In Defense of Jesuits
We all have our bad days. For me it was a confession that turned super awkward when I asked the Jesuit priest to enroll me in the brown scapular. He said he didn’t know the prayers. I had the prayers there on hand but instead of telling him that I panicked and just acted like I didn’t. I practically tripped over myself leaving. Then vented to my mom and somehow tried to make the priest the bad guy to cover for my embarrassment. Then I ended up in a conversation with a “friend” who is a huge Latin mass fan. She made me feel validated… But the only reason she actually disliked this priest was cause he was a Jesuit… Boy did that make me feel like an ass. That was the moment I realized I really wasn’t being fair and clearly other people in the parish were not being fair. Which just made me feel even worse. Jesuits, similar to nuns, get a bum deal. They dedicate their entire lives to the church, to the service of us the faithful, and they take a vow of...