tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857216796720971555.post8913360907848764794..comments2024-03-27T18:06:06.369-07:00Comments on Mary's Blog: Instead of me, the newspaper should have chosen Fr Stephen Wang to debate Sinéad O’ConnorMary O'Reganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111088825250138537noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857216796720971555.post-83507347212039189492010-09-06T23:43:37.390-07:002010-09-06T23:43:37.390-07:00I'm very sorry. I meant no offence to women. I...I'm very sorry. I meant no offence to women. I sometimes say outrageous things that I later regret. The thought had occured to me.<br /><br />Father Zuhlsdorf said, in response to the group "Womenpriests Now" that it would be as impossible to ordain a woman, as it would be to ordain a "yak"; his words.<br /><br />The thrust of the argument- what I really meant- was that it is as impossible for a woman to be a priest as it is for a man to give birth.<br /><br />I apologise again for any offence.Ciaranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07883732759207801812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857216796720971555.post-87651276627507490542010-09-06T11:34:24.389-07:002010-09-06T11:34:24.389-07:00Hi Ciaran, It goes without saying that a dog or a ...Hi Ciaran, It goes without saying that a dog or a cat would never be ordained, but it's rather offensive to put women alongside dumb animals who may not be ordained. <br /><br />Thank you however for taking time to comment.Mary O'Reganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06111088825250138537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857216796720971555.post-6449927815562133772010-09-06T11:33:28.333-07:002010-09-06T11:33:28.333-07:00but even Sainte Therese de Lisieux said she wishes...but even Sainte Therese de Lisieux said she wishes she could do what a priest does! there was a Saint (who's name I have forgotten) that used to preach and baptize like the men did, she was a woman, she was basically a priest! I do not give much importance to the Old Testament, but I see Adam and Eve, being a metaphor, just reflect the situation of women back at these times, the fall of humanity was blamed on the Woman, although the Sin was in Man. so what if, just what if, the ordination of men remained because of the bias towards men rather than equality between genders?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857216796720971555.post-23901314717998285652010-09-06T05:55:05.079-07:002010-09-06T05:55:05.079-07:00The One True Church must be, in essentials, identi...The One True Church must be, in essentials, identical to the Church that Christ and the Apostles left to us.<br /><br />Christ, the new Adam- Adam being Hebrew for "man"- consecrated twelve men as Apostles at the Last Supper. These in turn ordained men as priests and deacons. The Apostles consecrated men as bishops, i.e. their successors.<br /><br />The "ordination" of women, besides being impossible- you cannot "ordain" a cat or a dog either- would be a departure from the essential identity of the Catholic Church with the Church of the Apostles; it would be nothing short of apostasy.<br /><br />CiaranCiaranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07883732759207801812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857216796720971555.post-33289404423592330652010-09-05T22:20:08.543-07:002010-09-05T22:20:08.543-07:00yes this is quite understandable what you are sayi...yes this is quite understandable what you are saying, but I do not think that God stressed on Jesus being man, but rather, in these times, it was best for Him to come as man, we should be able to represent Christ both men and women, although I am not 100% sure of my stand, I would rather pick to be nun than priest, but still, there shouldn't be a difference in gender! Last week a Jesuit said in his sermon,:" The only way for the Catholic Church to grow is to allow the ordination of women"!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com