tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post4440910524787180428..comments2024-02-24T12:12:53.249-05:00Comments on Catholic in Brooklyn: The Father Z Saga: Part IICatholic in Brooklynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02714284710110785019noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-18059404393740639992012-12-25T13:36:52.131-05:002012-12-25T13:36:52.131-05:00I had been a Father Z. regular for years and learn...I had been a Father Z. regular for years and learned much from his commentary. But I started to feel that he was becoming more inflexible to com box replies (as is his right), increasingly ask for donations and travel. I then grew in my doubts and since he has linked up with Voris, I very seldom visit his site anymore. I am not punishing him, as if I could, but feel that I don't fully trust him now and doubt his motives.<br /><br />b.<><St. Bruno's Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01098781206660302586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-2599753179354912502012-12-24T07:27:02.990-05:002012-12-24T07:27:02.990-05:00Good reminder. I haven't prayed for him eithe...Good reminder. I haven't prayed for him either but now I will.<br /><br />Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08481730297658525937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-47738475998631888642012-12-23T21:58:09.509-05:002012-12-23T21:58:09.509-05:00I hope I am not "up against this priest."...I hope I am not "up against this priest." Father Z is not my enemy. But he is in what can be a very dangerous position for anyone. He has the adulation of literally tens of thousands, maybe more, and that can give anyone a big head and cause him to forget what his real mission is. Father Z was put where he is in order to save souls. Let us pray that he remembers that at all times. That was the reason for my posting. <br /><br />My DH asked me this morning if I pray for Father Z. I have to admit that I have never actually mentioned him in my prayers. I think that is something we all have to do.<br /><br />May you and your family also have a blessed and holy Christmas. <br />Catholic in Brooklynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714284710110785019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-7537486734753321822012-12-23T20:21:21.488-05:002012-12-23T20:21:21.488-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08481730297658525937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-42966914145448078942012-12-23T19:09:55.216-05:002012-12-23T19:09:55.216-05:00You have b-lls! I really admire your moderate, rat...You have b-lls! I really admire your moderate, rational arguments and being willing to go up (I hate to say) against this priest. I am fascinated by the whole blogging phenomenon and as one comboxer on another site posted "I am going to get the popcorn now" and watch this unfold. Seriously, you make some really good points and people who live in this glass house called the internet need to be really careful about letting their emotions and whims override their intellect and consistency. Very interesting. I suspect your blog will get a lot more hits soon enough....I will pray for you to stand strong and stay grounded even though I don't agree with everything you write. I myself am pretty uncomfortable with the rush to canonize certain recent popes but I am going to be very slow to attribute such canonizations to nefarious Vatican plots to entrench modernism. I actually need to research the whole question of when is the Holy Father (whom I just had the privilege of standing five feet away from twice in Rome recently!) infallible. For example, we know from history that there were some really bad popes (my father left me a book with that title). My puny understanding tells me that they did some pretty rotten stuff but that eventually the Church rights herself from any possible errors...Like St. Catherine of Sienna lambasted one pope for moving out of Rome I think. I just have a feeling (that I need to research) that popes can make errors even in doctrine (?) but the Holy Spirit eventually corrects the ship of the church.<br /><br />Anyway,I think human nature is weak enough that the wisdom in waiting a few hundred years to make anyone a saint maybe should not be jettisoned. But I should post my response to this on your other post about this topic. Happy Christmas, gotta go to mass now!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16162322582159721157noreply@blogger.com