[Brian Kopp DPM]

hope-ping

[history_matters]

me hope-ping too.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Great article. Rebirth always emerges out of death. I truly believe we will see some wonderful times and great saints and mystics after this ugliness passes.

[Aquinasfan]

If one is ordained and in this situation, there will always be some quiet corner to which one can go and where one can quietly serve, and by patient, humble, quiet service gradually rebuild the reputation and put back together the shattered pieces of one's useful ministry.  Not to realize that this is what is called for is evidence of a breathtaking personal impoverishment.

This quote and this entire article is right on the money.

One delightful irony in all of this is that the media, in its hope of destroying the Church by bringing these crimes to light will in fact only make the Church stronger. The media is doing the right thing for the wrong reason. But in the process they will help to cleanse the Church, something the hierarchy has been unwilling to do.

Indeed, this is a time of grace.

[pegleg]

let's you and I get on with it -- the wonderful privilege of living our Catholic Faith.

AMEN!!!