What It’s Like
- Read these letters sent to Opus Bono Sacerdotii mostly by priests. They allow us into their hearts and minds as they suffer through this wintertime of the Church.
- Follow this imprisoned priest’s fight to clear his name and expose abuse payout scams.
- Read Carol McKinley’s blog as she uncovers the shameful treatment of our priests.
- Follow this “chartered” priest’s dark night through his series of posts, Living in the Catholic Gitmo.
- Listen to Fr. Benedict Groeschel on How to Deal with Injustice on a Personal Level
If you have been unjustly removed from ministry,
know that you keep good company.
John 16: 1-4
1 I have said all this to you to keep you from falling away. 2 They will put you out of the synagogues; indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. 3 And they will do this because they have not known the Father, nor me. 4 But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you of them.
John 15: 18-27
18 If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also. 21 But all this they will do to you on my account, because they do not know him who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 He who hates me hates my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 It is to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’ 26 But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness to me; 27 and you also are witnesses, because you have been with me from the beginning.
John 6: 67-70
67 Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also wish to go away?”
68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life; 69 and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”
70 Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?” 71 He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was to betray him.
John 16: 20-33
20 Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.
21 When a woman is in travail she has sorrow, because her hour has come; but when she is delivered of the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a child is born into the world. 22 So you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
23 In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father, he will give it to you in my name. 24 Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
25 “I have said this to you in figures; the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures but tell you plainly of the Father. 26 In that day you will ask in my name; and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you; 27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from the Father.
28 I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.” 29 His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly, not in any figure! 30 Now we know that you know all things, and need none to question you; by this we believe that you came from God.” 31 Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe?
32 The hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, every man to his home, and will leave me alone; yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. 33 I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
John 33: I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.
Related posts
Articles
Selected Blog Posts by Fr. Arthur Joseph
I believe the time has come to challenge Bishops, Priests, Laity, to look at the repercussions of the Dallas Charter and the abusive way in which priests are denied due process, the poisoned atmosphere where allegation becomes fact, where indeed, though not as visible as the one in Cuba, we have within the Church our own Gitmo. Throughout the world those priests condemned to life in this Catholic Gitmo numbers in the thousands. ~ Fr. Arthur Joseph
Living in the Catholic Gitmo: 1
Living in the Catholic Gitmo: 2 – A Three Day Reflection
Living in the Catholic Gitmo: 3 – A Blessed for those denied due process
Living in the Catholic Gitmo: 4 – A Post for Suffering Priests
Living in the Catholic Gitmo: 5 – Towards the Thin Place
Living in the Catholic Gitmo: 6 – Crawling Towards the Thin Place
Out of the Swamp of Darkness – scroll down
Administrative Leave Issues
The Civil & Canonical Rights of Roman Catholic Priests in Boston by Carol McKinley
Fr. Christopher Buckner Support Blog
Catholic League July/August 2009: Due Process for Accused Priests by Fr. Gordon J. MacRae
The Father Gordon MacRae Case Site
Priest sues bishop, fellow priests over harm to reputation by Rachanee Srisavasdi
Priest in Exile: Fr. Joe Baca & the Fresno Diocese
Now where do I go to get my reputation back? by Diogenes of Catholic Culture
Diocese says book by suspended Baraboo priest should be destroyed by Capital Staff Writers
On the Removal and Transfer of a Parish Priest by Auxiliary Bishop Porteous of Sydney
Fr. Eduard Perrone on Opus Bono Sacerdotii
“Nightline” Guilty of Injustice and Hypocrisy by The Catholic League
Helping Accused Priests is His Calling by Sue Ellin Browder
Ousted Priest Wages Battle to Clear Name, Return to Ministry by Gail Besse
Collared-Falsely: Not Every Priest is Rightly Accused by Rod Dreher
Accused Priests Given Unique Right of Appeal by Simon Caldwell
Fighting Back, Accused Priests Charge Slander by Sam Dillon
What to Do with the Priests in Chicago by Amy Welborn
Persecuted Priests: A Growing Problem in US by Mary Ann Kreitzer
Some Canon Lawyers Say Due Process Limited for Accused Priests by A. Bono
The Protection of the Canonical Rights of Priests by Msgr. Michael Higgins
Due Process for Priests by Walter R. Hampton, Jr.
Bishops Must Give Priests Due Process Says President of Priests” Council by Michael Kelly
Due Process for Accused Priests by Msgr. Harry J. Byrne, JCD
U.S. Cardinal Says Priests Are Denied Due Process by The New York Times
Priests Want Due Process by Gary Stern
Due Process for Priests? by Brian D. Sabin
Abuse Survivors Finding Peace
A Victim’’s Defense of Priests by Terry Donovan Urekew
True Healing from Abuse Starts in the Heart by John Everett
Loneliness
Identifying, Resolving Loneliness in Priestly Life by Richard P. Fitzgibbons
Reform of the Renewal
Liturgical and Sexual Abuses by G.C. Dilsaver, PsyD, MTS
Priests and the Importance of Fatherhood by Paul Vitz & Daniel Vitz
The Sacred Priesthood by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
The Gay Priest Problem by Fr. Paul Shaughnessy
Priestly Identity: Crisis and Renewal Part 1, Interview with Fr. David Toups
Priestly Identity: Crisis and Renewal Part 2, Interview with Fr. David Toups
The Real Reason for the Vocation Crisis Part 1 by Fr. Michael P. Orsi
The Real Reason for the Vocation Crisis Part 2 by Fr. Michael P. Orsi (See Pt. 4)
A Crisis of Saints by Fr. Roger Landry
The Priest: Icon of Christ, Enabler of Sanctity by George Weigel
