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In some other posts people have been discussing some of the strange and weird stuff some Nuns get into, like reiki, wicca, labrynths, Native American spirituality etc. Also the priest who gives questionable advice about masturbation, ABC, etc. Both folks who have “jumped the tracks.”
It seems to me that there are problems with some nuns and priests who before Vatican II happened were basically held in very dependent relationships, i.e. treated like children by those in authority. As a result a common reaction upon being set free was to jump the tracks. Some just left the convent or the priesthood, some stayed on but were wounded such that they built their own little Church. Most younger priests I have known don’t seem to have this problem, but some of those in my age group, about 60 and older, can be really off the wall in religious practice, morality, and authority.
I think it is a breed that is dying off, but meanwhile a lot of lay people are being led astray because they still have the old attitude that if there is any question,“Ask Father.” Unfortunately that is not always a good idea. There is also a strong lay segment which has reacted to the “ask Father” syndrome by becoming their own authority and no longer look to the Church for truth. They have managed to infect their children, now in their 20’s and 30’s with the same contagion.
I suppose the appropriate music would be that played by Cornwallis’s troops after they were defeated in the War of American Independence, “The World Turned Upside Down.” Is there any hope that soon we as a people can be back on track?
It seems to me that there are problems with some nuns and priests who before Vatican II happened were basically held in very dependent relationships, i.e. treated like children by those in authority. As a result a common reaction upon being set free was to jump the tracks. Some just left the convent or the priesthood, some stayed on but were wounded such that they built their own little Church. Most younger priests I have known don’t seem to have this problem, but some of those in my age group, about 60 and older, can be really off the wall in religious practice, morality, and authority.
I think it is a breed that is dying off, but meanwhile a lot of lay people are being led astray because they still have the old attitude that if there is any question,“Ask Father.” Unfortunately that is not always a good idea. There is also a strong lay segment which has reacted to the “ask Father” syndrome by becoming their own authority and no longer look to the Church for truth. They have managed to infect their children, now in their 20’s and 30’s with the same contagion.
I suppose the appropriate music would be that played by Cornwallis’s troops after they were defeated in the War of American Independence, “The World Turned Upside Down.” Is there any hope that soon we as a people can be back on track?