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They need to be heard.
One of the most despicable things one person can do to another is place unjustified doubts into his mind. And when those doubts pertain to matters of the Faith, it moves from cruel to sinful.
Yet this is precisely what many bishops do with not only with their sheep, but their priests. Most people don't really consider this aspect of the corruption of the hierarchy, the self-doubts that begin to arise in the hearts and minds of priests when their bishop brutalizes them psychologically.
Every man has a different breaking point. For a variety of reasons, some reach that breaking point sooner than others. Consider — a young man goes into seminary and discerns he should become a priest. He's faithful and believes the Church's teaching. All well and good. But, as nearly everyone is, he is a product of his time. And, for a younger man, that generally means psychologically weak, or at least weaker than you would want in a priest.
It would be very difficult for a young male, even one considering priesthood and eventually getting ordained, to have escaped the drumming into his mind by the culture that "authentic manhood is bad." The cultural messaging, as well as inside the Church, is that the more a young male thinks like (and responds like) a woman, the better.
He's been conditioned by every institution since he was a child to be something other than he is naturally. He's been encouraged to be self-indulgent, non-sacrificing, lazy, self-absorbed. This is happening all over the cultural landscape. Areas traditionally viewed as ruggedly masculine — the military and athletics, certainly. And the priesthood is no exception.
So oftentimes, when a young man gets ordained these days, he may be "nice" and all that. But is he strong psychologically? Will he, for example, be able to withstand the withering attacks he will receive when he stands in his pulpit and tells the whole truth of the Faith? Will he even stand in the pulpit and do so — because, frankly, if he doesn't, what's the point of being ordained in the first place?
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> > **They need to be heard.**
> > One of the most despicable things one person can do to another is place unjustified doubts into his mind. And when those doubts pertain to matters of the Faith, it moves from cruel to sinful.
> > Yet this is precisely what many bishops do with not only with their sheep, but their priests. Most people don't really consider this aspect of the corruption of the hierarchy, the self-doubts that begin to arise in the hearts and minds of priests when their bishop brutalizes them psychologically.
> > Every man has a different breaking point. For a variety of reasons, some reach that breaking point sooner than others. Consider — a young man goes into seminary and discerns he should become a priest. He's faithful and believes the Church's teaching. All well and good. But, as nearly everyone is, he is a product of his time. And, for a younger man, that generally means psychologically weak, or at least weaker than you would want in a priest.
> > It would be very difficult for a young male, even one considering priesthood and eventually getting ordained, to have escaped the drumming into his mind by the culture that "authentic manhood is bad." The *cultural* messaging, as well as *inside* the Church, is that the more a young male thinks like (and responds like) a woman, the better.
> > He's been conditioned by every institution since he was a child to be something other than he is naturally. He's been encouraged to be self-indulgent, non-sacrificing, lazy, self-absorbed. This is happening all over the cultural landscape. Areas traditionally viewed as ruggedly masculine — the military and athletics, certainly. And the priesthood is no exception.
> > So oftentimes, when a young man gets ordained these days, he may be "nice" and all that. But is he strong psychologically? Will he, for example, be able to withstand the withering attacks he will receive when he stands in his pulpit and tells the whole truth of the Faith? Will he even stand in the pulpit and do so — because, frankly, if he doesn't, what's the point of being ordained in the first place?
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