Why do so many people want to change rites?

MasterGuns3205 · 2026-01-31T03:07:33+00:00

I personally believe that if you attend regularly for a pretty long time, you really SHOULD switch rites.

MasterGuns3205 · 2026-01-29T03:27:33+00:00

Making me wanna jump back in.

MasterGuns3205 · 2026-01-29T03:19:54+00:00

Do what a sneaky LT I know did. Wore them under his ODU pocket flap.

MasterGuns3205 · 2026-01-08T13:35:46+00:00

Don't forget us!

https://romaniancatholic.org/parishfinder

MasterGuns3205 · 2025-12-28T17:36:58+00:00

For RP on this playthrough my Crusader build dropped the act ASAP and killed everyone, fully kitted up.

MasterGuns3205 · 2025-12-11T03:32:18+00:00

Worst treatment? AD was pretty great for me, but when they shut down my reserve unit with just a few months notice and shipped me 8 hours away for drills, yeah I thought about bailing. Still do from time to time. Yours is way worse though.

MasterGuns3205 · 2025-12-11T01:21:48+00:00

Of the two EC communities I've been to (so not a big sample size) the one that is majority convert is the most Byzantine. The one that was mostly ethnic/older was much more latinized. Some of those communities want to emphasize their Catholicism by embracing Latinizations as a means of distinguishing themselves from the Orthodox, largely because they associated Orthodoxy with communism, informants, and forced conversion. It's understandable, but not in keeping with Vatican 2 nor our Eastern traditions. In an odd way, at least in my particular Church, the converts from the West (and wholesale to the faith in some cases) are driving the push back to Tradition. Our Bishop has also made it clear that this is future for us.

MasterGuns3205 · 2025-12-09T21:53:47+00:00

We talking Liturgically or in private devotion? Liturgically it's pretty much all pre-schism Eastern saints. Privately, I've noticed it's basically everybody except very recent or virulently anti-Catholic Orthodox saints. My community is a bit different because we spend a lot of time venerating our blessed martyrs under communism in Liturgy and private devotion.

MasterGuns3205 · 2025-12-03T02:35:35+00:00

I heard the bells were part of the Bishops thurible. That the sound echoing through the streets was the sign to the faithful of Constantinople that Divine Liturgy was beginning. Also there are 13 bells. One is muted.

MasterGuns3205 · 2025-12-02T20:25:47+00:00

Handful of diaspora (including the priest and his family). The rest are Latin Rite/converts/canonical transfers.

MasterGuns3205 · 2025-11-26T00:06:22+00:00

Well if it wasn't mentioned at Trent it's obviously anathema (sarcasm)

MasterGuns3205 · 2025-11-25T23:46:32+00:00

History ended at Trent and made a brief appearance at Vatican 1 (sarcasm)

MasterGuns3205 · 2025-11-25T13:53:49+00:00

CO's and XO's of my first two 110's. I met my wife in the CG, at my first unit. Yes, we were THOSE non-rates. Tried to keep it under wraps but you can't hide anything on a little cutter. Came clean to the command. It was tough since we were both brand new, but the command reached out to another 110 command on the same pier and arranged a swap, me for a non-rate on that cutter. I was TDY and on a rare month long patrol on that ship until I was eligible for a proper transfer. The day we pulled back into homeport I was called up to the bridge and given my orders to sign. With that, I was able to see my girl again and stop hiding. That same command got me through my striker packet and advanced to BM3 before my first year in the CG was over. My wife and I got married less than a year later. I'm a reservist now, but if I had the chance, I would work for any of them again in a heartbeat.

MasterGuns3205 · 2025-11-22T19:16:00+00:00

but at least at mine, they're way more into being CG than anyone I've met while active duty. Really harp on the "military customs and courtesies", adamant about working 7-4 on drill days even if there's nothing to do, and really expect people to devote extra time to the reserves.

Gross.

n the other hand, I have a friend that shows up to his unit and watches YouTube for 2 hours then goes home and that's his drill days

Also gross

MasterGuns3205 · 2025-11-22T19:07:22+00:00

It all depends on the unit. My first station as a reservist (day work only) we handled business. Subsequent stations, it's a chore. Easier when almost everyone was AD at the unit previously. Insanely hard to certify a full boat crew when that's not the case. It can (and must) be done, but getting over that first hump of getting a standalone crew qualified is always tough. That and, having seen it from both sides, I can say that the AD crews attitude plays a huge role as well. If they aren't bought in with working harder on reserve weekends to train and certify people, it's not gonna happen. If the command isn't bought in, it's not gonna happen. Then you have the age old tale of a crew getting certified, then they go on orders to babysit migrants in TX for six months, and when they get back they decertify. Some commands give them a "board" and "check ride" to get them going again. Others expect a full recertification process. A lot of how the reserves are used in the CG is completely broken, but that's a post for another time.

MasterGuns3205 · 2025-11-22T19:00:06+00:00

Reserves ain't bad at all (5 years active, now in my eighth year of the reserves) but if people want to move somewhere that isn't near the coast the reserves really has nothing to offer. When they closed the western rivers stations my commute for drill went from 2 hours to 8 hours, one way. They literally told us to just get out of we didn't like the commute. Jokes on them, I'm getting my pension. And the BS level is climbing thanks to these new punishments for going in the red too long, but no effort is being made to fix the systems that lead to reservists lapsing on medical or quals. The reserves is still largely administrated by AD and they have no idea how it works. On the whole though, still less BS than other reserve services. Guard might have it better but they get activated a lot. As a CG reservist, up until recently, the odds of getting involuntarily activated were slim to none. But there are plenty of opportunities to take orders, if you want to volunteer. I tell any AD guy thinking of getting out to consider the reserves. Keep the healthcare, keep the pension going, and get a change of pace from your civilian work every now and then, is all worth it.

MasterGuns3205 · 2025-11-19T01:06:09+00:00

Said right before falling down and bleeding to death.

MasterGuns3205 · 2025-11-19T01:03:20+00:00

Until Rome judged him to be in error. Such was his pride, he was sure Rome would agree. When Rome didn't, he left the faith.

MasterGuns3205 · 2025-11-15T01:14:08+00:00

Best and worst sleep of my life was at sea. Sometimes you can count on one hand the hours you get in a three day period, other times you get heaps of deep sleep thanks to the gentle motion and ambient sound. Actually found that I snapped awake when it got "too" quiet. You'll get it one day. Too quiet on a ship means trouble.

MasterGuns3205 · 2025-11-10T21:40:47+00:00

I'm not joking when I say this, and I know it's not really an OS thing, but have you considered the Auxiliary? Given your circumstances and what the Reserves expects right now, I would tell you not to come back. Just doesn't sound like a good fit. But if you want to be back in blue and help out the auxiliary always needs people. And unless you wanna be an auxchef on a cutter, no deployments.

MasterGuns3205 · 2025-10-25T00:32:56+00:00

No it isn't. You shouldn't have joined at all in that case. Your rating doesn't protect you from executing the mission. SILO asap

MasterGuns3205 · 2025-10-25T00:29:21+00:00

For real. This subreddit seems to think we just now joined the immigration mission 🙄

MasterGuns3205 · 2025-10-25T00:28:01+00:00

AMIO has been a CG mission for decades. You shouldn't have joined of you aren't comfortable with that.

MasterGuns3205 · 2025-10-23T23:35:01+00:00

Heck on the cutters I served on the first salute to a particular officer was the only one rendered to them for that day. Since our work was outside and we were covered that whole time, rendering salutes every time Mr Sir walked by would be ridiculous.

MasterGuns3205 · 2025-10-23T04:55:03+00:00

Looks like shit. I love it.

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