As for the comments about obesity, you're entirely out of line; you're not in any position to make any kind of moral judgment about what led to it. In fact, mortification can lead to a slow-down of metabolism. Stress, due to long hours and lack of sleep, can increase cortisol levels, which contributes to fat storage.
Yes metabolism does slow down, that's why you don't overeat after fasting. The man is easily 100+ pounds overweight, you'll never get that way by fasting on a regular basis. At this point he would probably need surgery to get out of the hole he's in. His life is hanging in the balance.
In addition, someone fasting on bread and water will actually put on weight because carbs become blood sugar and mess with insulin production and fat storage. I've known quite a few people who are overweight simply because they have mostly carbs in their diet ... because they're cheaper than meats and fats ... and not because they eat an inordinate amount of food. My oldest son can eat 10,000 calories day and he's rail thin ... just can't put on weight despite the fact that he eats more than the rest of my kids combined. Other people can just look at a piece of pie and put on five pounds. So you have no idea about why Father Pfeiffer is overweight.
He's way more than a little overweight. All you have to do is look at younger pics of him. He looks like he's smuggling an extra priest under that cassock! Or like Hewko might say he's entered into the "fullness of the priesthood" and then some. He's morbidly obese because that kind of extra weight will kill you very quickly. Only one more reason to step down and focus on his health.
As for the moral component, he's done it to himself. Here's the thing: If Pfeiffer demands utter allegiance and perfection from other resistance priests, why shouldn't we call upon him to get his life together? I'm not listening to another hour+ long screed about other priests whether it be Zendejas or Williamson. He's a bitter uncharitable mess and I've had it. Show me one, just one sermon on prayer
and fasting by him. Show me! His utter lack of charity indicates a grave lack of fundamentals in his spiritual life. He's channeling a Martin Luther not a Gregory Hesse or a Columba Marmion. If he had a tenth of the intellect and spiritual gifts those men had, his extra weight might have served as a cross to humble him but he is ravenous.
I'll never forget how he stampeded all over Zendejas, airing his differences with his fellow priests in public when it should have remained private and speaking of going public, his reprehensible treatment of the various resistance coordinators through Pablo. Don't follow him down into the ditch because that's where he's headed.
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