If I’m honest with myself, and you, it isn’t so much out of affection or friendship to my readership on the individual level, around the world, the nation, or locally. That is a two way street.
The fact the donations I received for my health recovery (see upper right hand side of this screen) came from not one reader demonstrates the general lack of gratitude readership has for what I provide for them here, or regard for why I asked for help, which I rarely am want to do. I don’t resent this, but I point it out to make the point that I do this for the salvation of souls, and as a personal outlet, a hobby. To set the record straight and deal with the sting of looking at the fundraiser and realizing (from knowing the other actual donors) not one reader has helped.
So be it. At least I know where we stand.
There are a few exceptions of a few people locally and online who communicated in the past genuine thanks. This modern society is as a rule individualistic, selfish, self-centered, and self-serving, and traditionalists (generally) are unfortunately no exception to this rule.
The ultimate message of this work is that everyone should be a Catholic, and every Catholic should be opposed to conciliar modernism and upholding Tradition, attending the true Mass and refusing to accept a false Mass. That said, this as a labor of love, sustained by the knowledge this has no doubt helped countless people either convert, revert, or come to Tradition. That has been my outlook more than preaching to the choir.
And there is also the knowledge that at least a few of you use the pages for more than your own self gain but have some connection indirectly to me. For example, back before Blogger for some reason disabled my comment section (perhaps a technical problem, but which I couldn’t fix after many attempts) I got a comment from a disabled man in Oklahoma urging me to not stop bogging because the blog helped sustain him, which at the time I shared with readers I was considering stopping. Sir, if you’re reading this, it is readers like you that keep me going.
So I continue. To speak the truth in charity, far and wide, and with ironic humor, for the greater glory of God, and as one activity to keep me sane in this crazy period of the world and Church. If I make a few friends or acquaintances along the way great; if not, so be it. I know there are probably bishops in the Vatican, priests in different parts of the world, housewives, men on their lunch break, whether here or in Europe, Asia, Australia, or you name it, benefiting from these pages. I speak to the world knowing we all are called to Catholic Action, and given my background this makes sense as one means to participate in the work of Christ’s Church.