Seriously? I think these things are exceptions rather than the rule.I have attened mass at at least a dozen churches and found nothing but ordinary pious people and priests worshiping God.
Thanks for posting this information from Fr. Corapi’s superior. I had seen on another thread that Fr. Corapi’s superior had asked him to return to living with the community, but didn’t see a source cited.
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” Thanks for backing me up with your experience.
C’mon. Only one should be enough to “stir people up.”
Sedonaman, if you get a chance, then try to get a copy of this book. What Fr. Corapi experienced was a private revelation, and that is not really indicative of holiness or divine approval. Especially, since private revelations can indeed be misinterpreted by those who received them. I can say the same thing about Fr. Groeschel who wrote this book. He owes his entry into the priesthood, because St. Padre Pio mailed a letter to his superiors asking that he be given another chance. Padre Pio did not even know Fr. Groeschel personally, and they had never met. That still doesn’t mean Fr. Groeschel is a living saint. The same can be said about Fr. Corapi. People don’t become saints until they get to Heaven.
By the very nature of his job and story, there was never anything ordinary about this priest.
My gosh. “Put up or shut up”? The man suggesting he’s using cocaine should bet his house or put up $100,000 and give it John Corapi if it the test comes back negative? “Not once did the church lift a finger to help me”? “Over a hundred thousand dollars in medical bills above in insurance.” and church didn’t help him but he’s “not bitter”. He believes certain persons in position of authority are the enemy of the Catholic church -none the less you (we) should love them and obey them… I used to love Fr. Corapi. I’ve seen him speak at conferences, and I own video of some of his talks. I find nothing priestly about his words. Deeply troubling to say the least…just very,very sad. I hate to say this but it seems he thinks far too much of himself instead of being a servant of Christ. That’s what his words speak to me anyway.
And thank you for reminding us.
Sometimes God writes “with crooked lines”. We have not heard the end of this.
Well, I am not for sure why I wrote that, besides justifying the fact that I wasn’t that big of fan. Typed it quickly, and only meant to say that might explain his lack of appeal to me; as opposed to me saying I had any negative thoughts about him. I never did, I respected him a lot.Kind of amusing, since he has always considered himself a ‘man’s man.’
But I will admit that he respects, admires women greatly – for many personal reasons, such as his mother, and his Mother.He also sees how much women are living an active spiritual life in the Church.
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But that is not what happened here. Corapi was not “cut loose” to fend for himself. His order initiated an investigation into serious charges against him, which is the responsible thing to do. He blocked the investigation by suing one witness and threatening to sue others if they talked to investigators. Then he quit - effectively ending the investigation. He was not “cut loose”, he cut himself loose. His order has said they wanted to talk to him, to keep him in the order, and to get to the bottom of the allegations. His actions have prevented any of those from happening - not anything the bureacracy did.
Mark, I noticed that Father’s speech starts out mechanical and then becomes very slurred and erratic. Also, at times you can hear paper rustling as though he is reading his mp3 address. Did you also notice this?
That may be. As I said, I’ve no knowledge of the case other than what I’ve read here. But he did say that he was advised by both his civil lawyer, his canon lawyer, and a bishop, that he had no chance of a fair investigation. Apparently, by waiving his lawsuit, he would forgo any attempt to clear his name of defamation.
Yes, indeedy he is! I guess you could say these kind of things are exceptions depending on where you are in the country, or what diocese. I have had some very strange things go on in my own home parish, however. Maybe not as strange as a female corpus or crystals in the holy water font, but practices that were definitely not condoned and in fact are frowned upon pretty big time by the Church.
