How do you balance traditional Catholic practices and modern-day living?

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How do you balance traditional Catholic practices and modern-day living?

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One person asked me : " Do you accept Jesus as your personal savior ? " My reply:
" Do you accept Mary as your personal mother ? "

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In a binary thinking world (which may are living in) would conclude that if their answer is no, then your answer to their questions is also no. I know your answer to both questions is a resounding yes, but their answer to both questions is probably a yes/no.

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Mary is the Mother of all eternal living flesh. Born again, from the Cross, Disciple “Ecce Mater Tua,” behold your mother, we take her home as John did. This is where we became actual brothers and sisters of Christ with a new Mother, Mary. The sacrifice of Christ returns to the Father from where it came, Heaven. Born again, through our New Mother, Mary and saved by the blood of God, The Host transforms flesh through contact.

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You don’t cause Traditional Catholicism is different from modern-day living. You’re talking about something that is so old that it completely contradicts modern-day living. For example, one of the Commandments is “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors wife.” But, what do you see on television all the time? People sleeping around with other people, and at times those same people are married yet they’re sleeping around with other people. We live in a world that, for lack of better words, likes to play with your mind.

What’s going on, is basically, there’s a battle for your mind going on. There’s 3 families who control the media in the United States. That means that there’s 3 families who have complete control over our television shows and movies, what gets aired and what doesn’t get aired. The system was designed and made to mess with your mind, because the most precious thing we have is our mind. So, if someone can win over your mind, they basically have control (more or less), and in today’s day and age, your mind is one of your most precious assets.

I tell people, if they want to be Catholic, don’t get a television, don’t buy any popular magazines, don’t get the newspaper and if you need to get news from somewhere, get it from someone that’s not as well known. You can always go to the library and get a good book to read. Don’t get a computer, and if you need to use one, use the libraries computers. But the more you can cut out the crap that comes through our media, the better off you’ll be. I know if I ever get an apartment, I’m not getting a television. I have a computer anyways, so no point in getting a television, I can watch movies on the YouTube.

That’s just my thoughts on this.

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You can’t ‘balance’ them but you can find a way of living that follows your conscience.

Don’t watch or read anything that you believe to be intrinsically wrong.

Don’t ‘go along with’ things that others say that go against your conscience. You should make it clear that you disagree. I hate doing this, but if someone just assumes that abortion or assisted suicide (for example) is the right thing & that everybody else must agree, I have to stand out.

On the other hand, don’t ‘judge’, i.e. publicly condemn, members of your family or other friends who’ve adopted modern sexual practices in good faith. People who grow up in today’s society have a differently formed sensitivity. It’s best to keep silent - maybe avoid going to occasions that ratify their stance - but to continue to treat them well & kindly. Their viewpoint may change, and anyway, ‘invincible ignorance’ must be pretty widespread nowadays.

Try to pray more - go to extra Masses - and just hang on in there. (Here I am giving advice that I ought to follow myself - I don’t pray as much as I should and at present only go to Sunday Mass or on Holy Days. That is partly because I’m beset by doubts at this stage of my life, owing to scandals and other cultural trends in the Catholic church today. I feel that I want to ‘think things out’ for myself so that I can feel confirmed in my faith. However, in all truth, I ought to try harder.)

I don’t abstain from modern life - after all, I’m on the internet, am I not? :slight_smile:

I try to use modern technology for good ends and not to get too obsessive about it.
Hard, though.