I’ve intentionally reserved making a comment on this issue until the LCWR had their say; as I hate doing anything prematurely. Now that the LCWR did comment on June 1, 2012 – here I go. What did my hope and prayers get me so far with the LCWR? Well in their official response on June 1, 2012 the LCWR called into question the content of the CDF’s doctrinal assessment and the process by which it was prepared. They concluded that the CDF’s assessment was unsubstantiated and flawed, and that the sanctions imposed (i.e. thorough reform) was not justified. Their next course of action included meeting with the CDF again on June 12, and to gather their members together this August to respond to the CDF assessment again. If Proverbs 16:18 is true, and from my own life I know it absolutely is; that “Pride goes before disaster, and a haughty spirit before the fall,” then the opposite must also be true, that Humility goes before blessing, and a humble spirit before the ascent (sainthood). The sisters might not be ready yet to have the audacity to tap into to this awesome gift of the Holy Spirit, but each in our daily lives of can. Pride is what happens whenever we put our own self-interest before the best interest of God and neighbor. In contrast, Humility is what happens whenever we put God and neighbor’s interest before our own. Humility and Pride are the most powerful recipes to either live eternally with God or eternally in Hell. I understand that Humility can be a difficult virtue to live in, but we also have to remember that God has created and empowered us, through the Holy Spirit and example of His Son Christ Jesus, to be humble creatures. We were born to be who God created us to be. We were born to be saints, and humility is the stuff that saints are made of. .. Some More Related Perspectives:
I admit that I wanted so bad for the sisters in conference’s leadership to reach deep into religious formation and into each of their order’s charisms – I truly wanted the sisters to use this opportunity to show the world that the nuns are still nuns, rather than just a bunch of ornery women in pants suits. I wanted the sisters to show the world how Catholics are different from those of the world. I wanted the sisters to turn this adversity of theirs into a golden opportunity to show off God’s gift of the Holy Spirit, from which the gift of humility springs. From Corapi (at least initially) to Georgetown University, we have had more than enough bad examples recently of Catholics and so-called Catholic institutions thumbing their nose at the Bishops. I prayed that the sisters wouldn’t be like all the rest.
O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, Hear me.
From the desire of being esteemed,
Deliver me, Jesus. (repeat after each line)
From the desire of being loved,
From the desire of being extolled,
From the desire of being honored,
From the desire of being praised,
From the desire of being preferred to others,
From the desire of being consulted,
From the desire of being approved,
From the fear of being humiliated,
From the fear of being despised,
From the fear of suffering rebukes,
From the fear of being calumniated,
From the fear of being forgotten,
From the fear of being ridiculed,
From the fear of being wronged,
From the fear of being suspected,
That others may be loved more than I,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it. (repeat after each line)
That others may be esteemed more than I ,
That, in the opinion of the world,
others may increase and I may decrease,
That others may be chosen and I set aside,
That others may be praised and I unnoticed,
That others may be preferred to me in everything,
That others may become holier than I, provided that I may become as holy as I should,
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Humility Goeth Before the Blessing; Pride Goeth Before the Fall
Today is The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity on the liturgical calendar, and it’s an interesting contrast that this year’s feast comes just days after the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) issued their public statement in response to the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith’s (CDF) investigation, which found that this umbrella group (representing 80% most of the women’s religious orders in the United States) had “serious doctrinal problems which affect many in consecrated life,” and that a thorough reform of the group was needed.
THE LITANY PRAYER OF HUMILITY
Author: David L. Gray
In 2004 David had a personal encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ that moved him from the column of Agnostic to Protestant-Christian and later to Catholic-Christian. On August 8th, 2006 he was confirmed into the Catholic Church, taking Saint Joseph as his Patron Saint. (Click Here To Read More About David L. Gray)
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