More 'Erudite' Reflections from Marek Bozek

St. Stanislaus held its first Sunday Mass since the Decree of Suppression by Archbishop Burke last week.

During his homily, Father Mark Bozek talked about the issue of suppression saying this is not what Jesus would've done.

Such a suggestion is total mischaracterization of the Gospels to the people of St. Stanislaus. As a matter of fact, we read in Matthew 23

[1] Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, [2] Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses. [3] All things therefore whatsoever they shall say to you, observe and do...

Jesus certainly would not ask others to do what He himself would not do...and for those who refuse to listen, even to the Church, Jesus says (as recorded in Matthew 18):

[15] But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother. [16] And if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more: that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand. [17] And if he will not hear them: tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican.

So not only is Archbishop Burke fulfilling his obligation as the faithful Shepherd of the Archdiocese, he fulfills, albeit with sadness, exactly what Jesus commands us to do. While Marek Bosek claims to have taken 10 years of theological and other training, one must wonder at this point if he passed any of his classes?

He pointed out that the manger where Jesus was born included animals and pagans. Father Mark Bozek said, "Imagine the Archbishop being a gatekeeper at the manger scene. Would we have all these Magi coming to Jesus today?

The point of Bozek's exercise in confusion is somewhat difficult to understand. The Magi were called by God through extraordinary means to receive the message of salvation and adore the new-born King. This conjuring up of hypotheticals (the Archbishop as Gatekeeper) is nothing more than an attempt to deflect attention from his own disobedience and the Board's disobedience to another who has been completely obedient and patient.

I'm afraid he would have said, 'I'm sorry guys you are not Roman Catholics, you can't come here, there's no room for you.' Well Jesus didn't."

Pure conjecture - and - "poor" conjecture. The "visible" Church was, as yet, unknown to humanity and all those who came, came in humility, to adore the Child were welcomed and encouraged and strengthened in their faith. The only ones who were denied access to the Baby Jesus were those whose only desire was to inflict harm to the Baby. Hence the reason for the Flight into Eqypt. Again though, we see an attempt by Bozek to sidestep the real issue of his own disobedience and rebellion and direct attention elsewhere. And of course, the media, as a willing enabler of his questionable behavior, facilitates his fantasies.

In response to why St. Stanislaus doesn't follow the same rules as other Catholic churches, Father Bozek said, "We are following the same rules. We are following all the dogmas of Catholic faith and the rules of discipline. The only question we have is the small administration rule."

It's unbelievable that this man can even say this with a straight face. How does he have the audacity to say, "We are following the same rules. We are following all the dogmas of Catholic faith and the rules of discipline."?

Some possibilities for such an outlandish statement might be:
1. He is so confused and out of touch with reality that he actually believes it, in which case he probably shouldn't be allowed to roam the streets.
2. He is deliberately lying.
3. He is incapable of determining truth from fiction.

The people of the "parish" are not being well served by such an individual who claims that St. Stanislaus has a problem with a "small administration rule", since that "rule" is part of the "discipline" which he claims to be following. Do these people truly want to place their trust and eternal souls under the direction of man who has such difficulty with reality and the truth.

One woman stated that Fr. Bozek is such a good salesman. He makes everyone feel good and comfortable inside...Besides, Christian is Christian, and "Catholic" is just a word.

Cute...

Nevertheless, we should never underestimate the power of prayer. Perhaps those afflicted by blindness, arrogance, pride, disobedience and greed might be converted by prayer.

A video of the KSDK interview can be seen here.

A previous KMOV TV Video report is here.