St. Bridget Relates Jesus’ Harsh Words for Priests and Bishops Who Do Not Condemn Sin
Today, more than ever, we traditional Catholics are labeled extremest and punished if we criticize the changes that have been made in the Church or condemn sin.
Here is a small part about what Jesus says about priests and bishops who do not correct sinners.
The bad example of many priests leads many people gradually into spiritual blindness and to become complacent in sin, and then to even boast about it, even if previously they had been ashamed of it (4. 132). Priests and religious are accused by Christ of being deficient and often totally negligent in their preaching and instructing the people in the faith. Christ complains to Bridget: "They do not speak of my wonderful deeds nor do they teach my doctrine, but instead they teach love of the world" (4.132). Bridget writes that many priests succumb to the temptation to avoid preaching and teaching about the "hard sayings" of Christ in order not to offend people and to be well received by them, and also for monetary gain. They yield to the demands of the world because they fear and cannot endure being persecuted and hated by the world. By presenting what is agreeable to people, Christ's justice remains hidden and the people blindly live in presumptuous confidence of their salvation. 8One is reminded of Christ's denunciation of the scribes and Pharisees of his time: "Woe to you... you hypocrites! You who shut up the knowledge of the kingdom of heaven in men's faces, neither going in yourselves nor allowing others to go in who want to" (Mt 23:13); Compare this with Jn 15:19: "If you were of the world, the world would love [you because you are] its own; but because you are not of the world, because I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you"; Mt 10:22: "and you will be hated by all for my name's sake."* Bridget hears the devil tempting a certain bishop: Of what concern is it to you how this or that person lives? Why should you offend and correct those by whom you could be honored and loved? If they don't offend you and your loved ones, why should you care how they live or whether they offend God? If you are good yourself, why should you judge others? (3.2; cf. 4. 126). Bridget states that many priests follow this advice, to their own damnation. They ignore sin that should be corrected. They choose to forget, on account of their worldly and carnal attachments, as well as inordinate concern for human respect, that reproving the sinner is a spiritual work of mercy the neglect of which they will be held accountable before God (3.15). She also accuses bishops of tolerating and ignoring the great scandal of priests living unchaste lives (1.23).
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