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Post by Pacelli on Mar 3, 2023 10:01:42 GMT -5
I will certainly pray for your girlfriend. If you wish, you can PM me her first name and I will pray for her by name in my daily rosary intentions.
The home-alone error is dangerous in that it uses approved Catholic sources, but makes unwarranted conclusions that the sources do not bring one to form. The use of sources gives it a legitimacy in the minds of Catholics, just as other errors, that rely on Catholic sources do, such as Feeneyism, and NUCism.
This forum has been doing what we can to repel these modern errors as best as we can, but the people spreading these ideas have much more internet presence than we do, but all we can do is our best.
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Post by RitaMarita on Mar 4, 2023 13:51:29 GMT -5
I am a young man living in London seeing a young woman in Scotland. Her family attended the SSPX for three years or so, but they are now 'home-aloners'. They were upset by some laws being broken at the SSPX chapel they were going to (one example was having a Requiem Mass on a Sunday with a Creed, and not on Remembrance Sunday, for which we at least used to have an Indult in Britain), but are now in touch with a nun called Sr. Mary Cabrini, whom I believe through my asking around to possibly be the sister of Fr Eugene Berry. She attempts to convince everyone that it is impossible to receive the Sacraments apart from baptism and marriage through a quasi-Protestant approach to Roy Defarrari's translation of Denzinger. She almost denied that holy orders are necessary for the Church and I believe would deny that there is an extant Catholic hierarchy. I do realise that the legitimacy of traditional clergy can be discussed, but our right to approach them for the Sacraments and to go to their Masses is not disputable. Anyhow, the young woman in question is coming round to going back to Mass, so I would greatly appreciate it if prayers were said for her. If anyone knows of any priest who would be willing to say Mass for her, I would also be grateful for suggestions as I have asked pretty much all those which I know. That is definitely a bid deal! Will be praying for you both! I once knew a traditional Catholic lady in Scotland whose son was training to become a traditional Catholic priest through the CMRI. Maybe one day there will be a priest there in Scotland to help the traditional lay Catholics there. 😇🙏 Welcome to the forum by the way! 😊
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Post by Pacelli on Nov 1, 2023 9:51:04 GMT -5
The young woman in question is now my fiancée and has been attending Mass with me. Thank you very much to you all who included her in your prayers. Please continue to do so if you can. Congratulations! I always like to hear of prayers said that are answered. I will certainly keep praying for the both of you, and I wish your future marriage God's blessings.
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Post by RitaMarita on Nov 2, 2023 6:24:24 GMT -5
Thank you very much, Pacelli. We would certainly be very grateful for your prayers. My fiancée's parents have now said that they will not come to the wedding if we are married by an SSPX priest. I even suggested flying all the way to Houston to be married by Fr Louis Campbell, who logically should be acceptable to them, but even that was rejected. Congratulations to you and your fiancé! I went through the wringer trying to find a valid priest whom my parents would accept in order to attend our wedding. So I can emphasize. We contacted an old Irish priest at a college in out area but the bishop refused him permission to officiate for a traditional Latin Nuptial Mass. We asked the SSPX (my family said that they would at least attend then) but the SSPX said that they would only offiate marriages for those committed to attending only their Masses (we went there occasionally and the priest knew us personally). We went through this for about 4 months. It wasn't unil about 2 months before the wedding that we finally gave up trying to find a priest they would accept. Father Joseph Collins had always been our first preference and back up and he had been understanding of us trying to find someone who our parents would accept. So, when that all fell through Father Collins made official plans to finalize being there for our wedding even though my family did not plan to attend. We decided to pay for the wedding ourselves since it didn't seem right to ask my parents to pay for anything if they wouldn't attend. Father Collins was SUPER flexible and with the help of several close traditional Catholic families we set up a temporary altar in a local half court indoor basketball court. We had the reception there as well but a different room in the building. About a month before the wedding my family decided that they would come after getting a "dispensation" from their bishop to attend but not participate. Our official witnesses (maid of honor and best man) were my husband's non-Catholic brother and sister. All of the remainder of the wedding party were children from traditional Catholic families who helped with the wedding. God provided for everything. All went amazingly well. My father even ended up helping to pay for the food. My advice would be to plan your wedding without making too big of a fuss about your family's plans and in the end they may show up. Praying for you both! It can be very tough but I am sure that God will bless you if you persevere. Keep fighting the good fight and may God bless you!
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Post by Clotilde on Nov 7, 2023 12:56:34 GMT -5
Congratulations! I’m so happy for you. I will also pray for your families. It is so hard on a couple to have family complexities at such a joyful time. Your post should serve as a reminder to parents not to be an extra cross during an engagement period nor after the marriage. They need support and encouragement.
In other words… Grown children will have plenty of crosses in married life, parents, be mindful to not be one of them.
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