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To: Tantumergo

Lets just say that it is not Deacons such as yourself who I am worried about becoming priests, you would make an excellent priest. That said there are other "Deacons" out there that I would be worried about becoming priests. Such "deacons" would be a disaster.


12 posted on 12/27/2005 8:13:39 PM PST by RFT1 ("I wont destroy you, but I dont have to save you")
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To: RFT1

Thank you for your vote of confidence! ;)

However deacons such as myself are happy to serve the Lord as His deacons and support the celibate (non-homosexual) priesthood.

I have grave suspicions about all these married men and women who feel "called" to the priesthood. The genuine "call" when it comes, comes from God and the Church. I do not believe that God would waste His time "calling" people to a putative vocation which is not possible to fulfil within the terms with which He has established His Church.

This "call" which many "feel" can only lead to frustration, disillusionment and distraction from the true task at hand. There is only one being who can possibly benefit from people being distracted by this false call, and I strongly suspect that he is the origin of it.


14 posted on 12/28/2005 5:44:18 AM PST by Tantumergo
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