This spirit of pride and rebellion has likewise contaminated part of my Church. Even those who should be a light for others have been deceived and seduced by Satan and are now nothing more than shadows walking in the darkness of doubt, of uncertainty and of lack of faith.
Blue Book 53 d
The way to treat a priest is with respectful informality, and the accent is on the word respectful. I remember one time a priest arrived here at Madonna House and he was very drunk, so I put him to bed to “sleep it off”. In the morning I brought him some coffee. He was bleary-eyed, and sort of “lost”, I knelt by his bed and asked him to bless me. He looked at me and said, “Do you realize who I am and what I did? Do you realize that I am a bum?” I answered, “Yes, but you are a priest also and I ask for your blessing, for it is Christ’s blessing!” He blessed me, and then he started to cry.
Grace in Every Season (March 12)
It doesn’t matter who the priest is, could be the pope himself. By merits of his priesthood, he deserves our love and respect. We don’t need to pretend that what he is doing and saying is right… we are to be respectful not deaf and blind. But we are called to look at them with God’s eyes, even when they can’t.