May 8, 2009

The Notre Dame University Scandal continues to get top billing in the news.
Sadly, this prestigious Catholic university has brought shame upon the Catholic Church and the medium of Catholic education. I don't understand just why the University and the Congregation of the Holy Cross Fathers would take such a position that so compromises our faith. Notre Dame doesn't stand alone in its choice but it stands front and center. When it had an opportunity to be a "martyr," i.e. witness to the truths of our faith that are grounded in Scripture and Tradition, it chose to take a position that is contrary to the magisterium of the Church. It has confused the Catholic and non-Catholic world about what we stand for. Who can even gauge the destructive influence this will have on the consciences of the 2009 ND graduates?

Father Corapi's message coming through the Cardinal Newman Society is worth listening to. He says that no president in U.S. history has been so anti-Catholic in stance. The six minute talk is thought-provoking.

I keep wondering about one thing. As of today, the news media states that 70 American bishops have spoken out about the 2009 honoree at ND's commencement on May 17. Statistics tell us that we have 300 bishops in the U.S. Where are the other voices of these shepherds and the exercise of the teaching office of the bishop? Has anybody else wondered about that?

The wolves have infiltrated the flock and are nipping at the very heart of the truth. During these Easter Days that ask us to reflect on the Good Shepherd, let us pray...(you fill in the rest...)