What are your feelings, regarding Father Corapi?

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Sailor_Kenshin said:
Where does someone get off telling people they are Fadda Corapi ‘groupies?’

And as for me, even though I do attend Mass, go to Confession, pray the Rosary every day—I am still WEAK.

That’s why I need (and appreciate!) the constant reminders to stay on the straight and narrow: in other words, someone telling me to CHANGE.
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Thank you. Furthermore, if we ever intend to become saints, then being continually conformed to the image of God is the only option. Changing or not changing, in this case, makes an eternity of difference, and we desperately need leaders to encourage and instruct us in this. I fear for those who believe they are “good enough” and see no need to grow.

Why has God given us so many holy men and women to look to through the ages? Is it so we can say, “see, they were only human, and they also had sin?” What profit is there in shining the light on their failings? Or is the benefit instead in seeing how much they overcame, in taking courage and strength from their message, and emulating their pious behavior? You’ll notice when we remember the Saints on their feast days, we don’t spend a lot of time talking about their faults. Why? Because that would be missing the point entirely.
 
I don’t know where some of you have seen Fr. Corapi “smirk” or brag about his past and/or misfortunes!:eek: I have NEVER seen that characteristic in him. If anything, he is appalled by his past and points out his weaknesses past and present. I think he is quite humble. He has a very endearing quality in his delivery. Yes, he is forceful. But, heck, we need it sometimes. I really don’t like all the Fr. Corapi bashing going on around here. I think it’s disrespectful. I think one could just say: he’s o.k. 😉

I’ll ALWAYS be a Fr. Corapi admirer. God bless you, Father!
 
That’s funny though, Mother used to say she hated that all the books DIDN’T talk about the saints faults. She made a point of talking about each ones achilles heels so we would be able to see them more as human, then these holy saints. I liked that although Fr. Mitch joked she might have a few scowls when she enters the pearly gates. : P
On EWTN they have stressed the balance of wanting to "quench your thirst"drink up the good word and making celebrities out of the priests. It is a careful balance.
 
debraran said:
That’s funny though, Mother used to say she hated that all the books DIDN’T talk about the saints faults. She made a point of talking about each ones achilles heels so we would be able to see them more as human, then these holy saints. I liked that although Fr. Mitch joked she might have a few scowls when she enters the pearly gates. : P
On EWTN they have stressed the balance of wanting to "quench your thirst"drink up the good word and making celebrities out of the priests. It is a careful balance.
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That is all fine and good. But let us make some important distinctions:
  1. Father Corapi, Mother Angelica, et. al., cannot be declared saints, because they are still among the living. It is one matter to discuss the former shortcomings of one who has reached glory. It is another to discuss the sin of one still on earth.
  2. I have often heard a figure I admire mention his or her own failings for the very reason you mention, so that of course is fair game for discussion (within reason and in proper context). But nobody on this thread has cited any instance of Father Corapi “telling on himself,” as it were, but rather perceived or supposed sins that the viewer has somehow deduced by watching him.
  3. Rash judgment and Detraction are definite sins, and we must be careful to avoid them. Let us not presume Fr. Corapi has no sorrow for his sins (as one poster stated) or go about detracting his character by declaring things we cannot know to be true, because Father has not told us himself. If it “seems” one way to particular viewers, that is a far cry from certain knowledge. And even if it were, nobody has the license to go around spreading news of another’s sin.
 
I’m not sure what you mean…that poster shouldn’t have said he wasn’t sorry (he doesn’t know his heart) but it is easy to assume sometimes.
Father has talked about his life before, the stars (Elvis. Baluchi, etc) the guns, parties, etc. He talked of his stubborness, not wanting to change, his demons. He talked of his desire to leave when the scandals hit (VERY honest) how he missed the adoration and nice letters, smiles, etc. Now he had hate mail, scorn, people grabbing their kids in the airport…He said, “he had it good” before. No one is saying that’s bad, that’s human and he was honest. He had a taste of his past life in adoration/attention and then it left. Now it’s getting better again (thankfully) Those “faults” for lack of a better word are his honest words and portrayal, not ours. I think it makes him more “real”.
 
Jimmy_B said:
What are your feelings, regarding Father Corapi’s style or approach? Pease be nice; no personal attacks on Father Corapi! If you believe in tolerance and a need to be charitable, then this belief should apply to everyone, including Father Corapi. I don’t want to know what you think about Father Corapi. I want to know what you think about his “approach” or “style”.

Do you believe that one approach is better than another?

My question here, has to do more with a particular style, or approach and not with any particular person. I have used Father Corapi here as an example, because he and his style is fairly well known.

I ask this question, because I believe that the truth remains the truth, regardless of style, approach or, the person “telling the truth”….The truth is the truth!

Your thoughts?
http://forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=125340
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He’s awesome!!!👍
 
He’s a good priest. I like him. A little gruff at times, but nice. Military has a way of sharpening the edges on your corners.
 
Being a firm pastor does not mean being a grouch.

The idea you get it grouchy.

The saintly pastor knows how to be diplomatic and ppsychological with an audience.

I just observed his talks out of curiosity. He uses sensibility like the “charismatics” do but in the extreme opposite.

While charismatics scream and dance to make you “feel” loved and that you love God, Fr. Corapi tries to make you “feel” strongly about sin and gets you all riled up and even makes you think about Hell.

But it all stays in the feel.

Girolamo Savonarola-ish.
 
I have no idea what all that means but I actually LIKE Fadda yelling at me.
 
What I wish Father would do (with the help of grace from God) is reach out to the ones that don’t come in some way. I know he wants to hit teens/younger adults. I know they wont pay, so it would have to be free or paid by someone else. Many priests like Fr. G and others don’t charge for coming or the club charges 5.00.

When I watched him a few times with my teen daughters, they said it was embarassing (their words,not mine) when they panned out over the crowd and they all were seniors or at least in their upper 50s’. He made a comment about “the sea of white” about the hair (or lack of it)that “they knew the truth, they just wanted more”. He said once that he loved them but wanted to reach the ones that wouldn’t come, the ones that wouldn’t buy a ticket. I think, “if” he ever feels better, he should not just do the big events, but smaller church run events, colleges…(even Yale had a chastity speaker) make it part of another music event…something. I know most young adults wouldn’t pay 45.00 to see him or go with their mommy’s…but they need it much more in someways than the older ones that already love him, just want “another shot in the arm”.
Im like that, when the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal come nearby, I love to hear them if I can, but as Fr. G said once, talking to just older middle-age and seniors is getting them ready for death…the young, making most of the mistakes need to hear it too. His group does free talks all over NY and I know of some in CT and other states he has done. Theology on Tap had him here recently and a lot of young adults came (plenty of advertising)
Maybe, just maybe, a Catholic school, college or event will have him there to talk about not the catechism, but getting by in today’s world without selling your soul…not even just for Catholics, but anyone wanting to live a moral life. I think he would be good at that and it would be challenging, which he would, I think, love.
 
debraran:

I think you’ve made a good point. I think Fr. Corapi talks to mostly older people (for lack of better description) is because they are the ones that really are interested and will hand down the faith to their kids - hopefully. I know myself, firsthand, that when I went to speakers from the Church (when I was a younger) that there were hardly ANY people my age. I think the younger kids are in the minority, which is too bad. If Fr. could attract enough younger people to one of his conferences, that would be great, though!

Good point!
 
I love Father Corapi. He does scare the heck out of us though doesn’t he? Good for him. He keeps us on our toes. We need more Father Corapi’s in this world. It would be a better world with his kind of ministry.

I agree he is a bit gruff, but priests should be. Otherwise, people would just go around doing as they want and taking ‘sin’ as something very casual and unimportant. Father sure knows how to get to the heart of the matter.

Father loves to tell his past history of being even worse then St. Augustine and how he was miraculously converted through his mother’s many rosaries over the years. His is truly a story of miraculous conversation similar to that of St. Paul.

Praise God for the Father Corapi’s and Father Groeschel’s of this world. Thank you Lord.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hEKnyJpzYE&feature=related


Check these vids out. Tell me. Skip around, do you see a lot of gray hairs?

Doctrine, even when orthodox, does nothing without grace.
Screaming at people with a tendencious smile does not usually bring a lot of grace. Though, the American public having a slow CPU time but never losses a bit of data, what he says sticks to the head and upon reflection might excite a conversion.

But mostly it is sensitivity, just that instead of charismatic it is more conservative.
 
Pro_Domina said:


Check these vids out. Tell me. Skip around, do you see a lot of gray hairs?

Doctrine, even when orthodox, does nothing without grace.
Screaming at people with a tendencious smile does not usually bring a lot of grace. Though, the American public having a slow CPU time but never losses a bit of data, what he says sticks to the head and upon reflection might excite a conversion.

But mostly it is sensitivity, just that instead of charismatic it is more conservative.
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It was through Father’s graceful screaming that Amy B. began her ministry and mission of St Luke’s Mercy Mission in Buffalo. She and Norm gave everything up, sold their stuff and bought the whole block and now tends to the poorest of the poor in downtown Buffalo. Now ask me if I would not love to help?:cool:
 
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