Personally I would like to see more bishops stand up and push back against the agenda from the Vatican. Instead, we see most of the bishops willing and eager to implement everything coming from the Vatican whether it is the closing of TLM parishes or the implementation of the synod. Maybe there are better ways and channels to push back a…
Personally I would like to see more bishops stand up and push back against the agenda from the Vatican. Instead, we see most of the bishops willing and eager to implement everything coming from the Vatican whether it is the closing of TLM parishes or the implementation of the synod. Maybe there are better ways and channels to push back and exercise fraternal correction when our shepherds seem to be going astray than the path that Bishop Strickland chose, but I see little evidence of any attempt by other bishops to preserve and defend the deposit of faith or the treasure of our ancient liturgy and the discipline of liturgical worship. And with respect to the sexual and abuse scandal and the promise of transparency and accountability, it seems we haven't had any real transparency or accountability. There is plenty coming out of Rome that doesn't seem right or good to the faithful from the China policy to the many paths to God comments to the restoration of accused priests to ministry to the confusion over basic moral teachings to the removal and silencing of conservative bishops and to the elevation of heterodox bishops. And all we hear from our own shepherds is crickets. And when they do speak, with a unified voice as against prop 1 in Maryland, no one or very few Catholics listen. It is as if our shepherds have lost all moral authority with the faithful.
They have lost much authority because they shirked it. They have settled for namby-pamby, touchy-feely, nice and comfy Gospel of “good enough” and believe that “nice” is the same as “kindness” and “tolerance” the same as “charity.”
No…“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.” -GKC
Personally I would like to see more bishops stand up and push back against the agenda from the Vatican. Instead, we see most of the bishops willing and eager to implement everything coming from the Vatican whether it is the closing of TLM parishes or the implementation of the synod. Maybe there are better ways and channels to push back and exercise fraternal correction when our shepherds seem to be going astray than the path that Bishop Strickland chose, but I see little evidence of any attempt by other bishops to preserve and defend the deposit of faith or the treasure of our ancient liturgy and the discipline of liturgical worship. And with respect to the sexual and abuse scandal and the promise of transparency and accountability, it seems we haven't had any real transparency or accountability. There is plenty coming out of Rome that doesn't seem right or good to the faithful from the China policy to the many paths to God comments to the restoration of accused priests to ministry to the confusion over basic moral teachings to the removal and silencing of conservative bishops and to the elevation of heterodox bishops. And all we hear from our own shepherds is crickets. And when they do speak, with a unified voice as against prop 1 in Maryland, no one or very few Catholics listen. It is as if our shepherds have lost all moral authority with the faithful.
They have lost much authority because they shirked it. They have settled for namby-pamby, touchy-feely, nice and comfy Gospel of “good enough” and believe that “nice” is the same as “kindness” and “tolerance” the same as “charity.”
No…“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.” -GKC