tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post4168025859580658264..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: BXVI: "Is disobedience a path of renewal for the Church?"Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-49974229895630263942012-04-07T10:55:28.262-05:002012-04-07T10:55:28.262-05:00Going real well Father as I learn patience in reco...Going real well Father as I learn patience in recovering at God's pace instead of my own. Thanks for your prayers and thoughts.Subvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13523683273450353313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-6387876985484921492012-04-06T21:56:35.564-05:002012-04-06T21:56:35.564-05:00Sub! You're well enough to type. Hope all is...Sub! You're well enough to type. Hope all is well. . .Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-41218286431585789602012-04-06T18:07:23.379-05:002012-04-06T18:07:23.379-05:00God has given men the task of tending His flock, H...God has given men the task of tending His flock, He has given women the honor of mothering them. Yeah, it's cheesy but so what?Subvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13523683273450353313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-39562000194234043432012-04-06T11:33:11.859-05:002012-04-06T11:33:11.859-05:00A stray thought on ordaining women. Given the unpa...A stray thought on ordaining women. Given the unparalleled (sp?) honor that Catholic and Orthodox traditions give to Mary, proponent of female priests ought to ask themselves why she, rather than the Apostles, was not chosen to lead the early Church? <br /><br />It's a haphazard comparison, but, the Queen of Heaven, rather like the current Queen of England, reigns but does not rule.<br /><br />Although it is un-speakable in our times, the different qualities of masculine and feminine nature lie behind all this, I think. Despite the occasional exception and despite the current detour of Western feminist ideology we are all drowning in, headship, as I believe Aquinas holds, is a unique gift of the male gender. Gratia non tollit naturam...OreamnosAmericanushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602268350813211243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-17322003979387255462012-04-06T07:41:24.263-05:002012-04-06T07:41:24.263-05:00Faith, for all her preeminence in the Church, Mary...Faith, for all her preeminence in the Church, Mary never served the Body as "in personae Christi capitus," in the person of Christ, head of the Church. <br /><br />You are right about Mary's role in giving flesh to the Son, but being a priest of the Church is a very different sort of thing.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-62318220493801074852012-04-06T06:51:07.198-05:002012-04-06T06:51:07.198-05:00I have trouble with this myself. JPII said God ha...I have trouble with this myself. JPII said God hasn't given the Church the authority to ordain women isn't true. The Holy Spirit Himself ordained Mary. Who else can incarnately say "This is My Body; This is MY Blood?"Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13945662015612932618noreply@blogger.com