..I'm sitting @ an angels game & felt a tug on my heart to offer a prayer 4 fred bailey..he's the priest at corpus christi in aliso viejo ..I attend there periodically amongst many other congregations..somewhat like paul visited and wrote to different christian communities...I do likewise ..& corpus christ weighs heavily on my mind ..can't put a finger on it..but I feel troubled when I go there..not b/c of the parishioners but b/c of fred himself..not to say anything critical but that I feel uneasy at times..can't seem to get fully in tune w/ the song he's singing..its definitely a different vibe than I hear elsewhere..the messages always have an "americana" theme to them..which isn't bad..bit sometimes can be too "exclusive" and not enough inclusive ..he also sometimes has an air of superiority but yet he makes simple linguistic mistakes..for example referring to the social gathering they call "la cena" (pronounced "see na" which is spanish for dinner, ) he mispronounced it as "chee na" & I heard a little girl say to her mom "its see na" and the mom whispered "shhh" ..almost as if they r covering up for poor fred.. they feel sorrry fr him..yet at the same time he cops an attitude of arrogance at times..its hard to deal with feeling sorry for somebody who also has a cocky attitude ....& I definitely get a feeling he would rather I didn't visit..how's that for a priest ?! ..so yes um a little troubled by this congregation..well,..by fred more specifically & ask u to pray 4 him...give him a feeling of security but not cockiness ..and let him not feel threatened by me..I am simply there to be nourished by the body & blood of Christ..that's my true love ..hear my prayer
