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02nd
March 2010
The Churches
of Little Faith
The
Editor,
Priests are supposed to be trained to put God
first before all things, it is said that they
dedicated their lives to serving the Lord, without
prejudice or fear. “As I walk through
the valley of death no evil shall I fear”,
but is this really true? Do our priests really
walk through the valley of death without fear?
The answer is, not a chance. It is so unfortunate
that our priests are the last people that you
see on the front line to give their services
so they may interject the Lord’s will
in the places that really need it the most.
In the past four years that I have been back
to St Lucia, I have never seen any priest maneuvering
through the valleys of death (Conway, Graveyard,
The Marchand Blvd, Grass Street, or New Village),
not even to attempt to spread the good word
of the Lord. Our priests are far too complacent.
They have grown used to simply sitting in the
comfort of their air conditioned cars, and comfortable
homes. Our priests today live in a comfort zone.
When last have you seen a priest moving around
from place to place tackling real issues? On
the contrary, they say the Lord will protect
them because of their faith but they are reluctant
because they fear our young men. It is due time
that our priests get up, get out and begin the
process of religious conversion.
They should be on the front line working to
convert young troubled men and women to the
ways of the Lord. They need to be reminded that
their lives are not as important as the good
word of God (Jesus gave his life, what will
you give)? Our priests have assumed their positions
somewhere way in the back of the battle against
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These men of
the cloth must stop sending out little old
ladies to do their priests’ job of religious
conversion and make their presence felt. This
is one of the main reasons that I retracted
from my studies of becoming a priest at the
age of eighteen. Jesus Christ was ridiculed,
beaten, spat on, stabbed, and crucified in
order to make his presence felt. With the
intent to spread the good word, He made real
sacrifices. Our priests must start the process
of real sacrifices, after all what is the
worst that could happen to a priest if he
went to any of the valleys of death? It can
only lead one to wonder how deep is the faith
of our priests. I challenge the priests to
convince the public other wise, and if necessary
I will go with them on the crusade, come out
and show us real sacrifice, come out and emulate
the actions of the Lord and do it without
the fear of man. Come out and take the fight
of conversion to the people. Father Clovis
I love you dearly and this you know, but it
is time persons like you address all members
of the Catholic Diocese to tackle this desperate
situation. St Lucians may not know this but
you have influential connections in the Vatican,
use them and send them this message. Do not
allow the state of our country to knock on
your door in a negative way, no one is safe.
Act now.
Randall
“Lion I” Mondesir
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