IT’S ONE thing to realize in the abstract that the Vatican II Church, found at your local parish, is not the Catholic Church. It’s another thing to put that realization into practice. In this episode from the Restoration Radio network brought to you by Novus Ordo Watch, Father Michael Oswalt discusses making the leap out of the “Novus Ordo Church.”

“Realizing the Novus Ordo sect is not the Catholic Church requires an end to attending the Novus Ordo. There will be many obstacles, including human respect and love of comfort but continue to make acts of faith, acts of love toward God. God will help you with His grace to continue to build virtue and strength to carry the cross and follow His will as a Catholic.

Father also discusses how leaving affects the duties of those who are married or single and how to seek the true Sacraments.”

Almost everyone who makes this leap does so from the Novus Ordo Church. Therefore the change is no more an attack on the people who remain behind than it is an act of self-criticism. At first, “it seems as though you’re trying to step across the Grand Canyon,” Father Oswalt says, but unexpected graces flow from the change.  It’s a difficult transition but “we’re not meant to be comfortable.” On the bright side, Father Oswalt says in a previous episode, never before have traditional Catholic materials been so available to those who do not have a Mass or parish nearby. Faith comes before the sacraments. Faith is the basis of the sacraments. It is the rock on which we stand, and there are many things one can do to maintain one’s faith when the true sacraments are not readily available. Many Catholics, such as those in England after the Reformation, have been forced to make do without the Mass.

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