James 4:4
"... whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God."
Wow! Now that's what I call "speaking truth to power". Not exactly what the libs who coined that phrase had in mind though. I hope Fr. Jenkins takes Fr. Miscambles arguments to heart!
God bless Fr. Miscamble.
It's heartening that there are priests like this teaching at Notre Dame. I've been told by others in the know that there are now substantial numbers of faculty at Notre Dame like this priest, and that there is real hope that the university could again be a Catholic standard-bearer.
We should pray for Fr. Miscamble and Fr. Jenkins.
An excellent letter, clearly addresses many salient points, with no waffling.
One word immediately leaps into my head when thinking of so many in positions of power in the US Catholic Church and academia in particular; "compromise". They have turned Jesus from a sign of contradiction into a sign of compromise. Compromise with the world.
As Fr. Miscamble intimates, Jenkins has simply sold out. The temperature became a little to hot for him and he melted. Period.
Pray for these men that they may have the courage to withstand peer pressure, scorn and the contempt of the world.
Outstanding! Note to Benedict XVI: There will soon be a man dispossessed of his teaching position at a well-known university in Indiana, USA. I believe he will make *excellent* bishop material! May I suggest his installation in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles after your inevitable removal of the Cardinal-Archbishop currently ensconced there? The American Church needs this man to be elevated to a place of prominence!
>> You put forth the position that “an event which has the implicit or explicit sponsorship of the university as a whole, or one of its units, or a university recognized organization, and which either is or appears to be in name or content clearly and egregiously contrary to or inconsistent with the fundamental values of a Catholic university, should not be allowed at Notre Dame.” <<
Too bad; this was a brilliant position statement on ncensorship, as it parallel's the left's arguments on why religion must be banned from the public square (with the exception being that the public square was never intended to have an anti-religious purpose as Notre Dame has a religious purpose.)
Excellent letter, which I predict, will have absolutely no positive effect on Jenkins. I hope I'm wrong.
Notre Dame is getting better, just not all at once. The best news I've heard is that the Theology department came out against the VM.
Tuesday of Holy Week
"We have grown accustomed to make a clear distinction between Peter the rock and Peter the denier of Christ - the denier of Christ: that is Peter as he was before Easter; the rock: that is Peter as he was after Pentecost, the Peter of whom we have constructed a singularly idealistic image. But, in reality, he was at both times both of these... Has it not been thus throughout the history of the Church that the Pope, the successor of Peter, has been at once Petra and Skandalon - both the rock of God and a stumbling-block? In fact, the faithful will always have to reckon with this paradox of the divine dispensation that shames their pride again and again." (Pope Eenedict XVI)
Magnificat; Holy Week 2006 - Vol.8, No. 2; pg 65
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