http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/2009/03/09/decent-priests/ Seeking The Kingdom In All Things Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/2009/03/09/decent-priests/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Fr. Christian Mathis Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:17:00 +0000 http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/?p=135#comment-272 yep, up in Chicago. pre-beard days! yep, up in Chicago. pre-beard days!

]]> http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/2009/03/09/decent-priests/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Fr. James Early Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:10:00 +0000 http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/?p=135#comment-271 Are you in the picture, Fr. Christian? Are you in the picture, Fr. Christian?

]]> http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/2009/03/09/decent-priests/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Fr. Christian Mathis Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:54:00 +0000 http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/?p=135#comment-267 Yes...the masks are not helpful at all. I don't think we ever get there though. It is always a process. I do know that I would hate for someone to say at my funeral, "He was a decent guy." Yes…the masks are not helpful at all. I don’t think we ever get there though. It is always a process. I do know that I would hate for someone to say at my funeral, “He was a decent guy.”

]]> http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/2009/03/09/decent-priests/comment-page-1/#comment-266 s-p Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:36:00 +0000 http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com/?p=135#comment-266 I'd settle for a priest (and Bishop) who is a Christian. "Decent" people abound even without Christianity. I have more respect for a cleric who is wrestling with God and even failing than one who is "nice" or putting on a "clerical mask" for our benefit but has little faith. I’d settle for a priest (and Bishop) who is a Christian. “Decent” people abound even without Christianity. I have more respect for a cleric who is wrestling with God and even failing than one who is “nice” or putting on a “clerical mask” for our benefit but has little faith.

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