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Sometimes
it is difficult for Traditional Catholics to avoid discouragement. Not only
might they have to take inconvenient or drastic steps (e.g. driving
hundreds of miles, uprooting one's family, etc.) just to attend the Mass that should be their
birthright, but often they suffer abuse from prelates, have to deal with
unfriendly or unorthodox priests, encounter error or heresy, and frequently suffer insults or
endure unwarranted charges of disobedience. When this occurs, it is good to remember our Lord's words:
"Blessed
are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that
is evil against you, untruly, for my sake: Be glad and rejoice for your
reward is very great in heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets that
were before you." (Mt. 5:11-12)
In
addition to keeping one's spirits up and offering up one's suffering,
there may be various other steps that can be taken to help the traditionalist's
position, and the Church at large during this difficult time. For example, consider:
Educating
others regarding the Traditional Latin Mass and other Catholic
traditions
Teaching
the traditional practices of the Faith to children
Petitioning
your bishop / priest / the pope in favor of the traditional Latin
Mass (as well as other important Catholic traditions)
Meeting
with your bishop in person to discuss how to increase the
availability of the 'Tridentine' Mass
Joining
appropriate groups that support the Traditional Latin Mass
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Learning
as much as possible about the Traditional Latin Mass & other
Catholic traditions - you may find that "the more you learn,
the more your appreciation for tradition will grow and the more your
enthusiasm will shine through to others!"
Becoming
more firmly rooted in authentic Catholic doctrine
Distributing
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Homeschooling
your children
Inviting
others to the Traditional Latin Mass
Attending
only traditional (& licit) Latin Masses
Making
every appropriate effort to support Catholic tradition
Holding
fast to every aspect of Catholic tradition (e.g. observing
penitential days, fasting, etc.)
Holding
fast to your rights
Rebuking
/ correcting as applicable
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Alerting
others, as appropriate, to problems within the Church. "It
is a deed of love to cry the alarm when the wolf breaks into the
sheepfold" (St. Francis de Sales, Doctor of the Church)
Rejecting
modernism in all its forms
Supporting
appropriate organizations which support the traditional Latin Mass
(as well as other important Catholic traditions)
Objecting
to abuses, as applicable, using all appropriate means
Obtaining
and lending out important works concerning various changes (e.g.
Cardinals Ottaviani and Bacci's Critical Study, the "Ottaviani
Intervention")
Engaging
in appropriate
"advertising"
(e.g. bumper stickers, rubber stamps, etc.)
Using
positive sounding terms with regard to tradition (e.g. the
"original Mass", the "Mass of St. Pius V", the "Mass
of the Saints", etc.)
Using
illustrative, truthful terms to refer to novelties (e.g. the
"the 1960's Mass", "the noisy Mass",
etc.)
Engaging
in frequent letter writing (e.g. to bishops, priests, the pope,
etc.) supporting the traditional Latin Mass (as well as other important
Catholic traditions), including appropriate letters of praise. Note: Try
here for bishops' addresses.
Sending
copies of your letters and petitions as well as any follow up
correspondence to Rome or to other appropriate third parties
Directing
contributions away from organizations, parishes, publications, etc. which are not
"traditionalist friendly"
Supporting
(licit) 'Tridentine' Masses with one's attendance and financial
support
Not
supporting parishes where Masses are irreverent - either with your
money or your attendance
Being
especially generous with contributions at traditional Latin Masses
Striving
to constantly increase in faith, hope, and love: "So we see
that God expects us, in the present devastation of His vineyard, to
respond first of all by growing in faith, hope, and love; secondly,
by being especially watchful lest we be infected in any way;
thirdly, by struggling against the devastation with all the means at
our disposal; and fourthly, by not forgetting that the absolute
truth of the deposit of the Catholic Faith remains untouched by all
the empty talk of certain theologians." (Von Hildebrand)
Preparing
for ridicule and learning how to answer objections
Setting
a good example
Loving
God wisely: "God is Wisdom, and wants to be loved not only
affectionately, but also wisely... Otherwise, if you neglect
knowledge, the spirit of error will most easily lay snares for your
zeal; nor has the wily enemy a more efficacious means of driving
love from the heart, than if he can make a man walk carelessly and
imprudently in the path of love". (St. Bernard of Clairvaux,
Doctor of the Church)
Not abandoning the way of truth: "We
have fallen upon times when a violent and well-nigh daily battle is
being fought about matters of highest moment, a battle in which it is
hard not to be sometimes deceived, not to go astray and, for many, not
to lose heart. It behooves us, venerable brethren, to warn, instruct,
and exhort each of the faithful with an earnestness befitting the
occasion: that none may abandon the way of truth." (Pope Leo XIII,
"Sapientiae Christianae", 1890 A.D.)
Maintaining
purity of conscience
Not
being indifferent regarding tradition (e.g. "I don't care
which Mass my children go to as long as they go to a Mass",
etc.)
Trying
to win over others to tradition using factual, reasoned arguments. If persons are apathetic, one may consider an attempt to
rouse them with questions such as "Don't you care that...?"
[insert negative facts regarding the New Mass (e.g. acceptance by
Protestants), negative fruits of the New Mass (e.g. loss of faith,
frequent cases of sacrilege, irreverence, profanation, etc.), lost
traditions, saint quotes, papal quotes, scripture quotes, martyrs
who died rather than..., etc.]
Having
confidence. As the Catechism of the Council of Trent states, "The faithful should
also reflect who is their leader against temptations of the enemy;
namely, Christ the Lord, who was victorious in the same combat. He
overcame the devil; He is that stronger man who, coming upon the
strong armed man, over came him, deprived him of his arms, and
stripped him of his spoils. Of Christ's victory over the world, we
read in St. John: Have confidence: I have overcome the world; and
in the Apocalypse, He is called the conquering lion; and it is
said of Him that He went forth conquering that He might conquer,
because by His victory He has given power to others to
conquer."
Being
especially watchful to protect your own faith. As Von Hildebrand
says:
"We
have to realize that our time is like the time of Arianism, and so we
have to be extremely careful lest we be poisoned ourselves without
noticing it. We must not underestimate the power of those ideas which
fill the intellectual atmosphere of the time, nor the danger of being
infected by them when we are daily breathing this atmosphere. Nor should
we underestimate the danger of getting used to the evils of the times,
and then becoming insensitive to them. At first perhaps many people see
the devastation of the vineyard, and react in the right way. But gutta
cavat lapidem (dripping water slowly erodes the stone) - after a while
one becomes accustomed to it. Then, too, there is this to consider, that
the devastation of the vineyard is an increasing process, and so certain
evils which belong to the earlier stages, seem harmless in the light of
the later stages. And so we are in danger of becoming insensitive, on
the one hand, because we get used to the devastation, and on the other
hand, because the devastation progresses, and its beginnings seem
insignificant in light of its advanced forms. But it is still worse to
become infected than to be insensitive. The first thing to be done in
order to avoid both dangers is to realize completely how extraordinary
is the situation in which we live today. St. Peter tells us, 'Brethren,
be watchful, be sober, for your adversary the devil goes about like a
roaring lion, seeking someone to devour' (1 Pt. 5:8). Just fifty years
ago this watchfulness mainly referred to our temptations to sin, to the
danger of offending God by sins of impurity, pharisaism, pride, greed,
ambition, lack of charity, disobedience to the commands of God. Of
course, even then there was the danger of being tempted by those
intellectual and spiritual trends of the time which were incompatible
with the revelation of Christ - but those dangers were outside the
Church, and the danger for a Catholic was to fall away from the Church
under their influence (and this happened often enough). But today these
trends are able to develop within the Church... Since these bad trends
encounter so little resistance within the Church, it has become much
more difficult for the simple faithful to grasp their incompatibility
with the deposit of faith. Thus St. Peter's exhortation to watchfulness
applies today in a special way to watchfulness with respect to heresies
within the Church... [T]oday we have to develop in ourselves a special
awareness, a holy mistrust, for we not only live in a poisoned world,
but in a devastated Church. In our present trial God requires of us this
watchfulness, this holy fear of being infected. It would be a lack of
humility to think that we are in no danger of being infected. It would
be a false security rooted in pride if we were to think that we are
immune. Each of us must become aware of his frailty, and understand that
this special watchfulness is required of us by God in the trial which we
are going through."
Avoiding
Masses offered by sinful priests: "The people, in obedience to
the precepts of the Lord and in the fear of God, ought to separate
themselves from a sinful prelate, nor ought they associate
themselves with the sacrifices [that is, the sacrifice of the Mass]
of a sacrilegious priest" (St. Cyprian of Carthage, 256 A.D.) [Note:
Of course, avoiding Masses of sinful priests does not excuse us
from our Sunday obligation.]
Not
being afraid to appropriately present the truth, even
if it is unpleasant (remember that "the emperor was best served
by the one who told him he had no clothes")
Being
charitable and avoiding quarreling: "As a dutiful mother is ever
anxious about the health of her children and is uneasy until any
dissension among them has been quieted, so and to a much greater
extent Holy Mother Church, which regenerates its children to eternal
life, is wont to strive with every effort that [her children] may put aside all quarrelling and may guard in
fraternal charity the unity of the faith, without which there can be
no salvation." (Council of Basil)
Not
allowing an entrance to the devil: "For indeed We know and it
is certain that the battle line of a camp appears terrible to an
enemy when it is continuous and crowded together, with no open
spaces. For if there is a vacant place by which the enemy could
enter, then it no longer arouses fear in him. And therefore, since
we make a spiritual line of battle against the evil spirits, we must
of necessity always be found united, drawn together by love and
never severed by discord. Whatever good works may be found in us, if
love is lacking, a place is opened by evil discord in our line of
battle by which the enemy is able to enter and to strike us."
(St. Gregory the Great, Doctor of the Church)
Remembering
to keep the commandments, practice mortification, give alms, etc.:
"[St. Gregory Nazianzen, Doctor of the Church] taught them that the way to salvation was not to be ever
disputing about matters of religion (an abuse that was grown to a
great height at that time in Constantinople) but to keep the
commandments, to give alms, to exercise hospitality, to visit and
serve the sick, to pray, sigh, and weep; to mortify the senses,
repress anger, watch over the tongue, and subject the body to the
spirit." (Butler)
Not condemning valid Novus Ordo Masses as invalid: "I wish to add
something that is plainly awe-inspiring, but do not be astonished or
upset. This Sacrifice [of the Mass], no matter who offers it, be
Peter or Paul, is always the same as that which Christ gave His
disciples and which priests now offer: The offering of today is in
no way inferior to that which Christ offered, because it is not men
who sanctify the offering of today; it is the same Christ who
sanctified His own. For just as the words which God spoke are the
very same as those which the priest now speaks, so too the oblation
is the very same." (St. John Chrysostom, Doctor of the Church)
Not
attempting to mingle "Novus Ordo" type practices with
Traditional practices
Keeping
the faith and not losing hope! "Padre Pio told a friend of
mine who was deploring many of the liturgical changes, 'You are
right - but Christ has not abandoned us. He is still present in the
tabernacle, and the Holy Sacrifice still takes place objectively!'
And so it is clear that the attitude of resignation, of despair over
the Church is not the right response." (Von Hildebrand)
Being
strong
Praying
for the restoration of the Traditional Mass and of all Catholic
tradition
Patterning
your actions after the saints and your good Catholic ancestors
Increasing
devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Praying
with much perseverance!
It
is also important to keep the Traditionalist position free from
dishonor. To this end, one should be charitable, not engage in
schismatic activities or unlawful disobedience, and one should respect persons in
authority and act in accordance
with Gospel principles. We must remember that we have many enemies,
including Satan, who will do what they can to secure our downfall.
A
perículis cunctis, líbera nos, Dómine. (From all dangers, deliver us,
O Lord.) [Latin/English]
"In
the present time, 'when a teacher of religion may be within the
Church's pale, yet external to her faith', we must nourish
ourselves with the thought of the great theologians of the past,
with the works of St. Augustine, St. Anselm, St. Thomas, St.
Francis de Sales, Cardinal Newman. Let us arm our souls against
the theological poison of the times, by reading those
condemnations of errors which were pronounced by Trent and Vatican
I. Let us read the Credo of our Holy Father Pope Paul VI. Let us
sharpen our sense of the specifically supernatural ethos by
reading the lives of the saints. Let us preserve a lively contact
with the saints, let us ask them to intercede for us. And then we
have to fight with all our strength - each of us according to his
own possibilities - against all the heresies which are being
spread everyday without being explicitly condemned, without being
anathematized, and without the heretics themselves being
excommunicated." (Von Hildebrand)
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