Kai Stwosz

Catholicus: ex se nullus, nihil, peccator

Royalist Distributism, Catholic Solidarism. ‡

formerly EO, ROCOR

Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem. 🇺🇦‡

[Kai Stwosz @KStwosz]

@Ojvxvo Like I said it's publicly available. I don't care if you reject my opinion. It's not important to me at all

[Kai Stwosz @KStwosz]

Pot, meet kettle

[Jay Dyer @JayDyer]

this dude is a psychotic cult leader

[Kai Stwosz @KStwosz]

@Ojvxvo I figured you were one of his acolytes. I'm not going to expend the requisite effort to debunk his entire worldview in a thread to someone ideologically captured by this charlatan. Use your head

[John A. Monaco @johnamonaco]

If you want to revitalize a Roman Catholic parish, here’s what you have to do:

Priests (and when applicable, deacons):

1) Offer frequent times for Confession, and no, not just “by appointment”.

“But why would I offer more confession times when people barely come to our Saturday half hour slot?” Just offer it. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen priests increase the opportunities for Confession even when it wasn’t in response to a demand, and somehow, people not only started filling up the Saturday time slot, but the others, as well!

2) Offer the traditional Latin Mass, if possible. If not, offer the Novus Ordo as reverently as possible, by following the GIRM and infusing within it any traditional elements, as allowed. The Mass is the most important part of a priest’s life, and its worthy celebration will pay dividends for the life of your local parish. Move away from the 4-hymn sandwich. Prioritize a schola cantorum and the organ. If you can’t yet sing the Propers in Latin, sing them in English!

3) Offer perpetual Eucharistic adoration, if possible. If not, offer Eucharistic adoration frequently. Many people think that the key to fixing a parish is by implementing programs, doing all sorts of activities. There is no pastoral plan greater than the worship and praise of the LORD in the Blessed Sacrament. Put that first, and watch everything fall into place.

4) Preach brief, often, and well. The brevity of homilies allows for people to grasp 1-2 concepts clearly. Info-dumping everything you learned in seminary is not going to result in a successful take-home message. But preach whenever possible: at baptisms, funerals, daily Mass, parish Vespers. Work on your Sunday homily throughout the week. Pray on it. Consult secondary literature, such as biblical commentaries. Don’t avoid preaching on controversial topics.

5) Offer opportunities for parish fellowship. In between Sunday Masses, have coffee and social time. Be present for it. Promote it! In an era dominated by the digital, these sorts of in-person experiences allow authentic community to develop. Young adult (18-30) groups are great. Think also of marriage & family apostolates.

For laity:

1) Show up. Obviously, go to Sunday Mass. But as your schedule allows, attend parish lectures, Bible study, Lauds/Vespers, bazaars and festivals, etc. The American Catholic’s social life was once dominated by the parish. I think it’s time we bring that back.

2) Tithe, donate money, time, and your talents. As appropriate to your current situation, make financial sacrifices to allow the parish to continue its work. Don’t just throw $5 in the basket if you’re driving a Tesla Model X. A good rule of thumb: if you’re spending more money on fast food every month than you are in the collection basket, it’s time to reevaluate your discretionary income.

3) Join parish organizations, like the Knights of Columbus, choir, CCD/Faith formation. Many of the Millennial generation grew up thinking “eh that’s the stuff for the older people.” That’s how these things die (also, we’re starting to become those “older people”). Ask your pastor where your talents meet the parish’s needs.

4) Love your priest (even if you don’t like him!) Do not treat your priest like a sacramental dispenser. Find out his birthday, interests, favorite food. Invite him over for a family dinner or take him out to lunch. While respecting proper boundaries, invite him into your life as an important person. Thank him, and pray for him!

5) Invite someone to Mass with you: a friend, coworker, or even a stranger. You are the primary agent by which the parish engages the world. “Come and see”
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Certainly, there are more ways to revitalize a Roman Catholic parish, so feel free to list them below. But in every healthy parish I’ve seen, these elements were present. As our Western culture continues to decline and fragment, the parish might be one of the few places we can rebuild it.

📍 Mission San Rafael Arcángel, California

[Kai Stwosz @KStwosz]

@a_westgate Citation?

[Pope Respecter @poperespecter1]

Reports show that SSPX, Sedevacatists, Life Site News and other "traditionalist" groups collect millions of dollars that is then used to spread division in the church.

And if you think this is organic, remember that Epstein's bud Steve Banon said it is not.

[Kai Stwosz @KStwosz]

@Ojvxvo He runs a cult through discord that character assassinates, doxxes, and harasses people

[Kai Stwosz @KStwosz]

@Ojvxvo Years of promoting destructive and false conspiracy theories, granting credence to a proven liar Jones and his insidious grifting, laundering Russian state propaganda. Jay himself lies about his source material to do this. He slanders people for $.

[Kai Stwosz @KStwosz]

@ortho_no Blessed be God forever

https://t.co/F8ZGl7mObl

[Kai Stwosz @KStwosz]

@OrthodoxEthos "Martyred"? A Passion bearer is not a martyr

[Kai Stwosz @KStwosz]

@Rex08482078 @sincead33 Nobody said icon making is a diabolic invention.

[Kai Stwosz @KStwosz]

@thejust_james @Kahsoyas @papism101 @crean_fr @ErickYbarra3 I think he is equivocating or being vague. I think he is trying to say that the Spirit is the perfecter of the unity of action / inseparable operations, which is orthodox. But the wording leads to heretical implications. But he ignores other passages where this is insufficient

[Kai Stwosz @KStwosz]

@SilentMindView @papism101 You haven't addressed one thing I said so I'm not convinced

[Kai Stwosz @KStwosz]

@Ojvxvo I'm judging Dyer's behavior over years. It's incredibly harmful. I followed him since before he was Orthodox.

[Kai Stwosz @KStwosz]

@FrMatthewLC

[Kai Stwosz @KStwosz]

@Eugenikos3 The object communicated is the Divine Essence. The terminus is the Person of the Son. The Son does not need to pre-exist the communication, because the Father's eternal communication of the principium quo of generation is precisely what constitutes the Son's hypostatic existence.

[Kai Stwosz @KStwosz]

I see a category error. You claim that the Divine Essence is the terminus of production but it is uncaused, and eternal. Persons are not produced but proceed. The terminus of this is a hypostasis. Essence is the principium quo of procession, a Hypostasis the principium quod.

[Maxo @Eugenikos3]

4) Final thoughts and conclusion:

[Kai Stwosz @KStwosz]

@Eugenikos3 Because the Father generates the Son by means of the identical, infinite nature that He Himself possesses, the very act of relational production is, from all eternity, the full communication of that single essence to the Son.

[Kai Stwosz @KStwosz]

@Eugenikos3 The eternal communication of the essence is the production of the Person. The recipient does not need to precede the communication because the communication is precisely what constitutes the recipient's existence as the eternally begotten Son

[Kai Stwosz @KStwosz]

@Eugenikos3 Are you confusing a formal distinction with a temporal sequence? Production and communication are not two successive actions; they are the exact same eternal reality viewed under different aspects.
The Father does not produce a Person and then communicate the essence to Him.