Who else walked out on the Last Supper?..I am not impressed
Don’t forget it has happened on more than one occasion when someone professed to be interested in Jesus, until they ran into a road block that was hard for them to hear and slowly backed away from him.
John 6 -
Matthew 19
Luke 12
Fr. Cutie is basically saying “you mean I can’t get married??”
Fr. Cutie leaving because he would prefer to put something that the world offers before God, is unfortunate.
He is taking the easy way out, where the road is wide…
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Is it possible for a priest to be defrocked and stay a Catholic and get married or something reverting back to being a member of the leity****? *
Anyway, if he was just a t.v. host dude, then this guy couldn’t have been that devoted to God, for he clearly lacked the understanding to hear St. Paul address his specific situation, which immediately relates to his problem.
I*f *he was tempted away, then he must have blinded himself and let his ego get in the way.
I’m thinking it’s more likely that he shouldn’t have been a priest in the first place and he fell through cracks. he should have admitted that mistake, instead of taking the easy way out saying “then Jesus and the Church must be wrong! and I will seek another way, and replace it!”
Not only does he do damage to himself. He undermines the Churches stance on celibate priests to those who do not understand St. Paul’s words and Jesus’s commands of not serving two masters, and asking his apostles to leave their families behind and follow him.
…I already get annoyed with Deacons bringing up their wives during homilies to realize how true St. Paul’s inspired words are-- priests can’t listen to God in his fullness in the sacramental vocation of the priesthood, if they have a family, and a wife to attend to…
This guy shouldn’t have been, and he shouldn’t be in charge of flock when he is unrepentant about his behavior.
All this reminds us, in taking good from this negative example of faith, is to strengthen our own faith, because even this “father”, wasn’t strong enough to keep his eye on the prize when he hit tough times, which is staying loyal to God. Running the race like St. Paul.
It’s pretty scary if you think about how one can be swayed.
Fr. Cutie, unfortunately, has made his choice and that is not going to remedy anything. I am reminded of what then-Cardinal Ratzinger wrote in the 9th station (the meditations for the Stations of the Cross that he composed at the request of Pope John Paul II back in 2005):
What can the third fall of Jesus under the Cross say to us? We have considered the fall of man in general, and the falling of many Christians away from Christ and into a godless secularism. Should we not also think of how much Christ suffers in his own Church? How often is the holy sacrament of his Presence abused, how often must he enter empty and evil hearts! How often do we celebrate only ourselves, without even realizing that he is there! How often is his Word twisted and misused! What little faith is present behind so many theories, so many empty words! How much filth there is in the Church, and even among those who, in the priesthood, ought to belong entirely to him! How much pride, how much self-complacency! What little respect we pay to the Sacrament of Reconciliation, where he waits for us, ready to raise us up whenever we fall! All this is present in his Passion. His betrayal by his disciples, their unworthy reception of his Body and Blood, is certainly the greatest suffering endured by the Redeemer; it pierces his heart. We can only call to him from the depths of our hearts: Kyrie eleison * Lord, save us (cf. Mt 8: 25).
Thanks for that quote of Pope Benedicts. His words are too true, and stops us from taking the Eucharist for granted.
It’s also humbling, because not just Father Cutie, but it’s likely all of us were guilty of those things Pope Benedict mentions above in receiving the body of Christ.
