I am loosing my motivation to continue with this blog rapidly.
Mostly, because it's so repetitive! It seems to me that what I'm really doing is a whiners cronicle of the disintegration of the Church and the Republic.
I'm thinking I will finally get a new 'puter next month, and will close this blog out and begin a new one, with a focus much more on matters of Liturgy, Devotion, Scripture and Prayer.
Because, just between us, I have been devoting much more energy towards anger and outrage than to Prayer and Devotion, and this Blog facilitates that. Since I'm more interested in being granted the Beatific Vision in Heaven, with Christ and his Saints, than in influancing the political order, I ought to put my energy and resources there.
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That might be a good idea. I've said before that more and more your blog isn't showing conversion, just a switch in teams. You use more or less the same vitriol and violent anger towards the people you hate now as the people you hated back in the bad old days. But when I speak to you in person, that's not the case!
Dont' close the blog. Change it, if that's what'll make you happier. Rename it, even.
But don't shut it down and make us all find where you've moved to.
I'll miss you.
I think you're wise. I rarely write about Church matters these days, not because I lack faith, but because I wanted to get away from a continual feeling of anger and outrage.
I've been thinking about starting up my own blog too, just without any theology. There's far too many Odox blogs that talk about nothing but.
As soon as my production schedule is done I might.
Anger is not always a bad thing, you know. Sometimes we have a right to be angry and to show exactly what it is that's making us angry. How else do you think anyone gets motivated enough to get off of their arses and DO SOMETHING about it? By everyone talking all flowers and rainbows? I don't think so.
This fear of anger... this "OMG! I'm angry! That's a bad thing!" is just another sign of the emasculation of our culture. Walk into most Catholic churches these days and what do you see? "Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy! God is loooove. Jesus is loooove. Let's all loooove on another and be happy!"
And people WONDER why the pews are so empty, "the Spirit of Vatican II" is running the show, over half of Catholics don't believe in the Real Presence and *do* believe in contraception, abortion, and premarital sex?
Satan has done a good job making us afraid of anger. So we all stand around singing, "Love, love is his name! Love is his word..." and never say, "Yeah and guess what though? You don't get your butt into line, God's gonna SMITE YOU and you're going to spend eternity burning in hell!"
'Cause God isn't only about loooove and happiness. He can be a downright ANGRY God as well.
My brother in Christ, blogs like these keep it real. Do what you want but just don't feel guilt about your totally justifiable anger. If you want to switch to rainbows and daisies, fine. That's totally your choice. Just know that means there's one less soldier on the front lines.
As the old saying goes, someone's got to rant...I try to balance the schedule between ranting, and the good stuff for my soul. My blogs are releases for the things I can't say in public for the most part.
Make sure you publish a hyperlink to the new blog so we can all continue following you.
Looking forward to your new blog!
BTW, the reasons you want to quit talking about politics is the same reason I've often NOT watched the 'news'.
I had to quit reading some blogs because they were becoming so anti-Church - or at least, always complaining about one thing or another.
"It is what it is" for now, and taking care of our own spiritual health is number one so we can help others.
Blogs evolve, and what you first started off with might not be where you are now. That happened to me too. My blog was focused on the New Mess of the Mass, and then the Tridentine Mass was freed and suddenly I had nothing to blog about.
So I took a three month break, and changed my focus to religious art, writings of the saints, and all things Catholic.
It is a more peaceful place to be now.
I think it would be a good idea if you tried to do both at once, that is, alternate subjects on alternate days or something like that. I think that anger and hatred are not the same thing (the first is allowed to Christians, the second is not), though either one can engender vitriol (and stomachaches). Besides that, even though it looks like the Church and the world are going to hell in a handbasket, my readings in Church and secular history have told me that both have always looked like they're going to hell in a handbasket. Just some thoughts. Good luck and God bless.
I would miss your blog.
If your on the fence your decision may or may not be swayed by my blog meter..
At the very end of my blog click on the meter, and then click on the far left ...world map, and then click on 100.
Then check to see that 4 govt military agencies frequently check my blog.
So I am pretty sure that your being monitored too.
So you have to decide - do I go ,and live in the forest?.. something that I have pondered as well or do I stand ,and have a voice for Americans who love this country ,and hate the path that it is on. Do I stand up for my Catholic faith or do I wait until I am cowering in a corner somewhere which I fear the end result may be anyway.
Even so , with my personality the way that it is I will stay connected as long as I can , and proclaim the gospel best that I can- cause I suck at theology, and I will point out with my passive aggressive personality the flawed nature of our current system with as much humor as I can muster through my tears.
It is my desire to build up the body of Christ while I am still able, and free to do so because we are going to need this for our future.
I am more pessimistic than you perhaps.
C.C.--
I'm not afraid of anger, per se, but rather, of being all about anger.
I have found myself "courting anger", and looking for excuses to exclude people from Charity.
Just because I think some one is wrong--in the sense of being dangerous to the faith and morals of others--is no reason t allow my self to become hateful.
No, hateful is not good. But anger is not always bad either. We have to learn how to distinguish between one and the other.
I get people on my blog all of the time that try and make me feel ashamed of being angry about something. "I see you have a lot of anger..." "You seem angry..." "I notice that there's anger..." No kidding?! LOL! Welp, some things require an angry response ~ and an angry reaction!
But no, hate is not good.
I'm in the camp that "anger can be a good thing when used appropriately with the proper response". When you're angry, there's nothing wrong with expressing it in a constructive manner that will either lead you or others into an action that is for a greater good.
If it helps, try to alternate postings so it's between your "rants" and positive things. You just might start to see a switch in your thinking on some subjects and see that you actually are more objective on things than you perceive. I have to alternate on my blog... nice, happy, family oriented things versus my anger about abortion and a few other things that permeates my mind.
I hope you don't close the blog, but of course, it's yours to do as you wish.
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