How Long Have You Considered Yourself a Traditional Catholic?

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TLM08 said:
After receiving communion in the hand from a 12 year old kid wearing blue jeans at my parish…
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Welcome home. I made a remarkably similar journey myself a year ago on All Saints Day. I make sure every day that I say thank you for the fraternity. It breaks my heart when we have to visit another parish where we see the same liturgical abuses, and wonder why the absolute joy that comes from orthodoxy.
 
When I was a child in the late 1970s my family attended the NO mass exclusively. On two seperate occasions we witnessed a “liturgical dance” mass at the local Jesuit university. This dance incorporated belly dancers. Needless to say, my parents were outraged and eventually left the church altogether. When I returned to the “Catholic” church it was at a parish that only said the Latin mass as said before Vatican II. That was 15 years ago. I have since learned that this is called a 'sedevacantist" group and have rejoined the true church. I am grateful that the pope is allowing more traditional masses to be said and I hope that future popes continue to promote the Latin mass.
 
jeff417 said:
When I was a child in the late 1970s my family attended the NO mass exclusively. … I am grateful that the pope is allowing more traditional masses to be said and I hope that future popes continue to promote the Latin mass.
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i am also. i kinda wonder why JP II wasn’t into that…

I really love the Latin Mass… so reverential…

i like when the priest faces the altar, not the people.

By the way: is it wrong for a priest to say a homily while outside the pulpit … half-way down the aisle?? I hate that… 😦
 
I’ve been flirting with a more “traditionalist” outlook on the Church ever since I attended a “Boy Scout Mass” sometime between Christmas and Lent. It was a nightmare.

The funny thing is, I’m considered a traditionalist at the student parish I attend here at BGSU, but I’m hardly a traditionalist compared to true-blue traditionalists.
 
brotherhrolf said:
Wow. I just took a new look at the poll. Not too many of my generation who were alive before Vatican II. But I applaud those of you who are younger than me. I’m beginning to feel like a dinosaur.😃
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yeah i marked the 21-38 range because thats my age range. my siblings, cousind, and i all were brought up and with one exception are traditional catholics. hopefully we dont make you feel too old, it is just a number after all.
 
I suppose in theory, I’ve been a TC for about 5 years, but was never aware there was still any celebration of the Latin Mass around where I live.

Cradle Catholic, Catholic school K-12 …First Communion in 1963, Confirmation 1967, then got thoroughly disenchanted with the church in the mid to late 70’s.

I hated all the “groovy modern ways”, the LACK OF REVERENCE for just about everything, all the liturgical abuse, and finally the sex scandal of the clergy…I’m still not over THAT.

It is VERY hard for me to attend a regular mass anymore, or any other service for that matter.

I don’t like having to drive for over an hour to the TLM when I used to be able to get there in 5 minutes, but it’s worth it now, compared to the alternative.

Give me the “old ways” any day, and I’m a happy camper.
 
First Communion in 1945, alter boy, latin Mass, Confirmation in Grade School (Catholic). Drifted away for awhile but came back to regular Mass and sacraments years back. Love Pope John Paul the great…
 
I’d have to say 0-3 years because I converted back in March of this year. Although, I’ve been wanting to become Catholic since 10 years ago.
 
Dear Asperges Me,

I was raised in the traditional RC Church and did not realize how much I loved and missed the true Church until the Latin Mass disappeared for 40 yrs.! I gratefully rediscovered my faith and the Church I knew and loved just a few weeks ago and am making inroads in returning to that Church. I hated the Novus Ordo Mass, and was enraged that the beauty and wisdom of the original Latin Mass was denied to several generations of Catholics. Anyone (Catholic or not) who is exposed to the bells, incense, Gregorian chant and Latin of the TLM are mesmerized by its sheer beauty. It is the loveliest thing this side of Heaven! I am a grateful “traditional” Catholic once again, and didn’t even know that that’s what I was. At one time all Catholics were traditional!

God Bless You, Asperges Me
 
I was never baptized as a child. My parents never too me to Mass, but my paternal Grandfather did - God rest his soul.

I was in my late 20’s when I decided I wanted to start going to Mass again on a regular basis, even if I could not participate fully. Then, in 1994, I was 30 that year, I decided I wanted to be a Catholic all the way, and not just in my heart. So I went through a HORRIBLE, and I mean HORRIBLE RCIA program. I was taught nothing about the Faith.

Fast forward to about four years ago. I met my DH online. 🙂 I was becoming more serious about my Faith on my own, spending a lot of time on another Catholic message board. Then about two years ago we got married and he began working for Saint Michael’s Media. My involvement in this amazing apostolate, and now RealCatholicTV, has totally transformed me spiritually.

I GET IT now. I understand what is important, that getting souls to heaven, and getting ourselves there, is really what it’s all about. Nothing else on this earth matters more.

We continue to learn more about our Faith every single day, and hope to get each other to heaven.

Thank you Grandpa - for helping the Holy Spirit plant that tiny little spark in me. Without that, it would have never known how to grow to that great flame for Christ that it is today. 😃

~Liza
 
Dulcinea said:
Dear Asperges Me,

I was raised in the traditional RC Church and did not realize how much I loved and missed the true Church until the Latin Mass disappeared for 40 yrs.! I gratefully rediscovered my faith and the Church I knew and loved just a few weeks ago and am making inroads in returning to that Church. I hated the Novus Ordo Mass, and was enraged that the beauty and wisdom of the original Latin Mass was denied to several generations of Catholics. Anyone (Catholic or not) who is exposed to the bells, incense, Gregorian chant and Latin of the TLM are mesmerized by its sheer beauty. It is the loveliest thing this side of Heaven! I am a grateful “traditional” Catholic once again, and didn’t even know that that’s what I was. At one time all Catholics were traditional!

God Bless You, Asperges Me
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Wecome home my friend, no doubt Jesus is well pleased.

I too miss the piety and Godly worship of the Latin Mass.

But I live in an area where the only Latin Mass is about 100 miles distant. I’d settle for a sense of piety and decorum, and an understanding that we ARE in the very Presence of Our God, in the NO Mass.

Come Holy Spirit Come.

**As awe inspiring as the Latin Mass is, it is in the Holy Eucharist, that we are truly as close to Heaven as we can get on earth:thumbsup: Amen:D **

God bless you,
PJM m.c.
 
Well, you have left me completely out. I have considered myself a Traditional Catholic all of my life, and that extends well before Vatican II was convened…
 
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Wecome home my friend, no doubt Jesus is well pleased.

I too miss the piety and Godly worship of the Latin Mass.

But I live in an area where the only Latin Mass is about 100 miles distant. I’d settle for a sense of piety and decorum, and an understanding that we ARE in the very Presence of Our God, in the NO Mass.

Come Holy Spirit Come.

**As awe inspiring as the Latin Mass is, it is in the Holy Eucharist, that we are truly as close to Heaven as we can get on earth:thumbsup: Amen:D **

God bless you,
PJM m.c.
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I just asked about the Traditional Catholic. You have answered my question. 🙂
They have the Latin Mass on EWTN. 🙂 i like it.

God bless,
jean8
 
I was born into the Catholic faith in 1942; I consider myself to be a traditional Catholic (e.g., the Tridentine Mass is my standard; not the Novus Ordo “performances” entertained since Vatican II). Consequently, I feel that, since 1942 onwards, I have been a traditional Catholic longer than has the Church…
 
Do you still attend mass? It’s extremely hard for me to since I don’t agree with half the new stuff they’ve come out with since Vatican II. I really don’t believe it is the mass, but I know by not going and receiving Holy Communion, the mortal sins are piling up on my soul. How do you cope with this ‘new mass’?
 
My wife and I converted to the Catholic Church in 2007. We were blessed to have a wonderfully orthodox priest and an incredible introduction to the faith through our parish(Our Lady of Victory: Ft. Antinarelli). Our first masses were according to the ordinary form of the mass, which preserved the Latin, the Gregorian Chant, silence, and great reverence for the Eucharist. I didn’t give much thought to the Extraordinary form during this time. But since we moved from Rochester, NY to the Morgantown, WV area we have been accosted by parish after parish who seem to think they own the rights to the mass and shape it to their own desires. During these last few months of purgatory on Earth I have also read Thomas Woods’ book “Sacred Then and Sacred Now.” This book truly instilled in me a love for the Extraordinary Form of the Mass, ans an even greater appreciation for the Holy Father and the sacrifices that he is making for our sake and the sake of the Church.
 
Terrilp said:
Do you still attend mass? It’s extremely hard for me to since I don’t agree with half the new stuff they’ve come out with since Vatican II. I really don’t believe it is the mass, but I know by not going and receiving Holy Communion, the mortal sins are piling up on my soul. How do you cope with this ‘new mass’?
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I know that it is extremely hard to attend the ridiculous perversions of the Ordinary Form of the Mass, but as a self proclaimed Orthodox “traditional” Christian you have to see that being Orthodox “traditional” and not attending mass, refusing to acknowledge the Ordinary Form of the Mass as Valid, and living in mortal sin is a contradiction in terms. I have a saying that goes, “You become what you hate, unless you truly seek to understand that which you hate and then with grace and the support of other faithful we work to avoid those things.” You dislike the Ordinary From because you see Laity, Priests and Bishops believing that they can determine what is and what is not truth and in this instance what is true worship. Do not do the same thing. So you are left with two options (both proceeded by having true contrition and seeking out a priest for confession right away) 1)find a parish somewhere that either celebrates an orthodox OF Mass or the EF Mass or 2) Have faith in God and in His Church that even when going to an abysmal mass (unless there is something that makes it invalid) Christ is still truly present and demands your utmost respect and reverence.

May God bless you, and do not neglect receiving the Most Blessed Sacrament!
 
I’ve been a Traditional Roman Catholic all my life. I remember when I was a lot younger they, the Bishops, took the religion I grew up with and totally changed it. For many years I felt like I was forced to change my religion. I still have an old prayer book I got for Confirmation with one side in Latin and the other side in English. I even quit for a while and eventually returned. Now I just go to church every Sunday but my heart’s not into the new way of doing things. I just go because the Pope says so. (Wow that rhymes! Maybe I should try a rap tune!)

My husband and I try to go to his church, which is Eastern Rite Catholic, as much as possible because it reminds me of the old way we used to pray in Latin. Instead of Latin it’s in Romanian and even the prayers in English are more reverant.
 
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