tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7332117297336636395.post3312835262546408149..comments2023-11-22T11:42:06.780-05:00Comments on Do Not Be Anxious: The Church of SinnersDo Not Be Anxioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607616214486933423noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7332117297336636395.post-51326520619881091352010-11-19T13:05:53.798-05:002010-11-19T13:05:53.798-05:00You hit a great point too, kam. Priests are just ...You hit a great point too, kam. Priests are just so involved in everything. Aimee Cooper's blog was always great in generating discussions. Once she commented on something similar and a priest responded from India that it is not that way there. Priests in India parishes and dioceses have an arch-deacon responsible for secular matters of the church. They are only responsible for spiritual matters. We could learn from them.Do Not Be Anxioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607616214486933423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7332117297336636395.post-51951447909821965092010-11-17T13:29:47.167-05:002010-11-17T13:29:47.167-05:00"...remove the log from your own eye first......"...remove the log from your own eye first..." As you say, priests are people, just like us. I'll tell you what I have a hard time with; when they (priests) don't take seriously or for whatever reason their vows, the way they conduct themselves as priests. I don't know, maybe I'm getting old-fashioned but if a priest is spending most of the day fixing up the grounds on the church or other such 'stuff', stuff that should be taking care of by lay people, well, somethings wrong with this picture. I can't imagine what is going through his mind. But even in these cases instead of anger, well, we must offer them the only just thing: prayer. I believe that with most priests who find themselves straying from their path, even in these small matters, it is you-know-who who works through these thoughts, to affect the way a priest lives his life. If at times we feel torment, just imagine how priests must feel. ...Virgin Mother, watch over our loving priests...kamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08248881807382198330noreply@blogger.com