You know you're a Traditional Catholic when

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RootedinChrist7 said:
Hi, I joined just to make a quick comment. I found CAF because i enjoyed reading the apologetic Q&A’s. Yet after reading this thread, I will not longer visit this website. I was fooled into thinking there would be light-hearted comments. To get to the point, the OF is often insulted, and described as something painful. I also love music by contemporary Christian artists, and I barely know any Latin. Am I less holy because of this?
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Don’t go. There are lighthearted comments in other subforums. Check them out. There are lots of subforums besides the Traditional Catholic forum.
 
RootedinChrist7 said:
Hi, I joined just to make a quick comment. I found CAF because i enjoyed reading the apologetic Q&A’s. Yet after reading this thread, I will not longer visit this website. I was fooled into thinking there would be light-hearted comments. To get to the point, the OF is often insulted, and described as something painful. I love music by contemporary Christian artists, and I barely know any Latin. Am I less holy because of this?
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I agree with True Light. There are some great forums here that you should check out. ( I am rarely “holy” enough for any forum, much less this one.) Singing Gregorian chant and knowing Latin are not requirements for salvation, so don’t be intimidated by how others practice the faith. It sounds like you love God and are interested in learning more apologetics through this forum. That is the kind of person who can really benefit from Catholic Answers. May God bless you whatever you decide to do.
 
. . . you do a little happy dance when you find the Catechism of the Council of Trent is available for your Nook – and free!
 
…you walk into a church in a different community and wonder what happened to the Tabernacle and where is is located.
 
JuanCarlos said:
You know you’re a traditional Catholic male if you’ve ever pondered what name you would take if you were elected Pope (and have changed your mind about this most pressing issue)
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LOL!

I do the same thing. I would want mine to be Pius XIV, the 14th because 13th is an unlucky number…I do want to become a priest, so God willing it is possible.
 
DAAVEED1590 said:
LOL!

I do the same thing. I would want mine to be Pius XIV, the 14th because 13th is an unlucky number…I do want to become a priest, so God willing it is possible.
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Do you think that Leo XIII was an unlucky pope. Among other things, he lived to be 93 years old!
 
… you wonder if last Sunday’s “catchy tune” hymns would have been appropriate at the Last Supper or at the foot of the Cross.
 
When people start talking about nuns and saints, you start to notice heads slowly turning in your direction. :eek:
Rome_Always said:
your priest’s dog comes to Confession for comfort…👍
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:rotfl: If dogs could talk, I wonder what they’d say. Probably, “I chased the neighborhood cat up a tree and didn’t let it come down all night. In the process, I woke up the entire neighborhood. I also ate food off the counter.”.
 
xsuasox said:
When you oder pizza, and when it arrives, you proudly enter the room with it and intone “Dominoes Vobiscum” and everyone gets the joke.
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ROFL!!! I’ll have to remember this one!!! 😛

Trob
 
…when you make the Sign of the Cross whenever you pass by a Catholic church, be it in a car, bus, bicycle, walking, etc. :signofcross:

Trob
 
You develop a bruise on your shin above your ankle joint from using it repeatedly to lift and set down the heavy kneeler throughout Mass. (Yes, I have one)
 
When you take your son to the Opera to listen to the Tosca by Puccini and the two of you surprise the people sitting next to you because you know exactly the fictional time of the beginning of the first act. You know it because you hear the sacristan praying the Angelus. It happened to us last week in Rome.
 
Slightly off-topic, but just gotta say, I was raised in a post-Vatican II home and have only attended NO masses. I’ve never been to a Tridentine Mass that I can remember. Yet, this thread is funny to me because I do almost everything here that Trads say they do! I genuflect before entering a pew and when I cross the main aisle. I bow profoundly during the Creed, I receive only on the tongue and from a priest/deacon if possible (without causing a huge disturbance), I pray the Rosary, try not to eat meat on Friday’s (I do forget sometimes) and many other things you all do as Trads. I also love it when NO masses incorporate Latin for the Sanctus, Agnes Dei and some hymns/chants. So, am I a Trad at heart?

There is one Tridentine Mass in our area but it’s at 12:30pm on Sundays. Pretty late in the day for me. Perhaps I’ll give it a go one of these days.

Trob
 
When you walk into a church built sometime after the mid '60s and you think youre a post-modern art museum. When you realize this is in fact a ‘church’ after finding the Tabernacle somewhere in a corner you began to grow nauseous.

If you end up staying and by some minor miracle make it through the ‘mass’ without leaving before its over and hear the final hymn “Lets go out and make a difference” and then vomit; Yeah youre a ‘trad’.
 
Has anyone else found themselves genuflecting before sitting at a concert or a theatre before you realize where you are?
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vz71 said:
I have a eight year old that is well on his way.

He has taken it upon himself to clean up the pews after Mass.
And of course, he will not cross in front of the Tabernacle without genuflecting.

So at the end of Mass, he waits for everyone to clear out and then works his way from the front.
Right side, put up kneelers and put up the books…genuflect…left side, put up kneelers and put up books.
Then the next row, same process.

In our small church, he ends up genuflecting 28 times on his way from the front to the back.

So…you know you are a traditional Catholic when you stick around after Mass to make certain God’s church is in order.
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What a wonderful child!
 
Jayne_L said:
You make sure you always sit on the side of the church so when you genuflect upon entering the pew you’re directly facing the tabernacle.
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Heh, heh…my wife and I went to a different church yesterday seeking a new spiritual home. Right off the bat we noticed the tabernacle was not directly behind the altar. Some moving around the nave allowed us to see that it was in an alcove just to the right of the altar, visible to everyone except those sitting on the right side. So we genuflected and sat. Now we know which door to enter and where to sit next time! I just can’t fathom participating in Mass and not seeing the tabernacle!!

Trob
 
when you’re making a tasty sandwich with meat at 11:55pm on Friday to be eaten at 12:01 am Saturday OR you see it’s 11:30pm Thursday and you know you need to finish that meat dish before midnight.
 
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