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Re: Our prayers are with him and his family
« Reply #25 on: January 19, 2024, 09:47:41 AM »
You probably believe that because you have not encountered a trad. They are odious people.

The wheat and cockles are sown together everywhere. No escaping it while we're still in this mortal life.

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Re: Our prayers are with him and his family
« Reply #26 on: January 19, 2024, 10:06:32 AM »
I would call them something else. Jerk? A-hole? Hypocrite? Socially Retarded? Autist? Not simply "trad". Why does a random jerk get called a "trad" anyhow? What is trad short for in their case?
Trad is fewer words than "hypocrital and narcissistic traditional Catholic who believes nobody is saved but themselves and actively seeks to drive others away from the true Catholic Church".


Re: Our prayers are with him and his family
« Reply #27 on: January 19, 2024, 11:11:23 AM »
What wonderful news.  I would recommend the Green Scapular for all those who know people outside the Church.
Thanks.  She recites the Our Father with the doxology at the end, that's the way she was taught in her youth (Protestant), and since there is nothing "wrong" or heterodox about the words, at this point I'm not about to correct her and disturb her quietude and what little of her memory she has left.  From time to time, I put Eucharistic Adoration (via YouTube) on the TV set beside her bed, to what extent she comprehends it, I don't know, but it can't do any harm. 

In the past 24 hours, the doctor has put her on Oxycontin, so she is sleeping almost 24/7 and really doesn't comprehend anything around her.  The stuff is horribly addictive, and its abuse has ruined countless lives in rural and mountainous parts of the eastern US, but at this point, questions of addiction really don't matter, she won't live long enough ever to have to deal with detox.  She's not feeling any pain to speak of anymore.

Re: Our prayers are with him and his family
« Reply #28 on: January 19, 2024, 11:13:28 AM »
There is a difference between a traditional  Catholic and a trad.
Trad is fewer words than "hypocrital and narcissistic traditional Catholic who believes nobody is saved but themselves and actively seeks to drive others away from the true Catholic Church".
So all "trads" are traditional Catholics, but not all traditional Catholics are "trads"? People who go to a Latin NO mass, or an indult mass are considered "trads" by some Novus Ordites. Some FSSP members as "rad trad". SSPX as schismatic, therefore Sedevacantists as well. Most members here would be considered by NOers as rad-trad with schismatic tendencies, at best. I think the FSSP isn't trad enough, neither is the SSPX. Maybe the Dimond Brothers have a bit too much rad in their trad. See where this is going? There are many different opinions on what that word means. If someone is a bad Catholic, say "bad Catholic". Trad is shorthand for Traditional, there shouldn't be a negative connotation there 

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Re: Our prayers are with him and his family
« Reply #29 on: January 19, 2024, 11:23:34 AM »
So all "trads" are traditional Catholics, but not all traditional Catholics are "trads"? People who go to a Latin NO mass, or an indult mass are considered "trads" by some Novus Ordites. Some FSSP members as "rad trad". SSPX as schismatic, therefore Sedevacantists as well. Most members here would be considered by NOers as rad-trad with schismatic tendencies, at best. I think the FSSP isn't trad enough, neither is the SSPX. Maybe the Dimond Brothers have a bit too much rad in their trad. See where this is going? There are many different opinions on what that word means. If someone is a bad Catholic, say "bad Catholic". Trad is shorthand for Traditional, there shouldn't be a negative connotation there
I'm much obliged to you for sharing your opinion however I prefer trad.