I am an apostate

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Not up until now…I am just saying what I know to be true. I think the priest is either asleep on the job or playing favorites.
 
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Not up until now…I am just saying what I know to be true. I think the priest is either asleep on the job or playing favorites.
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You need to reflect on what you are saying in this thread. None of this sounds Christ-like.
 
Mother Church would be delighted to have you back!

However, think of where this priest is coming from. You publicly proclaimed the Holy Father was wrong in a, most likely well thought out and prayerfully considered letter.

You’ve changed your mind and now demanding he administer sacraments without so much as a public proclamation of faith, all the while you could very well steal the Eucharist, for all he knows!
 
Having sex on top of the church organ…nope not Christ like at all yet he gets communion every week. I was told to “wait and see.”
 
Fine, then that’s at least off the table regarding how you know these things.
 
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That part is fine. I am upset about the two week waiting period to even go to confessiion and start receiving the Eucharist again.
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You don’t have to wait 2 weeks for that, and Father didn’t say that from what you posted. He is concerned with you wanting to read again. If you simply want to come back and receive Eucharist, then go to confession at the earliest opportunity and once absolved, you can receive Communion.

No priest is going to make a person wait two weeks to revert to the Church. You could die in that time span. Nor is it necessary to make a “formal profession of faith” just to resume going to church and receiving sacraments with no reading going on. I think you must have misunderstood him.
 
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Repent from your heart and consider that it is an act of humility to obey your priest, perhaps exactly the humility you need to atone for your sin of apostasy. I agree with others here that your expectations to be catered to are not reasonable.
 
Does your priest even know that is going on? If not, you should tell him.
 
Just curious, did you entice anybody out of the Church on your way out?
 
What made you change your mind to come back into the loving arms of Mother Church, Holy Father, and The Son of God?
 
Let me put it this way…I applaud all of you for giving my priest the benefit of the doubt. You are all assuming that he is coming at this with a pure heart and a prayerful approach. I however disagree. I believe that this whole “2 week waiting period” is simply his way of being vindictive. He’s angry that I left and now he wants me to “sweat it out.” I firmly believe that if he wanted me back at church he would have been excited to hear from me and would have set up an appointment to speak with me at his earliest convenience. Instead his tone was quite terse and sarcastic right from the get-go when I called him this morning. Not very Christ-like at all.
 
I’m trying to work out the logistics of the organist ‘boinking’ the lead soloist on the organ. How did they even manage that? It’s all a bit of a soap opera isn’t it? Anyway, don’t compare your sins to others.

To the subject matter itself, I think there has likely been a misunderstanding. Of course, you should reconcile back as soon as possible. I think the priest is talking about the lectoring. You don’t sound humble and a bit attention-seeking to be honest. I can’t believe you laid into the priest because you didn’t like/understand his response!
 
Did you offend the priest personally in your letter, or was it all about how Holy Father can’t lead Holy Mother Church and her Most Holy Spouse???
 
Well, we don’t know your priest, and of course not everyone’s perfect, even priests may have personality defects. If you know your priest to be vindictive then change parishes. This isn’t a healthy spiritual environment, if he’s denying you re-entry into communion just to be vindictive, and with the other fun that occurs at your parish and all.
 
Make an appointment with another priest at another parish and explain the matter.
 
I have read the whole post and tried to sympathize with you. You sound like a petulant and entitled person. Of course I don’t know you so I’m only using what you have posted to form my opinion. Maybe try the humble approach because you seem to be the complete opposite up to this point.
 
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