Monday, April 12, 2010

The Church is SUPPOSED TO BE Counter-Cultural - Fr. Corapi

I was watching Father Corapi yesterday and he said something interesting. He said:
"The Church is counter cultural, and it is supposed to be that way."
He continued explaining that Priests are PREACHERS. Explaining that when a priest gives a homily, talk, or simply is in conversation with you they should be "On Fire with the Spirit." If they aren't they aren't living out their vocation. He said that:
"a weak PREACHER is wounded creature."
He explained that he loves all priests and prays for them, but "will not go to Hell for them."

This got me thinking; when a parish tries to tie culture and modernistic ideas into their sacred life, are they not wounding the Priest and the Parish? Are they not doing exactly what Father Corapi states is the problem? If the Church is supposed to be Counter-Cultural, why then do we bring in secular music, secular musical instruments, ideas, clothing, dance, art, etc? If Church Culture becomes part of everyday life that is one thing, but to do the reverse? Are we not then simply wounding our Church and hurting our Faith?

I want to expand on this idea more... but need to think about it a bit. It was interesting the way he explained the Church as Counter-Cultural to the fact that a priest should be brave enough to espouse such ideas, without fear of alienating his congregation.

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