Yellow Brick Road

Having just reflected on Easter and it's meaning, here are a few thoughts on the Notre Dame situation. Where Christ is, so also is Judas. This is true throughout history. I would imagine even those who don't believe in the divinity of Christ, recognize that where there is good, evil is also present. On the yellow brick road, the scarecrow has forgotten to give any direction. However, 600 priests and deacons have clearly expressed that Father Jenkins has taken the wrong road. The Confraternity of Priests and Deacons has issued a statement as follows: "If need be, a Catholic University must have the courage to speak uncomfortable truths which do not please public opinion, but which are necessary to safeguard the authentic good of society," the Pope wrote in the 1990 document, going on to cite the "responsibility to try to communicate to society ... principles which give full meaning to human life" as "a specific priority" of Catholic schools.

"The decision ... to afford an openly pro-abortion politician the privilege of speaking to graduating seniors at the commencement, violates every principle of Catholic education insofar as it violates both the Divine and Natural law," said the Confraternity. "We are therefore saddened and outraged that any Catholic institution, let alone a prestigious university like Notre Dame, would afford a public gesture of acceptance and endorsement to a politician, who openly supports the so called legal right to choose death."

Noting that they welcome respectful debate on life issues, the Confraternity states: "It is an oxymoron at best, and an outrageous insult at worst, to ask a politician, even a president, who is openly pro-abortion, to be the commencement speaker at a graduation from a Catholic school."  

What will Father Jenkins do? What will the Catholic Church do? What will President Obama do?  In my thoughts, Obama will stick it to the Catholic community, with the full cooperation of Father Jenkins. Maybe Father Jenkins should look for the Tin Man, who was looking for a heart, on the yellow brick road.

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