Fr. Corapi Responds to Some of His Order's Charges

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wisdomseeker said:
Very sad indeed. What kind of example can he be to Catholics anyway? The Church is having such a hard time. This is umbelievable.
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He has forgotten the obedience to his order and his priesthood. I am really hurt by this but I will pray for him and move on. In his speeches, more than once he remarked he was tempted to “quit” and also said that he might slip back into drugs, and mentioned fellow priests who had fallen away.

Hopefully he will come back to the fold, but it is all in Jesus’s hands,not ours. We can pray for him, but many of our own priests and certainly the Pope need prayers. Plus, so many other horrible things going on such as same sex marriage, abortion, etc. seems that Satan and his dark angels are accomplishing a lot.

Remarkable too that he didn’t mention Mary. I will pray for his soul, but we must all pray and SACRIFICE for our fellow priests. Now we KNOW that no priest is immune from falling into sin, just as we ourselves aren’t.

By the way, does anyone know if his mother is still living? If so, this must be breaking her heart, as well as Mother Angelica’s.
 
Lucky_Scrunchy said:
I saw the video but kept the audio off… its too depressing for me to see him not only not wear his collar but all decked out in leather with a huge black beard.

I just want to cry!:confused:
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Cry for the Church and his Order. They are the ones that are taking the brunt of this. Remember pride goeth before the fall. I pray for him and that he gets over this mentalpause and get back to the priesthood. He was a inspiration for me with my vocation. It was him that gave me hope. I just pray if I make it I won’t spue the priesthood out of my mouth and spit it back in God’s face. What makes me want to cry more than anything else is what he did to the priesthood it is just depressing. My heart goes out to all involved. I have stated how i feel about John Corapi on other strings and still feel that way. But if he humbles himself and fall on his knees and beg for his priesthood I would give him respect. Scoob.
 
Jerry111 said:
But the Black SheepDog in this video comes across like a man who wanted to return to secular life.
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I got that as the bottom line too. He didn’t/doesn’t want to be a priest or live as a priest anymore.

He wanted back into secular life.

I wish he would just say so in a very clear manner. 🤷
It would bother and upset many, but it would at least be refreshingly honest.

I caught his admission that the last 10 years for him have been a struggle and very difficult.
 
Go back and watch the last 6 seconds of the video, after the audio is finished and before the picture of the black sheepdog takes over. That has got to be the saddest looking face I have seen in a long time. He doesn’t believe what he’s saying. Or he’s in deep pain. I am going to keep praying. So far, the YouTube comments are overwhelmingly people who are praying for him, but are not supporting this change.
 
Marie5890 said:
Besides the Ultimate Sacrifice of Our Lord, the freedom to chose to follow or not to follow Him is the next biggest gift He gave to us. IMHO anyway.
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Calling attention to Free will is very relevant, Marie. In that it lets us, and reminds us not to have a spirit of vengeance, as vengeance is the Lord. Respecting one’s free will…

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People who follow him follow him by choice. They are responsible for their own choices as much as he is responsible for his. 🙂
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Furthermore, if they follow him, by choice, they will be responsible for his defiance as well. Because they are enabling him, a spiritually sick ( as well as possibly mentally ill man, to boot.) They have a choice, but it’s up to Catholics who know this IS wrong to at least let them know it is wrong. Not be okay with it. SOLT’s decision making this week becomes clearer and clearer.

A Fr. Joe said about Corapi’s actions, if people keep buying his material or keep consuming what he gives, they are going to make his “sin” their sin,

He needs to be pursued. Now if we were in the days of Galileo, this man would be under house arrest already.

fatherjoe.wordpress.com/
fatherjoe.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/father-corapi-priest-or-black-sheep-dog/

This is not good. People willing to follow this man, away from Christ’s body…
Prayers need to be said, let the children not be deceived!
Jesus said, "Be careful that you are not deceived. Many will come using my name. They will say, ‘I am he!’ and ‘The time is near.’ Don’t follow them!
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and other letters from Peter and John say the same thing. And Jesus mentions it other times.
 
TheRealJuliane said:
Go back and watch the last 6 seconds of the video, after the audio is finished and before the picture of the black sheepdog takes over. That has got to be the saddest looking face I have seen in a long time. He doesn’t believe what he’s saying. Or he’s in deep pain. I am going to keep praying. So far, the YouTube comments are overwhelmingly people who are praying for him, but are not supporting this change.
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Yes, Julianne. Very very sad.
 
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Marie5890 said:
I got that as the bottom line too. He didn’t/doesn’t want to be a priest or live as a priest anymore.
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I didn’t find myself getting that impression but did feel based on the totality of everything, not just this video, that perhaps he is not willing to give up a life of luxury.
I caught his admission that the last 10 years for him have been a struggle and very difficult.
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I caught that as well but am not sure what to make of it. Sounds like there is much more behind the scenes that people know about. Frankly, I doubt most of it will ever come out.

Peace,
 
Thank you to the mods for unlocking this thread! We’ll be kind, I promise!!!

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One good thing to take from it is at least he said that people should focus on the church and on Christ and not on him.
 
mcrow said:
One good thing to take from it is at least he said that people should focus on the church and on Christ and not on him.
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That’s what I thought as well when I first saw it. As someone else pointed out, it could also be a ploy to keep some of his followers from running away. I hate to say that, but it is hard to know what to believe anymore.

There is a deep part of me that I am trying not to listen to which has started to feel as if the whole thing has been a charade for years and that, while he may have gotten into the priesthood honestly, he has in fact been drifting away for a long time as he has become more wealthy and famous. I really dislike having those thoughts, and I don’t want to believe them but I would be lying if I said anything else.
 
Just saw this quote on Father C.'s Facebook page.

”He who follows his own ideas in opposition to the direction of his superiors needs no devil to tempt him, for he is a devil to himself.”
-Saint John Climacus

ouch…
 
mcrow said:
One good thing to take from it is at least he said that people should focus on the church and on Christ and not on him.
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I noticed that too and that was very good. Sadly, (and what amazes me) is that some people still comment like they have blinders on and are talking like he is leading people astray, or only commenting on his appearance, etc. I’m surprised the moderators haven’t caught on to the “BS-Dog” thing yet. :rolleyes:

Look, I don’t know what to think of this whole thing, but people need to listen to what he is saying before they start commenting. Let’s be fair and charitable all around. Please.
 
mcrow said:
One good thing to take from it is at least he said that people should focus on the church and on Christ and not on him.
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I hope they do. I hope they realize that there are millions of priests in good standing with the Church - one or two of them right in their own neighborhood - it is not necessary to listen to Father Corapi. He isn’t that much better of a preacher than my parish priest, really.
 
jmcrae said:
I hope they do. I hope they realize that there are millions of priests in good standing with the Church - one or two of them right in their own neighborhood - it is not necessary to listen to Father Corapi. He isn’t that much better of a preacher than my parish priest, really.
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I agree. I’ve heard some pretty amazing priests in my diocese.
 
jmcrae said:
I hope they realize that there are millions of priests in good standing with the Church - one or two of them right in their own neighborhood - it is not necessary to listen to Father Corapi. He isn’t that much better of a preacher than my parish priest, really.
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Same here. Thanks be to God for all of his holy and dedicated priests.
 
a Few things struck me about the video:

The obvious being that his appearance has changed significantly.

his beard has been dyed and he is wearing a leather jacket, to me this just screams mid life crisis of some sort. By coloring his beard it seems he is running from his age and trying to play the part of a younger man along with the fact that he has cast aside his roman collar in favor of a sleek motorcycle jacket.

It seems Fr. Corapi is having a serious crisis of identity and comfort dealing with who he is.

Another thing that struck me is the generality in which he spoke, using very broad terms about reaching the world which I recall him saying as well as claiming to want to reach all of humanity and not just the Church. language like this suggests to me that he fancies himself as being in some sort of position where HE is this grand rebellious hero taking on the world. This was at least my impression and it was very disconcerting, because it seems that by leaving the priesthood its like he is implying that being a Priest of God was a hindrance to him and his mission whatever that is.
 
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