OBAMA AT NOTRE DAME

“Come Israel, thou jade of blue and gold,

Now laud the common calf of reason’s fire.

The mind transcends, so scorns the caster’s mold,

Enlightenment supplants cold Sinai’s sire.

 

“Behold thy priest, betrayer of the rood:

Inverts he Calvary with a turgid jest,

And Pilate in the bowels of Dante’s wood

Doth flap expansive wings to say ‘Quid est’?

 

“When priest and Pilate bind thy hands and feet,

When smiles and words and laws call evil good,

Then shalt thou bleat, and bleat, and bleat, and bleat,

And cackle I while thou art drowned of blood.”

 

So saith the snake; but goes he fore the fall

Our Lady’s heart will triumph over all.

UPDATE: Bishop D'Arcy Applies the Crozier

FORT WAYNE, IN - Bishop John D'Arcy of Fort Wayne-South Bend has publicly corrected Rev. John Jenkins, C.S.C., President of the University of Notre Dame.

Exercising his role as priest, shepherd, and minister, and standing in the place of the apostles (Vatican II, LG ¶20), Bishop D'Arcy cited canon law, Ex Corde Ecclesiae, the USCCB's letter Catholics in Political Life (2004), and Fr. Jenkins' own statement in his judicious reprimand.  In particular, Bishop D'Arcy stresses that the authoritative teacher and legislator of the USCCB's letter should be himself:

The failure to consult the local bishop who, whatever his unworthiness, is the teacher and lawgiver in the diocese, is a serious mistake.  Proper consultation could have prevented an action, which has caused painful division between Notre Dame and many bishops - and a large number of the faithful.

In addition, Bishop D'Arcy cited the nationwide petitions, letters, emails, phone calls, et al, as evidence that Fr. Jenkins' decision "...has, in fact, scandalized many Catholics and other people of goodwill."

Please pray that Bishop D'Arcy, Archbishop Schwietz, and all of our U.S. bishops may judiciously and courageously exercise their holy mandate as successors of the apostles.

Father Jenkins' Greatest Fear

Rev. Jenkins, President of Notre Dame, on why he became a priest:

My greatest fear was that I 'd do something - maybe be successful - but look back and think, "Well, what was that life about?  Why did it matter?  What did you stand for?  What was important?"

I hope Fr. Jenkins is still undergoing these scrutinies.  What will the Vagina Monologues and President Obama avail anyone at the Eternal Judgment seat?

She might help.