It does not seem possible in this era to find a humble sedevacantist.
Most real vocation discernment is of which, not of what; most discerners are reasonably assured of the basics long before they accept them.
If you can't figure out your vocation, it's worth examining the one(s) you most don't want yours to be.
Father, if your confessional is always full, there is much too little Confession time, but if it is always empty, you must preach about Confession and improve the times you offer it - not from your perspective, but from that of your congregants, which you may only think you know.
It is always and categorically wrong to make the Gospel relevant; it already is - you must remove what is hiding the Gospel's relevance without removing the Gospel itself, which is often done instead.
Showing posts with label new evangelization and old evangelization. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new evangelization and old evangelization. Show all posts
Monday, January 07, 2013
Sunday, January 06, 2013
Observations of a Mosquito #3
Nothing in the world of right and wrong is gray; things that appear such are actually composed of multiple elements, some black and some white.
Men who have food, money, and sex without marriage are not men but boys - or, if men, they become boys - and they never mature.
Sin clouds the intellect; immodest dress is both sign and proof of an irrational mind.
The success of the New Evangelization is predicated on the proper worship of God. Its failure, too, begins in problems with the offering of Holy Mass.
The Church has trained and continues to train too many medievalists and too few philosophers and theologians who are trained in the medievals.
Men who have food, money, and sex without marriage are not men but boys - or, if men, they become boys - and they never mature.
Sin clouds the intellect; immodest dress is both sign and proof of an irrational mind.
The success of the New Evangelization is predicated on the proper worship of God. Its failure, too, begins in problems with the offering of Holy Mass.
The Church has trained and continues to train too many medievalists and too few philosophers and theologians who are trained in the medievals.
Saturday, January 05, 2013
Observations of a Mosquito #2
Rarely are Catholic apologists theologians; more rarely, philosophers; rarer still, students of the Saints.
When it comes down to it, a surprising number of those who "Say the Black, Do the Red" don't.
The greatest obstacle to the acceptance and practice of Catholicism on the part of the masses is that it is a fundamentally and even intrinsically inconvenient religion.
Homilies are not a good place for academic dissertations, but that is where they are commonly found.
The single greatest cause of few and bad Confessions in a parish is few and bad confession times.
When it comes down to it, a surprising number of those who "Say the Black, Do the Red" don't.
The greatest obstacle to the acceptance and practice of Catholicism on the part of the masses is that it is a fundamentally and even intrinsically inconvenient religion.
Homilies are not a good place for academic dissertations, but that is where they are commonly found.
The single greatest cause of few and bad Confessions in a parish is few and bad confession times.
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