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Make no mistake; there are many, many people in traditional Roman Catholic churches and chapels who are little more than lukewarm about the daily practice of their faith.
The fact is that there are many people, both religious and lay, who have simply breathed a sigh of relief that they are out of the Bogus Ordo. That's as far as they ran; everything now is fine as long as it doesn't savor of Newrome's false ecuмenism.
Saints, true and living and real ones, have always been hard to come by; the problem we are facing now is that the pool of people from which saints can or will come is SO much smaller than almost ever in history.
'Staying with tradition' is one thing. Sanctity, in the truest and deepest sense of the word, is another thing altogether. The big stumbling block for so many people is that 'God has not called us to uncleanness, but to SANCTIFICATION." (The First Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians).
We are living in a time where separation from the things of this world and sanctification unto Our Lord Jesus through the example of the Virgin Mary and the saints has NEVER been more necessary and critical, and yet we are in a time where it seems that hasn't been happening very much.
So-called 'religious liberty' is definitely one of the culprits here. People are so used to being able to attend 'services' of their 'religion' anywhere and any time they choose. That means that as long as the younger generation of traditional Catholics are able to practice their Faith, they just want to be left alone to do so and will seemingly leave everyone else alone, too.
Unfortunately, that doesn't make for a very Militant Church, now, does it?
St. Anthony of Padua, hammer of heretics, terror of Hell, pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, triumph soon!
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.