I've been through this all before, the outlawing of the Latin Mass.. The only thing that does disturb me is not having a big room as my parents dd to put it in. Our front room was very .very big. But never no mind. We'll work it all out. But I'm not going to waste much time arguing about it with these evil, evil, wicked people. Pass on by.
I am finding even some very smart people have become so deranged and indoctrinated that no matter how many facts and numbers are presented to them they will not agree and still use the word conspiracy theorist. Even if things that you told them a year ago have happened now. A complete lack of wisdom.
Honestly its better not to enter into the discussion. Facts mean nothing. It is ideological. To try to offer proofs is seed on very hard ground. They can't hear it and won't thank you. Best to keep peace with them. Say nothing. Smile. And pray. At least this is where I am at.
How very “ ridged” of the pope! Pro abortion politicians can attend mass and get communion, but the unvaccinated can’t? What’s this pope Francis? Discrimination? Very, very ridged, uncharitable and divisive…..
I think you’re probably right AED, but I guess I have too stubborn a temperament. A family trait I believe. Yes, sometimes it is best to just walk away……
For a couple years now I’ve been trying to live only for today. Not tomorrow. Not even yesterday. I’ve gotten a little better at trusting that God will give me what I need for today. Kind of like your “pass on by”. I can only control what I can for today. If He wants me to take a stand on an issue I suppose He’ll direct me to. Until then I’ll just take what tomorrow brings and hope and pray He supplies all that I need.
Don’t get me wrong though. He has been directing me to prepare for changes. I’ve been doing a lot of preparation. Both physical necessities and spiritual. Mostly I keep to myself and close loved ones. not sure what I’ll do if our little parish here requires vaccination documents. I suppose I’ll watch online like I did for a while during the early lockdowns. Hope they don’t buy what can I do about it today?
I find graces often tend to come at the time they are needed rahter than before hand. God then can touch our hearts with gratitude for having recieved them, also the knowledge that they have been granted. In the life of Fulton Sheen they say he had a greater and greater sense that there is just no such thing as an, 'Accident', that everything is foreordained and contained within the Providence of the Good God. Not something he had so much when younger. I read the most beautiful thing from a visionary the other day. She says that Our Lady loves each of us just as much as she did her Son. A sweet kind thought to take into the Darkness and Gloom.
People get so angry these days. It's not only that they can report you to a whole long list of people. The Police. Your employers. Social Media . The Media. Their Lawyer. Your Trade Union, School, College. To be accused of being 'phobic', is really serious. The New Puritanism. You have to watch every single word. Especially if you happen to be a Catholic.
Yes, your right, but I’m pretty tired of all this. People need to grow a spine and start fighting back against this stuff. I already don’t recognize my nation with all of this censorship of speech. I’m glad I’m not young any longer. I feel very sad for good people trying to live a normal life under these controlling authorities. The new normal is not normal.
There is one good thing about it though, I find myself exercising care with my tongue. In the old days they used to call this, 'Guardianship of tongue'. It also calls for a certain prudence and discernment. I am very aware that the ways things have become simply expressing what is simply Catholic Teaching could even land you in prison on a range of issues. The Media describes such beliefs as, 'Far right Conservative'. But they are not Far Right at all, they are what the Church has taught and believed for 2,000 years. If they don't want to hear them, fine with me. Jesus said if you go into one town and they don't wanta know, leave it, shake the dust of your feet (a Sign of contempt) and move on to another town. I am doing loads and loads of shaking the dust of my feet these days. I think if a lot of them knew what I really think a lot of them would fall dead in a faint in shock.
I agree that carefully choosing your words to exercise prudence is a good thing. The problem I was referencing was the inability to express what you believe to be the truth because someone just doesn’t like your opinion. Everyone is offended by everything…and worse, they label it hate speech if you vocally disagree with it and try to sue you. This is why who we appoint or vote to sit on our courts is extremely important. This is why it’s vital to be active politically. If we do not push back, you’ll be silenced and truth will be but a memory.
"All my strength lies in prayer and sacrifice. They are my invincible weapons, and I know, by experience, that they can soften the heart much better than words." -St. Therese of Liseaux,
The trouble is its now mainly my wife I am having these discussions with and the battle is over preventing my children, girls, all under 11 from being jabbed with something that is highly likely according to the CDC and various others to kill them. Its really testing me. I had a dream last night that in no uncertain terms placed me in the anti-vaccine camp. I was marching in a protest, we were winning but I was shown other close to be who had taken the vaccine and there was some awfull dirt on their hands. Not saying people will all die that take the mRNA but I have been called to make a stand.
The vax will likely make your girls infertile as well as possibly damaging them. Will your wife not listen to doctors predicting that? Prayers..
