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Bishop D’Arcy, who gained national prominence for his firm stands against abusive priests and for his refusal to attend the 2009 Notre Dame commencement where President Obama gave an unopposed speech and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, died early this morning. It was the 56th anniversary of his first Mass as a priest.
For his first few years as our bishop, we could count on Bishop D’Arcy quoting from a sermon of Saint Augustine,
“The day I became a bishop, a burden was laid on my shoulders for which it will be no easy task to render an account. The honors I receive are for me an ever present cause of uneasiness. Indeed, it terrifies me to think that I could take more pleasure in the honor attached to my office, which is where its danger lies, than in your salvation, which ought to be its fruit. This is why being set above you fills me with alarm, whereas being with you gives me comfort. Danger lies if the first; salvation in the second.”
I once told Bishop D’Arcy of my dream that some day he would be a canonized saint and that a statue in his honor would be erected on the Notre Dame campus. Along side his statue would be a statue of President Obama who had experienced a profound conversion and become a defender of the right to life.
May that really come to pass.
“The souls of the just are in the hand of God and no torment shall touch them.”
Wisdom, 3:1
Bishop D’Arcy, who gained national prominence for his firm stands against abusive priests and for his refusal to attend the 2009 Notre Dame commencement where President Obama gave an unopposed speech and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, died early this morning. It was the 56th anniversary of his first Mass as a priest.
For his first few years as our bishop, we could count on Bishop D’Arcy quoting from a sermon of Saint Augustine,
“The day I became a bishop, a burden was laid on my shoulders for which it will be no easy task to render an account. The honors I receive are for me an ever present cause of uneasiness. Indeed, it terrifies me to think that I could take more pleasure in the honor attached to my office, which is where its danger lies, than in your salvation, which ought to be its fruit. This is why being set above you fills me with alarm, whereas being with you gives me comfort. Danger lies if the first; salvation in the second.”
I once told Bishop D’Arcy of my dream that some day he would be a canonized saint and that a statue in his honor would be erected on the Notre Dame campus. Along side his statue would be a statue of President Obama who had experienced a profound conversion and become a defender of the right to life.
May that really come to pass.
“The souls of the just are in the hand of God and no torment shall touch them.”
Wisdom, 3:1
