Nobody panic. You don't panic when you see how dirty your oven is.
If you move into a place with an oven (or you get a new oven delivered) you are probably aggrieved if you find it dirty, but you don't forswear baking just because someone screwed up. Indeed, you are lucky if you checked inside the oven before the house filled with the smell of baking grease. However, since you ignored those who said to check and the house is now full of smoke, the thing to do is open the windows, get a bucket, scouring powder, newspapers and a strong brush, and get to work cleaning.
Is this a sad and bad situation? Yes. Did it wink into existence simply because we found out? No. It's been going on for years. But now we know the small t-truth and hopefully knowing will set us free.
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DeleteA very good assessment of the situation. I certainly hope the cleaning process is expeditious and thorough. Do you think there is anything we as lay Catholics should be doing to help besides prayer?
ReplyDeleteFasting. If your bishop is complicit, think about how to give money to your parish without giving to the diocesan coffers (e.g. earmark it for the roof). Encourage anyone you know who dropped out of seminary because he couldn't stomach the immorality there to come forward to Catholic media.
DeleteOh I love this as an image. I am comforting myself of late by 1) remembering the wonder of what Christ has done for me, a poor sinner and 2) reading a lot of St. Catherine of Siena, my favorite intellectual and holy heroine of the 14th century)
ReplyDeleteBeen having troubles posting on the new blog for some reason. Anyway, I am actually glad this is coming to the light, and for once we can see how all these people link together. Much prayer is needed, but I look forward to your blog being a little refuge from the nastiness going on.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I am trying to keep the nastiness out. I am in bathed in it for 10 hours a day or so, so I need the break myself.
DeleteGreat job with the reporting. It's really nice to read actual journalism.
ReplyDeleteNew blog looks nice too. Hope I'll have time to peek in once in awhile.