Friday, May 04, 2007

May 19-Womyn Led Prayer at St Cronan's

As posted at the "Catholic" Action Network web site:
Women Led-Prayer
...an opportunity for Catholic women (especially those called to ordination) to lead prayer

Our next liturgy will be May 19th at 9:00 am at St. Cronan's Parish

An epitome of inconsistency, a Catholic parish is again hosting a "liturgy" (which is normally understood by Catholic as the 'public prayer' of the Church) for women who feel 'called' by the 'spirit' to ordination, a call which we know with certitude cannot be of the Holy Spirit.

You can check out the April 21 "Liturgy" here.

While the pretense is given that this operates under the banner "Justice for Women in the Catholic Church", it is actually quite the opposite - it promotes an injustice toward women by encouraging rebellion and disobedience against the Church , and assumes that the various "calls to ordination" are legitimate, as if God could deceive the Church which Jesus established, in some sort of schizophrenic delusion. Perhaps all could make use that same rationale for misdeeds - "Well, I was called by the spirit to do this or that..."

So the "liturgy" begins:
Chairs are gathered in a circle. The center space is set with a barren tree upon which hangs a single red egg. An icon of Mary Magadalen holding her egg and the Easter candle stand beside it. Other red eggs lie beneath the tree on a cloth.

Powerful symbolism - so powerful, in fact, it's beyond my comprehension...As a matter of fact, I don't want to understand it...

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