Pray for Fr. Corapi

Pray NOW and pray HARD. This is such upsetting news...

A Call for Prayer
On Ash Wednesday I learned that a former employee sent a three-page letter to several bishops accusing me of everything from drug addiction to multiple sexual exploits with her and several other adult women. There seems to no longer be the need for a complaint to be deemed “credible” in order for Church authorities to pull the trigger on the Church’s procedure, which was in recent years crafted to respond to cases of the sexual abuse of minors. I am not accused of that, but it seems, once again, that they now don’t have to deem the complaint to be credible or not, and it is being applied broadly to respond to all complaints. I have been placed on "administrative leave" as the result of this.

I’ll certainly cooperate with the process, but personally believe that it is seriously flawed, and is tantamount to treating the priest as guilty “just in case”, then through the process determining if he is innocent. The resultant damage to the accused is immediate, irreparable, and serious, especially for someone like myself, since I am so well known. I am not alone in this assessment, as multiple canon lawyers and civil and criminal attorneys have stated publicly that the procedure does grave damage to the accused from the outset, regardless of rhetoric denying this, and has little regard for any form of meaningful due process.

All of the allegations in the complaint are false, and I ask you to pray for all concerned.

Prayers Needed!!

I spoke with my dad, a Catholic ordained deacon who works full time for our church, earlier and his tired voice reminded me to do this post...I did it last year too but a little late. It's my plea to everyone to remember to pray for your parish priests, deacons and whoever else is instrumental in liturgy planning and execution. This time of year is so busy and so stressful for them. Holy Week services really take a lot of planning and coordinating and it can be tiring! I go into a little more detail in my post from last year if your interested! Otherwise, just pray for them to have strength and energy and for things to run smoothly!

Prayers Needed

From my friend Stefanie...

My brother Patrick is in the Air Force and will be shipping off to
Iraq on January 21st for a six-month deployment. It would mean a
lot to me and my family if you all would pray for his safety while
he is away.

Pat is a dog handler and will be shipping out with his German
Shepard "Jack". Their task will be sniffing out explosives and they
will be working with the Marines and Army. As you all can imagine,
the thought of my brother actually looking for bombs in Iraq is a
bit scary for my family.

My brother is married and has a 13-year old daughter (the worlds'
greatest niece).

Private special intention for a friend

Please continue to keep Donna and her family in your prayers. Her son, Jacob, was born yesterday around 3:30. Apparently the cause was that the umbilical cord was extremely thin in some areas causing lack of blood to the baby. Other than this, the baby looked perfect and the entire family got to hold him and say their goodbyes.

My dear friend Debbie's sister who lost a baby last week as well.

My youngest sister just found out that their 9-week baby stopped growing at 7 weeks and she had to have a D&C on Monday. Thankfully she has 2 other boys, but she is still hurting. Please keep her in your prayers as well.

Jackie's daughter Larkin who is about 7 weeks old and was admitted to the hospital yesterday with RSV. She'll be there about a week. This is a tough illness for little babies. My little Me Too had RSV when she was 6 weeks old and spent several days in the hospital. It's hard to see such tiny babies suffer