I believe that he is great in spite of the scandal. His talks brought thousands back to the Church. He speaks with power & clarity, and there are almost none as great as him.
If you haven’t heard of him here is a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1eSA3XvoQ0&t=289s
I don’t remember hearing of him before. According to the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Corapi’s order said he lived with a former prostitute, abused alcohol and drugs, and had more than a million dollars worth of property despite his vow of poverty. The Baltimore Archdiocese said that Corapi tried to buy the silence of his accuser.
This reminds me of American Life League, where I worked for years. There was plenty of wrongdoing there, and eventually employees were told to sign a statement that we would give no information about American Life League to anyone. I refused to sign it, and I was fired. American Life League is still making prolife-sounding noises. Matthew 15:8: These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
Maybe Corapi has drawn thousands to God; maybe he has pushed thousands away too. From what I have just learned about him. I wouldn’t touch him with a 39-and-a-half-foot pole.
I never cared for Corapi but a friend thought he was the answer, the one who would convert the lukewarm and the faithless. The thing about Corapi is anyone who was paying attention could see something wasn’t right.
Losing someone who is a spiritual mentor is unsettling. Learning about Fr Michael Scanlan was a shock to me. My copy of Appointment with God was read to the point it was falling apart, but I can’t look at it now. I will hold anyone who has harmed someone at arms length, and will take my time until I decide if I want to do the hard work of discerning what is still good.
Peace to all,
Why are we here? OMNILogically?
In all generalizations, We know God is uncreated in a Family unit preexisting in undefiled logical intelligence from three Powers and Personal Gods preexisting from The Father through the Mother for The Son in One Holy Spirit Family One God in being, OMNILogically, from Romans, 11:36, For from him and through him and for him are all things.
In him be the glory forever! Amen.
How about General OMNILogic Stephen? Catholic Evangelist and Logic Mystic?
Some ask? What is in the mind of Stephen? I believe, Stephen has OMNILogical Powers for all from Heaven transforming created failed becoming glorified in all becoming again transfigured in all One Family of God? Logical understanding fro all becomes from OMNILogicalGod, same God fro the Faith of Abraham, I beleive.
General Stephen? is that a good name? can help all OMNILogically understand The Mind of God fro all mankind, even for children to know through all generalizations, transformed rebirth and logical incorruption through glorified and transfigured two nature salvation for the Family?
To me the New Evangelism in Catholicism should be Born again and Saved, properly logically from the New Eve through the New Adam in One Holy Family, I believe.
If I were a great evangelist, I would say like: Stephen A the Evangelist, or
mighty mystic Stephen or General Logic Steve, how about A mystic Stephen?
Or OMNILogical Stephen A? Is that a good name?
Stephen A, is that a good name? goes like: “Through all generalizations from created failed corrupt in spirit through mortal flesh for the created souls of all we , all mankind becomes immortalized from the living waters though the Power of The Spirit through the flesh for all souls transformed becoming brothers and sisters in all mankind from the Immaculate Conception through the Incorruptible Holy Spirit for the Immaculate Flesh for all becoming in The New Eve.”
The I would go like? into the Logic of Holy Spirit Incorruption from the New Adam becoming in all Sons and Daughters of God through the personal relationships of Jesus and the Holy Family becoming again in all One Family of God,
Then the evangelist would say, go like: Sound goes like: Then maybe a brief, Hallelujah and do the circle spin, point to Heaven and clap hands three times then, saying God is Great, Hallelujah, Amen, again once more and a Praise God twice, Amen brothers and sisters, I think, then rhetorically ask, Who’s got the Power? Then Stephen Logic, is that a good name? goes like: We do, and we pass the Power, to all, I believe.
And we are not preaching or proselytizing, only generalizing logical holiness for all faithfully, I believe.
Yes, We know, Mother.
Peace always,
Stephen
Prior to the scandal, my Aunt really liked Fr. Corapi. She wanted to put one of his talks (on CD) in our Generations of Faith take-home kits, but when we brought this up to our Priest, he said, nope, but would not elaborate on why. I think he knew more of what was going on than most lay people at that time, as the scandal had not yet been publicized.
I was never really a fan of Fr. Corapi, but I did subscribe after the scandal and he began putting out weird video of himself wearing a black leather jacker and referring to himself as “the Black Sheep Dog” or something like that.
For anyone who does not know about the rise and fall of Fr. Corapi; he was a Catholic Priest with a deep (and as Sorrowful pointed out) powerful voice. His catch-phrase was, “Your Mother (referring to Our Blessed Mother) wears combat boots” in a Sean Connery tone. He was touring and doing talks, and making a butt-load of money. He had purchased a beach home (if my memory serves me) in Florida. It was revealed that he was living with a “friend” (prostitute) and doing cocaine (becoming addicted and spending large amounts of money each week on drugs).
We need to Pray for public speakers like Mike Schmitz and Bishop Barron, as they are under spiritual attack and, like most, battle temptation. We sometimes put these men on a pedestal and the higher we build them up, the harder they fall.
Joshua Charles (who is building an amazing resource) shared, in a recent interview, the story from the 13th Century about a Man who went to Rome and saw how corrupt many of the Priests and Bishops had become and later came to the conclusion that if the Church could survive such debauchery, then she must be the Church that Jesus founded.
