Postcard from Georgia II

My family and I are wrapping up our visit to Georgia and New Hope Press Publishing.

The rule of St. Benedict (RB 53) shares that 'all guests are to be received as Christ'
Guess what?....Wayne and Judi Weible and everyone at New Hope Press and the people we met from the prayer group--- make 'great Benedictines' !!  Their hospitality was phenomenal.


We spent our time meeting, laughing, praying, eating southern meals, editing, relaxing, learning, and looking at potential book covers.
It truly was a blessing and a neat way to begin closing the chapter on a five year endeavor.
This evening we all attended Holy Mass at Our Lady of the Immaculate Heart

Our Lady of the Immaculate Heart
North Carolina

Here's a little side bar irony...
When we decided, years ago, to return to the Roman Catholic Church, we met with a Roman Catholic bishop.
To celebrate our 'confession' to the bishop I bought my wife a statue.
The only one the store had was  --Our Lady of the Immaculate Heart.

A Lost Shepherd--a postcard from Georgia

At the publishing house of New Hope Press in Georgia--working on the final edition of A Lost Shepherd.
Had a great breakfast with members of the prayer group and all those who work at New Hope.

Asking for some prayers for all those involved with this little endeavor.
Thanks!

Pathetic Part II

It appears that the previous post about the Bishop Zavala hit a nerve.  There are a few interesting comments.
I copy one here in order to address their question.  The reader addresses me as Melchizedek....good one.


"...this comment was supposed to go here and was for Melchizedek
So.....how do you propose to address your points? If you just bring them to light without some way to admonish/allow the Holy Spirit to enter this bishops life, then it is nothing more than judgement.......right? "


Nope.
  
My only 'point' was this:  The fact that these kids had an absent father wasn't because he was a bishop but because he didn't have the guts to make a commitment to being a dad.  The fact that he was a bishop simply gave him another life in which to hide--and that is what is pathetic.


You know deep down what he lived was wrong on so many levels. Shame on him for perpetuating a life that undermined the foundational standards of husbands, dads, priests, and bishops.
Yes I judge the act--but I am not judging the person.  Knowing that something is wrong does not equate me with judging that person's soul.
Nor will I get into setting up some sort of admonishment--not my area.
As to a 'way to allow the Holy Spirit'---well, I think that may have already occurred.  
A great light has been shone on this man's life.  One can only hope that the truth will now set him free.  
Here is what I think--
Pray for the kids, and the mother, and him.  Pray that somehow they don't leave the church.  And lastly, pray for his brothers who are probably very confused, hurt and angry.


So, you ask what my proposal is?
Prayer
and while you're at it a day of fasting--for husbands, dads, priests, and bishops.
(seriously--this Friday 1/13)--you in?