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To: sinkspur; marshmallow
Ordaining married men should at least be discussed, given the response of those same men to the permanent diaconate.

Vatican II reinstituted the Deaconate. You benefited. Apparently, that is not enough. What's that old expression: "Give someone an inch and they will take a mile". Your desire to be a 'married' priest does not fit the Catholic Church. Had it not been for VCII, you wouldn't even be serving as a deacon.

If you don't like it "here", leave. But, please, don't rally to impose what "you want" on the rest of the church. That would be utterly selfish.

20 posted on 01/16/2005 7:51:43 PM PST by NYer ("In good times we enjoy faith, in bad times we exercise faith." ... Mother Angelica)
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To: NYer
Your desire to be a 'married' priest does not fit the Catholic Church. Had it not been for VCII, you wouldn't even be serving as a deacon.

I do not desire to be a married priest. I can preach, which is what I really became a deacon to do. I don't want the responsibility of a parish, and I don't want to be subject to being moved around, at the whim of the bishop.

Did I say that I do not desire the priesthood for myself? I hope I've now made that clear.

If you don't like it "here", leave. But, please, don't rally to impose what "you want" on the rest of the church. That would be utterly selfish.

You've surely read the papers lately. Many priests, and not a few bishops, have encouraged that the issue of married priests be discussed. So, it's not as if I'm a lone Ranger on this.

Celibacy is a discipline, not a doctrine. If this forum tolerates sedevacantists, it can surely tolerate the discussion of married priests.

22 posted on 01/16/2005 7:58:44 PM PST by sinkspur ("How dare you presume to tell God what He cannot do" God Himself)
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