It is wrong that good men like Barnes, and countless more, are pushed away as if there is no room in the Church.
That Church does nothing about the men who live double lives, or choose servile obedience, or freely hand out the Eucharist. “Cardinal Marx has left the Catholic faith. He needs to be honest and officially resign,” tweeted Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, on April 1, 2022. See the More tab entry titled Men and Women for the Marx matter. As I have said before, people are free to make their own choices and take the consequences.
I like the way Barnes talks about his vocation. Throughout life I looked for men who were learned in books and learned in the practical art of life. They are best at hearing confession, and I have found them in the FSSP. Barnes is part of a very small group. So? Better that than a comfortable company of cowards.
Hinted at was the real truth that a vocation comes directly from God. If I were the interviewer, I would have asked Barnes to talk more about his source. I never once thought about a vocation until 17. I talked about it with my parents and regular confessor, and through him the Jesuits became aware, but they did not encourage me. They kept asking me how I knew. Unfathomable question for a 17-year-old and, therefore, a stupid one.
There is a psychological component to my vocation, too, which relates to my intense love of parents. It left me handicapped, which I will not discuss here. The irony of the handicap is that it is beautiful. Handicaps are sometimes visible and sometimes not, but they are the same. The handicap is beautiful, not because I am, but because the invisible One who is beautiful gave it to me from the beginning. It is the best part of me. Everything else is an act. Maybe someday a fictional story will emerge from this reality.
Hic et nunc means here and now. Nice motto right now.
That Church does nothing about the men who live double lives, or choose servile obedience, or freely hand out the Eucharist. “Cardinal Marx has left the Catholic faith. He needs to be honest and officially resign,” tweeted Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, on April 1, 2022. See the More tab entry titled Men and Women for the Marx matter. As I have said before, people are free to make their own choices and take the consequences.
I like the way Barnes talks about his vocation. Throughout life I looked for men who were learned in books and learned in the practical art of life. They are best at hearing confession, and I have found them in the FSSP. Barnes is part of a very small group. So? Better that than a comfortable company of cowards.
Hinted at was the real truth that a vocation comes directly from God. If I were the interviewer, I would have asked Barnes to talk more about his source. I never once thought about a vocation until 17. I talked about it with my parents and regular confessor, and through him the Jesuits became aware, but they did not encourage me. They kept asking me how I knew. Unfathomable question for a 17-year-old and, therefore, a stupid one.
There is a psychological component to my vocation, too, which relates to my intense love of parents. It left me handicapped, which I will not discuss here. The irony of the handicap is that it is beautiful. Handicaps are sometimes visible and sometimes not, but they are the same. The handicap is beautiful, not because I am, but because the invisible One who is beautiful gave it to me from the beginning. It is the best part of me. Everything else is an act. Maybe someday a fictional story will emerge from this reality.
Hic et nunc means here and now. Nice motto right now.
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