Daniel K

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[Daniel K @DKCyberGuy]

@CatholicPebble Fr. Ripperger discussed this exact point back sometime between 2017-2019. It is transcribed to Tumblr. Basically, Gnosticism and the attitudes and sins that devolve from it, stalled TLM growth. It is/was very bad in some places.

[Daniel K @DKCyberGuy]

@johnamonaco We know a family who relocated to Steubenville. Similar medical issues. They just seemed to ignore it, hope for the best. That bit us hard when we “ignored” needs. The dad landed a sweet unicorn job there though. UPMC is no where near same level of care we get in MD.

[Daniel K @DKCyberGuy]

@johnamonaco We have 8 children, lots of medical issues. I don’t know how the rest of you do it, but I need that high tech salary outside of CA to “keep the ship afloat.” Steubenville, doesn’t offer even close re: salary or medical, even considering Pgh, same for many others.

[Daniel K @DKCyberGuy]

@skumWgmi I have boomer parents. They didn’t help me a whole lot, a little here and there. First point- you’ll need to move. $1900 rent on $71k isn’t going to help. Relocate. Get a different profession, if you can. My GenZ son is a nurse, we helped on a house. He owns it clear now.

[Daniel K @DKCyberGuy]

@UcheMaryOkoli I don’t disagree with you, but there are some really bad parishes out there. And when you’ve got young children, a parish full of cranky elderly, does not bode well for strong faith formation. I’d rather my kids love Christ and a Christ-centered peer community, first.

[Daniel K @DKCyberGuy]

@JamesDueck Even in the Catholic Church- the same publisher- there is the Blue, Red, and Green series of Hymnals- ranging from Trad to Progressive. Let alone fringe like Credo and Lead Me Guide Me. The RC Church has allowed increasing ambiguity such that it too is at risk of rupture.

[Daniel K @DKCyberGuy]

@TaleMasterTOV @theistinthought Many pastors- and this is across denominations - don’t preach the Gospel. In large part they are more concerned with getting cancelled or worse, than preaching the whole Truth. The canceling of Church worship during the lockdowns, didn’t help either.

[Daniel K @DKCyberGuy]

@theistinthought @MattPethybridge Birth control and “medical advances” such that any worry of lethal disease contraction, is essentially nil. The Woodstocks of the 1960s, marked the inflection. Critical mass was observed by Pew Research in the early 1990s, in a study commissioned by the Clinton camp.

[Daniel K @DKCyberGuy]

@luckyvalpal @johnamonaco Cross your Southern border and the “Catholic” schools get upset if you even mention His name! Maybe not overtly- but we had 6 of 8 kids in 4 different Catholic schools over 7 years- all fell short, but some were horrendous when it came even to simple Christianity.

[Daniel K @DKCyberGuy]

@gotrice2024 @nillaillya @LaylaTexas77 Lowes refused to bring in our new fridge saying not enough clearance (it was close, with maybe 1/2 inch each side). They took it back, we exchanged for a smaller one. Day before delivery, huge snow. We canceled, were instructed by Lowe’s to call credit card to initiate refund.

[Daniel K @DKCyberGuy]

@ThePolemikOne My wife would meet with our parish priests for an hour at a time to deal with hard issues in relation to confession. One priest, who came to vocation later in life, was very good for her. Other priests slapped her with a dizzying amount of reading. She went back to therapy.

[Daniel K @DKCyberGuy]

@chino_panameno @latinedisce Last example- a long time family friend of my wife’s from decades ago, attend an FSSP parish. Daughter is early 20s, Church going. Refused to even talk to my one son, also devout, but no access to TLM. She said, only will marry from her own parish.

[Daniel K @DKCyberGuy]

@chino_panameno @latinedisce My one son, was very interested in a Catholic girl, and they were compatible. But he could not stand her hair. And that was that. Never told her. He is settling for someone else, not Catholic, with children even. First girl- has some narcissism, but the hair was his hangup.

[Daniel K @DKCyberGuy]

@chino_panameno @latinedisce Hangups- he/she’s not Catholic, he/she doesn’t like the Latin Mass. he/she doesn’t want more than so many kids, does or doesn’t believe in contraception, working a real job if needed, … really… it can be anything. Needs a cat, wants 2 dogs.
Fantasies- s/he’s a 4, not a 9, $$$

[Daniel K @DKCyberGuy]

@Grace_Peletier @latinedisce I’ll side with all other comments here, but having been to several Prot churches, they really do seem to have a better handle on the situation. The one down the street had 5 marriages out of the young adults group in the past year or two.

[Daniel K @DKCyberGuy]

@TheStaad I was this way once too. Until you are an inconvenient truth to “them.” When your presence, your profession of genuine faith is an inconvenience to the school, the parish, the diocese… they will turn up the heat until you go away.

[Daniel K @DKCyberGuy]

@falcojugger @TheStaad I’d like the Priest to preach the Truth, and inculcate a love of our Lord. If I can’t get that- then what is left? The Eucharist? At what cost? No fellowship with believers? It is not easy to describe just how bad it is in a lot of dioceses, but it is bad out here. Toxic.

[Daniel K @DKCyberGuy]

@LoisPerry26 It will do nothing to confront this fellow at the next interfaith meeting. And almost certainly someone in authority knew it was going to happen. If you attend the meeting, expect some major reframing or even gaslighting of your perception of the event. They will vilify you.

[Daniel K @DKCyberGuy]

@sitsio POV- you have 8 children. You live by 2 parishes, few kids, icy vibe, local anti-Christian politics. The “Catholic” school is a mockery, diocese won’t hear you. Any good parish is 50+ miles away. Can’t move. Found authentic Christians in an evangelical Church. What you do?