2008-12-12 friday
In today’s reading, Jesus is saying, ‘You can’t win.
No matter what you do, someone will criticise’.
This came to mind when reading some of the reactions to Pope Benedict’s apology in Sydney to people who had been sexually abused by members of the clergy.
His apology was an honest, humble expression of shame and sorrow, of concern for the suffering of victims and determination that perpetrators be punished.
He followed this with a private meeting and Mass with four victims, commenting that tendencies towards abusive behaviour should be detected and stopped at seminary level.
Much of the media, however, focused on the anger of other victims and their families who criticized the apology and the private meeting.
Jesus, help those whose grief is still so raw and anger so great that healing and peace fail them.
Heal your church of this evil which has caused so much suffering.
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