[Mike Fieschko]

Sometimes I wonder about those who inveigh against the SSPX: how many people have they brought back into the Church using those tactics, that language, with their demeanor? I don't wonder for very long, though.

Ranting used to give me pleasure. It didn't actually accomplish anything, but it did give me the pleasure of hearing my own comebacks and opinions of contempt, expressed cleverly and at a loud volume.

Once in a while, it attracted to me people who also loved hearing their own comebacks and opinions of contempt, expressed cleverly and at a loud volume.

Now I'll probably be accused of being arrogant.

[dsc]

"Now I'll probably be accused of being arrogant."

Oh, sooner or later. It's a standard ploy.

[Piers-the-Ploughman]

Until I started on FR, I never knew there was so much animosity between the different parts of the body of Catholics. It continues to shock me that two groups of people (with many exceptions )who do have some differences but who in general agree with 99% of issues can treat each other so poorly. What a witness for Protestant lurkers. It strikes me as being much more political than spiritual.