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After a look at all the balls (responsibilities) that I have to keep in the air - I have concluded that I need to retire from blogging.

I will leave this blog active as a resource but will not be writing articles or cross posting interesting ones.

After 4 years I have reached the following conclusions:

  • A strong interiour life is essential to surviving and thriving in this crisis of the Church.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the Teachings of the Church as the Church understands them is essential to forming a proper perspective on the crisis.
  • Restoration of sanity in the Church will require a major cultural change.  
  • Fall out from this will result in a major event in the life of the Church. If you thought V2 was a big event - this will be bigger as the results of the V2 'wound' in the Church has festered for 50 years.
  • Sin in another does not justify sin in ourselves.
  • Conspiracy theories lead to a rejection of legitimate authority.
  • Resistors have lost perspective and try to extract the motes in others eyes, while there are beams in their own.
P^3

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  1. WormwoodMay 15, 2016 at 4:38 AM

    I've only just discovered your blog. I find it very helpful and informative. I hope you don't retire. Going a gear slower might be worth a try. God bless you.

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    1. TradicalJune 6, 2016 at 5:36 PM

      Hi Wormwood!

      Thanks for the encouraging words!

      Perhaps things will change - but time will tell. It took me three weeks to have the time to login to respond to these comments!!!

      P^3
      Tradical

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  2. LynneMay 16, 2016 at 10:47 AM

    I'm glad you're not taking the blog down! I will leave the blog in my RSS feed just in case you change your mind. ;-) But yes, I too need to strengthen my interior life. God bless.

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    1. TradicalJune 6, 2016 at 5:43 PM

      Spiritual Life as well as Family Life were suffering!

      I had two professional blogs which I have also shutdown.

      We'll see how things go!

      P^3
      Tradical

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  3. Laramie HirschJune 2, 2016 at 7:02 AM

    Wait. Wha? You're not going to blog anymore? I've just been getting to know you.

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    1. TradicalJune 6, 2016 at 5:44 PM

      We'll see what happens if I am able to get my duty of state into a better state! :-)

      P^3
      Tradical

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