I Disagree With Fr. Corapi! Or A Cry For Help?

Is Father Corapi Wrong Or Is This A Cry For Your Help?

Sometimes the comments we get are gut wrenching. When someone honestly shares their heart breaking story, it can be very emotional and yet a grace filled moment. Let me introduce you to Bobby. After you read this, can you please do me a little favor by helping out Bobby with my request at the end of the post?

Bobby left us comment. One full of sorrow. He questions the comments Father Corapi left us in Father’s Christmas message to us. To refresh you here is the post. Bobby’s comment centered around this Fr. Corapi message.

This year approach Christmas as you would approach the Christ Child himself – with reverence and with thanksgiving. Allow nothing to rob your joy at this precious time. Sadness has no place in reality, true reality, for the Word has become flesh and dwelt among us. Humanity and divinity have been joined in Jesus, now come to us as an infant. In the cold winter of human hearts there is often no room at the Inn for the Holy Family. Make room in the warmth of your heart for the infant King the Lord of Lords and King of Kings.

Bobby’s comment:

In most cases, I will agree with Father Corapi. But I keep going back to “Reality demands that at Christmas we will to be happy, after all “A Child has been born to us!”” Christ was born, and a Child has been born to us. Over two months ago my wife and I’s firstborn died during childbirth very suddenly and unexpectantly. In our case, a child was born to us, but it was not to last.

We are joyful for Christ and His gift of salvation, but heartbreak and sadness is still prevalent. I don’t think my wife chooses to be sad, and despite her best efforts and staying close to the sacraments, she doesn’t cry at night because she is happy, but rather it’s because she is sad, and completely heartbroken. I am doing a little better than her, but I am not exactly happy either, and there isn’t a day or moment that goes by that I don’t think about how Mary Catherine will not be with us this Christmas.

Some people should be happier during this time, but in reality, suffering still occurs, and happiness sometimes is not possible. To say that sadness has no place in Christmas or any other time is taking a wide brush to paint something that isn’t reality.

Here is my simple request from you.

Can you leave Bobby a comment?

Maybe a voice of encouragement
How about a comment of something related that has happened to you and the results God has given you
Can you share in more detail what Fr. Corapi is teaching us

But most of all . . .

Can you share what prayers and sacrifices you are willing to make for Bobby and his family? Could you? Even if you don’t normally leave comments, can this be the exception? We want well over 100 comments. Will you do your part? Can you post this on Facebook or your website?

THANK YOU!

God bless you all!

John Quinn

I am one of the few Freepers who think Father Coriapi is a flashy preacher, but not a holy one. There is no “good” way for a person to comfort the pain of a lost child. The pain is terrible, and the only religious comfort one can extend is that they will meet their child one day in Heaven. As for sadness and sorrow: In the old days before Vatican II, we had a weekly novena to Our Lady of Sorrows. She lost a son, and knows how such a person feels.
Instead of "flashy," I think I would use the word [overly if that's possible] heartfelt. Did you read this post: This Thanksgiving, give thanks for what you have?

And although you mentioned there was no good way to comfort one who lost a child, you went ahead and stated *very* good ones.

I love Our Lady of Sorrows. What type of novena did you say? Currently my husband and I are saying One Hail Mary for each sorrow while concentrating on it. And then I found this wonderful link online that includes Latin, which I'm trying to learn (well, sort of) through the Missal during our TLM: Our Lady of Sorrows. I've added it to our Rosary site.

To Bobby,

I cannot express to you the sorrow that I feel for you and your wife. It is okay for your wife to feel such sorrow. She will heal with time. My husband cried for a very long time over his Mother’s passing. To lose a child though in such a way is beyond heart wrenching!

Just be there for her like you already are. You should pray together as much as you can. I suggest praying a Rosary together as often as possible, especially when it looks like you or your wife are suffering the most.

“It will get better!” Just hang in there. However, if your wife doesn’t start to improve, please reach out for help.

All of you are in my thoughts and prayers!

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