Priests and the Laity
It is hard to pick an 'appropriate' topic among the Forums.
I believe that there may be more than one appropriate forum. To begin with I chose Church Leadership. Other possible forums for my general topic could be Diocesan Life, Justice and Peace, Spirituality and Culture, and Everything Under the Sun. What is troubling is the 'news' of Fr. Marek Bozek. I sympathize with him and the parishioners of St. Stanislaus. The article in the February 22, 2008 National Cathiloc Reporter was an all inspiring story, well written and worth prayers from anyone and everyone. My most basic comment about the events that surround Fr.Bozek's supposedly deflocking can be anyone's nightmare, especially if one is Catholic. I think it is hard to imagine how life was in Poland during the earlt part of the 20th century, and post WWII leading up to the Communist control over one's spiritual and temporal life. There must be strong evidence for people of St. Stanislaus parish, and Fr. Bozek, to compare the old government of Poland to what the rule/magistratium of the Catholic Church. If only there was an univversal(ism) about governance in the church. One could also consider the horrors that has occured (and still is occuring) in Centeral and South America among the marginixed Catholic faithful. An option for the poor is one way to look at the story. The 'poor' being not only materialistically poor with the poorest living conditions like in Calcutta, but a spiritual poverty tht reaches far beyond, or inwardly a person's soul. I just wish and pray that the goverance of St. Stanislaus parish can be reconciled so that all parties concerned can have a mutual understanding and sharing of the gifts that of the people, rather than dismissing them from receiving the sacraments because of their "preception" of financial management. Being Christain and Catholic can be a "freeing" experience or an shackling experience.
I humbly ask for any comment on my short essay. If anyoen is interested in and how I came the above statements, I would share with you my my Catholic educational and spiritual experience as an MTS graduate of a Jesuit College.
God bless all, and especially the people of St. Stanislaus, including Rr. Bozek.
Respectfully,
annrob-Ann Roberts
There is only one kind of
There is only one kind of Love, Christ's Love, which desires Salvation for everyone. The only way to Salvation, is Christ's Way, the Way of The Cross. Marek Bozek has turned from the Cross. He has put his way in front of Christ's Way and is leading many astray. As Catholics, we believe in the Word as it has been revealed to us in the Trinitarian Relationship of Sacred Tradition,( oral as well as written ) Sacred Scripture, ( the Canon of Scripture as defined by the early Fathers of the Church ) and Magisterial Teaching ( which includes God's chosen leader in this period of History, the Holy Pope Benedict XVI, Defender of Truth ). One can not subsist without the other. Wherever Sacred Scripture is, there too is Sacred Tradition and the teachings of the Magisterium. Marek Bozek is disobedient to Christ's Church. The Holy Pope John Paul would never approve of such blatant disobedience
We are all called to develop Healthy and Holy Loving friendships in Relationship and Communion with God. Some of these relationships will further develop into the Covenant of Marriage. This Marriage Covenant with God only exists between Husband and Wife. Sexual love only exists within this Marriage Covenant which is Blessed by the Authority of God. ( "What God Has joined together let no man put asunder."- Matthew 19:6 ) Marriage between Husband and Wife is what GOD intended.
The authority and power of the Church to teach Religious Truth comes from Christ and has been entrusted to the Magisterium. This task of interpreting the Word of God authentically is entrusted to the Pope and all Bishops in Communion with him. The Pope has authority over all Bishops as well as each and every Catholic. This is not a matter of opinion, it is a Fact.
P.S. Just so you know, all you who gave me o's, you can't debate a truth. For the sake of honest dialogue, I think all of us should state which Church we belong to. I am Catholic, how about you?( you as in acoolmom 007, Peter Ellwood, mlou and butterfly? ) This is a good time to remind those of you who are Catholic, of the oath of fidelity you take every time you recite the Creed.
WEll, much as you know how
WEll, much as you know how much I hate to get into this conversation, anne, do you realize that the pope doesn't even have the authority to step in and pastor a parish? All your TRUTH and FACTS notwithstanding, canon law is somewhere else on this issue of authority. In the Roman Catholic Church anyhow...
To "follow Jesus" means to
To "follow Jesus" means to personally share his religious faith and to enter into the spirit of the Master's life of unselfish service for humankind.
One of the most important things in human living is to find out what Jesus believed, to discover his ideals, and to strive for the achievement of his exalted life purpose.
Of all human knowledge, that which is of greatest value is to know the religious life of Jesus and how he lived it.
I was wondering AnnieD, what’s the Magesterium or any of your other authoritative sources say about these ideas. Does it say anything about the value of the life that Jesus Lived for us. We all know about the value of His Death to us. But what do the authoritative sources say about the value of how he lived his life? What about His life of unselfish service for humankind? What about Fr. Marek's unselfish service for his sisters? What do these sources say about these acts of support by men and women priest to one another in preparing them to bring "the Way of God" to the people of God? How about this AnnieD. I don't know how you think the bible stacks up against Church authority but consider this anyway, it's supposed to be the Word of God or at least the Gospel of Jesus as spread by His Church in the early days.
Acts 18:25 - This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John
Acts 18:26 - And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly
What about Priscilla AnnieD? She as a Priest equivalent, is instructing this equivalent of a priest, Apollos, in "the way of God more perfectly." And Aquila and Paul are supportive of her doing that. Should the Archbishop persecuting Fr. Marek Bozek excommunicate Aquila retroactively for supporting his sister Priscilla the equivalent of today's women priests? If the archbishop did that at least he would be consistent in threatening to do the same to Fr. Marek. Can you quote anything from the Magisterium of any source you name, to back up your words, that would justify treating Aquila or even Paul the way they are treating Fr. Marek Bozek?
Peace be with you AnnieD. Your brother in Christ. May Christ's Love guide us in "His Way".
The more we discover how much we are Loved by God, the more we want to do God's Will
Joer, your patient and
Joer, your patient and persistent care is heartening. Thanks for demonstrating the humility of Lent.
The Rev. Dr. E. McCoy
"If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness ..." (Isaiah 58)
Thank You Rev. You are very
Thank You Rev. You are very kind. I too have enjoyed the fruits of your posts since the first one I read some time ago. Your are truly a leader in the cause of God and the Truth of Christ.
Bless you Rev. and all here at this site. :-)
The more we discover how much we are Loved by God, the more we want to do God's Will
Annedanielson, What is that
Annedanielson,
What is that oath of fidelity?
OK I'm not Catholic as you
OK I'm not Catholic as you define it. I'm one of the 35 million lapsed Catholics, and by the way, I'm not really happy about this. But explain something to me annedanielson. In your post above you state the only love is Christ's love which desires salvation for everyone. Explain to me how the actions of Archbishop Burke demonstrate that he understands this notion of Christ wanting salavation for everyone. Here are some facts about St. Stanislaus:
The parish property was deeded to the polish laity of St. Stanislaus by Bishop Kennick in 1891, (after the laity had bought the property and built the church) and has never been under the control of the diocese. The laity have always to some extent or another supervised the operating expenses of the Parish, although day to day finances were handled by the assigned priest--when they had one. The parishoners noticed discrepancies in the books with the last assigned priest they had and were told they were not entitled to an internal audit of the operating account. They appealed to the diocese and then the can of worms opened.
They have rejected proposals from the diocese in which Archbishop Burke has guaranteed their existence as a Parish, because he will not guarantee the security of the church property itself. (Parishes can be transferred or melded with another parish without losing their status as a parish.) St. Stanislaus sits in a part of St. Louis in which property values are skyrocketing, and would make a useful piece of collateral for the diocese, not to mention a great deal of money if it was sold outright. The governing board is hugely skeptical of the motivation of Archbishop Burke to attempt to change the parish's property ownership status when no previous bishop has seen fit to pursuit this issue. The board actually offered a lease to the diocese for the legal minimum but this was rejected by Burke. This whole thing is now and always has been over money and property and who controls it.
So we have excommunications for the board, now the priest they hired, and apparently anyone who attends Mass will be committing a mortal sin because of Fr. Bozek's status. Of course, the diocese denies they ever denied the parishoners of St. Stanislaus the sacraments in abruptly pulling diocesan priests. After all, the parishoners could always go somewhere else. Great pastoral care that, but when it comes to obedience, nothing else matters. Especially when the disobedience is denying an Archbishop access to lucrative property, especially when that archbishop maybe facing expensive pedophile settlements.
If this is how the teaching authority defines the love of Christ and their interpretation of how He desire salvation for all, I will continue to be a lapsed Catholic and write from the disenfranchised margins.
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Anne, I have no desire to
Anne,
I have no desire to argue with you. I think your argument is with yourself and I wish you well as you decide what the Spirit is asking of you. The popes and bishops remain human, subject to sin and error. Infallibility is a doctrine with a very narrow range. I feel we are all Church and I am trying with my community to hear His voice.
Simply Brilliant! From the
Simply Brilliant! From the heart & honest. You really are *way cool*.
The Rev. Dr. E. McCoy
"If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness ..." (Isaiah 58)
Simply Brilliant! From the
Simply Brilliant! From the heart & honest; you really are way cool!!
The Rev. Dr. E. McCoy
"If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil, if you offer your food to the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness ..." (Isaiah 58)
" I think your argument is
" I think your argument is with yourself " Hmmm, Well I would have to say that sometimes I do get a little bored but I have yet to have an argument with myself. I can only hope that if I ever do, I will at least be civil to myself that is , if I can figure out, which is myself and which is myself.
Actually it is very easy to
Actually it is very easy to set up an argument with yourself. First one assigns parts to 'me', 'myself' and 'I'. In my case, 'me' takes the conservative position, and argues it with 'myself', who always has the liberal position, and 'I' listens, mediates, and drinks tea. Then 'I' does all the writing, after having integrated both perspectives. 'I' usually decides in favor of 'myself', but with the understanding that 'me' did have a few points.
I do this practicing golf as well. In that case though, 'me' has a much better shot at winning, although it frequently winds up in a tie.
colkoch.blogtoolkit.com
That was good one Anne. LOL.
That was good one Anne. LOL. :-)
Thank you for your patience and tolerance of those who hold opinions different than yours. That fact that your hold an alternative opinion that is representative of a Conservative traditional position lends itself to the expression of those who hold opinions that they feel meet these traditional standards in other ways.
Without your position if would be difficult to extract such good expressions of their opinions, as those made in response to your posts. God Bless You Anne and may God be your constant companion.
The more we discover how much we are Loved by God, the more we want to do God's Will
I too support Fr. Marek. We
I too support Fr. Marek.
We have all lived that story. It has been too many years of not having a voice because we are lay, let alone being female. Too many years of a new pastor coming in and destroying all the people built, in order to make a parish "his". Too many years of a new bishop coming in with a need to make proclamations but no need to listen.
Fr. Marek is a voice crying in the wilderness. Is there no one left to hear?
I sympathize with Fr. Marek
I sympathize with Fr. Marek Bosek and the parishioners of St. Stanislaus too. Thank you for posting this and thank you National Catholic Reporter for reporting this story.
It is interesting to me that Archbishop Burke decided to pull the excommunication card out rather than to try to relate and communicate as a fellow Catholic and Christian with Fr. Marek Bozek and the Polish laity in charge and the entire congregation of faithful. Burke's actions seem very desperate and uncharitable, to say the least. I will not be saying the least here in this post about this however.
It seems the laity at St. Stanislaus Kostka have already set a precedence since they were running the Church for 200 years by themselves all those years. I can understand why they would disagree with Burke after all of these years.
Burke would not have a leg to stand on in a secular court in trying to validate the true ownership of the Church and the legal authority of the laity to run it as they have for 200 years. He simply does not have legal title to the ownership of the property as far as I know. His desire for the property sounds like an eminent domain issue not unlike any secular business minded person would want to do for financial reasons. But I know that is just the underlying sin here.
I am strongly of the belief that Fr. Marek is not against the Church, but acted in response to a need in the Church by this congregation who was left by Burke without a priest for two years. I believe Fr. Marek was doing the right thing and he followed what Jesus would have done in the way of resolving the problem of the parish in being without a priest. He was doing his Christian and Priestly duty for his people in the Church. That he also blessed the Womanpriest is good too! We know Burke is not happy about this, as well many a right wing conservative would not, but I believe the Angels in heaven are singing in the highest Praise to the Lord that someone down here finally went to that parish and had the capacity, compassion and love enough to understand the calling as coming from the true Jesus Christ.
Here now, the Church of St. Stanislaus Kostka had been in existence for 200 years and run by the laity for all of these years and the Archbishop decides it is against canon law all of a sudden? It does not appear to be against any of God's laws for the laity to run the Church for all those years though! I have to wonder why Burke began to pull this Canon Law card out against this Church? It must have had something to do with the dismal amount of priest recruits and the dwindling funds in his diocese to take such a drastic step? I wonder what his original motives were?
While the obvious is to call Burke a Pharisaic type and Fr. Marek Bozek represents the true spirit and truth of Jesus Christ, what of the other priests in the diocese? ... And what of the other priests in the nation, and in Poland, Europe, Africa, and all over the world? Fr. Marek asks this and now I am asking this: "Where are the other priests? For God's sake, how much longer will they compromise themselves?"
I would hope and pray that Burke and others will come to their senses by putting on the mind of Jesus Christ and stop the canonical power-mongering threats of kicking Jesus Christ and His servants out of the Church.
I know to expect a 0 from certain people who frequent this website just to tear people apart like me with the ridiculous summations and the idea and notion that Jesus Christ is some canon lawyer they need to defend. I gladly accept it from them and anyone else who seems to think that they are above Jesus Christ and his commandment for us "to love one another as I have loved you." If the Church continues on this pathway of more of this type of inquisitional story of Fr. Marek Bozek being defrocked and more womenpriests being excommunicated, and Churches that the laity have run for 200 years being left without a priest if continued to being run by the laity, I really see no future at all for the Catholic Church. Burke is giving the Church a death sentence in his current stance against Fr Marek. The Church esteems itself on being the 'one true Church' while it makes a mockery of people who act like Jesus Christ in stories such as this; a continuation of an Inquisition, when an Archbishop decides he can be on a ego trip and denegrate the children of God who are serving the Lord like Fr. Bozek and the laity running a Church for 200 years. This is not a Church that I would want to associate myself with further if it continues on this path of selfishness and dehumanizing tactics to get its way over others or for more assets. It is just amazing to me the stupidity and stubborness that exists in this world, but when it seeps into such depths into the Church's leadership and their response is so cruel and inhuman in situation after situation that I keep on hearing, I will have to leave it to the devises of the wicked and to the ultimate wrath of God. I will not monetarily support such a Church that continues to engage in this type of hypocrisy and inquisitional tactics. I would not honor the sacraments in a Mass given by such a priest or Archbishop or any other priest that supports such fascist and self-serving methods.
Where is Jesus Christ in this story? He is in Fr. Marek Bozek, a simple loving priest from Poland. Who is he up against? The powers of evil that drain the very life and love out of the Church.
Regarding the Oath of
Regarding the Oath of Fidelity to Christ's Church that we recite each time we say the Creed:
I,( We ) believe...in ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC and APOSTOLIC CHURCH.
ONE- Christ Has Founded ONE Church and His Desire from the beginning is that we are all ONE Church.
HOLY- The Church that Christ Has Founded is HOLY, despite the fact that some have broken their covenant of Fidelity and brought scandal to His Church. He is with us now, as always, and will continue to be with us to the end of Time. No Power exists that can destroy His Church.
CATHOLIC- The Church is Universal. Christ instructed His Apostles to make Disciples of all Nations. Salvation is available to all that desire it. Christ Desires Salvation for all.
APOSTOLIC- The Catholic Church is the only Church that has a direct, unbroken, chain of succession to Christ and His first Apostles.
The Church is a THEOCRACY, it is not a Democracy.
Perhaps, your understanding
Perhaps, your understanding of oath and fidelity are different from mine.
I believe that believing these words of the creed to be true does not oblige us to unquestioningly follow every managerial decision made within the institution as if it were on par with Christ's teaching. How money is managed within the Church has nothing whatsoever to do with holiness, oneness, universality, or apostolic succession. These qualities, which we say we believe about Christ's church, have to do with conveying the word of God legitimately, though not even exclusively.
It is in fact the case that for centuries European families with ties to royalty maintained private facilities in which Catholic clergy from time to time presided over Eucharistic celebrations. A community made up of people of Polish descent have established a facility in which Catholic clergy may preside, though they cannot demand that the local bishop appoint a permanent priest to do so.
If the bishop chooses not appoint a permanent priest on the grounds that he claims ownership of this property on behalf of the Church, then it appears that the bishop has broken his vow of fidelity to Christ's church whose mission it is to bring Christ's teaching to the world.
The Church isn't a
The Church isn't a theocracy, anne, it's a church. Theocracy refers to political governance of a nation. Now, Vatican City is perhaps a theocracy, I don't actually know, but I would guess it's as much a managerial governmental system as it is anything, being rather small. Why don't you find out for us?
There is also a parallel
There is also a parallel story to this one, only the players are vastly different. Tom Monaghan and his Ave Maria town are in a similar situation with regards to the bishop of Venice. Monaghan built a 24 million dollar church (he calls it an oratory) with the intent of making it the centerpiece and parish center of Ave Maria town. Unfortunately for the developers, they never recieved written permission to build a church from the diocese. There are now questions of canon law as to whether it will ever be dedicated unless Monaghan turns it over to the diocese.
The issue is the same as it is for St. Stanislaus, laity can not own or run their parishes, nor hire their own priests. It will be interesting to see how this one plays out, and I for one hope Monaghan gets his dedication while maintaining control of his oratory. He may not intend it, but he would set a huge precedent which should certainly benefit less wealthy parishes like St. Stanislaus.
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I'd like to acquire this
I'd like to acquire this place and turn it into a forum for experimentation with the creative management of the Sacred Space. Art , Music , Dance and Architecture could be in a continual flux to demonstrate the potential for optimal experience at worship in an ecumenical context. If it were closer to Orlando the theatrical resources would be more exciting. I visited a ' House of Blues ' venue and was very impressed with the setting of beautiful rustic spirituality.
Beauty is not opposed to truth. It is simply truth in its most attractive form.
It's an interesting design
It's an interesting design for a Church. I have a photo of it on my blog and the person who took the photo describes the sanctuary as looking like a meeting place for the Jedi council. It's a pretty apropos description.
colkoch.blogtoolkit.com
Annrob, thanks for starting
Annrob, thanks for starting this thread. I wanted so badly to comment on anything written about this cover story this week because I so readily identify with this young priest and the plight of this parish.
As I was reading this story of Fr. Marek, I was reliving so much of my own journey, I had to take a break. That feeling of having to go in front of an arrogant prelate and justify one's existence and call to work with the marginalize is scandalous. We need more Fr. Mareks and we need more priests and laity ready to CHANGE!!! If Barack Obama can run a platform with that word plastered everyone, so can we. (As long as we aren't accused of plagarism!) We need a Catholic Revolution. The Voice of Faithful and those brave priests of Boston who signed that petition calling for Bernard Law's resignation should have been the shakeup that triggered a tsunami in the Church.
How can we show not only our supportive words, but also brave actions for this priest?
CHANGE!!! YES WE CAN!
Thank You AnnRob and all
Thank You AnnRob and all here for your support of Fr. Merek Bozek. It gives me hope to see Christ’s Love expressed by you and so many here as Love for your fellow human being, support of your church and being the Change that’s needed while following and living God’s Will.
AnnieD wrote: There is only one kind of Love, Christ's Love, which desires Salvation for everyone. Amen Annie, what a beautiful and moving thing to say. And how wonderful to recognize that at this time when so many people are forgetting that “everyone� includes “Christ wants salvation for Father Marek Bozek and the Women Priests he supports and all there supporters as well as their DETRACTORS.
You also said AnnieD, “The only way to Salvation, is Christ's Way,� what a wonderful truth to share with us here Annie. So many people get real confused around this truth Annie. On another site with people of all faiths I had an interesting exchange between one person, KP, who was insisting that people had to be Christian and learn about Jesus to be saved. Here’s a few excerpts of that conversation.
So now I’m ready to see if I can show you an understanding of things from these quotes that shows the inclusiveness of our all loving God as taught to us by Jesus, by God through the prophets, by the Holy Spirit and other God knowing teachers.
Tony wrote, “A friend of mine explained that "I am the way" statement another way. If you think of "Jesus Way" as the only road to God.� This is pretty close to what I’m getting to.
Jesus said something like, “Every soul who enters upon the eternal way by the means I have created and ordained shall be saved and will be able to go on to the attainment of the eternal pastures of Paradise.�
Kp said, “Jesus is the Way�... those religions MUST shed light on the Way to the Father,
Joer wrote, And that's what Jesus taught. It only matters that you know and love God and your fellow human being as God loves us. Such is the path to Light and life. (the two greatest commandments)
OK KP I believe these four statements contain the kernel of truth that Jesus has taught us is the most import. “The Way� You said yourself, Jesus is “The Way�. Jesus called it the “eternal way� I have created. Tony went on to illustrate thinking of “The Way� as a road to God called “Jesus’ Way�. I defined “The Way�, Jesus’ Way as he taught to us: . “It only matters that you know and love God and your fellow human being as God Loves us. Such is the path to Light and life.� So if the path to God as Jesus taught us is “loving God and your fellow human being�.
Than you said , “those religions MUST shed light on the Way to the Father.� So if those religions teach their adherents to “love God and your fellow human being�. And that is synonymous with “the Way� and that is synonymous with “Jesus�. Then these religions without ever teaching or mentioning the NAME Jesus, are in reality teaching them “Jesus’ Way� The way to God. They are coming to God through Jesus (The Way) without ever knowing or mentioning the human name of Our Creator Son Jesus.
So you’re right when you say they have to come to God through Jesus. But if you think they need to believe in the human Jesus or hear of him or even know of him by that name Jesus, they don’t. They just have to come to God by His WAY. (“loving God and your fellow human being�). Then Jesus sent out his apostles to teach others, “The Way�. But they and/or their future generations of teachers got confused and started teaching Jesus was the way. Rather than teaching “The Way� And that’s how Christianity became a religion about Jesus instead of a Religion about his Gospel (THE WAY TO GOD). Whoops.
And thus what I said, Jesus' position will be known to ALL in due time. (even after they pass through Physical death) But it is not necessary to alienate a brother or sister if they don't recognize Jesus as their Savior. He is (“The way�) weather they know it or not.
So when you say:
Christianity sheds the most light on that Path to the Way, you might get objections to that because your putting Christianity ahead of other Religions in terms of teaching, “the way�. And that’s not necessarily so. And it’s not important weather it is or not. What’s important is “The Way�. We should focus on “the way� and not the religion.
And when you say:
and since Jesus Himself said that you must find Him (Jesus) first because He is the Way, then maybe they just have a longer road to travel before they find Jesus. They don’t have to find Jesus at all. They only need to know “The WAY� If they know the way they do know Jesus they just don’t know they know Him yet.
Does that make sense KP? That’s why the thing Arc brought up about the strange teacher who taught “The Way� but not in Jesus name. And Jesus told the Apostles who didn’t like that to let him be. Because he was leading souls to God. And that’s why Jesus said he had other flocks besides us (Christians) So they (the apostles) would understand they didn’t have to be Jews or Christians to follow “The Way�. As long as they are following “The Way�, they are in reality going to GOD through Jesus even without knowing Him because He IS “THE WAY�.. And if they know “The way� they know Jesus in His Essence not His Name. Peace my brothers and sisters.
Now I'm curious AnnieD, you talk about the Trinitarian Relationship of Sacred Tradition,( oral as well as written ) Sacred Scripture, ( the Canon of Scripture as defined by the early Fathers of the Church ) and Magisterial Teaching ( which includes God's chosen leader in this period of History, the Holy Pope Benedict XVI, Defender of Truth ), as if you're quoting them. But you're not quoting them. You give us your words and perspectives and then mention these References as if your words were contained within them. But they are not AnnieD. Your words are not verbatim form these authoritative references you mention as if to authenticate your words.
I would much rather see the words from these authoritative sources you mention for my own edification of understanding personally the meaning that is presented there in rather than relying on your perception of their meaning.
What do these sources say about, “The only way to Salvation, is Christ's Way.� I'd be curious to see exactly what they say about "Christ's Way".
We all talk about it like we know what it is. But what do these sources say it is. "Who do you say I am?" Is Fr. Marek following "Christ's Way" By Loving His fellow human beings (The Women Priests) the way that God Loves Them?
The more we discover how much we are Loved by God, the more we want to do God's Will