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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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To: sinkspur
Can you name one intelligent,orthodox and holy Bishop among those who think the issue of married priests should be discussed? I don't think so.

The list will contain the very same bishops,who have protected and covered the abusing priests. They are the same bishops who have blocked heterosexual candidates,who are firm in the faith,from entering the seminaries.

24 posted on 01/16/2005 9:28:47 PM PST by saradippity
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