Fr Corapi's Ministry....

[whatevergirl]

That always bothered me about his site too…all sell, sell, sell. I know they need money, but it seems “cheesy”. (Even the emails.) And you get so many if you sign up!
But after mulling it over, I realized I didn’t have to buy anything, there were other sites, EWTN, Franciscan Friars of the Renewel and many others, I could get spiritual help and give when I can, but wouldn’t feel like I was giving to a tele-evangical site.

If you want Fr. Corapi’s conversion story for 1.00 (or more if you would like to give more) the Mary Foundation at www.catholicity.com has a CD. I got his and about 3 others which were good.

I have received cd’s from Mary Foundation–Father Larry Richards’ talk about the mass, etc…very good! I love that website. I wonder how they can afford to offer these things for such low prices?

 

[kage_ar]

well, actually it’s $205 for 32 CDs… $6 each!

Where is the head smacking DUH smiley

 

[newbetx]

Where is the head smacking DUH smiley

THis one?:doh2:

 

[Shoshana]

I have heard Father Corapi speak at 3 conferences and they were well worth crossing the boarder and spedning the night. It was intense for sure. He speaks the Truth and could not care what people think of him. He is a holy man and spends hundrends of hours before the Blessed Sacrament before each talk.

When I went to his last one in Buffalo, he said his goodbyes. He said he loved each and everyone of us…he said he didn’t know us but then he does. He said we will catch up in heaven. I cried and cried like a baby!!! The only presence that I cried like this was John Paul 2 in Rome and I coul donly see him from such a distance (from his apartment window) that he was only about an inch tall!!! I felt his presence and cried intensely also!!!

Both men are holy in my book and ALL of CDs are worth the money. He is redundant at times…can’t blame him for that.The second conference i was at he was taping the Come Home CDs.

What impressed me also was that he had 6 bodyguards around him at different places as he received a death threat in Buffalo. I guess this is common with him. And these were big bruisers!

He is not in it for the money…he receives nothing from any parish or the bishop. His overhead is quite high. He has to protect himself because of the many malicious lies about him. Women charging him with molestation, etc…

God bless you Fr Corapi…will see you in heaven, God willing!

 

[punisherthunder]

I would gladly work for Fr Corapi as a bodyguard if he needed one.

People who attack or make threats to priests are scum. How low can you get?

 

[MarcoPolo]

Oh, and as for Fr. Corapi – I don’t believe he receives anything from the Church. IOW, he relies on his sales (mainly internet) to eat, if I understand correctly.

This is correct.

 

[debraran]

He has women charging him with molestation?? I heard about the bodyguards, especially after a law suit he was part of (sueing a doctor) but jI thought that would ebb a bit in time. If he isn’t alone with a woman, I can’t see those charges being very lucid.

I remember him saying though, it’s hard…you are alone too much with a man, “you’re gay”, a woman, “you’re having an affair”. You can’t get crazy about it.

 

[Shoshana]

He has women charging him with molestation?? I heard about the bodyguards, especially after a law suit he was part of (sueing a doctor) but jI thought that would ebb a bit in time. If he isn’t alone with a woman, I can’t see those charges being very lucid.

I remember him saying though, it’s hard…you are alone too much with a man, “you’re gay”, a woman, “you’re having an affair”. You can’t get crazy about it.

You are right on what you said. But it is the death threats that concerns him…he has said these threats probably come from some mentally unbalanced people…but not all are.

 

[peary]

**The use of bodyguards is an interesting phenomenon.

I remember a “healing priest” who came to a large parish in San Antonio and had at least eight bodyguards surrounding him as if he belonged to some type of Mafia organization. When I see things like that, that little antenna at the back of my head begins to quiver and I know that something just isn’t right in the whole matter.

Lo and behold, when the front doorbell rang, and we opened the door, there was Bishop Flores all by himself, no bodyguards, very humble and meek. He greeted us and we let him in. He attended because he was concelebrating a Mass with this healing priest. But I thought, here is the shepherd of this entire diocese coming to this event humbly, and then there is this cult-personality priest who needs bodyguards.

It makes you wonder sometimes.**

 

[AlegreFe]

AlegraFe, I think you misunderstood me. I said that I would have been very surprised to hear that there was actually anything amiss. So, you shouldn’t have told me “shame on you for thinking like that about a priest.” You were presuming too much about what I was thinking.

The part to which I am referring when I said “shame …” was to this:

HOPEFUL_IN_UK:

How does he appear any different than an evangelical huxter?

 

[Angelino]

I know I will bring down a rain of criticism on myself but I have all kinds of buzzers go off about this priest. He is a good speaker and may be a wonderful person but I just get weird vibes from him. Especially when he spoke of the time he wished some kids in an audience would have to " suffer" - he says he prayed they would suffer - because he felt they weren’t listening to him with proper reverence. After I heard that I decided there is no way a truly loving, humble holy person would ever do something so wicked.
I, also, saw a photo of him on the internet smiling over a huge white bear that he had just killed - it was a bloody nightmare and he was enjoying himself to the hilt. What was the purpose of doing that? I think God’s creatures have a right to live as we do and that we should live in harmony with them except in cases of HAVING to feed oneself or ones family lest they go hungry.
I put no human being on a pedestal and 'think its very naive and foolish to do so - and its a good way to get hurt as they will almost always disappoint you in the end.
Remove the rose colored glasses and see people as they really are - warts and all - no one is as perfect as some of you folks seem to think he is - no one.

 

[Shoshana]

I have no illusion of his ‘bad sie’…I am pretty ripe in years. And I have read many books of Saints and it would’ve have been wise not to get on their bad side also. Even Fr Groeschel, who comes across as humble and meek, well, I have been to his conference also. And he has nasty side also…

Nonetheless, we paint the Saints’ pictures like they were holy from the get go. St Therese had great emotional problems and depression, St Ignatius was a miserable old coot…but God uses them for the spreading of his kingdom. And when I read the ‘nasty side’ of Saints, it encourages to keep on going as I have my own ‘nasty side’ I need to work. It is the working on that, that makes us Saints. And just some Saints have a nastier side than others…

This does not deter me to point out that Fr corapi is on the path to holiness, if he told these kids this, well, maybe they needed to hear. it The problem today is the political correctness of our priests who do not want to hurt other peoples’ feelings…at the expense of their souls. These priests will have to give an accounting of their bad preaching…the Barney-style tip toe through the tulips style…Popularity counts anymore…

 

[AlegreFe]

AlegraFe, I think you misunderstood me. I said that I would have been very surprised to hear that there was actually anything amiss. So, you shouldn’t have told me “shame on you for thinking like that about a priest.” You were presuming too much about what I was thinking.

I can’t read your mind. I was going by what you wrote. The part to which I am referring when I said “shame…” was to your quote right below in bold red. I’ll even put my quote here so you can click to go back to my original post and see it for yourself;

How does he appear any different than an evangelical huxter?

Shame on you for saying such things about a Catholic priest. Where is the respect?

HOPEFUL_IN_UK:

That said, I don’t think you can actually say “So-and-so is a very holy priest and to even question anything they do is wrong.”

If you can point me to where I said he was a holy priest then I will believe that I said that. No where in any of my posts did I ever say he was a holy priest. I never said he was a holy priest. When I think of “HOLY” I think of Father Benedict Groeschel. He doesn’t think he is holy and that is one of the many reasons I think he’s holy. When I think of Father Corapi the word “holy” does not come to mind. He is bold, yes. He is honest, yes. He cares about us, yes. He prays the rosary every day, yes. But “holy,” no that does not come to mind.

HOPEFUL_IN_UK:

He certainly strikes me as a very holy priest. I believe he has a special charism from God to evangelize. That’s why I was at his web site to begin with.

Yes he does have a charism to preach and that is where his boldness comes in and the fact he does not care what people think of him when he preaches the truth.

HOPEFUL_IN_UK:

I just think that his website is a little disappointing - there is very little content on it. It’s all merchandise.

The merchandise speaks for itself when you hear it.

HOPEFUL_IN_UK:

That the money goes to his order is perfectly A-OK with me. Didn’t you see where I said that?

Then why go on and on criticizing his website and questioning his motives?

HOPEFUL_IN_UK:

Why did you read what I wrote in such a selective way?

I read every single word you said. Why don’t you read your own posts again?

 

[AlegreFe]

I think you should stop pre-judging Fr Corapi. If he were to read what you wrote, he wouldn’t be very happy. In fact, he would outright reject it. Unless you have first hand, personal knowledge of him, I would counsel you to stop inflating who he is.

I am NOT inflating who he is. I am only stating facts that come right from his own mouth. Have you seen ALL his talks? Have you heard everything he ever said in public? I have all his DVDs and CDs. I could open up a Fr. Corapi video and audio library with what I have. I only state what he says himself with his own lips.

I’ve heard him over and over again saying that he loves us and that he prays for us and that he places us in the Immaculate Heart of Mary. I’ve heard him say over and over again that he “doesn’t give a rats you know what” about what people think or say. That comes right from his own mouth. Nothing of what I said about Father Corapi is made up from my mouth, it’s all from what he has said throughout the years that I’ve heard him.

 

[Shoshana]

When I think of “HOLY” I think of Father Benedict Groeschel. He doesn’t think he is holy and that is one of the many reasons I think he’s holy.

I have met Fr groeschel aalso…and he has his bad side for sure. At the conference I went to he said ‘stupid catholics’ about 9 times. He wants to write a book about ‘stupid Catholics’…He is cantakerous and negative. He can even be mean…

But…That does not deter me that this man is on the path to holiness…he has his own issues to deal with just as Father Corapi and the rest of us. I hold both of them pretty high on the list. But since i have met both, one is not better than the other. You can listen to Fr Groeschel’s tapes about 15 years ago and he was yelling…just like Father Corapi. Well, I think we need at times to be yelled at. I have no problem wiith that…

And Father Corapi never called Catholics…some of them anyway, stupid.

 

[He_Man]

I know I will bring down a rain of criticism on myself but I have all kinds of buzzers go off about this priest. He is a good speaker and may be a wonderful person but I just get weird vibes from him. Especially when he spoke of the time he wished some kids in an audience would have to " suffer" - he says he prayed they would suffer - because he felt they weren’t listening to him with proper reverence. After I heard that I decided there is no way a truly loving, humble holy person would ever do something so wicked.


I, also, saw a photo of him on the internet smiling over a huge white bear that he had just killed - it was a bloody nightmare and he was enjoying himself to the hilt. What was the purpose of doing that? I think God's creatures have a right to live as we do and that we should live in harmony with them except in cases of HAVING to feed oneself or ones family lest they go hungry. I put no human being on a pedestal and 'think its very naive and foolish to do so - and its a good way to get hurt as they will almost always disappoint you in the end. Remove the rose colored glasses and see people as they really are - warts and all - no one is as perfect as some of you folks seem to think he is - no one.

So basically, you don’t like him and most others do? So what? Don’t try to convince people why NOT to love someone unless you have some serious evidence to the contrary.

And who said he was perfect?

I don’t believe he actually said he hopes kids would suffer, so let’s drop that unless you have some proof. I have heard most all of his CDs and DVDs and read transcripts of many of his public appearances. He has never said anything closde; HE HAS SAID he hopes our youth can avoid the suffering and mistakes he went through. And look at who attends his talks typically; there are hardly any children in his audience anyway, unless it is a major conference.

And since when is hunting, legally, immoral? To my knowledge, the Church doesn’t forbade it, so long as it isn’t wasteful.

You may not like hunting, but that doesn’t make it wrong for a Priest to do.

 

[AlegreFe]

I have no illusion of his ‘bad sie’…I am pretty ripe in years. And I have read many books of Saints and it would’ve have been wise not to get on their bad side also. Even Fr Groeschel, who comes across as humble and meek, well, I have been to his conference also. And he has nasty side also…

Nonetheless, we paint the Saints’ pictures like they were holy from the get go. St Therese had great emotional problems and depression, St Ignatius was a miserable old coot…but God uses them for the spreading of his kingdom. And when I read the ‘nasty side’ of Saints, it encourages to keep on going as I have my own ‘nasty side’ I need to work. It is the working on that, that makes us Saints. And just some Saints have a nastier side than others…

This does not deter me to point out that Fr corapi is on the path to holiness, if he told these kids this, well, maybe they needed to hear. it The problem today is the political correctness of our priests who do not want to hurt other peoples’ feelings…at the expense of their souls. These priests will have to give an accounting of their bad preaching…the Barney-style tip toe through the tulips style…Popularity counts anymore…

Yes you are so right about Father Groeschel. Meek, humble and yes sometimes bold. I wouldn’t say nasty however. But bold is good if you want to get the truth out. Father Corapi is bold in a different way. But I wouldn’t use “nasty” to describe them. Perhaps not very tactful at times but not nasty.

I also have a lot to work on as far as my being bold in a “telling it like it is” kind of way. I ask God for graces when it comes to that. Many many years of being that way is hard to change. God has worked even harder on me these past 3 years though and I thank Him for that. I still have a long way to go though.

We all need to pray for our Priests so that they can all be on the path to holiness.

Well I’m off to go see Steve Ray tonight at Holy Cross Church, can’t wait!!

 

[Shoshana]

I just paint-brushed the not so nice side of them or ourselves as ‘nasty’ to try to make my point. I, too, need work in the very same area as you! But that does not take away our striving on the path to holiness…

 

[He_Man]

I just paint-brushed the not so nice side of them or ourselves as ‘nasty’ to try to make my point. I, too, need work in the very same area as you! But that does not take away our striving on the path to holiness…

And if you doubt that, just ask St. Augustine…

 

[AlegreFe]

I just paint-brushed the not so nice side of them or ourselves as ‘nasty’ to try to make my point. I, too, need work in the very same area as you! But that does not take away our striving on the path to holiness…

Yes this is true. Only God can change my bold ways. I still want to be truthful and honest about my faith but in a more compassionate way. Boldness I guess has its good side sometimes with certain people because certain people need it. But for the most part, I know I need to be more loving to my neighbor. Like St. Paul says, lets run this race to the finish! :clapping: We have to strive for holiness!