tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post4822598037135622141..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: A Priest Foreverelena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-50633311757571740822007-11-07T13:21:00.000-05:002007-11-07T13:21:00.000-05:00To "deseree." You poor dear. I am so sorry, but I ...To "deseree." You poor dear. I am so sorry, but I hesitate to publish your inquiry concerning such an intimate and sensitive matter. If you wish for my advice, please email me.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-89389780463539849452007-11-06T12:39:00.000-05:002007-11-06T12:39:00.000-05:00I agree.I agree.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-68610635048203376552007-11-06T12:26:00.000-05:002007-11-06T12:26:00.000-05:00A man who is married to a woman has the obligation...A man who is married to a woman has the obligation and duty to practice chastity and purity of mind, body and spirit. He should not have lunch meetings with a female associate alone, should not have his female co-workers in his office alone with the door closed, should not socialize with them outside of work, etc. The minute he thinks he is immune to his "lower nature" is becomes prey to the wolf of lust and inordinate desires. <BR/><BR/>Likewise a priest has the same duty to closely guard himself against any and all impurity, to avoid the near occasions of sin and temptation. This would have been avoided had this priest carefully guarded himself. Priests can fall pray just as men do. <BR/><BR/>Both situations, a husband or priest are failures in keeping vows made before God. We are all weak and vulnerable to such temptations and much prayer is needed to guard against them. But we must also keep in the front of our minds our duties to guard and avoid even the appearance of scandal and God's grace will suffice.Sanctus Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06189142564821094716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-41993035532316436172007-11-05T13:12:00.000-05:002007-11-05T13:12:00.000-05:00Sorry, I am not publishing any Anonymous comments ...Sorry, I am not publishing any Anonymous comments on this post. It is too confusing for the readers. It makes the discussion too hard to follow if too many people are Anonymous.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-6087110402025614472007-11-04T01:08:00.000-04:002007-11-04T01:08:00.000-04:00To Anonymous who accused us of heaping "opprobrium...To Anonymous who accused us of heaping "opprobrium" on Father Francis: No one is doing that. If devout people experience shock and surprise when a good priest defects for a woman, we have the right to share our thoughts and feelings with other Catholics.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-4051004137918781582007-11-04T01:04:00.000-04:002007-11-04T01:04:00.000-04:00The mistakes of a priest, or for that matter anyon...The mistakes of a priest, or for that matter anyone or any organization, should not affect one's on personal quest for holiness and seeking a relationship with God. Priests have all the same temptations we have, that is why they constantly ask for our prayers. The vows of the Priesthood do not exempt them from assaults on their body, soul and mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-2364450311719944832007-11-03T20:23:00.000-04:002007-11-03T20:23:00.000-04:00I sense that I'm in the definite minority in regar...I sense that I'm in the definite minority in regard to this scandal. Because I mistrusted this man's vocation the very first time I saw him and saw how he tried to act 'cool' for the cameras and 'hip' for the teenagers out in the viewing audience. I saw him as a walking time bomb because he was in the world and of the world. There was no sense of boundaries or proprieties. I often wondered how the order decided that he would be a good candidate for the religious life. This is like a divorce and worse because it's a vow made directly TO God. "Discerning a vocation" is what you do before becoming a religious, not after. I believe he like so many others has been infected by the spirit of our times which denies that men and women are different and that certain proprieties are to be observed in male female interactions. I will pray for him, and I really hope he won't betray our Lord in this way. It's wrong. And may the Lord have mercy on him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-11685041591084045232007-11-03T15:31:00.000-04:002007-11-03T15:31:00.000-04:00Terry's right, Dymphna's advice is great! At one ...Terry's right, Dymphna's advice is great! At one time, this advice was known and followed by EVERYONE, but nowadays folks seem to think that prudence, modesty and chastity are wild and radical ideas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-53587106739802258562007-11-03T12:33:00.000-04:002007-11-03T12:33:00.000-04:00Thanks for the lonk. Gosh - Dymphna has given gre...Thanks for the lonk. Gosh - Dymphna has given great advice.Terry Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09819523933502820341noreply@blogger.com