This is just so very, very sad. I really loved this guys videos. There is no doubt we are all being tested. Prayers for Brian! Curiously I feel my own personal Faith is being strengthened through this Hour Of Trial. Isn;t it wonderful to see a young Catholic with such huge Faith? Especially since he is a recent convert.
I share your own feelings personally, while having little trust in the Church's ability to rightly deal with this situation and despairing a bit over a lack of justice I think also that living out our Faith is now and always has been the only thing in my vocation that I can do. My prayer life has increased and in turn my families also. This crisis has prompted me to much more seriously consider my responsibility to lead them as their head and the ways in which I have a duty to them and to Our Lord for them. If I am in despair and this is my predominant countenance those around me witness this and while there is a time for this (for me personally in private prayer mostly) I believe that we are called to rejoice in our Lord. Like I think you have said previously padraig, we don't worship the Pope, nor the prelates, we worship Jesus, in three divine persons. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Yes isn't like a hobby. You can give up gardening, or home brew or whatever, but how do you stop praying? I would probably explode. But for those for whom Faith is a ritual. A kind of Sunday habit; I don't see how they might last.
It is rather amazing. I am struggling to be holy and to be faithful. By God’s grace I am still faithful but detachment from sin eludes me. However in the midst of this Gotterdammerung happening to the Church I am relieved. I am at peace although praying for a great great miracle of restoration for the Church. It is as if a horrible festering gangrene wound is about to be cauterized. We will all feel the pain of it but it is life giving pain. I have to mention this meme I saw Referring to “what doesn’t break you makes you stronger...” It said “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Except the Marines. They’ll kill you.” It made me laugh. My son was a Marine. In the tradition of James Mattis.
