Perspectives of a Wanderer

It seems every day that Relativism (especially Moral Relativism) is warping today’s society to the point that it may no longer be able to stand on its own.
With infanticide (contraceptives, abortion), pornography, and the likes being so pervasive, it seem the God’s moral truths are being forgotten. Without these absolute truths society had no [...]

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While I do not mined the Extraordinary Form of the Mass, I do recognize the validity and necessity of it. What makes it unpalatable to me are the people, not all, that go to it. An example if this happened today.
I decided to go down to my parish for the social after the 9:30 [...]

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Growing up, a home was not an investment tool to get rich. It was a place to live.
That all changed with the excesses of the 90’s and came to a screeching halt in the past year. Insane speculation has cause the housing market to spiral out of control. First to the [...]

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The Second Sunday of Easter is also know as Divine Mercy Sunday.
On 13 June 2002, to those Responsible for the Apostolic Penitentiary, granted the following Indulgences:
a plenary indulgence, granted under the usual conditions (sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion and prayer for the intentions of Supreme Pontiff) to the faithful who, on the Second Sunday of Easter [...]

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In recent months, I have come to the conclusion that speculation in the commodity markets (i.e. Futures, Options, and other instruments) is no longer a good thing. In the past it was used to lock in prices by being a hedge against inflation. These days, people are using it to prey on people fears to [...]

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Although I have not been doing much lately, I love reading the spiritual classics.
My favorite of all time is The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis. It is one of those books where you can meditate on one or two chapters at a time without being overloaded.
After Easter, I plan on doing a [...]

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As stated in my previous post, the pastor has designated the Masses for Holy Thursday, and the Easter Vigil, as well as the Good Friday Ceremony will all be in the Extraordinary form.
Although I am not a fan of the Extraordinary Form, I have decided to attend on Thursday and Friday due to my obligation [...]

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This is a take on my first post under this topic, but involves ALL Catholics.
With the pervasion of the of Secular Relativism in today’s society, should Catholic consider withdrawing as much as they can in participating in the secular part of society.
What I mean by that is setting up networks of business, schools, and the [...]

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This is kind of a combination of two of my recent posts.
For the past two years, I have made a three day group silent retreat through the Confraternity I belong to.
However, I have been trying to find a place near where I live to make a personal silent retreat that would be about a week [...]

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With all that goes on in todays would, I wonder if it is conducive to Spiritual Growth.  For me, I say it is a hindrance.  The “noise” make it more difficult to concentrate on what is important.

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