+ JMJ Improvement is a moral imperative. This can be translated as if you aren't moving forward in the spiritual life your are going backwards. I've been harping on the need for a strong and vibrant spritiual life for a number of years and thought I would share what I'm reading now and some excerpts that caused me to pause. First, I received an link from my wife and one thought pretty much stopped me in my tracks: Are you here to learn something or are you here to prove something? This stopped me because of conflict resolution work. Now on to the Imitiation of Christ: CHAPTER XXIV OF AVOIDING OF CURIOUS INQUIRY INTO THE LIFE OF ANOTHER "My Son, be not curious, nor trouble thyself with vain cares. What is that to thee? Follow thou Me.(1) For what is it to thee whether a man be this or that, or say or do thus or thus? Thou hast no need to answer for others, but thou must give an answer for thyself. Why therefore dost thou entangle thyself? Behold, I know all m...
Seeking A Way Forward: A Lay Catholic Traditionalist's Thoughts and Reflections on ways to help the Church emerge from this crisis of Faith