They Could be Heroes...

My rant for the day is where have all the good priest gone? We have had 4 priest in less than 2 years come and go in our small church parish. They can't cook, clean a house, mow nor even do laundry. They can minister, preach and do church things but that is about it. I was even told that when they were in the seminary they did not have to cook nor clean it was all done for them.

As a child I had Jesuit priests who could build a house,drive, fix an engine, put in a 3 season garden, sew and coach/teach all in a single day. And they expected you to suck up get to school and then home for chores, sports, tutoring or whatever was expected of you. They could mend a broken bone, milk a cow, teach several languages and you had to get in line and follow their example. They were men of a high standard. I thought all priest where like the Jesuits. But then Vatican 2 set hold in America and we traveled through the country from church to church as a family. Gone was the Latin, lay people were servers on the altar and priest got fat and very lazy. I have yet to meet a priest that can measure up to what I had growing up.
The strong, fit, intelligent and diligent priest has been replaced by a priest who wants his television set up for him ASAP. He can't even do that for himself. I do not think the apostles would have asked for a TV to be set up for them. If you have time to watch TV you probably are not doing what needs to be done. And this rant is not just about priest but Catholic Bishops, Cardinals and all the men of cloth.

When did the global catholic seminary start doing everything for their baby priest in training? It is not fair to the priests and it is not fair to the churches they serve. How can you shepherd men when you do not even know what it means to be a man? Our priests used to be men we could look up to. They could have been heroes. End of rant.