Sorry, but I'm just not feeling the 'love' for my conservative brothers and sisters in the pews after reading this piece.

Those of us who saw 'pastoral accompaniment' as integral to the gospel had to endure the indignity of being labelled "glorified social workers" by our 'obedient' brethren.
When we worked for Justice they accused us of acting politically, of being communists.
When we saw the young walk away from Mass we tried to make the liturgy more accessible to them. They called us tambourine wielding "Hippies."
And when we challenged outdated and at times, cruel Church teaching, they called us Protestants and told us to get out of 'their' Church.

We see now exactly how deeply they valued obedience, with the election of Pope Francis. From what I can see, it's not a virtue they valued at all.