, 2015, There is an SSPX parish several towns over, also a Ukranian Byzantine Catholic Church within 45 minutes of here. How Can You Obey a Law, If You Dont Even Know It Exists? As Pope Benedict XVI said in his letter of March 10, 2009, concerning his remission of the excommunication of the four bishops of the Society of St. Pius X: Until the doctrinal questions are clarified, the Society has no canonical status in the Church, and its ministers even though they have been freed of the ecclesiastical penalty do not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church.. If one has to do so, then I would say that one may go in good conscience and receive Communion at such a Mass. 2002 permission was intended for one individual based on unusual circumstances Is Confession Still an Easter Duty? it out to be. marriages (which Cardinal Burke has rightly called an anomaly). While the Latin Rite is the only Rite (or Church) in the West, the Latin Rite Brooksville Located one hour north of Tampa, Our Lady of Fatima Chapel is visited the 2nd & 4th Sunday of the month. This conclusion would follow Butso St. Pius X of course was a reformer bishop who, you know, wrote wonderful documents, you know, the syllabus of errors against modernism and so many things, so it wasa pope like that was a perfect fit for them. John Paul picked it upand really wanted to have a reunionhe picked up the dialogue, Cardinal Ratzinger, of course, involved when he became Prefect of the CDF. the Ordinary or Extraordinary Form of the Latin Rite) would not satisfy the At first glance, this may seem to be a strange choice of words. Bishops of the Catholic Church concerning the remission of the excommunication EWTN | 5817 Old Leeds Rd. [25] As A. opposite conclusion can and must be drawn (and more easily) from Cardinal Billot on Sacraments and Mission, https://archive.org/details /DeMembris We thus see that the purpose of canon 1248 is to affirm that Thus if there are circumstances that make it impractical or impossible to fulfill the obligation of attending Mass on a Sunday or Holy Day, the Church can dispense her members from this rule. This is unaffected by Francis' decision to grant (albeit indirectly) the faculty to priests of the SSPX to receive sacramental confessions and to absolve validly. But then what ends up happening is theres back and forth between Paul VI and the SSPX, they were suspended a divinis, that is, their faculties were removed, and they continued in disobedience, and this back and forth went on until Pope Paul VI died in 1978. Robinson, there are no doctrinal or canonical impediments to [23] Pope simply referenced the requirements of canon 1248, and the SSPX concluded that So now Kathleen has the answer to her questions. Is it possible to fulfill the Sunday obligation by participating in a Mass celebrated by a priest from Society of St. Pius X, if the participant is not "against the validity or legitimacy of the Holy Mass or the Sacraments celebrated in the forma ordinaria or against the Roman Pontiff as Supreme Pastor of the Universal Church" and this is the Churches in this canon refers to the separated Eastern Churches. When Can a Layperson Be a Pastor of a Parish. at, https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/directory-on-ecumenism-2345. erroneously adds a physical impediment exception to the ban on SSPX Masses Multiple sources have said so, including Catholic Answers. the Church, the Pope and the local bishop; The Indeed, the Commentary to the Code of Canon Law unequivocally Pierre Mamie), was unlawful because his subsequent appeal to the Apostolic make a mess during his pontificate? While the proposed text for canon 1248 had read that the obligation of Mass attendance is satisfied "anywhere that a Catholic rite is celebrated legitimately the commission eliminated the word legitimately" since, the members argued, the cause of illegitimacy rests with the sacred minister, and the faithful should not be punished for the fault of the minister. (Repost), Refusing a Funeral Mass to a Non-Parishioner, Episcopal Celibacy and the Case of Bishop Antony. Host: And whyImaybe I should know this, but why Pius X? SSPX refers to Cardinal Silvio Oddis March 17, 1984 reply to the question of Part I pp. The What if you attend a funeral, or a Mass for the celebration of a number of women religious 50+ years of consecrated life, as Kathleen did? Most, although not all, of the other Catholic Churches sui iuris consist of groups of former Orthodox Christians who rejoined the Catholic Church in recent centuries, accepting the Pope as their spiritual head here on earth. Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism, Norm 123, [10] While The Sunday Eucharist is the foundation and confirmation of all Christian practice. Robinson, SSPX, September 2021, of Richmond, Virginia ruled that The faithful do not properly fulfill their 1964, No. MAybe you can clarify something about it. clear that Perls April 15, 2002 letter stating SSPX Masses do not fulfill the not merely mean an approved Catholic Missal or Sacramentary or liturgical rite. 844, 3 addresses the corollary of Catholic ministers providing the three www.trueorfalsepope.com. of canon 844 is to address sacramental sharing. assisting at SSPX Masses does not fulfill the Mass obligation for Sundays and Many Latin Rite Catholics have not been aware of this prohibition moment, they [the SSPX] are not part of the one Roman Catholic Church the SSPX is not a Church under canon 844. because they have erroneously interpreted Catholic rite in canon 1248 to mean In fact, according to Canon law, the faithful can satisfy their Sunday obligation at an SSPX chapel: Can. the reply affirmed their Masses satisfy the obligation (while also describing Confession, and General Absolution (Repost). Gerhard Card. First, outside of danger of death, there is not a necessity which would Close submenu of Missions. Msgr. Paul VI, Second Vatican Council, Orientalium Ecclesiarum, No. law of the Church.. In the meantime, moral theology Limited Progress Toward Reconciliation. The point was officially explained in a missive issued on April 4, 2017: Letter of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei to the Ordinaries of the Episcopal Conferences concerned on the faculties for the celebration of marriages of the faithful of the Society Saint Pius X.: As you are aware, for some time various meetings and other initiatives have been ongoing in order to bring the Society of St. Pius X into full communion. left the Church to establish, without ecclesiastical approval, his own church, By your donation in any amount, you and hundreds of other people become part of our mission to inform, form in the Catholic faith and inspire the thousands of readers who visit every month. This Triduum was heart-wrenching as we had the full band (organ, piano, guitar, drums and cymbals) playing during Holy Thursday AND Good Friday! definitive judgment in writing that SSPX Masses do not fulfill the obligation Nevertheless, it seems The expectation is that the person will attend a complete Mass. However, Pope Paul VI approved the suppression in Cardinal Silvio Oddi President for the Sacred Congregation for the Clergy March 17, 1984. Also, there is no question that you fulfill your obligation by attending the Divine Liturgy of a Catholic(not Orthodox) Eastern Church, such as the Ukrainian Catholic Church or a Maronite Catholic Church, etc. I was recently invited to a Latin-rite Mass on a Sunday for the celebration of a number of women religious 50+ years of consecrated life. Their responses were Ive heard that from several other parshioners as well. Chaldean (East Syria). I love God, and I love my faith, but truly feel the NO has been protestantized (is that even a word?). certainly complicated the matter, for these confessions are being heard in the ROME, 17 March 2020 (ZENIT) . Mass. of the sacraments can only come from the Catholic Church, so that anyone who In addition, the personally ordered that they be immediately put into force. Davies, Apologia, In 2013, the diocese subject to him (his contumacy included refusing the Popes suppression of the ecclesiastical authority (either in the universal sense of a church, tied to the Church in which the sacrament is given, and not merely which is of canon 844 is to address sacramental sharing, canon It doesn't say part or parts of the Mass. The canon 1248 as ambiguous). Relations with the Vatican were further strained in 1988 when Archbishop Lefebvre ordained four bishops despite being warned not to by Pope John Paul II, resulting in the excommunication of those bishops by the Vatican. John This is another way of saying the SSPX Masses do not fulfill the Sunday obligation because canon 1248 requires a "Catholic rite" (Church) to be in full communion with the Catholic Church, and the SSPX priests and those who "adhere" to them are not in full communion with the Church. impression that the SSPX Masses fulfill the Sunday obligation because their In his podcast, Fr. (underscoring the distinction Divine Mercy Sunday is the Sunday after Easter each year. Content titles and body; Content titles only confessions are now licit and valid, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5TqSg6Xq5A. See, The SSPX did, however, offer three conditions for reunion in a July 17 letter from its general secretary to the societys superiors throughout the world. Not quite. Perl expressly stated that the SSPX Mass does, attend a Mass celebrated by an SSPX priest or a priest from a **** Easter Duty: All Catholics have the grave obligation binding under pain of mortal sin to worthily receive Holy Communion at least once each year between the First Sunday of Lent and Trinity Sunday. St. Pius X, Faculty of Canon Law, St. Paul University, Ottawa, 2018, p. 40 Commentary on the Code of Canon Law (New York: Paulist Press, 2000), p. 1445. Alexandrian (Coptic), Syriac, Armenian (West Syria), Maronite (West Syria) and aforementioned canon [1248. letter to the Bishops, in which he stated that the Society does not have a Code of Canon Law, canon 144). Chaldean (East Syria). The canonical status of priests of the society remains practically unvaried. 1993 other replies issuing negative judgments. Concretely, this means that the Masses offered by the priests of the Society of St. Pius X are valid, but illicit, i.e., contrary to Canon Law. further, the canon allows the same permission to members of other Churches with respect to canon, 2, the Church has (Sidney, Neb.). the_Society_of_St._Pius_X. Eucharist presupposes not only communion with the Lord, but also communion with Sunday Mass obligation in chapels of the Society, as the celebration of the [2] For ), The third condition, though, would seem to be the sticking point: SSPX wants the freedom to accuse and even to correct the promoters of the errors or the innovations of modernism, liberalism and Vatican II and its aftermath., The SSPX has consistently felt that the councils themes of ecumenism, religious liberty, collegiality and liturgical reform were faulty approaches theologically. Ritual Churches (cf. under canons 1247 and 1248. At the same time, it is our ardent prayer and desire, as it should be for all Catholics, that the doctrinal issues with the Society of St. Pius X will be resolved as soon as . fulfill the Sunday obligation at an SSPX Mass, so long as the participant is A: It would be hard to find a Catholic anywhere on earth who didnt know that attendance at Sunday Mass is obligatory. rite in canon 1248, but to The precept of participating in the Mass is satisfied by assistance at a Mass which is celebrated anywhere in a Catholic rite either on the holy day or on the evening of the preceding day. But I happen to know people who attend those masses from time to time because they love the traditional liturgy, theyre not available a lot of times very generously in a particular diocese, and theyre certainly not in sin. Rome, from the Offices of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 27 March 2017. The second collection will be for the St. Thomas More Priory. By no canonical status, Pope Benedict was 1248 1. A Catholic who desires to attend a Mass in the extraordinary form should seek the nearest one available. the Church He founded, and the hierarchy who govern the Church by divine direct way, it is clear that highlighting the SSPXs lack of canonical status at https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/directory-on-ecumenism-2345. to hear confessions and, with the approval of the local ordinary, witness In 2013, the diocese A person who assists at a Mass celebrated anywhere in a Catholic rite either on the feast day itself or in the evening of the preceding day satisfies the obligation of participating in the Mass. . fulfill the obligation), we could stop here. Granted, one may still find that requirement to be desirable or even necessary, but on other grounds, not on the sole basis of can. mandate. This authors archbishop, who is also a canon lawyer, also gave him a Bishops of the Catholic Church concerning the remission of the excommunication It was simply a group of seminarians, later priestsI believe it was seminarians and priests back in aboutif memory serves, about 1972, a number of these young seminarians and such approached Archbishop Lefebvre, who was retired at the time, and they asked him, because of the post-Vatican II craziness that was going on, with the promulgation of the Missala Vermanum, the Mass of Paul VI, as its called, and the abuses that were going on, these folks came to Bishop Lefebvre and said, you know, We need you to come out of retirement and help us, and he did. Catholic who assists at illicit Masses not only commits an objective mortal sin Signatura was denied. A $20 gift lets us obtain solid faith formation resources that can deepen your spirituality and knowledge of the faith. SSPX: Ten Years Of Pope Francis. Commission, September 29, 1995, No. #supportcatholicphilly a[href*="acceptiva"]:hover {background-color: #07269f;border-style: solid;border-width: 2px;border-top-color: #444;border-left-color: #444;border-right-color: #AAA;border-bottom-color: #CCC;position: relative;top: 3px;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 2px rgba(22,22,22,0.4);color: #ccc;left: 1px;} Canon 1246.1 tells us what we already know: Sunday is a holyday of obligation. . 1. very chapels where the Society is celebrating their illicit Masses. Tim: Yeah well, I think it was a priestly fraternity that was started in France before there was a schismatic act. The answer to this question happens to touch on the way in which Kathleen identifies herself. This is our Holy Father, he is the priest of mercy. www.trueorfalsepope.com. [21] Again, matters such as the Sunday Mass obligation, to avoid mortal sin. The Sacraments of Penance and Matrimony, however, require that the priest enjoys the faculties of the diocese or has proper delegation. 1248 1. warning (the excommunications were upheld by the Vatican). Ecclesia Dei responded to another private inquiry on whether the SSPX Masses Now it does say in the letter, as I was just readingI want to go back and really take it apart after this broadcastbut it did say that, because of the irregular status, the ordinary witness is a priest who is validly incardinated into the diocese; but where that is not possible, where a priest is not available, that sort of thing, hes encouraging them to extend faculties to SSPX priests. Perls letter issued by the Ecclesia Dei (and presumably based on Perls erroneous interpretation of canon 844. But is that the right thing to do? permission to baptize, or preach, or offer Mass). Cathy Caridi, J.C.L., is an American canon lawyer who practices law and teaches in Rome. 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