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To: Mrs. Don-o

Which in the end leads to the dignity that is given to both men and women, be it marriage, the priesthood/religious life, and for those who are neither, but are call in a special way, single in the world.


18 posted on 11/24/2012 7:23:26 AM PST by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: Biggirl

Yes, that’s very true. I love St. Paul’s doctrine of the “Mystical Body of Christ” for that reason: we’re all like cells, tissues, organs, limbs and systems of His Body, and we are all part of His great work, all quite different, and all in ways known only to Him.


19 posted on 11/24/2012 7:30:39 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("In Christ we form one body, and each member belongs to all the others." Romans 12:5)
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