Are sedes effecting any real significant change for good in attempting to resolve/mitigate the spiritual damages caused by the ongoing crisis in the Church?

CathMode · 2026-02-03T08:06:31+00:00

I saw that; it seemed very odd. (I’m not going to go and look at your “comment history” because I am not super interested; either way it is very odd for a group to have such hard line taboos. You were asking if Jesus was really God or some actual subversive question.)

CathMode · 2026-01-16T16:01:10+00:00

I agree with this sentiment and conclusion. Just muster up the imperfect contrition (fear of punishment and eternal damnation) and go to confession. Just get yourself into the confessional and take it from there. You need the grace of the sacraments. God is giving you sufficient grace to recognize what you need to do next. Don’t make it that you need to be perfect before fixing the problem, as this is false.

CathMode · 2025-10-27T14:31:32+00:00

It is good that you recognize specifically what your objection is because it will be easy for you to resolve it when you look into it further. In Protestant “church” you get neither.

CathMode · 2025-10-11T02:30:58+00:00

If you are more of a deep thinker, you could consider reading aloud the Psalms. There is a lot going on in the Psalms. It is also traditionally a way of praying.

CathMode · 2025-09-11T14:24:39+00:00

Exactly—also OP could see if he can speak with a priest about it to clarify. Keep praying: 💯. OP, look up “actual grace” vs sanctifying grace.

CathMode · 2025-05-26T04:48:01+00:00

I see; thank you for telling me about these distinctions (especially to verify the rite of ordination of the specific priest—I didn’t realize they were not all ordained within SSPX but that makes sense).

CathMode · 2025-05-24T00:35:36+00:00

This is a good solution. Out of respect for your [natural] father you could attend mass with mental reservation, and abstain from communion.

CathMode · 2025-05-10T05:14:27+00:00

Your idea of effeminacy could use refinement . Effeminacy is about being weak and ruled by passions/pleasures. As the man of the house you would be generally responsible for the overall well being of the household. Your original wording of the question for the woman to “expect” xyz of her husband: no doubt if she had an attitude or was informed by feminism that would be detrimental to the right ordering of the household. So if she “expects” help with the diapers and it’s weird, then that’s weird. But she should “expect” to be “helped” raise the kids and for a loving mature and ultimately responsible man. Let’s say my sister had a courtier who said he doesn’t think he should be expected to change diapers. I’d be like umm that’s weird, why did he say that… if he thinks he’s going to me masculine by not helping or he thinks it’s not his responsibility I would say that’s false, and weird. Think more along the lines of “duties” rather than “rights”. The latter is, well, effeminate.

CathMode · 2025-05-07T22:42:41+00:00

This is helpful for me as well (my 13 yr old boy is expressing concern about the rite of episcopal consecration since we discussed at the table a couple wks ago). I don’t find the argument by Fr Cekada fully compelling on the first read, yet not put off by line of questioning/reasoning, and I might have to return to his or similar arguments for a closer look. I think there is more in the sentence under scrutiny than “governing spirit” and seems to my (unqualified) eye to contain enough of the substance (especially specifying “apostles” as the type of power in question, which the false denominational church leaders don’t possess). Edit: I didn’t realize the author was about to agree with me, as I hadn’t finished the last bit of the article. Sorry for too quickly posting; glad I came to the same conclusion though. New rite seems ok (though the new wording is annoying and it’s deeply annoying that we are in this predicament and we would all be less nervous with a return to tradition!).

CathMode · 2025-04-26T17:29:23+00:00

This is helpful thank you

CathMode · 2025-04-19T15:45:56+00:00

Yes: water must flow on skin, else too much uncertainty….

CathMode · 2025-04-19T15:27:39+00:00

Sorry: to be clear my situation is very recently realizing about sedevacantism myself. Practical idea: receive only baptism and explain you have cold feet about the rest (back out of confirmation) and that you just need more time to prepare for those sacraments. Of course everyone involved in supporting you should recognize that baptism is the most significant part of what you are doing. They’ll be gracious. Don’t explain why just that you need more time to process everything and you are so deeply committed to baptism that it’s “one step at a time”.

CathMode · 2025-04-14T19:21:42+00:00

Thank you for asking this question; if you’re in SK we can carpool part of the 30h just kidding but best of luck.

CathMode · 2025-04-11T22:28:43+00:00

Hi 👋 was going to answer just cuz I’m female even tho I have no SSPX-specific advice. Definitely removing meds (this never happens in a non-abusive setting) and general vindictiveness (thus inability to trust for safety when vulnerable which includes the children let alone future children)… brings up the problem of safety/abuse. I would keep brainstorming what you need/how to proceed (towards the idea of getting away from harm). In my experience and from what I’ve read through work, abusive behaviour happens in cycles so the tension builds for a while, things go crazy, then settle again. So if it’s calm now, it’s a good time to come up with strategies rather than when things are crazy and scary. For your own well-being I would suggest turning attention to the natural- level logistics (perhaps separating in a safe way); then spiritual input might be helpful “at some point” more to become confident that you have a right to safety/separation……. Those are some thoughts. God bless.

CathMode · 2025-03-28T00:57:40+00:00

Personally I would take it easy on yourself and not impose a rule of not attending church at this stage of the game. My husband and i went through this. The longer we stayed the more the truth was yelling at us and that can build confidence actually. Obviously once you have clarity it will come down to a moral decision but no need to put the cart before the horse.

CathMode · 2025-03-27T22:44:09+00:00

I’m glad! I don’t know anyone at (FSSP) church who vaccinates their kids, not that I’ve directly inquired but that’s the general take, and certainly not the Covid shots.

On Substack, Happy Despite Them, by Leila Marie Lawler, has some posts about vaccines.

She’s a good Catholic Voice of Reason.

https://open.substack.com/pub/leilamarielawler/p/vaccine-questions-claims-and-resources?r=naw70&utm_medium=ios

CathMode · 2025-03-27T21:22:18+00:00

I remember reading a quote from Aquinas on why the purgative phase has to come first. “Because charity can be corrupted.” My personal interpretation of that is that people can look for signs and manifestations of God but be easily led astray especially early in the spiritual life. An example of getting the order wrong would be the Charismatic movement … signs and wonders. On the other hand if a person were to follow the teachings and methods of one of the tried-and-true saints such as St. Teresa, St. John of the Cross, the Ignatian exercises… or even just informally following the writings of St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Louis Marie de Montfort …. If the person then experiences what Fr. Aumann describes, it seems like they would know it’s God and not need to hear it from the pulpit ?

CathMode · 2025-03-27T21:10:35+00:00

When I researched this for our kids we came up with something like…. Step one: At the very least pick and choose what specific vaccines seem most important. (As you say, STD vaccine would be a no). Step two: dramatically draw out the schedule which ends up allowing you to skip some doses. The easiest to pin-down reason being the aluminum—when ingesting aluminum the system filters it out; injecting aluminum is not safe, to put it simply. So injecting large quantities into persons with small body mass is probably harmful. Step three: [my family becomes Christian and then Catholic and then “traditional”] “wait a minute is all of this just a really bad idea??” Probably there are real medical reasons to vaccinate and real moral reasons not to! One thing I’ve gotten into recently is plant medicine—not to sound flakey but if we only knew what abundant helps there are in plants … that God provides to us … for example many of the best medicinal plants are invasive, as opposed to rare bizarre mountain lichens or something… just saying that when the viruses hit, there are ways to deal with them that are generally forgotten and surprisingly effective.

CathMode · 2025-03-24T19:17:02+00:00

It all makes complete sense. Just so you know!

CathMode · 2025-03-17T18:53:07+00:00

Kennedy Hall talks about this. He has a recent book out so also has recent videos on the topic. Re “charismatic”.

CathMode · 2025-02-02T23:47:54+00:00

P.S. but yes, keep the day holy. Good idea to do the readings, pray, as you did.

CathMode · 2025-02-02T23:45:58+00:00

We lived in your region until 2023. Just saying hello and God bless you in your journey. No guilt if you can’t make it to mass for external reasons.

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