A few days ago I commented that Bishop Strickland seems to be following the path of Ven. Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, in going around preaching the Gospel like a good bishop but not trying to continue his firebrand preaching.
I was wrong.
Bishop Strickland is in Baltimore right now, where the American Bishops are having their annual meeting where they act more like bureacrats than bishops:
- Holding a conference at a hotel, not a monastery
- Wearing name tags, not sackcloth and ashes
- Eating buffets, not fasting
- Talking and talking and talking about talking – less mental prayer
No, too many bishops are doing their best to be bureacrats and vicars of the Roman Pontiff, contrary to Lumen Gentium 27. But Bishop Strickland is different. He takes seriously his consecration as a bishop and wants to “watch over” (Greek: episkopos) the passing down of the deposit of faith.
This has put him at odds with the majority of bishops, who have tried to ignore him or shun him, until the Dictator Pope cut off the head of his diocese without justification, while his brother bishops stood by silent.
He’s no longer welcome at the ballroom in Baltimore.
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