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To: NYer
I remember a Catholic priest getting the congregation to roar with laughter:

"If I were allowed to have a family, the Parish would have to take up a 3rd collection!"
5 posted on 10/07/2005 2:43:50 PM PDT by SaltyJoe (A mother's sorrowful heart and personal sacrifice redeems her lost child's soul.)
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To: SaltyJoe
"If I were allowed to have a family, the Parish would have to take up a 3rd collection!"

If not a 4th! :-)

According to my Maronite pastor, it is not unusual for parishioners at churches in Lebanon with married clergy, to scrutinize anything new the wife might be wearing, or the children and ponder to what extent their 'donations' paid for it.

The other problem is here in the West. The Eastern christians still take the vow of Matrimony seriously. That is no longer the case here. If we in the West can barely support our celibate clergy, how would we finance those who are married? And what if the marriage fails?

As he explained it, the shift from celibate to married clergy entails a lengthy period of preparation. This is not an overnight decision. Personally, I would be most curious to read financial reports from those Catholic parishes that now support converted, married priests from the Protestant denominations.

6 posted on 10/07/2005 2:58:01 PM PDT by NYer (“Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion")
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