{"content":[{"text":"discipleship.” But is the third way Fr. Longenecker presents \n the path to peace in a common Church? \n The case of a third Fr. James suggests that the answer \n to that question is no. Fr. James Parker is the very epitome of \n what Fr. Longenecker describes as living a “radical Christian \n life.” He does not curse the dark, but rather lights a candle \n everywhere he goes. He is the essence of a priest who lives \n that “radiant, radical, and revolutionary Christianity” focused \n completely on doing what he can with what he has where he \n is. He serves his people through the sacraments and through \n devotions to the Eucharist, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the \n Immaculate Heart of Mary. \n Fr. Parker livestreams Mass every morning, followed by a \n Divine Mercy Chaplet (which he livestreams again every day \n at three o’clock). He then makes visits to hospitals and the \n homebound, and he visits the school, when in session. He \n ends each day with a livestreamed Rosary Holy Hour before \n the Blessed Sacrament, which is usually watched by as many \n as 70 parishioners. Every night. \n Contrary to how some may want to characterize him, Fr. \n Parker does not represent any “extreme.” He does not publicly \n call out politicians, he is the very opposite of \n “confrontational,” and he offers the Ordinary Form of the \n Mass. He doesn’t call for its replacement by the Extraordinary \n Form. But neither does he accommodate the Age in which we \n live. He wears a cassock and thought at one point to install a \n communion rail. His homilies defend human life from womb \n to tomb, and he gathers groups to pray the Rosary at Planned \n Parenthood clinics. He calls on all his parishioners to practice \n their faith in just the kind of radical way Fr. Longenecker calls \n the “third way.” \n And yet, his bishop is currently trying to cancel him.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.091773,"width":0.764724,"height":0.807217}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}