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To: AnAmericanMother

Maybe it’s because of the way this article is written, but I have real doubts about this individual’s vocation. The way he’s already complaining about trying to serve two masters... That’s one thing I like about Catholic Priests. They’re priests. That’s what they do, what they are. They aren’t family men, business men who happen to suit up in a roman collar instead of a tie with their suit before they pick up their briefcases and trundle off to work.

Another way they used to say you could tell the difference between an Episcopal minister and a Catholic Priest was how expensive their cloths looked.


15 posted on 09/10/2007 1:47:04 PM PDT by ichabod1 ("Self defense is not only our right, it is our duty." President Ronald Reagan)
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To: ichabod1
That's like somebody (wish I could remember who!) on FR who said the way to tell a Good Jesuit from The Other Kind is to look at their shoes . . . Good Jesuits have beat-up, well-worn sturdy shoes.

Most of the High Church priests I have known were unmarried and celibate anyhow.

But I don't read this quite the way you do. I think he's being quite candid about the demands of the priesthood, and it may be that his experience in the Episcopal church has brought that into focus. I can tell you that even the "low church" priests I have known have had lots of family difficulties. I don't think very many Protestant churches are candid with their ministers about the stresses and demands of the ministry and the family problems it causes.

To be charitable, he just may be bringing his prior experience to bear on the problem.

16 posted on 09/10/2007 1:53:21 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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