'Despair is the greatest failing'- An interview with Bishop Donald Hying

Angelus ^ | August 27, 2021 | Kris McGregor

[Marchmain]

“To turn off the television and the phone — these are probably two of the most sacred acts that we can perform for our own salvation and sanity,” Bishop Donald Hying, of Madison, Wisconsin, writes, in his new book, “Love Never Fails: Living the Catholic Faith in Our Daily Lives.”

In a world full of distractions, disappointments, and otherwise depressing circumstances, falling back on the basics — faith, hope, and love...

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Bishop Donald Hying: I am a great aficionado of St. Francis de Sales. He would be the sun; I would be a little piece of sand on the shore compared to him.

But he realized the necessity of making the faith simple, and articulating it with great love and charity. I always say that love without truth becomes empty, vacuous, sentimental. Truth without love can become harsh and judgmental. When you fuse truth and love together, you’ve got Jesus, the Gospel, the power of our Faith.

We need reminders of that, especially in the very divided environments within the Church and in the world.

St. Francis couldn’t even enter his own diocese without fear of being killed by the Calvinists. So for him to maintain his charitable heart, even toward those trying to kill him, is a testimony not only to his wisdom, but to his virtue.

McGregor: St. Francis’ time in France had literal “religious wars.” With the use of new media, we have, in some sense, “religious wars.” There are victims’ souls all over because of the conflicts caused by those who are not speaking in charity.

Bishop Hying: With social media, anyone has a platform where they can say anything. And a lot of it is calumny, and divisive, really from the spirit of the evil one.

[Marchmain]

Just say no to FB and other noisy empty distractions...

[CharlesOConnell]

Jesus had silent witnesses to His crucifixion. His own blood cried out silently for us. It was both loud, and silent.

http://www.sing-prayer.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Oh-Come-And-Mourn-With-Me-Awhile.mp3 (right click, open new window, to hear tune)

Oh Come and Mourn with Me Awhile

Fr. Frederick William Faber (1849)	John Bacchus Dykes St. Cross (1861)
1. Oh! come and mourn with me awhile; See, Mary calls us to her side; Oh! come and let us mourn with her; Jesus, our Love, is crucified!	2. Have we no tears to shed for Him, While soldiers scoff and Jews deride? Ah, look how patiently He hangs: Jesus, our Love, is crucified!
3. Sev’n times He spoke, sev’n words of love, And all three hours His silence cried For mercy on the souls of men: Jesus our Love, is crucified!	4 Come, take thy stand beneath the Cross, And let the Blood from out that Side Fall gently on thee drop by drop; Jesus our Love, is crucified! Amen.

[T.B. Yoits]

From the article: “To turn off the television and the phone — these are probably two of the most sacred acts that we can perform for our own salvation and sanity,” Bishop Donald Hying, of Madison, Wisconsin...

Two "sacred acts"?

Far, far more important is to turn off anything coming from the heretic, Communist anti-pope Frankie.

[scouter]

Bishop Hying is the one who kicked Fr. Z. out of his diocese. Just sayin’.