LOS ANGELES (CA)
National Catholic Reporter
by Joshua J. McElwee | Feb. 19, 2013
Cardinal Roger Mahony, who was been publicly disgraced for his handling of priests accused of sex abuse in the 1980s, has written that his personal Lenten journey involves suffering and “never protesting misunderstandings, and never getting angry because of false accusations.”
Reflecting on the prophet Isaiah’s passage on the suffering servant, Mahony writes that the passage is “important for all of us who are disciples of Jesus Christ since we are called to imitate his words, actions, and life.”
“Part of that journey will always entail suffering from time to time,” wrote Mahony on his personal blog Monday. “But what makes Jesus’ suffering so different, and so important for us, is that he lived out Isaiah’s prophecy fully: ‘…he did not open his mouth…'”
“That means never rationalizing what is happening in our lives, never protesting misunderstandings, and never getting angry because of false accusations,” Mahony continues. “And that is so difficult for us human beings. It is certainly difficult for me on my journey.”
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