Liturgical ping!
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How about cantors and choristers?
Can we start with Altar Girls?
The last time I was at Mass was about 18 years ago. A woman read from the Bible at the altar. I never went back. The Deity in charge understands.
Whatever my bishop/pastor decides is fine with me.
I only need one reason. Women are not allowed to be priests. Altar boys have historically proven to be an excellent source of vocations. Every girl who serves as an altar server is replacing a boy who just might be inclined to enter the seminary as a result of his altar service. I say this as one who served as an altar boy for 8 years.
“To raise the possibility of an all-male liturgical team is to invite tribulation.”
Yes, the PC crowd in your diocese will cause you great “tribulation” (suffering) if you question gender integration in the Liturgy. But IMO the writer meant that “retribution” (revenge) will descend upon traditionalists who dare to question the “non-sexist inclusive integrative” agenda, or whatever they call it.
Watched this cr@p unfold for more than four decades. Tambourines, do-your-own-thing liturgies, it’s very, very old.
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A Calvinist finds in the article food for thought. Thanks for posting it.
Deborah, Esther, Mary. Not to mention Ruth, Jael, and Rahab.
But, the author seems to have forgotten the most compelling reason: the disbelief of men. Peter and John did worse than not even believe the women when they brought the Good News of the Resurrection. They thought it was foolish nonsense.
I’m not Catholic and my church tradition doesn’t allow women to Preach or become preachers, elders, or deacons, regardless of the female presbyters mentioned in Paul’s letters and the earliest writings of the Church. However,it’s due to the hard hearts of men, not the will of the Lord.