The Citizens for Peace and Social Justice are unaccountably "confused" by Bishop Sample's very clear and polite message. I think they mean that they disagree with him but it sounds better to make the passive-aggressive claim of confusion and hurt. They say Bishop Gumbleton was not told why his visit was not welcome. This is a good example of people making just any old statement in the face of the publicly available evidence (Bishop Sample's Press Release explaining the "Why")
The there is the more openly aggressive attack from the gay bloggers ("Catholic gestapo", "policing", "censorship" etc.)
Here are photos of the two Bishops. I'll leave you to guess which is which for extra marks in the "Rocket Science Examination."
UPDATE: Fr John Boyle knows Bishop Sample personally and has a good post on this incident.
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Red is the color of martyrdom; bishops traditionally dress in red garments to remind them, and others, that they are ready and willing to shed their blood for Christ and His Church. So we can clearly choose the faithful shepherd on the left. May God reward his courage!
This is the face of the 'Reform of the Reform' the face of 'True Renewal' within the Church! You can see it in Bishop Sample's face. This is the Future - the Future's bright - not orange - the Future is God! (pinched that one from the Opus Dei recollection for men yesterday evening).
The tired old 'liturgies of the people' together with the likes of the heterodox Bishop Gumbleton are all but history! We need Bishop's who will lead and guide their flocks to Heaven, not down some slippery slope to who knows where because they are at odds with Church Teaching, prefering 'celebrity status' rather than being the upopular one in the crowd. Jesus never bothered with the popularity stakes. He taught it as it is, as per the Father's instructions. Did Our Blessed Lord get acclaim, a nobel peace prize, NO!!! - He suffered and was crucified - FOR LOVE OF US!
God Bless you Bishop Sample.
Good for Bishop Sample - and entirely appropriate - as Bishop Gumbleton has been an occasion of scandal for the Catholic Church in the US for the positions you noted, Father.
It reminded me of a somewhat similar situation here in Milwaukee a few years ago. The pastor of a suburban parish invited retired Ab. Weakland to confer Confirmation on the children of his parish (the pastor was Ab. Weakland's former secretary).
But it wasn't the Ordinary (Ab. Dolan) who took the initiative to put the kibosh on this, but the people of the parish who protested forcefully about it.
Granted, there is no equivalence between the conduct of Bp. Gumbleton and Ab. Weakland - and Ab. Dolan may have initially approved out of charity - but it was extremely insensitive to the raw feelings of the parishioners in the aftermath of Ab. Weakland's tenure.
Bp. Sample struck the right note as the pastor of the diocese. I wished that Ab. Dolan would have done the same at the time.
I wonder if Bishop Sample would bar a bishop from his diocese who did little to help the poor, who treated some of his priests uncharitably, or who supported the invasion of Iraq.
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Thank God that Bishops are now standing up for the Teachings of our Mother the Church.
I only pass comment as a Scottish Roman Catholic. I am uplifted by the good Bishop Sample`s decorum manner`s and civility but most of all his forthright defense of catholic teaching. Deo Gratias
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