When I was out picketing for Women Priests, I discovered that among Catholics, there seem to be three different views on Catholic women becoming Priests. One view is of complete denial.
This simply can’t be so, because the Church said so. Another group could not seem to find any grain of relevance with this issue of women priests being connected to their own Faith life, in other words, why bother to get involved. And then there is this last group of Catholics who are fully aboard with this notion of women being priests.
Until now Women had no Past Religious Heritage, thus no Women Role Models to Follow.
If you perhaps are in denial over women priest’s former role in our early Church, would the fact of Mary Mother of God being a priest, would that make any difference to you? As well, for fellow Catholics who couldn’t see the issue of women priests in our Church, meriting any relevance to you, has anything changed now for you?
Being lied to by Your Church is a Blatant Betrayal of Your Own Trust.
It literally has made you, unable to consider the very truth of this issue. The Church will cite history or the tradition of a particular practice which it evolved from. No different from the issue of Women Priests, they were in our Catholic Church’s history until that was forever altered by Man-Made Law.
The hierarchy will contend that you can’t bring in a new tradition with a definite inference here about having to start a new tradition here for women. When in reality, bringing back Women Priests in our Church would not be starting something brand new.
In effect, it would be bringing back the former tradition of Women Priests which was taken away from them with a completely new understanding of the meaning of the term, Ordination. The new caveat of women basically not being allowed on the Altar forever ended their Ministry.
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Margaret Mary O’Connor has a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Buffalo, and a Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry from Christ the King Seminary, in East Aurora, NY.
She is a former Chaplain and currently is a Eucharistic Minister at Our Lady of Charity Parish in Buffalo, NY. She literally walks the walk, on picket lines to help keep the issues of Women’s Ordination and Church Accountability on the Priest Sexual Abuse Issue, at the forefront of any Catholic’s attention.
As a fellow member of the Laity, herself she believes any Catholic, deserves at minimal at least the truth from Rome, as opposed to the continual out right deception they are receiving. She also is a member of Call to Action, Future Church, Roman Catholic Women Priests, Women’s Ordination Conference, and SNAP, (Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests.) Buffalo Central Terminal, Restoration, Preservation Buffalo Niagara, and Western New York Land Conservancy. Margaret Mary is the recipient of the Special Award for Achievement from the Dale Carnegie Public Speaking Course. She also enjoys Gardening, Pilates and reading Mystery books.
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