The Dwight Longenecker of the internet is not the same guy as the priest I know... I mean he is the same guy but it sounds like two different people. Should I be graced to attain eternal life, Fr. Longenecker will be partly responsible. I'm a rad trad and he knows it, yet he didn't let that stop him from exercising his priestly duties in the confessional in a manner that I can only call miraculous.
He was also trained to say Mass by the pastor of this parish so it wasn't as if he was dropped directly from Anglicanism into Catholicism without any preparation.
Thank you for that testimony based in reality. I think it’s worth 10 blog posts about him (or anyone). At least.
I don’t know him at all, and if all I had to go on were accounts like the OP I might be inclined to regard him with contempt. It’s all too easy to get into theoretical debates about what people think someone said rather than what was actually said and done.
I’m reminded of this thread I just read before this one. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3180381/posts
We all need to be careful to not take anyone’s word or conclusion about another at face value, if it’s not based on experience. In any setting. Actual experience trumps theory every time.