Rev Gordon MacRae Thanks Priests in Crisis Readers on his Ordination Anniversary
Rev Gordon MacRae Thanks Priests in Crisis Readers on his Ordination Anniversary
Dear Suzanne and Readers of Priests in Crisis:
May grace and peace be with you. Over the course of the last week since Pentecost Sunday, many of your messages were read to me and printed copies have been mailed to me.
I have not yet received them as mail to prisoners is quite slow. Once I have read your comments I plan to write again more personally.
For now, I wish to tell you how overwhelmed I am with the knowledge that so many have taken the time to read the truth and to offer prayers and Masses for me.
Today, June 5th, is the 27th anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood. I offer this day in prison and tomorrow, the anniversary of my first Mass, as a share in the suffering of Christ for the readers and supporters of “Priests in Crisis.”
A significant part of the ongoing tragedy of priests being accused from decades past is that many have attempted to use the scandal to further an agenda.
What sets “Priests in Crisis” and its readers and contributors apart is the heroic spirit of fidelity to the Church and Magisterium inherent in your words and work.
As the late Fr. Neuhaus wisely wrote,
“There are three solutions to the current crisis: fidelity, fidelity and fidelity.”
On this day in prison, on the occasion of my 27th anniversary of priesthood, I honor your fidelity to the Church and to the priesthood of suffering and sacrifice.
As a wrongly imprisoned priest, I honor your exemplary faithfulness to the corporal works of mercy.
With Thanks and Blessings,
Fr. Gordon MacRae
Rev Gordon MacRae Writes to Priests in Crisis Readers on Pentecost
Please send Father 27th Anniversary well wishes in the comments section below!
Dear Fr. Gordon,
Thank you for your 27 years of ordained sacrifice for the salvation of Christ’s beloved, and His bride, The Church.
Let us remember that some doubted St. Margaret Mary Alacoque’s locutions, and ultimately her brain itself was found to be incorrupt. At the appointed time, may it be so as well for your corporal heart.
You remain in my daily prayers,
I am deeply grateful for yours,
Sue Cifelli
Dear Readers,
On behalf of Fr. Gordon MacRae I ask for everyone’s patience. I am the person who reads his messages to him and then I print them and mail them to him in prison. He has no access to the Internet or to a computer. Mail going to and from the prison is incredibly slow – often deliberately made slower by those who might feel that inmates deserve additional punishment to be imposed by them – and sometimes mail simply disappears. I am very sorry for the inconvenience. Please know that Fr. Gordon is delighted with your responses to him and his plight, and know that each one of you is in his prayers.
Stay strong. God bless you all.
c
Father,
Many blessings on the anniversary of your ordination. May our Blessed Mother come to your side as you continue to carry your cross and console you as she did her Son as He carried His own cross.
You continue to be in my prayers.
Father many blessings for you on this most blessed day. We are so grateful for our priests and althought I realise at the moment like Jesus on the road to Calvary your cross is a particularly heavy one I pray that some moments of sweet consolation will come your way this day.You may be imprisoned in the physical sense but your soul is gloriously free.
God bless you :I will continue to keep you in my daily prayers.
I just wanted to know if you recieved my e-mail letter? And to wish you congratulations on your aniversary. I hope I hear from you soon God Bless Nancy
Father,
Congratulations on your anniversary of Ordination. Please be assured of my continued prayers.
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