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title = To Love Everyone Means Everyone
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description = In my trip back to the United States, I found myself in the sad reality that those who boast the most of love and tolerance for all, typically only mean it for a select group.
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<p>Currently I am on vacation back in the United States, visiting family. We
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live in Minnesota. In the city many people boast of being open, accepting,
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tolerant and loving. There are signs about love and social justice on every
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block, if not every house. One would think this should be a good sign, of a
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loving community that wants to welcome everyone; I even remember seeing one sign
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that said "Wherever you're from, we're glad you're our neighbor." But in Spanish
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we have a saying: <i>dime de lo que presumes, y te diré lo que te falta</i>
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(tell me that which you boast of and I will tell you what you lack).</p>
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<p>Unfortunately, the attitude I often see is that these very same people are
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only loving and tolerant of those that agree with them. In other cases, it often
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borders on hatred, wishing ill upon them, insulting them, degrading them, and
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refusing to even attempt to understand their concerns.</p>
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<p>All this is not to say that the people they despise are saints with no fault,
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or that they themselves aren't committing heinous crimes against charity. But to
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respond with evil out of vengeance is not a solution, as it is not love but
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hatred. We must remember that as Christians our model is Jesus Christ, and
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Christ made it absolutely clear how we are supposed to treat those who abuse us:
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we're supposed to love them, to pray for them, and to do good to them:</p>
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<blockquote>
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But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray
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for them that persecute and calumniate you: That you may be the children of
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your Father who is in heaven, who maketh his sun to rise upon the good, and
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bad, and raineth upon the just and the unjust. For if you love them that
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love you, what reward shall you have? do not even the publicans this?
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And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? do not also the
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heathens this?<br />
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- Matthew 5:44-47
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</blockquote>
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<p>It is completely unacceptable for us to wish ill upon those who wish ill upon
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us or others, <em>for that makes us no better than them</em>. This is an
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extremely difficult teaching, without a doubt, but God demands many hard things
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of us, many of which we probably won't even like. Yet He will always provide us
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with the necessary grace to live in His commandments, which are commandments of
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love. This means that we must think of the person we despise the most, the
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person that gets on our nerves the most, or (even more difficult) the person
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that has done us most harm, and we must be able to love that person, and pray
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for them, and do good to them.</p>
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<p>I do not write any of this in order to degrade the wonderful work these
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people may be doing in making others feel welcome in their communities.
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Especially when talking about immigrants who have left their homes by force, and
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are in a strange land they don't even want to be in, knowing that you're welcome
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can make that burden just a little lighter. Rather, I simply wish to fraternally
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correct in hopes of change. Ultimately, hatred will always exist so long as we
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are pilgrims in this world. It is not until we enter into the Beatific Vision
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that we may finally rest in peace in our Lord's Kingdom, where hatred has no
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place; as God is Love (1 John 4:8).</p>
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filename = 2021-07-31-comment-on-traditionis-custodes.html
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title = Comment on Traditionis Custodes
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description = A comment on "Traditionis Custodes", the tridentine communities, and a sentiment of injustice among traditionalists with regards to treatment of the traditional liturgy in comparison to the handling of liturgical abuse.
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<p>I hadn't wanted to comment on this for a while, especially to see how it
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actually ended up playing out, but finally I believe it's time to bring up the
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elephant in the room.</p>
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<p>It is probably to no one's surprise that I am fond of the Tridentine Mass. As
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such, I was well aware of what was coming with regards to Pope Francis' new
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<i>motu proprio</i>, "Traditionis Custodes" on the Traditional Latin Mass, and
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like many I was afraid of what it may entail. That being said, at least for now,
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the Tridentine Mass will continue to be celebrated in Seville the same as it has
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been since last November. For this I am very grateful for our new bishop for
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allowing us to continue the celebration of such a beautiful liturgy.</p>
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<p>I don't want to comment so much on the <i>motu proprio</i> itself, but rather
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on the general sentiment surrounding it, and what seems to have been the cause
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for it based on Pope Francis' letter explaining his
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decision.<sup><a href="#r1" >[1]</a></sup></p>
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<p>Firstly, I would like to speak to what Pope Francis is trying to tend to with
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this new <i>motu proprio</i>, being the political use of the Traditional Liturgy
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as a means of causing division within Christ's Church, and as a statement of
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rebellion against the Second Vatican Council. This is a serious problem that we
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have within the traditional communities, and one that is wholly incompatible
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with the mission of Christ's Church. This is something we've been warned about
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before, but in lack of any progress made, the Holy Father has seen it necessary
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to force the occasion, such that all Tridentine Masses celebrated must be under
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the jurisdiction of the bishop of the diocese. Although, depending on one's
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diocese, this could mean the end of the Traditional Latin Mass, we also must be
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fully aware that this is more in consonance with the traditions of the Church,
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where all faithful must operate in unity with their bishop. What we need to do,
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as Catholics, if we wish to preserve the Tridentine Mass is to be reasonable and
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submissive to our authorities. We must reject any spirit of rebellion, and
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always search for a charitable interpretations of our differences.</p>
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<p>Secondly, I would like to be fair to the indignation that many of those in
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the traditional communities may be feeling now, as I too feel this indignation.
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We must recognize the flaws among many of those in our community, and the
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rebellious spirit many demonstrate. However, it always seems that our defects
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are in the spotlight of the Church's hierarchy, while the arguably more severe
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offenses which are commonly found in many <i>novus ordo</i> communities seem to
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be completely ignored. The liturgical abuse that occurs is a constant, which is
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something that even Pope Francis comments on in his letter regarding
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"Traditionis Custodes" despite no action being taken to stop it. Yet this never
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seems to be officially addressed. It's something that seems rather unfair
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considering the severity of the matter. And as though this weren't enough, when
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it comes to adherence to the Church's teachings, the <i>novus ordo</i>
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communities clearly present much more higher rates of
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rejection.<sup><a href="#r2" >[2]</a></sup> This is not a question of being
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perfect and without sin, nor even about maintaining a community of puritans, but
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if the real rebellious spirit found in the traditional communities is enough to
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merit this kind of a response from the Church, why is nothing being done about
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the even more extreme rebellion of those who publicly deny Church teaching on
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such important matters of our faith and to abuse the liturgy?</p>
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<p>Those of us in the traditional communities must learn to submit to our
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authorities, and to be more charitable with the recent developments of the
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Church. And despite this adversity we are facing with the new <i>motu
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proprio</i>, we must continue to trust those who have authority over us and
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their decisions, pleading with them and in submission to them, while continuing
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to pray for the continuation of this form of celebration of the Divine Liturgy.
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But I believe it's also important that our superiors begin to treat us in equal
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dignity and charity as they do the <i>novus ordo</i> communities, as their
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denial has only caused more frustration among Traditional Catholics.</p>
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<p>Let us continue to pray for the unity of Christ's Church, and that we may be
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able to continue celebrating such a beautiful Liturgy as is that of the
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Tridentine Mass.</p>
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<ol class="refs" >
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<li id="r1" >
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<a href="https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/es/bollettino/pubblico/2021/07/16/carta.html"
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target="_blank" >
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https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/es/bollettino/pubblico/2021/07/16/carta.html
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</a>
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</li>
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<li id="r2" >
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<a href="https://onepeterfive.com/new-survey-shows-disparity-of-beliefs-between-latin-mass-novus-ordo-catholics/"
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target="_blank" >
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"New Survey Shows Disparity of Beliefs Between Latin Mass, Novus Ordo
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Catholics" from One Peter Five
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</a>
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</li>
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