On the "Evil" of Falling in Love as a Comitted Celibate, as Expressed by an Archbishop: Ah, ...I do not agree with the archbishop...it is not bad for a priest to fall in love with a woman...it is the Spirit's way, often of opening him up to God. What is bad is that we do not discuss this within priestly formation, and so the priest is torn when it happens to him. Celibate love must be white hot, for blue heat will not do. The loving celibate must know how to love more, not less. The love must be so intense that neither his own or the other person's life style is to be disturbed. But loving...we are made for it...it must not be feared. It must instead cauterize our celibate souls.
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On Taking About God Today as Triune: to an Inquirer The tension between fear and love for God will plague us until Jesus' message is accepted more widely. It is not only part of the history of the Catholic Church, but of many other traditions. What we don't understand, we fear. Jesus asks total trust of us. It would seem that is the only intelligent choice...either we trust him because of who he is, or we don't. What is important to keep in mind is the fact of the Holy Spirit continuing to work with us like a tender Mother, opening us ever more to a fuller truth. It isn't so much that we were "wrong" as that we are learning under God's guidance. Your explanation to the dear man who couldn't believe in God was not far off at all. All of our images are incomplete, because we do not have full knowledge of the Mystery, so not to sweat about it. The Mystery of God is so immense and so rich that in explaining it, we simply do the best we can trying ...