I think men don't speak enough about themselves;
In part because many men listed to women on how to express themselves
Think of Tolkien and C. S. Lewis
John Adams and Jefferson
Though it wasn't meant to be shared Meditations a mans inner thoughts, now shared, helps many men
Was told by a wedding vendor that she "didn't want to waste her time" showing me decorations because lots of customers end up buying elsewhere.
Sadness, melancholy, the feeling there's nothing left.
I can't tell if that's demonic oppression or aging or both or maybe also that:
My attention span has been nuked, I can hardly read, study, pray for long periods, be without my phone, etc etc
I don't know what to do
Canon 1184 mentions scandal.
No one is saying pray for the damned - we are saying don't be presumptuous on how he died. You do not know whether or not he repented before he died.
He could end up being one of the last to leave purgatory - justice will be done.
Because the Holy Mother Church said not to, so I won't. And I agree with the logic - as to prevent scandal.
`Liturgical actions are not private actions but celebrations of the Church itself which is the sacrament of unity,` Can. 837 §1.
Operative word in the St. Aquinas quote is *know* vs presume.
What you're conflating is personal private devotion with liturgical practice













