tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post3944025034659557461..comments2023-09-22T06:56:46.508-05:00Comments on Adoro te Devote: Indignity of PrisonAdorohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-64296639500605315802009-09-03T23:39:26.816-05:002009-09-03T23:39:26.816-05:00I read this post a few days ago and I visit Fr. Ma...I read this post a few days ago and I visit Fr. MacRae's site often.<br />I can barely articulate how I feel whenever I pay Fr. "a visit" on his blog. I am so disheartened by the seeming lack of compassion shown to him by fellow priests and his superiors, the outright tendency for priests like Fr. MacRae to be found guilty before all the facts are in, and the utter abandonment by the Church these priests have to endure. It's so sad.<br />Thanks for linking to this.Reginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300967610257213392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-20387318562352971922009-09-03T13:58:40.813-05:002009-09-03T13:58:40.813-05:00Linda ~ I think you miss what I'm getting at. ...Linda ~ I think you miss what I'm getting at. Admittedly this post isn't well written (partially because I wrote through a fog of cold medication!). Also a mentor relationship is definitely different than a guard-prisoner relationship. I've also worked extensively in mental health, and while that wasn't so "extreme" it was maybe a hybrid of mentor/guard. <br /><br />Because of what the prison system IS, on BOTH sides of the bars, each depersonalizes the other to SOME degree. BOTH lose some of their dignity in the process, in the sense that it is wounded in what they are doing. <br /><br />It's part of our fallen nature. <br /><br />And indeed, God is there behind prison walls. he calls us to visit the imprisoned. And there are Priests behind those walls, priests who have been ignored, who have been injustly imprisoned. <br /><br />Hopefully you visited Fr. MacRae via his blog - that really is the entire point of this post. <br /><br /><br /><br />Brother Juniper ~ Exactly!Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-33880813175483476092009-09-03T13:58:40.150-05:002009-09-03T13:58:40.150-05:00Linda ~ I think you miss what I'm getting at. ...Linda ~ I think you miss what I'm getting at. Admittedly this post isn't well written (partially because I wrote through a fog of cold medication!). Also a mentor relationship is definitely different than a guard-prisoner relationship. I've also worked extensively in mental health, and while that wasn't so "extreme" it was maybe a hybrid of mentor/guard. <br /><br />Because of what the prison system IS, on BOTH sides of the bars, each depersonalizes the other to SOME degree. BOTH lose some of their dignity in the process, in the sense that it is wounded in what they are doing. <br /><br />It's part of our fallen nature. <br /><br />And indeed, God is there behind prison walls. he calls us to visit the imprisoned. And there are Priests behind those walls, priests who have been ignored, who have been injustly imprisoned. <br /><br />Hopefully you visited Fr. MacRae via his blog - that really is the entire point of this post. <br /><br /><br /><br />Brother Juniper ~ Exactly!Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-14169079779582540762009-09-03T09:56:59.664-05:002009-09-03T09:56:59.664-05:00I read this article and began to wonder how many p...I read this article and began to wonder how many priests actually committed the crimes they are accused of. It seems to me that more were to sent to prison on trumped up charges rather than on what actually happened. <br /><br />Thanks for the link. Definitely food for thought.Brother Juniperhttp://brotherjuniperonline.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-89356095869102275512009-09-03T05:05:53.211-05:002009-09-03T05:05:53.211-05:00Hmmmmm,
I mentored at the woman's prison for 5...Hmmmmm,<br />I mentored at the woman's prison for 5 years. I can honestly say they are people just like us only they got caught. They all desire a life of happiness and stuck in life. They all want what we want. Unfortunately they don't know the Lord. I found that in 5 years mentoring that only those who have found their Higher Power make it. And even then they will be battling addictions for the rest of their lives. Mentoring is something I have valued and learned alot from. God is there behind the prison walls, if only they could see that.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03679128824542229646noreply@blogger.com