What is Traditional Catholicism?

[couponfit]

Currently, there is NO SUCH THING as Traditional Catholicism.

Nor is there such a thing as modern catholicism

 

[tradcathusa]

Excellent question. I am a traditional Catholic. I go to a parish staffed by the FSSP. A traditional Catholic is one that lives his life as all Catholics did prior to Vatican II. All masses, liturgies, devotions etc are exactly as they were done when I was a child in the days before the changes brought on by Vatican II. We follow the 1962 calendar. We fast and abstain on Ember Days and other days not observed in the novus ordo. Our women are “churched” when they have a baby,we have confessions twice a day every day, our priests are in the church several times a day praying the office together, they do a holy hour before the Blessed Sacrament together, every day at 5:30 am.they pray the rosary in the church every day, at night they spend the evening on their knees in the church praying. Can you imagine the impact this has on children? If you drop in the church anytime you have a good chance of seeing a priest or two there praying. We stop at noon to pray the angelus,we have Eucharistic processions,we go in procession to take Holy communion to the sick. I could go on and on. There is a 2000 year history of tradition that we observe and I guess you can write a book on what it means to be a Traditional catholic. In short we live and pray as your granfather did, and his grand father , and his … You must visit a traditional parish to experience the difference.

 

[1AugustSon7]

It’s unfortunate that we have divisions among Catholics and labels like traditional and progressive. That being said, Catholicism is based on many traditions so in a sense, we are all traditional.

Anna,
That Lament of Labels just brought back nightmares of my brainwashing in public school and caused me to cringe in fear.

Regardless, there have ever been labels in the Church that qualify Catholics amongst themselves, for examples: clergy, religious, laity; and in human society, such as mother, father, grandma, grandpa, son, daughter, boss, Justices, Congressmen, Democrat, Republican, Mr. President, etc. Distinctions and differences can be the essence of what makes for a real unity and does not necessarily mean division or discord; indeed, it is more often the elimination of necessary differences, distinctions and qualifications that results in ruin for any society: the Church on earth not being an exception, because her members are human and necessarily need such things, no differently than we do in merely natural life.

What you are lamenting is difference and discord itself, which is not the fault of the subsequent labels. The greatest remedy to such differences and discord is Truth itself: the Church is a unity of Faith, and it is that agreement in Faith (truth included) that begets our actual unity. Eliminating labels only obscures the problem; it’s sweeping the dust under the rug.

 

[JRKH]

Excellent question. I am a traditional Catholic. I go to a parish staffed by the FSSP. A traditional Catholic is one that lives his life as all Catholics did prior to Vatican II. All masses, liturgies, devotions etc are exactly as they were done when I was a child in the days before the changes brought on by Vatican II. We follow the 1962 calendar. We fast and abstain on Ember Days and other days not observed in the novus ordo. Our women are “churched” when they have a baby,we have confessions twice a day every day, our priests are in the church several times a day praying the office together, they do a holy hour before the Blessed Sacrament together, every day at 5:30 am.they pray the rosary in the church every day, at night they spend the evening on their knees in the church praying. Can you imagine the impact this has on children? If you drop in the church anytime you have a good chance of seeing a priest or two there praying. We stop at noon to pray the angelus,we have Eucharistic processions,we go in procession to take Holy communion to the sick. I could go on and on. There is a 2000 year history of tradition that we observe and I guess you can write a book on what it means to be a Traditional catholic. In short we live and pray as your granfather did, and his grand father , and his … You must visit a traditional parish to experience the difference.

Wonderful Post…

Peace
James

 

[Tampa_Dave]

Excellent question. I am a traditional Catholic. I go to a parish staffed by the FSSP. A traditional Catholic is one that lives his life as all Catholics did prior to Vatican II. All masses, liturgies, devotions etc are exactly as they were done when I was a child in the days before the changes brought on by Vatican II. We follow the 1962 calendar. We fast and abstain on Ember Days and other days not observed in the novus ordo. Our women are “churched” when they have a baby,we have confessions twice a day every day, our priests are in the church several times a day praying the office together, they do a holy hour before the Blessed Sacrament together, every day at 5:30 am.they pray the rosary in the church every day, at night they spend the evening on their knees in the church praying. Can you imagine the impact this has on children? If you drop in the church anytime you have a good chance of seeing a priest or two there praying. We stop at noon to pray the angelus,we have Eucharistic processions,we go in procession to take Holy communion to the sick. I could go on and on. There is a 2000 year history of tradition that we observe and I guess you can write a book on what it means to be a Traditional catholic. In short we live and pray as your granfather did, and his grand father , and his … You must visit a traditional parish to experience the difference.

Wow! I am impressed. :

 

[TrueLight]

Excellent question. I am a traditional Catholic. I go to a parish staffed by the FSSP. A traditional Catholic is one that lives his life as all Catholics did prior to Vatican II. All masses, liturgies, devotions etc are exactly as they were done when I was a child in the days before the changes brought on by Vatican II. We follow the 1962 calendar. We fast and abstain on Ember Days and other days not observed in the novus ordo. Our women are “churched” when they have a baby,we have confessions twice a day every day, our priests are in the church several times a day praying the office together, they do a holy hour before the Blessed Sacrament together, every day at 5:30 am.they pray the rosary in the church every day, at night they spend the evening on their knees in the church praying. Can you imagine the impact this has on children? If you drop in the church anytime you have a good chance of seeing a priest or two there praying. We stop at noon to pray the angelus,we have Eucharistic processions,we go in procession to take Holy communion to the sick. I could go on and on. There is a 2000 year history of tradition that we observe and I guess you can write a book on what it means to be a Traditional catholic. In short we live and pray as your granfather did, and his grand father , and his … You must visit a traditional parish to experience the difference.

Wow. How wonderful, especially this:

we go in procession to take Holy communion to the sick.

God bless those holy priests.