Posted on 12/26/2014 3:21:42 PM PST by marshmallow
I also strongly dislike those things, and I avoid them as much as possible. For example, I will not receive Communion from a lay person. Every few years, usually when I am attending Mass at another parish, I receive from a lay person.
But please remember that the Church itself does not change. There are men in the Church who make changes such as those that you describe, but the changes are merely outward changes. And these, too, shall pass. The Church does not change.
Praying for you that the Holy Spirit will guide you.
Thanks for concern etc BUT I would be more than hypocritical were I to (continue) receive Holy Communion as to aforementioned Non Catholic Marriage, (43 some years), NOT raising two children in the Faith and subsequent Divorce.
From my ‘early learnings’ etc of the RCC, I have broken three of the ‘biggies’, which did not offer a ‘do over’.
In retrospect, if I were to Receive Communion etal, I would be in the same Company that I abhor - Right up there with the CINO that continue to back Abortion etc and continue to receive the Sacraments.
Don’t flaunt some of the basic ‘ground rules’ of the Church then take advantage of the photo ops by going to Mass on select days etc etc etc...
It has changed. It is a new religion.
LOL!
My aunt left an abusive husband, divorced and then remarried outside the church. She attended daily mass for 40 years but could not receive communion. After Vatican II, when it became easier to get an annulment, her priest suggested that she look into annulling the first marriage on grounds of alcohol addiction, and when she did, she found her first husband had died.
Talk to a good priest (not a modern one, but a very young or very old priest who believes in God). He might be able to help you with all of this.
And pray the rosary: Mama Mary is pretty good at getting her sons back to God.
I’ll remember you in my prayers.
You are correct sir. I knew women here in Davao City, who, along with their husbands, were missionaries from Florida. They did a great job starting local churches here, but they had one advantage over me. They all could speak the native language that I can't. They have moved on to other places, but these ladies were great missionaries.
The Catholic Church defines “preaching” narrowly, as giving the sermon during Mass. This can be done only by a Bishop, priest, or deacon: an ordained man.
Women can be evangelists, teachers of religion, give religious lectures to the general public (live or by radio or tv), and perform all sorts of other functions.
In our sacramental theology, the priest *embodies* Christ, eternal high priest and victim in the one perfect offering of Himself ... and Jesus Christ was a MAN. A natural human man, which is not the same as a natural human woman. Therefore, it is impossible - not forbidden: IMPOSSIBLE - for a woman to be a Catholic priest.
That’s a different paradigm than what is understood in the evangelical community. Even there, the conservative ones will have men preaching in general worship services, making exceptions only where a special need is present. Paul wrote that he did not permit women to “teach” though the context seems to me to suggest he did not want the women to be bossy in the presence of their husbands. Husband and wife instructional teams e.g. Priscilla and Aquila, were fine.
Yes, it is. This is one of the significant differences between Catholic/Orthodox and other Christians.
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