"The great Father Zed, Archiblogopoios"
-
Fr. John Hunwicke
"Some 2 bit novus ordo cleric"
- Anonymous
"Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a traditionalist blogger who has never shied from picking fights with priests, bishops or cardinals when liturgical abuses are concerned."
- Kractivism
"Father John Zuhlsdorf is a crank"
"Father Zuhlsdorf drives me crazy"
"the hate-filled Father John Zuhlsford" [sic]
"Father John Zuhlsdorf, the right wing priest who has a penchant for referring to NCR as the 'fishwrap'"
"Zuhlsdorf is an eccentric with no real consequences" -
HERE
- Michael Sean Winters
"Fr Z is a true phenomenon of the information age: a power blogger and a priest."
- Anna Arco
“Given that Rorate Coeli and Shea are mad at Fr. Z, I think it proves Fr. Z knows what he is doing and he is right.”
- Comment
"Let me be clear. Fr. Z is a shock jock, mostly. His readership is vast and touchy. They like to be provoked and react with speed and fury."
- Sam Rocha
"Father Z’s Blog is a bright star on a cloudy night."
- Comment
"A cross between Kung Fu Panda and Wolverine."
- Anonymous
Fr. Z is officially a hybrid of Gandalf and Obi-Wan XD
- Comment
Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a scrappy blogger popular with the Catholic right.
- America Magazine
RC integralist who prays like an evangelical fundamentalist.
-Austen Ivereigh on
Twitter
[T]he even more mainline Catholic Fr. Z. blog.
-
Deus Ex Machina
“For me the saddest thing about Father Z’s blog is how cruel it is.... It’s astonishing to me that a priest could traffic in such cruelty and hatred.”
- Jesuit homosexualist James Martin to BuzzFeed
"Fr. Z's is one of the more cheerful blogs out there and he is careful about keeping the crazies out of his commboxes"
- Paul in comment at
1 Peter 5
"I am a Roman Catholic, in no small part, because of your blog.
I am a TLM-going Catholic, in no small part, because of your blog.
And I am in a state of grace today, in no small part, because of your blog."
- Tom in
comment
"Thank you for the delightful and edifying omnibus that is your blog."-
Reader comment.
"Fr. Z disgraces his priesthood as a grifter, a liar, and a bully. -
- Mark Shea
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The Fatherhood of the Priest
The priest is called to spiritual fatherhood, to supernatural generativity. Woe to the priest who shrinks from fatherhood. He will remain incomplete: an unhappy man, frustrated and empty. Priests are addressed as “Father.†It is a title that identifies the priest with the merciful and infinitely fruitful Paternity of God. The priest who takes the name of “Father†lightly, or prefers to be called by name only is, more often than not, consciously or unconsciously in conflict with the exigencies of his priesthood.
Every priest is called to spiritual generativity. Sometimes the fatherhood of the priest is rejected, just as a natural father can be rejected by the child whom he loves. There is no greater suffering for a priest but, even then, in a mysterious way, the paternal suffering of the priestly heart is fruitful for the Mystical Body of Christ.
The Fatherhood of the Priest
The priest is called to spiritual fatherhood, to supernatural generativity.
Woe to the priest who shrinks from fatherhood. He will remain incomplete:
an unhappy man, frustrated and empty. Priests are addressed as “Father.â€Â
It is a title that identifies the priest with the merciful and infinitely
fruitful Paternity of God.
The priest who takes the name of “Father†lightly,
or prefers to be called
by his name only is, more often than not,
consciously or unconsciously
in conflict with the exigencies of his priesthood.
Every priest is called to spiritual generativity.
Sometimes the fatherhood of the priest is rejected,
just as a natural father can be rejected by the child whom he loves.
There is no greater suffering for a priest but, even then,
in a mysterious way, the paternal suffering
of the priestly heart is fruitful for the Mystical Body of Christ.
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