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Posted on 05/30/2010 10:12:21 AM PDT by Sun
When my husband and I went to Mass last evening, unfortunately our parish priest was ill, so a guest priest said Mass.
When he read the Gospel, he changed He to she. Later the substitute priest said we really don't know if the Holy Spirit is a he or a she.
Later he said, wouldn't the altar girl make a good priest some day, even though the Vatican said women priests is a closed issue. It won't happen.
There were a few other things, but those were the things that bothered me the most.
Here is the gospel, where he changed He to she:
"Jesus said to his disciples: "I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming. He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you."
“No one wants to cause scandal in their parish if they can avoid it.”
Exactly, particularly when it’s not the Parish priest’s fault, and he is ill right now (hopefully not too ill). Prayers for the Parish priest, too, so he is back to good health quickly.
Preaching women’s ordination is definitely a “call the bishop” moment.
...don’t get me started on the constant misuse of they/their to get around the rule.
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I share your frustration. Another transgression that really annoys me is the use of “person” as a suffix to replace “man” in words such as “chairman”. The idiots, who, apparently do not realize that “man” in this usage means “person”, never say “woperson” for “woman”.
No he doesn't.
What is Raymond’s title, and who actually runs EWTN?
But mainly, he has a high position, and would be a good person to contact.
You are correct, and here’s an FYI (not that you need it, cmj328):
Permalink: http://www.zenit.org/article-22752?l=english
“Vatican Reaffirms: Women’s Ordination Invalid
Decree Says Offense Incurs Automatic Excommunication
VATICAN CITY, MAY 30, 2008 (Zenit.org).”
The novus ordo is like a box of chocolates...
WOW! :-)
I know I’m getting old when only a couple people get my favorite “Latin” altar boy joke. Oh well, as they say, Semper Ubi Sub Ubi.
I agree.
An inflected language is one in which noun and verb endings vary according to usage. Latin and Greek, and the languages derived from them - French, Italian, Spanish, the Slavic languages - are inflected. English is generally not inflected, although there are some exceptions, as in our verb to be - I am, thou art, he is, we are, you are, they are.
No distortion of Catholic doctrine is thought to be too much, no twisting of history is thought to be too wrong for them to do it and throw it out there as if it were all true. You can catch them lying, it won’t matter. You can prove that what they’re claiming is impossible - it’s just absolutely untrue - and it still won’t matter. They don’t care about the truth when it comes to the Catholic Church.
C'mon, don't hold back...Tell us how you really feel about us...
The Holy Spirit as “she” comes from the book of Wisdom, where wisdom is seen as female and is associated with the Holy Spirit.
God is beyond female and male, but his relationship to us is that of a father (male), the parent who guides his children.
But there are biblical references to God holding his people and comforting them like a nursing mother comforts her child. So there is a feminine idea there too.
The problem is not using the feminine per se as that we live in a country who is determined to destroy masculinity and femininity in all things, including in the church.
I didn’t express any feelings. I simply stated facts. If you believe the description applies to you (”Tell us how you really feel about us...”), then you must agree with the description.
I am not interested in her regular priest or parish. I am interested in the visiting priest and his parish.
What makes you think the visiting priest has a parish?
Read the OP carefully, and that MIGHT give you a clue.
Your very first comment, which reads as follows:
Does that jar you memory? Funny you should forget so soon.
The priest HAD his own parish, and if you read further, you will see that he is of retirement age.
Priests who have their own parishes don’t have time to be guest priests.
Thanks!
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