Author Topic: Visiting a novus ordo monastery later this month (Read 4003 times)

1st Mansion Tenant · « **Reply #5 on:** January 01, 2014, 04:16:32 PM »

If you are so interested in visiting and possibly joining a monastery, why not look into the Resistance ones?

parentsfortruth · « **Reply #6 on:** January 01, 2014, 04:54:28 PM »

Quote from: soulguard

I have the opportunity to go on a retreat at a monastery later this month, and am wondering what people have to say about it. It is a novus ordo monastery without the TLM. I went to a retreat before and enjoyed it, and found it to be a spiritual help, and though the novus ordo monasteries are without TLM the monks i met last time were very orthodox. Do you think I ought to go?

I'm just going to use a (paraphrased from my recollection) quote from Father Bolduc (RIP) in regards to your question.

"Some people keep asking me, 'Can I go to this wedding,' or 'Can I go to that funeral' or 'Can I go to this Novus Ordo retreat?' They think I'm going to give them a different answer to the same questions. Are their heads so thick that the message isn't getting through, or are their heads so empty that it goes in one ear and out the other?"

His answer was always no.

cathman7 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 01, 2014, 05:10:25 PM »

How old are you?

Stay away from the Novus Ordo. More importantly do the following:

Learn your faith deeply, consult traditional Catholic sources for your deepening of the faith, understand the principles of the spiritual life, seek counsel from a traditional Catholic priest whom you can trust, spend less time on the forums, fulfill your duty of state and lastly pray for the grace of perseverance.

soulguard · « **Reply #8 on:** January 02, 2014, 07:59:55 AM »

Quote from: 1st Mansion Tenant

If you are so interested in visiting and possibly joining a monastery, why not look into the Resistance ones?

The Resistance only has one monastery as far as I know, and they speak spanish.
It is not reasonable to expect me to learn spanish. I hate that language.

Mithrandylan · « **Reply #9 on:** January 02, 2014, 08:13:25 AM »

Quote from: soulguard

Quote from: 1st Mansion Tenant
If you are so interested in visiting and possibly joining a monastery, why not look into the Resistance ones?

The Resistance only has one monastery as far as I know, and they speak spanish.
It is not reasonable to expect me to learn spanish. I hate that language.

???

Lot of similarities between Spanish and Latin. Certainly much more than English and Latin. What do you think of Latin?