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I heard that Fr. Corapi has quit the priesthood. Didn't he come to speak in the Richmond Diocese years ago?
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21 comments:
Good for him. The ship is sinking and the captains are hopelessly incompetent. Anyone with a brain should abandon ship and find a lifeboat.
Spoken like a an ex-priest/child molester.
You can't quit the Priesthood! However he cannot publicly administer or celebrate the Sacraments. Once a Priest always a Priest. Father Corpai will be a Priest forever as he himself has acknowledged.Now why don't we discuss the priests in our diocese who are heretics.Preach false doctrine, ignore the traditions and devotions of the Church. You know the ones, they have beach houses, refuse to say the Mass correctly and would prefer to be anywhere but the hospital administering the Anointing of the sick to the ill and dying. Oh yes we have plenty of them in the diocese while our bishop sits back and allows these abuses to continue!
Far more interesting then Father Corapi.
A priest has a beach house? For what? Ministering to the sunbathers in their swimwear?
I love how people are so focused on Corapi that no one is talking about this little darling of heretic Catholics, J. Glenn Murray. I believe this guy has been a featured speaker in this diocese.
http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2011/06/j-glenn-gone.html
Hmmm can't help but wonder will this be happening in a few parishes here in the Richmond diocese?
http://ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/US.php?id=3489
It is also true this diocese continually sanctions heretical speakers and shuns upon speakers who uphold authentic Catholic Teaching. How many more years does our good Bishop have left to serve the people of God here in Richmond???
Can you imagine our Diocese producing a video like this??? How about hosting a Congress like this??? Nah never happened they believe they are too sophisticated and far too intelligent for a Eucharistic Congress. Can't help but laugh at their arrogance.LOL LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNvg6UnTtcE
I have always admired Father Crapi. He helped me to see that the Catholic Church is the one true Church.
Dear me! I didn't know that thinking it was a good idea to leave a scandal ridden profession made you a child molester. Or that owning a beach house was such a wicked thing. What strange logic one finds on this blog.
hehehehehe...ask bigfoot. he's busy counting his toes. hehehehehehe
No one said owning a beach house in itself is wicked. (However you can't help but wonder how one can afford to do so on a Priest's meager salary.)Please don't misconstrue a Priest needs vacation time. I don't expect him to be the Cure of Ars (who gave his life for his parishioners both literally and figuratively.)However, when a Priest feels vacation time which consists of being away (more then being present) is more important then administering the Sacraments to his parishioners,obviously a problem exists. This problem must and should be addressed by our Bishop. If administering the Sacraments is not a Priests highest priority or Mass is being dispensed because leisure time take preference over the Sacraments,once again the Bishop should and must address the problem. The needs of a large parish are great indeed. The people have a right to a properly celebrated Mass, a pastor who is present and the sick and dying the ability to have the Anointing of the Sick. May I also mention the Sacrament of Reconciliation available on a weekly basis (and the penitent who approaches this Sacrament not be given general absolution when it is more convenient then hearing the confession.) May I remind Bishop Di Lorenzo he came here with great resolution to right the wrongs in this diocese. It is time for him to once again renew his commitment to the people of his diocese.
Remember this Bishop Di Lorenzo???
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2004/jul/04071205
Most priests find their lives to be little more than a meaningless misery. I know they say different when interveiwed but the evidence speaks for itself. Practically all of them do whatever they can to find a means of escape for some it takes the form of constant vacations, others over indulge in food, some take comfort in alcohol and drugs others seek clandestine sexual relationships with men women and (shudder) children. I bet not one priest in ten is truly happy in his ministry. If they are why does the American Church send to Africa and the Phillipines for replacements? Just as farmers must send to Mexico to find people willing to do the drudgery of the farm now the bishops must do the same.
To July 1 anonymous: I think there is a lot of truth in your assessment of priests and their ministry...
I would hate to say "most" priests though. That is too horrifying to think about since we, the People of God, rely so much on them. We need them... We hope they had true vocations to this life... We know they fall just like we do, but we would hope they were happy in their priesthood...
You left out one important aspect in your estimation of "unhappy" priests that might make a major difference in their misery (?). The antidote is PRAYER! Finding comfort in your trials in the Lord. Have we become so secular in our thinking we have forgotten this important ingredient?
The laity is continually accosted everyday with trials in their work place and in their families. No one can approach the difficulties of our lives and remain sane without prayer.Maybe it time for us to have recourse on our spiritual journey to the many who have gone before us.What sustained them? If God exists as we proclaim he does then he has the answers in the Scripture, in His Church and in His Saints.The Priests I know to be the most joyful in their vocations are the ones who follow the prescription laid down to us by the Lord in His Word and His Church. Please let's not misunderstand nor imagine a utopia exists in any vocation. We live in an imperfect world. However peace comes from within and it can't not be achieved though outside distractions. Peace comes only through uniting ourselves to the Lord. But how would anyone know this when the Church is fearful and devoid in mentioning the lives of the Saints. Many priests no longer refer to them as examples for us to emulate.
A very wise Priest who counsels fellow Priests in crisis would very patiently listen to their trials and tribulations. His response: "When did you stop praying?"
So please understand while I empathize with a Priest who is struggling I cannot help but wonder has he first sought refuge in the Lord in prayer??? If you were to do a survey and if these priests who are so dreadfully unhappy were to be honest I believe we would be very surprised on how many no longer pray.
So do we really believe what we profess to believe or has the world completely taken over our senses?
Perhaps prayer is not the answer. I think the answer is making liturgy more interesting and relevant. For example, I think it would be fun if each member of the congregation got up and read one sentence from the readings. Then we could have everybody run up on stage and elevate a piece of the Eucharistic species along with priest; this way, our priests will feel like they're part of the worshipping community too. Just sayin'.
The last post is obviously tounge in cheek but it reveals an obvious truth. The church has done little for the last 40 years but change what did not need changing and leave unchanged that which does.
On a different note. I visited the local SSPX parish and found that the high school students were reading Shakespeare's Julius Ceasar and then evaluating the moral choices of the characters according to Catholic morality. They wrote essays which were published in the bulletin. I couldn't help but compare this with RE in the Vat II parishes where students are mostly unable to even state the ten commandments.
To the person who complained about their pastor's vacations. Has a formal complaint been made to the Bishop?
yeah. but he just laughed and said "litury's not my thing" then went back to counting his toes. i guess he got my letter mixed up with somebody else's. just remember, bigfoot will stomp on anyone. especially if you believe that sexual minorities and women are part of the royal priesthood that christ called all of us to be part of in our baptismal promises. i don't care about father corapi or any other priest. i just want justice for women.
The Chancery Office has been contacted many times especially in regard to the Pastor's improvisation in the celebration of the Mass, narrative gospels, and various other infractions concerning worship in our parish. Those complaints were met with contempt and disdain(by the Deacon in charge)in the Office of Liturgy. When a formal letter was discussed as a way to inform the Bishop of the recurrence of abuses during liturgy, instruction was given to seek out the Pastor and refrain from any form of written complaint to the Bishop.
Seeking out the Pastor is futile for various reasons and it is my contention it is the responsibility of the Chancery to investigate and correct any complaints of abuse especially concerning Liturgy. The Bishop's administrative experience should tell him a complaint made to the Pastor will more often then not be dismissed and the complainant be labeled as a gadfly. A trouble maker who misconstrues the Pastor's actions or is uniformed in Church teaching and instruction. Often these people are dismissed and treated as an outcast by the Pastor. Sorry it is the responsibility of the Bishop to take every complaint brought to his attention seriously.It is not the business of the parishioners to right the wrongs in this diocese, the responsibility falls clearly on the shoulders of the Bishop and his Priests.After all most of us can not spend 3 -4 days a week at our beach house because we need to meet the responsibilities of our occupation and our families.
I'm a priest in the Diocese of Arlington who grew up in the Richmond Diocese. I have read the comments here, and I would like to say that all the priests I know pretty well are happy and love being priests. I had thought of studying for Richmond, years ago, but I decided against this while watching the procession of priests at the beginning of Chrism Mass in the early 1990's: it was a gay pride parade. I didn't want anything to do with that. To offer an answer to the matter of a priest's happiness: if the priest is in love with the Lord Jesus and sees his greatest work as offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, then he will be happy. But if the priest sees himself as, for instance, a social worker or the administrator of a corporation, then he will be unhappy and cause misery to others as well. Why be celibate or work for chump change in order to be a social worker? It's either all about Jesus, or all about me. For the priest there is joy only in Jesus.
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