Do you like or dislike Father Corapi?

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Lepanto said:
Perhaps some people don’t like a priest who gets to the point? 🤷
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It’s the way he gets to the point that is suspect and off putting. Getting to the point is fine but I don’t like the hell fire & brimstone preacher. If you want that, go to a Penecostal Church. My opinion 😉 I prefer the Holy Fathers preaching and focus while he was here.

Please no comments about" *“but, we are sinful and I know it’s hard to come to terms personal sin,maybe that’s why you don’t like him” :rolleyes: *

Again, not liking Fr. Corapi isn’t about not wanting to hear the truth. Just wanted to make sure I said that before the peanut gallery starts in 😛
 
I suppose he could be a little abrasive-sounding to some. However, have you heard his conversion story? He was no saint in his younger days. He publicly states his sinful past and discusses his “reversion”. He’s had a rough life and a “been there, done that” life, too. I think he relates to the common man. He’s just like us. Says he is, makes no excuses, but then carries on and chooses the Truth and the Light. Now that’s what I call a real story!😉
 
mom4truth said:
I suppose he could be a little abrasive-sounding to some. However, have you heard his conversion story? He was no saint in his younger days. He publicly states his sinful past and discusses his “reversion”. He’s had a rough life and a “been there, done that” life, too. I think he relates to the common man. He’s just like us. Says he is, makes no excuses, but then carries on and chooses the Truth and the Light. Now that’s what I call a real story!😉
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Hi mom4truth…maybe its his voice…some might think it harsh sounding 🤷

I like Fr Corapis lectures etc…in fact I just purchased his dvd on addictions. very good
 
mom4truth said:
I suppose he could be a little abrasive-sounding to some. However, have you heard his conversion story? He was no saint in his younger days. He publicly states his sinful past and discusses his “reversion”. He’s had a rough life and a “been there, done that” life, too. I think he relates to the common man. He’s just like us. Says he is, makes no excuses, but then carries on and chooses the Truth and the Light. Now that’s what I call a real story!😉
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I fully agree. The passion he had for sinning was converted to a passion for Christ. Our catholic history has many, many saints who went the same path. If people find Fr corapi abrasive, well, let them listen to St Paul, St Ignatius, even Padre Pio in confession. Might open some eyes. Even Fr Geoeschel can be very, very abrasive. I have been to conferences given by Fr john and Fr Benedict. Some people just might walk away from Fr Groeschel when he says catholics are stupid…not all of them…but enough of them, He even plans to write a book about it; How to be a stupid catholic…:rotfl:

Truth will always be abrasive. Even Jesus was abrasive…abrasive enough to get crucified…

God bless all priests who speak the truth…in black and white and not grey!!! The devil loves grey!
 
Shoshana said:
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I fully agree. The passion he had for sinning was converted to a passion for Christ. Our catholic history has many, many saints who went the same path. If people find Fr corapi abrasive, well, let them listen to St Paul, St Ignatius, even Padre Pio in confession. Might open some eyes. Even Fr Geoeschel can be very, very abrasive. I have been to conferences given by Fr john and Fr Benedict. Some people just might walk away from Fr Groeschel when he says catholics are stupid…not all of them…but enough of them, He even plans to write a book about it; How to be a stupid catholic…:rotfl:

Truth will always be abrasive. Even Jesus was abrasive…abrasive enough to get crucified…

God bless all priests who speak the truth…in black and white and not grey!!! The devil loves grey!
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Have you heard his talk on addictions?
 
Shoshana said:
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Aimee I have heard many of this talks but not that one. I should loan it from my friend. I think I need it!😊
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Its very good…I’m going to watch it again this afternoon. It sometimes takes a couple times for it to sink through 😊
 
I forgot to use these other people that the Lord seems to us that are ‘abrasive’😃 :

Mother Angelica, Catherine Doherty, Dorothy Day,…all who have had/have ministries that give glory to God! Just add your own if you think of any…🙂

( We must NEVER forget the female counterparts that dignify our femininity…👍 )
 
mom4truth said:
I suppose he could be a little abrasive-sounding to some. However, have you heard his conversion story? He was no saint in his younger days. He publicly states his sinful past and discusses his “reversion”. He’s had a rough life and a “been there, done that” life, too. I think he relates to the common man. He’s just like us. Says he is, makes no excuses, but then carries on and chooses the Truth and the Light. Now that’s what I call a real story!😉
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Yes, I have heard his conversion story. 🙂 It’s great that he found God and the Church. However, his conversion story is irrelevant in the context of considering his off-putting presentation style.

And I’m not sure about the “common man” aspect. I didn’t know any men in my life that were addicted to concaine. I’m not saying this is not a reality, but neither is it “common”, at least not to my experience. Furthermore, to say such is “common” does a disservice to a large segment of the population. I think he speaks to those who “cling to guns and religion” out of fear. 😛 Seriously though, I take issue with his fear-mongering. I cannot trust a message based on flawed logic. Fr. Corapi loses me when I hear him go on about our sin in America and blame the tradegies of 9-11 and Katrina (I’m assuming from his reference to “natural disasters”) on “America’s ‘sin’” as he does in his “wake up America” lecture. That’s just wrong and gives me cause to distrust the messenger.

Only my opinion 🤷 😉 I know many love him and I respect that.
 
anamchara said:
Yes, I have heard his conversion story. 🙂 It’s great that he found God and the Church. However, his conversion story is irrelevant in the context of considering his off-putting presentation style.

This is true.

And I’m not sure about the “common man” aspect. I didn’t know any men in my life that were addicted to concaine.

You have lived a very good life. I live in a very small town and i am 57 years old and I know, within my city, people who have been/are addicted to cocaine. The father to my grandchild was. It is very common!

I’m not saying this is not a reality, but neither is it “common”, at least not to my experience.

Again, to your won experience. Your experience is not the world’s experience. And people who are addicted to cocaine, don’t advertise it. It becomes evident when they are far into it.

Furthermore, to say such is “common” does a disservice to a large segment of the population.

Wrong. Drugs are all around me and i live in a 15,0000 person city. If it is here, it’s in the big cities big time.

I think he speaks to those who “cling to guns and religion” out of fear. 😛

He speaks in reality. And the reality is scary sometimes. If you do not think so…go to Buffalo and see what they experience at St Luke’s Mission.

Seriously though, I take issue with his fear-mongering.

Many of our great people were the very same way. Like St Paul…you would not have liked him either. And yet he was chosen by God.

I cannot trust a message based on flawed logic.

Flawed logic.?..it would behoove me to even think that way of him. This man is a genius and there is nothing lacking in his logic. Please give one of his quotes to prove your point. Otherwise do not make statements like that.

Fr. Corapi loses me when I hear him go on about our sin in America and blame the tradegies of 9-11 and Katrina (I’m assuming from his reference to “natural disasters”) on “America’s ‘sin’” as he does in his “wake up America” lecture. That’s just wrong and gives me cause to distrust the messenger.

Excuse me? Your patiotism shows more here than reality. The US will have a lot to answer to God. And so will Canada, etc etc. And Canada is worse. But when he speaks like that, I take it for my own country. Fr Corapi is a prophet of our times. It is time to listen up! God does use natural disasters to redress His people. It’s in the bible…look it up!

And there is no one as patriotic than Fr corapi. He loves his country and served his country very well…prophets are not like overall. And you are a classic example. Read Jeremiah! Isaiah! Jonah! Ezechiel! Man, these are classic examples ofprophets. Fr Corapi fits the bill…

Only my opinion 🤷 😉 I know many love him and I respect that.

It does not come across that way though. You keep denigrading him when threads about him pop up. He may have touched a nerve though…
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Shoshana said:
US will have a lot to answer to God. And so will Canada, etc etc. And Canada is worse. But when he speaks like that, I take it for my own country. Fr Corapi is a prophet of our times. It is time to listen up! God does use natural disasters to redress His people. It’s in the bible…look it up!
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Every country wherein human beings reside will have to answer to God. Natural disasters happen all the time all over the world. Do you contend that every unfortunate event is the Hand of God rebuking some sin or sinner? From Katrina to the Indonesian tsunami to car accidents to a lack of salmon in the waters off the northwest coast to a string of red lights on my way to work? Or do you (and Fr. Corapi) just do so when it fits your preconcieved notion of how things ought to be. That’s not prophecy and it’s certainly not “genius”, rather it is cold-hearted, opportunistic prejudice.

Also, we should note that just because a person is not liked, it does not mean they are prophets of any kind nor that they speak any particular truth. Rather, it suggests that a person displays certain off-putting behaviors such as condescension, abrasiveness, self-aggrandizement, or other equally distasteful examples.
 
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Every country wherein human beings reside will have to answer to God. Natural disasters happen all the time all over the world. Do you contend that every unfortunate event is the Hand of God rebuking some sin or sinner? From Katrina to the Indonesian tsunami to car accidents to a lack of salmon in the waters off the northwest coast to a string of red lights on my way to work? Or do you (and Fr. Corapi) just do so when it fits your preconcieved notion of how things ought to be. That’s not prophecy and it’s certainly not “genius”, rather it is cold-hearted, opportunistic prejudice.

Also, we should note that just because a person is not liked, it does not mean they are prophets of any kind nor that they speak any particular truth. Rather, it suggests that a person displays certain off-putting behaviors such as condescension, abrasiveness, self-aggrandizement, or other equally distasteful examples.
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Fr Corapi is a prophet. A prophet does not mince his words. Fr corapi is very well-known for that. When disasters are used as punishments (as is experienced many times in past history…take WW2 for example), it a sign of mercy from God to repent. Do I say that this is such? As I said, past history dictates to us that this happens. But to point at Katrina as a God’s sign…I am not in that position to say so. But maybe Fr corapi is. I have never heard him say that though. I have heard him say that 911 will be like a walk in the park if we do not change our ways. Many prophets have said this to their people. Nothing new here also.

As far as the countries, I do not recall any other country proclaiming the fact that they base their philosophy/morality on God’s law. Or even have their coins stamped with ‘In God we Trust’. Considering the times, it is ironic. And this alone could be a slap in the face to God when millions and millions of babies in utero are being terrorized…only because they are not wanted. Talk to me about a Holocaust here…and this is only one example…

Fr Corapi is a prophet of our times. Listen up!
And if you are as educated as Fr corapi…please let me know. He is a genius especially in the spiritual world.
 
His linking of 9-11 and “natural disasters” to “America’s sin” was cited above in his “Wake up, America” speech. We must all, Fr. Corapi included, take great care when assigning events to “God’s Will” be they natural disasters or the tragic demise of a child. I would extend that caution to ascribing the mantle of “prophet” to any mortal as well. Such an appellation gives the subject a blank check and prevents others from legitimate questioning and analysis because, “after all, he’s a prophet so he must be right so you must be wrong to question him.” That is a dangerous road indeed.
 
Well, I can see my husband has stepped into the fray here 😃 and I agree with him of course. 😉

Shoshana, I am fully aware of the drug problem in America. I’m 47 yrs old my dear. I am aware of the sin in the world, my own included. I am not perfect. Just because someone does not like Fr. Corapi does not mean that he hit some nerve or that he is speaking the truth and you just can’t take it. That is rubbish. Now you can agree or not, it really doesn’t matter.

Your words remind me of fundamentalism which I have never had patience for. That’s not using reason. Saying God creates natural disaters and 9-11 because of our sin is like saying homosexuals’ sin caused AIDS, more rubbish. Then I might as well say our daughter who suffers with severe learning disablities and epilepsy is Gods will due to sin…that’s as bad as the Protestant evangelicals. And how then do you explain the wealth, health and happiness bestowed upon others who’ve sinned far worse than either you or I? I just don’t believe God is that capricious but we will have to agree to disagree on that score.

Now I need to get ready for Mass. God Bless 😉
 
I think a lot of COMMON SENSE would go a long way in this conversation. God can and does use different types of disasters to serve .as a wake up call whether anyone wants to believe it or not. It’s a fact. Period. Homosexuals very well may have caused AIDS and AIDS is now threatening our population due to immoral acts/sin.
Another fact. Whether you believe it or not. Calling Fr. Corapi a prophet of our time, I’m not too sure about that one. I think he knows his faith upside down and in and out. I don’t think many of us who have claim to that. I do believe it is o.k. to question so-called “prophets”. Fr. Corapi is not a fundamentalist, nor evangelical. All he does (which is really quite a bit!) is tell the TRUTH! That Truth is God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. What he preaches (Fr. Corapi) is not rocket science. Why people take offence to what he says, is too bad for them. He speaks the TRUTH. If you don’t like his manner/personality - that’s another thing. There’s people I don’t particularly care for, but if they speak the Truth, it’s the Truth. Period. I don’t care if I like him or not. I think some of us ought to think about that.😃
 
Anamachara, the bottom of your statement states “Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.”

You come across as an oppressed soul! Not suprised you are quoting St. Teresqa of Avila. Need to pray to her more, keep the faith!😉 😉
 
ba_bustanti said:
Anamachara, the bottom of your statement states “Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.”

You come across as an oppressed soul! Not suprised you are quoting St. Teresqa of Avila. Need to pray to her more, keep the faith!😉 😉
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I do not know if she knows Theresa of Avila that well either…in your face kind of woman she was!😃
 
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