Isn’t it time that I withdrew from the belief that I will respect Bishop Zurek and Father Tony as “Father” only after they treat me as a brother❓
Parish Priests cannot be authentic fathers unless they are first sons and brothers; consequently, I’ve stubbornly stated, ” ‘As the Lord lives and as they live, I will not leave’ them alone until Bishop Zurek’s letter to St. Mary’s Cathedral, ‘A Reflection on Christian Life‘ is removed from the diocesan website’; however, should this ambition be the food that gives strength to my heart, or the drink which gives joy to my heart;…
…indeed it seems to me, since it lies within their power, Bishop Zurek and Father Tony, without being aware of duplicity, without humility but with detached and haughty attitudes”, have people and Sacraments canceled;…
…subsequently, I cry out, “Do not forget the poor, O Lord!“, but over the years, haven’t I in fact assumed ‘a clerical spirit’ in living out my calling in an elitist manner by cultivating an arrogant and boastful attitude towards Bishop Zurek and Father Tony with the “symptoms” being evident: “complaining”, “negativity”, “chronic dissatisfaction with what is wrong”, “irony that becomes cynicism”;…
…and so I’ve come to be reconciled with the letter remaining knowing that if I continue in my way, as “in many places, following the introduction of clericalism, where a productive parish is concentrated in the hands of a “few” has led to “the progressive disappearance of “small” parishioners, who, as a consequence of the loss of the exploited charisms and ministries, are obliged to withdraw from direct production”; accordingly, shouldn’t I withdraw before I have to state that Christ withdrew from that place as well❓