tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501575778816779507.post3894747462376560545..comments2023-07-02T08:54:05.632-07:00Comments on Confessions of a Catholic Cybertronian.: Mastro Manifesto 2016Optimusmastrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12831854027284027308noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501575778816779507.post-65348535531680940582016-10-12T13:49:58.373-07:002016-10-12T13:49:58.373-07:00Hey Marco, that's good to hear. Sounds like if...Hey Marco, that's good to hear. Sounds like if you are in this, you are in it for he long haul, thick and thin, thinking years down the road. Servimus Unum Deumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521042317656015840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501575778816779507.post-56791482859701738442016-09-05T11:46:22.721-07:002016-09-05T11:46:22.721-07:00Hi Julian,.. I respect your comments, and after mu...Hi Julian,.. I respect your comments, and after much prayer, I will be honest. I don't love the EF more than the OF,.Jesus is Jesus period. What I don't like is ideology. Right now, I'm on a break from seminary. We have a truly holy Archbishop, but these battles are old and tired out. I want to be a clean slate. I love God and I love God's people. Whatever direction liturgically or otherwise should not distract from the Call to Holiness. I do not want to be one of those guys who 'hides.' My formators knew my opinions, and I believe they respected me for that. God bless!Optimusmastrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12831854027284027308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8501575778816779507.post-28037806467834253402016-09-02T07:38:29.697-07:002016-09-02T07:38:29.697-07:00Marco,
Great to hear you buddy. Good to see a man...Marco,<br /><br />Great to hear you buddy. Good to see a man of a future priest who isn't going to cause scandal in our Church.<br /><br />However Marco, you've stepped into dangerous territory while being a seminarian. You've formally declared you love of the EF in writing and for anyone with a computer to find. While it may be ok for a layman like me to say I love the EF/Latin mass. YOU as a seminarian are treading on dangerous territory. <br /><br />Do you know your formators well enough that it's ok to have this attraction? If they are the least bit urked, this can have devastating consequences. At the worst these people may kick you out of seminary for that, being old codgers addicted like crack addicts to the spirit of Vatican II. They might also prefer effeminate man boys, if you know what I mean. <br /><br />At the best, they may encourage it but they will give you no training and this is something you must pick up on your own. Regardless you are a marked man. <br /><br />Marco, this is a serious set of questions. are you:<br />- willing to endure harassment by your fellow seminarians and your formators for your choice<br />- willing to understand that while things are improving, the EF is frowned upon by the majority of your senior priests and the miscatechized laity?<br />- understand that, alongside the Latin Mass, espousal of adherence to Traditon and Magisterium is essentially ignored, and that if you actively adhere to it as a priest you will forgo one or more of: parishes in non derelict areas of the diocese, promotion to the episcopacy and future appointments in Rome (excepting a Traddie pope taking over,) fair and honest treatment by your diocese, and may be complained against by priest and laity alike to your superior bishop and be transferred to far outskirts of your diocese? <br /><br />If you honestly are not willing to undergo all this and agree with this Marco, you need to seriously rethink this vocation.<br /><br />I hate to be a downer here, but based on what you've said public ally, I fear for you. <br /><br />Just worried about my fellow brother in Christ, who knows the lay of "Traddie" land currently, Julian. Servimus Unum Deumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521042317656015840noreply@blogger.com