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Offline AnthonyPadua

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Re: Introduce yourself!
« Reply #1455 on: August 15, 2024, 08:26:56 AM »
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  • Thank you Emile :)

    I've had push back regarding St Faustina before... I'm fine with it, there is nothing one could say that I haven't heard before and if there is I'd like to hear it lol, only way to refine my positions and be sure. I've read some valid criticism and some not so valid criticism on that front... I still believe in the legitimacy of St Faustina and Pope John Paul II... I think Pope John Paul II made it in terms of Sainthood but there are certainly some valid criticisms of Pope John Paul II... I don't know if I should say Saint or not, seems to vary wildly among Catholics.

    I mean, I too was surprised and upset to learn of that Assisi meeting and the Quran kissing, both bad and he should've been corrected on. I can see how one can err and I don't know all that was going on behind the scenes and the pressures he was under, I do believe his predecessor Pope John Paul I was αssαssιnαtҽd though (USA Church Committee 1975, Untraceable Heart Attack Gun), so there were no doubt many pressures on him and the tools and resources are infinitely better than in 1975... same with Pope Benedict XVI, I think they did the best they could or knew how given the resources available to them and the circuмstances they were under.

    Furthermore, regardless of what one thinks of St Faustina, I think those versus in my signature are self evidently true and powerful, I've read similar form other Saints I just like the format from St Faustina's Diary the best.

    "Our Lady of Victory, Ark of the New Covenant, Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate, Pray for us."

    God Bless
    Faustina and the divine mercy have a lot of issues which contradict Catholic teaching. Ascent of mountcarnel youtuber has a lot of videos on this.

    https://m.youtube.com/@ascentofmountcarmel438/videos

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    Re: Introduce yourself!
    « Reply #1456 on: August 15, 2024, 08:20:35 PM »
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  • Faustina and the divine mercy have a lot of issues which contradict Catholic teaching. Ascent of mountcarnel youtuber has a lot of videos on this.

    https://m.youtube.com/@ascentofmountcarmel438/videos
    I've read a lot of that before.

    I think he makes some weak arguments, especially on 'Mercy being God's Greatest Attribute' which I think is self evident, after all, what is the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ if not the greatest act of mercy on us? We don't sacrifice lambs because Christ is the perfect sacrifice, so we are offering up nothing of ourselves but God Himself in Christ Jesus, what is that other than the greatest act of mercy? Everything God has done for us is mercy because we have nothing to offer of our own that is not already God's.

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    Go then and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, but sinners. - Matthew 9:13

    Furthermore, the Divine Mercy Chaplet is simply the Lord Jesus Prayer "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner." A very good and powerful prayer, but the Divine Mercy Chaplet invokes the Cross of Christ with it, something that had not occurred yet at the time the Lord Jesus Prayer was given in Luke 18:13 which now makes it much more powerful than the Lord Jesus Prayer as it invokes the ultimate sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins. "For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world." So it is very literally the Lord Jesus Prayer only much more powerful given what it invokes with it, I ask, how did it take so long for one to come up with the Lord Jesus Prayer coupled with invoking the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ?

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    And the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven; but struck his breast, saying: O God, be merciful to me a sinner. I say to you, this man went down into his house justified rather than the other: because every one that exalteth himself, shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted. - Luke 18:13-14

    Now I understand why many have a strong aversion to St Faustina, because of course, it is widely promulgated among the N.O. which has several problems and by Pope John Paul II who also erred... furthermore, ideologically, if one wants to reject everything post Vatican II then St Faustina has to be ruled out regardless of what's there or not in relation to Pope John Paul II, so there are many other motives involved here IMO.

    I think the strongest case against St Faustina is the 'trick' of the devil and burning the first book... unfortunate but at least the other books are reliable and not pieced together from memory. One thing that has convinced me of St Faustina's authenticity a lot, is this -

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    823 December 17, [1936]. I have offered this day for priests. I have suffered more today than ever before, both interiorly and exteriorly. I did not know it was possible to suffer so much in one day. I tried to make a Holy Hour, in the course of which my spirit had a taste of the bitterness of the Garden of Gethsemane. I am fighting alone, supported by His arm, against all the difficulties that face me like unassailable walls. But I trust in the power of His name and I fear nothing.

    Now this is just strange and makes no sense, hasn't really made any sense for over 77 years... until today... when we find that Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on this exact date (17 December 1936 age 87), then couple that with the prophecy with Roman Catholic Imprimatur by none other than St Francis of Assisi regarding a non canonically elected destroyer from centuries ago, nobody made Bergoglio pick St Francis of Assisi... the first to do so and under these circuмstances... there is just no way and I have thought a lot about these things and I can see no way around them. I can expand a lot on these points but I'd probably need to create a different thread.

    St Francis of Assisi Prophecy with Roman Catholic Imprimatur
    https://www.virgosacrata.com/st-francis-of-assisi-prophecies.html

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    Re: Introduce yourself!
    « Reply #1457 on: August 15, 2024, 08:47:00 PM »
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  • I wish I could edit posts for a little bit longer, but wanted to add some more.

    Bergoglio was the first to take the name of St Francis of Assisi but under these circuмstances of a shock faux 'resignation'?

    If Pope Benedict XVI were aiming to take after St Pope Celestine V, then Pope Benedict XVI didn't even try to flee or return to a Cardinal (Didn't work out so well for poor St Pope Celestine V anyway)... especially when we know the USA Deep State were conducting regime changes and coups all around the world at this time (Same year they did it in Ukraine), they'd already foiled one assassination attempt on Pope Benedict XVI involving Cardinals no less ( https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/10/plot-kill-pope-italian-media )...  There is just no way and I have thought a lot about these things and I can see no way around them. I can expand a lot on these points but I'd probably need to create a different thread.

    Anyway, the Church cannot be restored until the USA Deep State goes down, which is why I think what's going on in the USA is so important and I think it's unwise to fall into the trap of divide and conquer that many in the Church have been falling into for a very long time... anyway, there is so much to say but I plan on creating a thread about a lot of this if I have the chance to. It's not something that one can just sum up in a few words IMO.

    Take for example Trump and RFK Jr... if Kamala wins they're both going to the Gulag's regardless... (It's also not enough for Trump to just win, he has to win by a large enough margin that rigging it again would be too obvious) I think Trump's the only one who can do it and we need to pray for him, I also think RFK Jr is wrong by minimising important issues such as marriage and family and the mass murder of the unborn and especially from a Catholic background is very sad... but his father and uncle were murdered by the Deep State and he does deserve justice and it would be a shame to squander this opportunity with Trump, RFK Jr has also done some very good work in relation to the jabs and health epidemic in the western world with big pharma and the propaganda. 

    God Bless

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    Re: Introduce yourself!
    « Reply #1458 on: August 15, 2024, 09:00:02 PM »
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  • Hi,

    I've been on 4 Catholic Forums in total now, banned for life on all of 'em. 
    This is the introduction thread....how about telling us a little about yourself.
    "Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered: and them that hate Him flee from before His Holy Face"  Psalm 67:2[/b]


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    « Reply #1459 on: August 15, 2024, 09:31:49 PM »
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  • This is the introduction thread....how about telling us a little about yourself.
    I'm from Australia, was born and raised Catholic... but actually not, because if it were up to the homilies and Catholic Schools that I grew up with then I would not be a Catholic.

    I believe we are entering a new era akin to that before the French Revolution and WWII, as we have more information at our finger tips than even the most wealthy and well connected person just 30 years ago... There are things I have learned that would simply have been impossible to those before my generation... big changes are on their way and at first the devil will try to claim them for his own, as every error and lie is on the table for every person today, more people than anytime in history too... but so is the truth.

    So right now it's very chaotic and toxic. I know the PsyWar is alive and well, a large part of the CIA and military industrial complex, I know they are targeting the Church thanks to Wikileaks and other sources... I'm in an impossible situation, but one step at a time and maybe one can work towards restoring the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church... If I am speaking to a N.O. Catholic, I will recommend that they simply try to bring back reverence toward the Holy Eucharist, that they receive kneeling and on the tongue if possible... one step at a time and this is the most immediate problem there IMO. If I am speaking to a Sedevacantist, SSPX etc I would simply ask that they don't write off many of their N.O. brothers and sisters and that while they are correct in resisting many of the errors of Vatican II, I don't think there are grounds to say that Pope John Paul II for example was illegitimate... but you are right to call out their errors, just wrong in tactics IMO.

    I would remember that in the French Revolution, the Vendee rebels did not turn things around, in fact they lost and spurred on the reign of terror, the Sacred Heart was given to the King (which was a great grace that they sadly spurned) and not to the rebels... It was the martyrs of Compiegne that got Robespierre himself sent to the guillotine thus ending the reign of terror, even then they still weren't out of the woods yet, as Napoleon then took power and brought war to all of Europe and ultimately destroyed France... I think if King Louis XIV had heeded the Sacred Heart... everything would have been different, it's also something that would have come under the eyes of a young Napoleon Bonaparte... instead he chased after doomed figures like Julius Caesar. 

    God Bless



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    Re: Introduce yourself!
    « Reply #1460 on: August 21, 2024, 05:17:03 AM »
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  • Hi,

    I've been on 4 Catholic Forums in total now, banned for life on all of 'em. 

    Thus before I start here I would like to list the forums I have been banned from and the reasons why so that moderators and others here can assess whether I should even try to post here or not. If not then I'll just call it a day and be on my way.

    1) Catholic Answers Forum
    I lasted quite some time here, first signed up when 'gαy marriage' was sweeping the western world and had hit Australia, the name wasn't thought through as josh1 was taken, josh2 was taken etc... I didn't think I'd be there long but once I had a name I wanted to keep it just in case I ran into others I had met there.

    The lifetime ban occurred around the time of the Martin Luther 'commemorations' that were taking place and were celebrations in all but name only... There was a case where Catholics were praying the Rosary in the back of a Church where they'd done one of these 'commemorations' with the Priest even removing the tabernacle to do so and then called the police on these Catholics inside a Catholic Church so they were arrested and another Priest on the forum there was happy about it... I can't remember exactly what I said as it was so long ago, but essentially he said as a layman I owe obedience to the Priest doing such things and I said something along the lines of you can't trash hundreds of years of hierarchy and then try to pull rank with me.


    2) Catholic Common Sense
    The lifetime ban occurred around the beginning of C0VlD... I could see the writing on the wall thanks to many heroic doctors and others blowing the whistle on not only the dangers but also aborted tissue and I tried to warn others about the possible side effects of the jabs and strongly suspected the mandates were coming (which they did in the end) I talked about ADE, that they were not the same as traditional vaccines (themselves having numerous problems) as this was gene therapy and entirely different, I said that one should try to make an informed decision but to never be swayed by peer pressure and force, do it only if you think it'll be good for your health and not because you are pressured. Anyway... the moderator there was actually very good but she told me that the decision was out of her hands as it was demanded by the website host as I was spreading misinformation/disinformation whatever terms they want to use and therefore I had to go.


    3) FishEaters Traditional Catholic Forum
    After much study and research I came to the conclusion that Pope Benedict XVI was deposed and usurped and that Bergoglio was not validly elected (Not only do we have Wikileaks proving they were conducting a 'Catholic Spring' against the Church, but later that same year in 2014 Victoria Nuland and others were in Ukraine conducting a violent coup there against Yanukovych, so Pope Benedict XVI has simply been one more victim in a long line expanding many years IMO)... This was intolerable to some there but didn't get me banned straight away... one member however who took such objection to me that they started slandering me by saying I was private messaging him insults which I knew very well I never sent a private message to that individual at all... surely the moderators could have seen and known that... I got banned anyway so I don't know what happened there, I suspect I was framed by a disgruntled member.


    4) Suscipe Domine Traditional Catholic Forum
    This one was the most surprising I thought and I don't know how people will respond here but I'll give it a try.


    So I have an Orthodox friend where we discussed valid matter for the Eucharist as he believes that Unleavened Bread is invalid matter... so I found on YouTube one Priest speak on it (I was surprised at how few videos and resources existed defending the use of Unleavened Bread) anyway, the Priest simply said it was based on the rules around the Passover... Exodus 12... and I thought at the time, why make such a weak passing remark when you have such a strong case?... well I don't ask that question anymore.

    I know now that making the case for Unleavened Bread puts Catholics in a very precarious position considering the Eastern Rite and the Orthodox (I have no beef with either)... the Orthodox on the other hand have pointed this out to me and I think they have a good case in that I don't at all think both matter are the same or equal and I would like to get to the bottom of this when it comes to something as important as the matter for the Holy Eucharist.

    Ironically, the Eastern Rite Catholic I was discussing it with was not at all offended and I would have liked to have a good conversation with him about it, however, the moderator who uses Unleavened Bread himself was very outraged by it and another member was even more so who offered no arguments and just a litany of insults, way over the top for what I said... I guess it's a very emotive topic.

    Anyway, the ban was already a forgone conclusion at that point and the tipping point came when the moderator longed for the return of when heretics were burned at the stake to which I mentioned that St Joan of Arc met a similar fate and how he called me a heretic and how the same has been said of many factions within the Catholic Church and outside the Catholic Church, which then becomes a matter of who is the most blood thirsty and ruthless wins the day. 

    I think the use of Unleavened Bread was very clear in Exodus and not a light matter as all the Jєωs (why does this word default to that kind of font? Only noticed when editing this post) would have had to know it very well to the point where not even having leaven in their homes and being cut off from Israel if they ate leaven during this time (Exodus 12), furthermore, Jesus sent Peter and John to prepare it... to prepare a Passover... no leaven in sight (Luke 22:8, Exodus 12)

    The other thing I'd mention, is that if it were a form of typology, then why just the bread? Why not the wine also? Having the bread changed but not the wine for a case of typology also doesn't make sense, furthermore, in terms of foods that most closely resemble that of flesh and blood, I can think of no better than Unleavened Bread and Red Wine.

    There is also the point that the Greek 'Artos' was used instead of the more accurate term 'Azymos' to which I would mention, there was no need to use the more specific word of Azymos at this point, as it had already been made very clear in Exodus 12 with the rules around the Passover, that they were preparing the feast of 'Azymos' (Unleavened Bread) and so the general term of 'Artos' (Bread) was more than sufficient IMO as there was no leaven to even be in sight and the reason why I think this is important, is because Exodus 12 makes such a big deal over this issue for something that some people want to deem unimportant.

    Anyway, not sure how all this will be received, I know it's a lot. The more I learn the more of a precarious situation I seem to put myself in. I can backup everything I have said here with sources if you would like... except the forums which no longer exist or private messages of course.

    "Our Lady of Victory, Ark of the New Covenant, Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate, Pray for us."

    Thanks for reading and God Bless
    Welcome Josh,

    Bans are infrequent here and you appear to be Traditional-friendly, so I don't think there would be a problem.  My only suggestion would be to slow down and get to know the forum.  You've been here less than a week and you already have 80 posts.

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    « Reply #1461 on: August 21, 2024, 09:54:14 PM »
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  • Welcome Josh,

    Bans are infrequent here and you appear to be Traditional-friendly, so I don't think there would be a problem.  My only suggestion would be to slow down and get to know the forum.  You've been here less than a week and you already have 80 posts.

    Thank you.

    I figured if I were going to get banned I would have been already given some of the posts and topics I got myself into. :)

    I think you are right about slowing down a bit, I was already thinking it myself... a couple more things I'd like to respond to and then I'll probably just stick to one or two threads and go a bit slower.

    God Bless

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    « Reply #1462 on: September 02, 2024, 09:41:16 PM »
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  • Hi everyone. I've been resisting the label 'traditional Catholic' for a long time because it seemed to me that the very catholicity, or universality, of Catholicism made it the only 'ism' which could not bear any qualification. As Pope Benedict XV wrote in Ad beatissimi Apostolorum (paragraph 24),

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    Still, given the large number of those who say they are Catholic Christians and are not (cf. Apocalypse 2:9, 3:9), it seems that there now is a need for such a qualifying term, even as, at some point in Church history, there arose a need to stress that we are 'Catholic' Christians. So here I am, on a traditional Catholic forum...
    "And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root."—Isaias 11:1 (D.R.V.)

    "I Jesus have sent my angel, to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and stock of David, the bright and morning star."—Apocalypse 22:16 (D.R.V.)

    "Behold the Cross of the Lord! Fly, ye powers of darkness, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the root of David, has conquered. Alleluia!"—Prayer of St. Anthony of Padua


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    Re: Introduce yourself!
    « Reply #1463 on: September 02, 2024, 09:52:52 PM »
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  • Hi everyone. I've been resisting the label 'traditional Catholic' for a long time because it seemed to me that the very catholicity, or universality, of Catholicism made it the only 'ism' which could not bear any qualification. As Pope Benedict XV wrote in Ad beatissimi Apostolorum (paragraph 24),

    Still, given the large number of those who say they are Catholic Christians and are not (cf. Apocalypse 2:9, 3:9), it seems that there now is a need for such a qualifying term, even as, at some point in Church history, there arose a need to stress that we are 'Catholic' Christians. So here I am, on a traditional Catholic forum...
    Welcome to CathInfo, SoM! 
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    I feel it, when I sorrow most;
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    Than never to have loved at all.
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    Re: Introduce yourself!
    « Reply #1464 on: September 03, 2024, 05:18:44 AM »
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  • Hi everyone. I've been resisting the label 'traditional Catholic' for a long time because it seemed to me that the very catholicity, or universality, of Catholicism made it the only 'ism' which could not bear any qualification. As Pope Benedict XV wrote in Ad beatissimi Apostolorum (paragraph 24),

    Still, given the large number of those who say they are Catholic Christians and are not (cf. Apocalypse 2:9, 3:9), it seems that there now is a need for such a qualifying term, even as, at some point in Church history, there arose a need to stress that we are 'Catholic' Christians. So here I am, on a traditional Catholic forum...
    All you say is true...  Back in early times only saying "Christian" was necessary.  Then Catholic was necessary to qualify and in many case traditional Catholic.  God willing, the day will one day return when we have a truly good pope who will unite all Catholics together under just the name of Catholic. :pray:

    Welcome to the forum!  Have you been going to the Traditional Mass for a short time or a long time?  Do you have any family who are traditional Catholics as well?
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    « Reply #1465 on: September 03, 2024, 12:24:34 PM »
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  • All you say is true...  Back in early times only saying "Christian" was necessary.  Then Catholic was necessary to qualify and in many case traditional Catholic.  God willing, the day will one day return when we have a truly good pope who will unite all Catholics together under just the name of Catholic. :pray:

    Welcome to the forum!  Have you been going to the Traditional Mass for a short time or a long time?  Do you have any family who are traditional Catholics as well?
    A short time, about a year and a half now—long enough for my entire non-trad social network to evaporate like a thin layer of snow on sun-baked concrete. My family hates the Church and would like for me to stop, but where would else I go? The Church of Rome has the words of eternal life, the words of the incarnate Word, who is Himself the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Oh, to hear the voice of Peter again—and, in a way, for the first time, in the case of those of us who were born in these evil times! That would be a glorious day, when the Good Shepherd visits his sheep through His Vicar, and delivers them out of all the places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. Until then, I hope in Mary, by her Loss of Jesus in the Temple, that she, who now reigns with Jesus in the heavenly Jerusalem, will procure from Him the grace for me to endure this temporary loss of the Bridegroom of my soul in the Sovereign Pontiff.

    Quote from: Canticles 5:6, 8
    ]My soul melted when he spoke: I sought him, and found him not: I called, and he did not answer me...I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him that I languish with love.
    "And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root."—Isaias 11:1 (D.R.V.)

    "I Jesus have sent my angel, to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and stock of David, the bright and morning star."—Apocalypse 22:16 (D.R.V.)

    "Behold the Cross of the Lord! Fly, ye powers of darkness, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the root of David, has conquered. Alleluia!"—Prayer of St. Anthony of Padua


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    « Reply #1466 on: September 03, 2024, 12:31:21 PM »
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  • A short time, about a year and a half now—
    More or less the same here, only a few years further in, all I can say is keep at it!  :pray:
    Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you, all things pass away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things. He who has God finds he lacks nothing; God alone suffices. - St. Teresa of Jesus

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    « Reply #1467 on: September 03, 2024, 12:34:12 PM »
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  • Hi everyone. I've been resisting the label 'traditional Catholic' for a long time because it seemed to me that the very catholicity, or universality, of Catholicism made it the only 'ism' which could not bear any qualification. As Pope Benedict XV wrote in Ad beatissimi Apostolorum (paragraph 24),

    Still, given the large number of those who say they are Catholic Christians and are not (cf. Apocalypse 2:9, 3:9), it seems that there now is a need for such a qualifying term, even as, at some point in Church history, there arose a need to stress that we are 'Catholic' Christians. So here I am, on a traditional Catholic forum...
    Yes, welcome SoM.  I look forward to hearing more from you.

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  • A short time, about a year and a half now—long enough for my entire non-trad social network to evaporate like a thin layer of snow on sun-baked concrete. My family hates the Church and would like for me to stop, but where would else I go? The Church of Rome has the words of eternal life, the words of the incarnate Word, who is Himself the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Oh, to hear the voice of Peter again—and, in a way, for the first time, in the case of those of us who were born in these evil times! That would be a glorious day, when the Good Shepherd visits his sheep through His Vicar, and delivers them out of all the places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. Until then, I hope in Mary, by her Loss of Jesus in the Temple, that she, who now reigns with Jesus in the heavenly Jerusalem, will procure from Him the grace for me to endure this temporary loss of the Bridegroom of my soul in the Sovereign Pontiff.


    All of my family is novus ordo or non-practicing...and I also lost most of my friends when I became traditional...  So, I can relate.   Keep fighting the good fight!  It is ever so worth it!  😇
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  • Hello everyone!  Thank you for allowing me to join.

    I currently live just outside of Charleston, SC and have been here for over 14 years.  I'm originally from SW Louisiana.  I came across this forum during a search of a priest in my hometown.  I landed in South Carolina after marrying my husband who I met on CatholicMatch.com.  He is now wanting to divorce me, so I may be back in Louisiana in the near future.  The reasons he has given me for divorce are my hoarding and a lack of affection toward him.  However, I seem to have more of a reason to divorce him due to the fact that he is an alcoholic, a porn addict and has for well over a year has had an emotional online affair with a cam girl in Romania. :(

    I guess I should've stayed single.

    Anyway, I was introduced to the TLM by a former classmate.  I attend the TLM here in South Carolina.  I love all critters and I enjoy crocheting.

    The priest who I searched for led me here because I came across a couple of topics about him here.  I now find myself curious to learn about the different "forks" of the Catholic church.

    I was born and raised Catholic.  Anything else I should share about myself? ;-p