Post by homeschooldad on Feb 14, 2024 12:15:16 GMT
Copied from an exchange on another forum where I am a commentator:
I’ve decided only to read and watch. As to certain posts, Catholics SHOULD NOT be angry, except when directly confronting evil.
And my response:
I’ve never been angry a moment of my life when engaging in Catholic social media. The truth will always emerge victorious, even if we can’t see that happening, or when it’s vague as to what that truth actually is.
Actually, I’m just beyond thankful that Catholic social media, and Catholic online content and access in general in general, even exist. I’m old enough to remember, and lived through enough of the tumult and confusion of the 1970s, when being a faithful, orthodox, traditional-leaning Catholic consisted of going to the mailbox and waiting patiently for CUF’s monthly magazine or the weekly copy of the National Catholic Register or The Wanderer. Dr Warren Carroll (requiescat in pace) assisted me via correspondence in putting together a Catholic history curriculum at my secular university when I was an undergraduate. There was no such thing as email or YouTube.
I also remember being raised down in a valley where we could not get Sunday Mass on TV from cities that were just a bit too far away, and for some reason, the only NBC affiliate we could pick up, wouldn’t carry Christmas Midnight Mass from the Vatican. Now, we have the TLM streaming on demand, ditto live Eucharistic Adoration, ditto Catholic opinion and commentary too abundant ever to watch or listen to it all. How times have changed.
So, compared to back then, yes, in spite of all the confusion, Catholic life is pretty sweet. I’m sure there are those highly placed in the Church, who wish that the Internet had never existed, that everyone would just sit docilely and accept whatever aberrations come down the pike, ignorant of any alternatives. But you know what they say about wishing — wish in one hand, and spit in the other (I cleaned that up a bit), and see which hand gets full first.
I’ve decided only to read and watch. As to certain posts, Catholics SHOULD NOT be angry, except when directly confronting evil.
And my response:
I’ve never been angry a moment of my life when engaging in Catholic social media. The truth will always emerge victorious, even if we can’t see that happening, or when it’s vague as to what that truth actually is.
Actually, I’m just beyond thankful that Catholic social media, and Catholic online content and access in general in general, even exist. I’m old enough to remember, and lived through enough of the tumult and confusion of the 1970s, when being a faithful, orthodox, traditional-leaning Catholic consisted of going to the mailbox and waiting patiently for CUF’s monthly magazine or the weekly copy of the National Catholic Register or The Wanderer. Dr Warren Carroll (requiescat in pace) assisted me via correspondence in putting together a Catholic history curriculum at my secular university when I was an undergraduate. There was no such thing as email or YouTube.
I also remember being raised down in a valley where we could not get Sunday Mass on TV from cities that were just a bit too far away, and for some reason, the only NBC affiliate we could pick up, wouldn’t carry Christmas Midnight Mass from the Vatican. Now, we have the TLM streaming on demand, ditto live Eucharistic Adoration, ditto Catholic opinion and commentary too abundant ever to watch or listen to it all. How times have changed.
So, compared to back then, yes, in spite of all the confusion, Catholic life is pretty sweet. I’m sure there are those highly placed in the Church, who wish that the Internet had never existed, that everyone would just sit docilely and accept whatever aberrations come down the pike, ignorant of any alternatives. But you know what they say about wishing — wish in one hand, and spit in the other (I cleaned that up a bit), and see which hand gets full first.