Dear Fred,
I was struck by the following quotation embedded in today's missive from Franciscan Media.
"Saint of the Day" - Sebastian of Aparicio: "There is a contract between the world and the friars. The friars must give the world a good example; the world must provide for their needs. When they break faith and withdraw their good example, the world will withdraw its hand in a just censure" (2 Celano, #70).
The Catholic Church -- certainly The Vatican and those dioceses that colluded in priestly pederasty -- have broken faith with "the world" and deserve stiff censure. (Remarkably, it was "the world's" press that brought this travesty to light while every Catholic publication in the world remained silent. They knew what was going on -- I knew what was going on! -- and they chose to collude with "authority." Here is the logic: "If you cannot say anything nice about the priests who are raping and sodomizing our kids, don't say anything at all.")
I was struck by the following quotation embedded in today's missive from Franciscan Media.
"Saint of the Day" - Sebastian of Aparicio: "There is a contract between the world and the friars. The friars must give the world a good example; the world must provide for their needs. When they break faith and withdraw their good example, the world will withdraw its hand in a just censure" (2 Celano, #70).
The Catholic Church -- certainly The Vatican and those dioceses that colluded in priestly pederasty -- have broken faith with "the world" and deserve stiff censure. (Remarkably, it was "the world's" press that brought this travesty to light while every Catholic publication in the world remained silent. They knew what was going on -- I knew what was going on! -- and they chose to collude with "authority." Here is the logic: "If you cannot say anything nice about the priests who are raping and sodomizing our kids, don't say anything at all.")
Only by severe censure will these feet-dragging, career-climbing hierarchs muck their stables. The offal has become so encrusted that cleansing will be a herculean task - nowhere more so than in the Vatican. http://en.wikipedia.org/
I am pasting Franciscan Media's entire email below, followed by my message to friend Minerva, an ex-nun (and current Mayan civil rights lawyer) who was born and raised in Puebla, Sebastian's chosen home.
I am pasting Franciscan Media's entire email below, followed by my message to friend Minerva, an ex-nun (and current Mayan civil rights lawyer) who was born and raised in Puebla, Sebastian's chosen home.
A revealing note...
Minerva left the convent after petitioning Mother Superior to authorize "service to the poor" and being told, "The Jesuits are already doing that."
Tangent...
Although Anne LaMott popularized the following saying, it was Jesuit friend, Tom Weston, who said, “You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out God hates all the same people you do.”
What if "salvation" depends on the cessation of individual condemnation -- an ugly, destructive, "Christian" trait often rooted in "justified" hatefulness?
Here is what Yeshua says about judgmental condemnation: http://www.biblegateway.
Today, I resume work on "How To Prevent Catholicism's Suicide... and The Restoration Of Christendom." (Do you remember how fast the unexpected collapse of the Soviet Union?)
Pax on both houses,
Alan
PS Here is Sebastian's Spanish language Wikipedia page. http://es.wikipedia.org/
PPS "I'm Not Quitting The Church" by E.J. Dionne Jr. http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/02/im-not-quitting-church-ej-dionne-jr.html
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Estimada Minerva,
Hoy, celebramos la fiesta del Bendito Sebastian de Aparicio quien paso' la mayor parte de su adultez en Puebla.
Antes de hacerse un fraile franciscano, superviso' la construccion de la primera carretera entre D.F. y Puebla.
El apodo del bendito Sebastian es "Angel de Mexico."
Decia el santo: 'Hay un contrato entre el mundo y los frailes. Los frailes deben de dar al mundo un buen ejemplo y el mundo debe de proveer para las necesidades de los frailes. Cuando se rompe la fe y se retira su buen ejemplo, el mundo retirará su mano en una censura justa.'
Aqui esta' la pagina Wikipedia de Sebastian. http://es.
Saludos a todos!
Paz con ustedes,
Alan