Ping
I went to mass every day and occasionally, just stopped for a visit.
I was determined...and on one visit...when no one was around...I jumped the rail, knelt respectively and rang those bells.
Hopped back over the railing...and left...
I'm sure God got a good laugh out of it.
I believe “altar boys” were adopted from God’s detailed instructions in the Old Testament for building and conducting services in His Temple. These acolytes were specifically to be the sons of the Levi priests.
God is male
The Holy Spirit is male, Jesus is Male, Angels are male, the writers are predominantly male, we are of the family of man.
No one has questioned any of this until (relative) minutes ago (in the historical timeline).
Any denomination that allows women priests and etcetera's are not Christian .... imo.
boys are going to be priests or they are not...
if girls are willing to serve on the altar, they should....
I was an altar boy roughly 60 years ago. I graduated into a seminary and lasted 4 years. In those days all the churches in my neighborhood were always full. Now, not so much. At least half of the servers in my last two parishes are girls. Of the Catholic Church problems we encounter every day, altar girls is so far down the list, it isn’t on the radar screen.
I was an altar boy roughly 60 years ago. I graduated into a seminary and lasted 4 years. In those days all the churches in my neighborhood were always full. Now, not so much. At least half of the servers in my last two parishes are girls. Of the Catholic Church problems we encounter every day, altar girls is so far down the list, it isn’t on the radar screen.