Ex-Legionary, TV personality abolishes priesthood
Father Jonathan Morris, a former member of the Legion of Christ who was at one time among the most prominent Catholic priests in America as a contributor to Fox News, has asked to be dismissed from the …More
Father Jonathan Morris, a former member of the Legion of Christ who was at one time among the most prominent Catholic priests in America as a contributor to Fox News, has asked to be dismissed from the clerical state, indicating he wants to be free to “marry and have a family” though saying it’s not about an “existing relationship.”
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Jonathan Morris on May 17: "Some personal news: After taking some months of sabbatical to be with family and to dedicate more time to prayerand retreat, I have decided to ask the Holy Father, Pope Francis, to release me from the dutiesand responsibilities of the clerical state (priestly vows).
Taking this step is something I have considered often and at length in years past and discussedwith my spiritual guides. While I have loved and thrived in so many aspects of my ministry, deepin my interior I have struggled for years with my vocation and with the commitments that the Catholic priesthood demands, especially not being able to marry and have …More
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Jonathan Morris on May 17: "Some personal news: After taking some months of sabbatical to be with family and to dedicate more time to prayerand retreat, I have decided to ask the Holy Father, Pope Francis, to release me from the dutiesand responsibilities of the clerical state (priestly vows).
Taking this step is something I have considered often and at length in years past and discussedwith my spiritual guides. While I have loved and thrived in so many aspects of my ministry, deepin my interior I have struggled for years with my vocation and with the commitments that the Catholic priesthood demands, especially not being able to marry and have …More
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Rafał_Ovile
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Abandoning vocation happens in as much it is about self-ego and not sacrifice to Our Lord Jesus Christ through Mary - Mother of God.
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Pretty sad.
Pray for our priests. They are under such a heavy burden.
Wonder how many will look for the door after Amazon Synod?
Pray for our priests. They are under such a heavy burden.
Wonder how many will look for the door after Amazon Synod?
Whenever I have seen him on TV, my first reaction was always: He looks to be someone who has led a very sheltered life--a 35+ year old man who seems like a 16 year old planning for the high school junior prom. I wonder whether during formation he ever thought of leaving and asked God, with St Paul, What do you want me to do?
Jonathan Morris was a JPII vocation, ordained about 15 years into the …More
Whenever I have seen him on TV, my first reaction was always: He looks to be someone who has led a very sheltered life--a 35+ year old man who seems like a 16 year old planning for the high school junior prom. I wonder whether during formation he ever thought of leaving and asked God, with St Paul, What do you want me to do?
Jonathan Morris was a JPII vocation, ordained about 15 years into the papacy of JPII. After the Wojtyla papacy BXVI followed. Now with Francis we have a pope who considers theology to be ideology, tries to find an way out of moral obligation, and insults those who disagree with him. I wonder whether in some way Pope Francis, recklessly trying to eliminate what he considers weeds, has played a role in killing the Morris vocation, whose seeds we're planted under JPII.
Jonathan Morris was a JPII vocation, ordained about 15 years into the papacy of JPII. After the Wojtyla papacy BXVI followed. Now with Francis we have a pope who considers theology to be ideology, tries to find an way out of moral obligation, and insults those who disagree with him. I wonder whether in some way Pope Francis, recklessly trying to eliminate what he considers weeds, has played a role in killing the Morris vocation, whose seeds we're planted under JPII.
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There seems to be something like: Post Legionary Syndrome
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It's too bad he didn't get married before becoming a priest. Poor priest.
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He has “discerned” that “not being able to marry and have a family” is a sacrifice God no longer wants him to make.
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Oh, how foolish. Poor fellow.
