It seems appropriate to be speaking of Therese particularly because her "Dias Natalis" (birth into heaven) is September 30th and her Feast Day is October 1st. We should never underestimate the degree
A present time perspective and an urgent plea for discernment:
This is what William A. Barry SJ, a well known spiritual director wrote about women and ordination in one of the chapters of his book Pa
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That "old" statement "St Therese would have been a priest if she had lived long enough" is of your own making not mine.. Please don't attribute it to me and then refute it. It is not what I have wr
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Linda, is this the same God as 'Father' who inflicted horrendous plagues on his enemies? Who watched all the horrors of history, many of them carried out in 'his' name? God as Creator, King, God
The real question is, what can we learn from elsewhere? In the United States many dioceses now have an abundance of vocations and they have changed the situation in ten years. For example in the Dioce
Ahh! Soline @No.3, not that old, 'St Therese would have become a priest if she had lived long enough' nonsense again. St Therese fully understood that she could never be ordained a priest, which is qu
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According to Nuala "God is not male"...Actually according to our tradition, God is not male....because if God is male, then the male is god...
Is God Male?
http://www.agts.edu/faculty/faculty_pub
Thank you Brendan for continuing to speak out on this issue which affects many parts of the world, not just Ireland.
Has God already answered prayers for vocations?
- http://mabuhay.catholic.org.hk/no
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When reciting this prayer by st Therese of Lisieux one should bear in mind that Therese understood and welcomed her early death as preferable to being excluded from fulfilling the ordained mini
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The Irish Church refuses to face statistics on priesthood
September 27 2013It seems appropriate to be speaking of Therese particularly because her "Dias Natalis" (birth into heaven) is September 30th and her Feast Day is October 1st. We should never underestimate the degree
The Irish Church refuses to face statistics on priesthood
September 27 2013A present time perspective and an urgent plea for discernment: This is what William A. Barry SJ, a well known spiritual director wrote about women and ordination in one of the chapters of his book Pa
The Irish Church refuses to face statistics on priesthood
September 27 2013@5 That "old" statement "St Therese would have been a priest if she had lived long enough" is of your own making not mine.. Please don't attribute it to me and then refute it. It is not what I have wr
This interview could be the Pope’s first real encyclical
September 23 2013@20. Linda, is this the same God as 'Father' who inflicted horrendous plagues on his enemies? Who watched all the horrors of history, many of them carried out in 'his' name? God as Creator, King, God
The Irish Church refuses to face statistics on priesthood
September 27 2013The real question is, what can we learn from elsewhere? In the United States many dioceses now have an abundance of vocations and they have changed the situation in ten years. For example in the Dioce
The Irish Church refuses to face statistics on priesthood
September 27 2013Ahh! Soline @No.3, not that old, 'St Therese would have become a priest if she had lived long enough' nonsense again. St Therese fully understood that she could never be ordained a priest, which is qu
This interview could be the Pope’s first real encyclical
September 23 2013@20 According to Nuala "God is not male"...Actually according to our tradition, God is not male....because if God is male, then the male is god... Is God Male? http://www.agts.edu/faculty/faculty_pub
The Irish Church refuses to face statistics on priesthood
September 27 2013Thank you Brendan for continuing to speak out on this issue which affects many parts of the world, not just Ireland. Has God already answered prayers for vocations? - http://mabuhay.catholic.org.hk/no
The Irish Church refuses to face statistics on priesthood
September 27 2013@1 When reciting this prayer by st Therese of Lisieux one should bear in mind that Therese understood and welcomed her early death as preferable to being excluded from fulfilling the ordained mini
This interview could be the Pope’s first real encyclical
September 23 2013So according to Nuala " God is not Male". Must be why Jesus Christ taught us to pray "Our Father" then eh?
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