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Post by Clotilde on Jun 30, 2017 22:13:12 GMT -5
I still feel like too much of a baby to tradition to really contribute, but this one of Clotilde's gave me a chuckle: "You don't have to get rid of your TV, only use OLV homeschool materials, or buy an entire new wardrobe." Maybe you aren't prone to doing stupid things, lol!
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myrnam
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Post by myrnam on Jun 30, 2017 22:42:41 GMT -5
I wish I would have known that one was expected to be a theologian and or Canon Lawyer.
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Post by carloscamejo on Jun 30, 2017 23:04:48 GMT -5
I wish I would have known about this earlier... as in the Latin Mass.
People who live in Catholic countries are unbelievably complacent with the inner machinations of the mainstream church. So, I never heard anything about it until very recently.
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Post by Barbara on Jul 1, 2017 4:09:03 GMT -5
Two things come to mind:
1. You don't have to have the devotions, say the prayers, that anyone else says in order to be a good Catholic. There are some devotions that are popular among Traditional Catholics that do not appeal to me.
2. I have been disabused of any notions as to what a good Catholic, and a good Catholic family looks like. Over the 12 years of attending the Latin Mass exclusively I have known of a number of marital heartaches and serious sins among large, happy-looking families.
Conversely, there are other individuals and families who do not perhaps make the best impression externally, but after becoming acquainted you discover some deep wells of holiness. It seems to built-in to us to make snap judgments based on appearance, yet how often they are wrong!
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Post by kim on Jul 1, 2017 5:39:53 GMT -5
Skirts vs pants.
I think a lot of the females at my trad chapel only wear skirts and dresses ALL the time.
I don't do that. I don't wear super tight pants or jeans or mid drift tops, and if I started this only skirts business (which I don't want to anyway), my non-Catholic husband would probably call a cult de-programmer to fix me.
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Post by Voxxkowalski on Jul 1, 2017 5:43:59 GMT -5
If a skirt pants debate starts here this thread is locked.
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Post by Voxxkowalski on Jul 1, 2017 5:45:17 GMT -5
I wish I would have known that one was expected to be a theologian and or Canon Lawyer. You really arent...this is the flaw in the non una cum accusations.
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Post by micah1199 on Jul 1, 2017 6:59:52 GMT -5
I wish that I had read a book about the Sacred Heart of Jesus when I was a young man.
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Post by Jayne on Jul 1, 2017 7:57:30 GMT -5
I still feel like too much of a baby to tradition to really contribute ... You have already figured out something that took me years to realize. I wish I would have known that being a baby to tradition should make me cautious about contributing my opinion.
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Post by jen51 on Jul 1, 2017 8:38:27 GMT -5
I wish I would have understood how difficult it is to trust God with spacing of children, for then I might have been able to prepare myself a bit better. To most NO Catholics, family planning is a given, and even viewed as the responsible thing to do. To trads it is folly (and rightly so) unless there is a very grave reason. When you are in the throes of sleep deprivation, ppd, and fatigue it suddenly becomes crystal clear why this teaching is so difficult to follow.
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Post by Marya Dabrowski on Jul 1, 2017 10:12:56 GMT -5
People talk: no matter what happens everyone knows about it before lunch tomorrow.
There are some people without good intentions.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink--->Unless they come to you for advice, leave adults alone to make their own mistakes. It doesn't matter how perfect your reasoning is, they will do what they want.
Child raising--caffeine in mom makes baby puke
let baby's bottom air dry before putting the next diaper on
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Post by Clotilde on Jul 1, 2017 10:47:43 GMT -5
I wish I would have known...
That being open to children does not mean you will be filling that 15 passenger van.
To avoid friendships with those who are inclined to a harsh spirit.
That if you have less than 8 children, people will ask you questions that are none of their business.
That the used book search never really ends.
That many fellow Catholics feel they need to report details about your life and actions to a priest.
That you should never invite certain individuals into your home.
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Post by Pacelli on Jul 1, 2017 11:03:01 GMT -5
I wish I had understood the value of my time, at the time, with the old diocesan priests I had known and considered friends, those who resisted the Novus Ordo, who taught me and formed me.
In the clueless optimism of my youth, I just assumed they would be around for a long time, never realizing that God would be taking them.
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Post by Voxxkowalski on Jul 1, 2017 11:20:05 GMT -5
I wish I had followed through with my idea in 1992 to use the internet to create a cyber school for homeschoolers...I had to watch others become rich with the same idea 5 years later.
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Post by jen51 on Jul 1, 2017 13:05:51 GMT -5
I wish I would have known... That being open to children does not mean you will be filling that 15 passenger van. To avoid friendships with those who are inclined to a harsh spirit. That if you have less than 8 children, people will ask you questions that are none of their business. That the used book search never really ends. That many fellow Catholics feel they need to report details about your life and actions to a priest. That you should never invite certain individuals into your home. This post and Marya's, yes x 1,000. Maybe it is with every group of people, but I've noticed it with trads the most- the inordinate curiosity to know about others lives either for the purpose of rebuking them for not being holy enough (usually through their own misguided opinions) or to put themselves on a pedestal in their own mind or in the minds of others through gossip. I've often wondered why this is such a problem in some trad circles. I think that perhaps the Devil uses it as a distraction tool to keep people from attaining the virtue that is right at their fingertips. I'm sure it is imperative for the Enemy to distract as much as possible those that adhere, or are trying to adhere to the Traditional Catholic faith. Looking at it this way, it's easier to turn the other cheek and to pray for them in their temptation. I know how easy this is to fall into. I'll admit, rather sheepishly, that I have found myself doing the same thing in the past (not the gossip, but the curiosity). Life has really knocked us around these past couple years and we (my husband and I) have been taught many lessons that make us not as prone to it as we used to be.
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