TCR's Cross

If we criticize and reject Mr. Bush's war in no uncertain terms, or his economic premises, we lose many theological conservatives and stir up a bees nest of stinging opposition. If we affirm traditional Catholic doctrines, and traditional morals and teachings with respect to artificial contraception and the Natural law, we lose many theological liberals; if we affirm with thanksgiving the teachings of the Second Vatican Council, we lose many traditionalists.

This is our cross.

But with the conservatives we hold to the Credo of the Church in the same sense and meaning as the Church everywhere and always; and with the liberals we emphasize the spirit of the law and not only the letter, orthopraxis and not only an intellectual assent to the faith; and with the traditionalists we affirm traditional piety and devotions, the spirituality of the saints as well as the right to the "old" Mass everywhere---without prejudice to the normative reform of Vatican II and assent to the teachings of the living magisterium.

[from TCRNews Musings, Opinion, News Notes, Traditional Catholic Reflections and Reports, TCRNews2.com]

The reasons stated above make Traditional Catholic Reflections & Reports one of the most interesting, most provacative, most controversial, most thought-provoking, and, in this blogger's opinion, most Catholic sites on the Internet.

Although we don't always "think the same," we most definitely "think alike," to borrow the phrasing from this page of distinguished endorsements: What People are Saying About TCR.