Defiant Woman Simulates Sacraments

The headline of the article is wrong. It says:

Defiant female priest says Mass

Actually, there are two things wrong: one is the claim that she is a "Female priest" and the other is that she celebrated "Mass". She may have said or celebrated something which looked like a Mass and in doing so, she seems to have incurred automatic (latae sententiae) penalty of interdict under Canon 1378 (#2) which states:

Canon 1378
2. The following incur an automatic (latae sententiae) penalty of interdict or if a cleric, an automatic (latae sententiae) suspension:

(1) one who has not been promoted to the priestly order and who attempts to enact the liturgical action of the Eucharistic Sacrifice;

This act of attempting to celebrate the Holy Mass is a most grave abuse of the Liturgy. Redemptionis Sacramentum (RS) lists it as Graviora Delicta - the most grave kind of liturgical abuses which are reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

The Ordinary of the diocese is obliged to refer this matter to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith immediately:

[RS 179.] Delicts against the faith as well as graviora delicta committed in the celebration of the Eucharist and the other Sacraments are to be referred without delay to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which “examines [them] and, if necessary, proceeds to the declaration or imposition of canonical sanctions according to the norm of common or proper law”.

If the bishop does what he is supposed to do, the CDF should be addressing this matter in the near future.

The fledgling congregation gathered in a circle at Sunday Mass at Spartan Memorial Chapel to introduce themselves. A woman in a long, white robe spoke first. "My name is Victoria Rue, and I am a Roman Catholic woman priest."

Her name may well be "Victoria Rue", but a Roman Catholic priest, she is not...She may be delusional but she has not been, nor can she be, ordained to the priesthood - it can never happen.

"God has called me," said Juanita Cordero, a Los Gatos woman who will soon be ordained as a deacon and aims to be a priest by 2007. "Growing up it was never a possibility because it was always for men."

Cordero, a former nun, is among 120 women enrolled in the Roman Catholic Womenpriests program, which has been boldly ordaining groups of women as priests and deacons.

Figures...a former nun. The fact remains that the priesthood is and always will be reserved to men only. These former "Catholics", in actuality, are starting their own "religious sects", but they have not the courage to "leave" the Church. This is what pride and defiance does to one's mind. It obscures reality. It poisons faith. It binds one in bondage and slavery. It destroys one's conscience. It leads to spiritual death.

A dozen will be ordained in Pittsburgh on July 31, including Cordero and women from Carmel and Pismo Beach.

I wonder if they'll invite Bishop Wuerl?

Pope Benedict XVI, like his predecessor Pope John Paul II, probably won't allow women's ordination, said the Rev. Thomas Reese, a Vatican expert.

Reese should know better. The male only priesthood can never change. Any thinking to the contrary displays an utter lack of understanding concerning the irreformaable, immutable teachings of the Church.

"You got 20 centuries of teaching and practice. You need a pretty good reason to reverse that," Reese said. "They would say you can't reverse that."

But, Fr Tom, what say you?

Polls show that a majority of American Catholics support women's ordination, he said, but it's unclear if they would support a maverick movement to bring it about.

If these polls are accurate, then this is just another example of the many examples which demonstrate that a "majority" of Catholics have not been adequately catechized - a revealing indictment of the bishpos and priests for the past 30-40 years.

...some rituals [of the Mass] have been tweaked. Clergy and laity gather and walk to the front of the church. Phrases such as ``our mother'' and ``she'' are regularly interspersed with the more familiar ``our Father'' and ``he.'' Homilies resemble Bible study sessions as priests sit and invite congregants to share their thoughts on the teachings.

This should make Dan Brown proud...These people are worshipping the "sacred feminine" and themselves. All in a "feel good" manner where they can "share" their flawed opinions.

Kathleen Strack says she decided to stop waiting. She had wanted to be a priest since age 8 and in the 1999 got a master's in divinity just in case the opportunity ever arose. Now 61, she's ready for ordination.

It's hard. She knows some will treat her as an outcast in the faith she deeply loves. She's currently using her maiden name, not wanting to be excommunicated before she becomes a priest.

What is this "faith she deeply loves"? It certainly is not the Catholic Faith or the Church Jesus established. She must be worshipping her own will, since she rejects following the will of God.

It's sad that so many of these people have been led astray. The have abandoned our Lord and His Church. They have succumbed to the false promises of the evil one. They have bought into his lies and deceptions and they are encouraged by those who are "legion"...

They need our prayers and our reparations for the sacrileges they perpetuate.