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Further on the Sacred Heart as the symbol of the love of Jesus for us, our pastor made an interesting comment as part of his sermon today - commenting on the Epistle of Today (16th after Pentecost): (Ephes. III. 13-21) Brethren, I pray you not to faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory. For this cause I bow my knees. to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom all paternity in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened by his Spirit with might unto the inward man, that Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts: that being rooted and founded in charity, you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth, and length, and height, and depth:, to know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all knowledge, that you may be filled unto all the fulness of God. Now to him who is able to do all things more abundantly than we desire or understand, according to the power that worketh in us:...

My wife mentioned that I should explain the significance of the 'Wedge'. This series is based on the analogy of using a wedge to separate two parts. In this case, I have made the assertion that the current culture within the Church is not quite Catholic due to the number of changes made since the Second Vatican Council. In order to separate the Catholic from  the non-Catholic elements we need to use a wedge. The wedge that I am proposing consists of a thin leading edge, a middle and finally a strong thick or back end. The thin edge is: Eucharistic Devotions of Reparation (Sacred and Immaculate Heart) The Middle is: Reception of Holy Communion kneeling and on the tongue, solely from the priest or deacon The Thick is: The Tridentine Mass There are other devotions that support a truly Catholic culture, but these I see as the significant parts that will separate the Catholic from the non-Catholic, in person and culture.

This is my first draft of the first article in the wedge series.  I decided to not polish it ad nauseum in order to make some progress on this project. The next article will (predictably) be on Devotion to the Immaculate Heart. Introduction In a previous article, I discussed the crisis in the Church from the organizational behavior point of view, with an emphasis on organizational culture. In the follow on article titled “Don Bosco’s Two Pillars and Displacing Cultural Assumptions – A Role for Traditional Catholics”, I discussed what I believe to be some key elements pointing towards a way for Traditional Catholics to help reassert Catholic Culture within the Church.

Here's a book that I'm currently reading in order to draw the link between the Eucharist and the need for reparation. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Devotion_to_the_Sacred_Heart_of_Jesus The first thing that I've noticed is the strong link between Devotion to the Sacred Heart and the Eucharist. The second thing is that reparation to the Sacred Heart is the primary reason for the devotion. So I'm comfortable on this being one of the first steps used in trying to reassert Catholic Culture in non-traditional Catholics. Cheers! Tradical

My wife pointed out that knowing the basic fallacies that can be encountered in a discussion / argument would be useful. Here's the list we summarized from 'The Fallacy Detective' and other sources.