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To: PoisedWoman
I'd only considered returning to the church after being touched to the core by seeing devout and lovely little girls serving mass.

Unfortunately, you're hinging your return on something totally ephemeral when you SHOULD be thinking more of the Sacrifice of the Mass, and the reception of the Body and Blood of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist.

The gender of the extraneous people on the altar should not be more important than the mystery of the Real Presence. As for the angelic little girls on the altar, give me a break. Half the little girls serving look as bored as half the little boys do. I have noticed something interesting, however. The more girls sign up for altar service, the fewer boys do. The boys begin to see it as a 'girl thing', and that is unfortunate. We need young men to be close to the altar performing service. This is a wonderful way for young men to be open to the vocation of Priesthood. I know that's why some folks were pushing for little girls to be there; they wanted to push the idea of women priests, but that ain't gonna happen.

93 posted on 02/27/2004 6:12:17 AM PST by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ
The more girls sign up for altar service, the fewer boys do.

That's true in a lot of things. The girls want to do someting only because the boys are doing it. They start doing it. The boys stop doing it.

Taken to an extreme you end up with a generation of boys who never become men, and a generation of very unhappy women.

110 posted on 02/27/2004 12:42:22 PM PST by Tribune7 (Vote Toomey April 27)
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