"The great Father Zed, Archiblogopoios"
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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" -
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- 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.
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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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NOT leaving well enough alone has often been just as much a crime…often with far more devastating consequence.
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Not to make excuses, but I think there are some legitimate reasons people in modern times fall into those traps, namely we’re not God.
We constantly get bombarded by people who want our attention, our time, our money, often using sophisticated marketing techniques meant to tug at our emotions or trick us into listening (e.g. asking for help, then if you pay attention, bombard you with a sales gimmick). There’s also information overload and news stories that pull us to take action about everything, everywhere, immediately. We either spread ourselves too thin and ineffective in everything, or become numb and indifferent, or we accept our limitations and tune some things out using the above expressions and focus on what we can.
I think it’s wrong to focus on the above expressions, especially when we’re talking about bishops which have to deal with this in the large scale. IMO, instead what’s important is to develop the proper discernment and courage to focus, act on what we can do and the proper attitude of poverty of spirit to strip away all the unnecessary things of our lives that weaken us (e.g. being a news junkie to the extend that you have no time or ability to do anything with what you know, and no time to do anything else, or an entertainment junkie to the extent that you pay no attention to the things of the Lord unless they are entertaining, etc), and fortitude to carry out the will of God (e.g. penance, fasting, ability to accept scorn from the world, etc).
By this measure, many priests and bishops lack the proper discernment, courage, poverty, and fortitude to their station. Unfortunately, many laity such as myself are not free from this sin either. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
Interestingly, I just today came across a similar list compiled by a faithful parish priest (requiscat in pace) compiled with reference to some of the inertia he witnessed over the last few decades of the previous century:
1. It’s not my responsibility
2. Let Rome take care of it
3. It’s always dark before the dawn
4. C’mon, lighten up
5. The Church is doing just fine
6. Leave it to the Holy Spirit
7. I am humble and obedient
8. I follow the Pope
All reasons why Obama got elected!
To: anilwang
It seems as if that is exactly what you are doing – making excuses!
I have never read Flannery O’Connor but I remember – perhaps wrongly – a quote of hers via Amy Welborn or someone like that – she said “Please don’t talk to me about the poor as if they are all that different from us. We are all the poor.” Fr Z’s list, and Lady Marchmain’s list, go far towards explaining that quote…
I’m afraid.