6-year-old flies to New York to help priest

Florida Catholic ^ | November 2006 | DEBRA TOMASELLI

[NYer]

Brandon Rodriguez gives his dad, Izzy, a kiss. The first-grader donated money to a priest in Brooklyn who was given a parking ticket while administering sacraments to an elderly woman.

[NYer]

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[ElPatriota]

Oh boy... a priest?... I would not leave him alone for one second!

so take it! :)

[Hildy]

Thank you for this story. I really, really needed a feel good story!

[Larry Lucido]

Cool story!

(Although Izzy needs to tell his son about this outfit called Western Union. A tad cheaper than hand delivery). :-)

[Cagey]

There was a time in New York when a "Clergy on Call" sign on the dashboard would have merited a pass by a cop on the beat. Then all of a sudden those signs were showing up everywhere just like handicap parking tags hanging from the mirrors of twenty percent of the cars I see at Costco.


Thanks for posting a good story.

[GinaLolaB]

nice cheap shot! loser!

If I were a parent I would not leave my kids with anyone.

[ErnBatavia]

The lad looks a whole lot like Elian Gonzales in the days before Janet Reno "rescued" him...

[Cagey]

Well, if you check out elpatriota's profile page you'll see there's a mission involved.

[baa39]

I had not seen one of those "clergy" dashboard signs for decades, until just a few months ago. I was intriqued because it was obviously not a priest's car. It was a purple import, plastered with feminist, earth-worship, pro-abortion, and lesbian stickers. A woman finally came out to get in the car, about 250 pounds, butch-dyke appearance (ultra-short hair, tatoo, etc). Apparently she is a "minister" at the nearby self-proclaimed church of Gaia.

This is a true story.

[baa39]

P.S., Cagey, I love your tag line! LOL.

[ElPatriota]

A response to you and the others

You are absolutely right!... and I appreciate you read my profile... I express my feelings very clearly on the church.

The Catholic Church has a lot of apologizing to do before they get back the respect of many, including myself.

Instead of keeping silence and pretending "nothing has really happened here," you - the good ones - would help the Catholic Church more if you were vocal in you disapproval.

[ElPatriota]

Loser?

Yes, absolutely... we all lost, including the Catholic Church.

[AliVeritas]

God bless this child even more.

[tiki]

For penance, you should say 10 Our Fathers, meditating and paying particular attention to and meditating on "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us."

[Cagey]

I express my feelings very clearly on the church.

Then look for a story about a Priest who admits to or is convicted of a heinous crime and don't go looking for every story about anything Catholic to crap on because that's precisely what you did on this thread.

You also say in your profile that you're over fifty. Try acting the part.

[Cagey]

LOL!

I can believe it. She's probably known by something like the "Most Reverend Ma Barker".

[ElPatriota]

...For penance, you should say 10 Our Fathers, meditating and paying particular attention to and meditating on "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us."...

Naahh... that doesn't cut it anymore :)... I used to believe it but I know better now. When people in important postitions - anywhere, in any institution - but especially on the ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH...transgress as they did.. this is actually A CRIME! hello? (negligence to the highest degree, for one), they don't deserve that kind of forgiveness... that is for you and I... regular sinners.

[tiki]

Look, we've all expressed our disgust and disapproval but there is a time when you move on. We can be ever vigilant but we can't hold on to the hatred. We give it to God.

As I told my sister the other day, stop holding on to that $hit, it doesn't help anything and it makes you stink.

When you hold on to anger it just hurts you. I'd bet your anger hasn't caused one pervert an uneasy night.

[ElPatriota]

..You also say in your profile that you're over fifty. Try acting the part...

:) Translate that for me because I don't get it? Age somehow has something to do with ______________________________________? [puzzled]