Former Nun becomes Pastor

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Franciscan said:
Her life is celebrated but if you read it is sad. A series of failures.

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I don’t see it that way. It sounds like she only failed at her marriage.
All of us fail at important things, but she carried on as all of us should try to.
It seems that a number of women have left the Church to join in other religions where they believe that their talents would be put to better use. I know one personally who became Lutheran.

Personally, I don’t see why it’s so important to be a priest, in my opinion, they are no more holier than I am simply by virtue of their job.
 
Karianne said:
I don’t see it that way. It sounds like she only failed at her marriage.
All of fail at important things, but she carried on and all of us should try.
It seems that a number of women have left the Church to join in other religions where they believe that their talents would be put to better use.
Personally, I don’t see why it’s so important to be a priest, in my opinion, they are no more holier than I am simply by virtue of their job.
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Karianne, a perfect article for you…home.catholicweb.com/tcps/index.cfm/NewsItem?id=172906&From=Home
 
Can’t figure out why someone who should know better would leave the Church with the Real Presence for one that doesn’t.
 
Karianne said:
I don’t see it that way. It sounds like she only failed at her marriage.
All of us fail at important things, but she carried on as all of us should try to.
It seems that a number of women have left the Church to join in other religions where they believe that their talents would be put to better use. I know one personally who became Lutheran.

Personally, I don’t see why it’s so important to be a priest, in my opinion, they are no more holier than I am simply by virtue of their job.
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My brother is a priest in the Pittsburgh area and from the dedication of starting the path at the age of 13 to this day at 40 years old. His and other priests like him are living only for God. It’s not a job. It is their dedication to serve for the glory of God and I don’t think you are giving them their due credit for their sacrafice to be married to the church. Their commitment is far greater than you have considered.
 
kbmorri said:
My brother is a priest in the Pittsburgh area and from the dedication of starting the path at the age of 13 to this day at 40 years old. His and other priests like him are living only for God. It’s not a job. It is their dedication to serve for the glory of God and I don’t think you are giving them their due credit for their sacrafice to be married to the church. Their commitment is far greater than you have considered.
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The priest has his work and I have mine. One is not more valuable in the eyes of God.
 
Karianne said:
I don’t see it that way. It sounds like she only failed at her marriage.
All of us fail at important things, but she carried on as all of us should try to.
It seems that a number of women have left the Church to join in other religions where they believe that their talents would be put to better use. I know one personally who became Lutheran.

Personally, I don’t see why it’s so important to be a priest, in my opinion, they are no more holier than I am simply by virtue of their job.
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You’re a Catholic?
 
Karianne said:
I Personally, I don’t see why it’s so important to be a priest, in my opinion, they are no more holier than I am simply by virtue of their job.
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No Priest No Eucharist. No Eucharist, No Church. Simple as that.
 
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Kendy:
I don’t know why the church allowed the couple to break their vows and marry each other in the church?
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The Church didn’t allow them to break their vows, the Church dispensed them from their vows. Big difference.

John
 
This is so sad. Why did she leave the sisterhood and go and do something that the Bible and Tradition is clearly against? Women should not be ordained!
 
carol_marie said:
Really? I can’t imagine a “job” as important as a Priest’s.

Except maybe a mother’s.

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I’m certainly not going to endorse what the woman in the article did. But it is a valid statement to say that while a vocation to the priesthood is holy and sacred, so is every other vocation given by God. “Clericalism” is the idea that priests and religious are to be closer to God than us and that it is THEIR job to do the religious stuff and ours is just to do the old pray, pay and obey routine. We are ALL called to know Christ and share the gospel. We are each given vocations that God has designed us for. When the people of God jockey for position about whose job is most important, we get division and strife.

Best to say the the priesthood is vital to the survival of the church. Just like marriage and religious. Read up on what St Paul had to say about the various parts of the body comparing their relative value. But beware, he isn’t too kind about it!
 
Karianne said:
I don’t see it that way. It sounds like she only failed at her marriage.
All of us fail at important things, but she carried on as all of us should try to.
It seems that a number of women have left the Church to join in other religions where they believe that their talents would be put to better use. I know one personally who became Lutheran.

Personally, I don’t see why it’s so important to be a priest, in my opinion, they are no more holier than I am simply by virtue of their job.
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Sorry, your last statement is incompatible with what the Church teaches.

I addition, all those women who left the Church, because pride and arrogance says they were not only equal to men but the same as men, put their souls in great peril. They have commited the very grave sin of separating themselves from the One True Church.

Your profile says “catholic” with a lower case “c”. I presume that means you are not Roman Catholic, that is you are in some sort of church that calls itself “catholic” but is not in communion with Rome. I presume that based on the last sentence of your previous post.

If you do claim to be Roman Catholic, or even if you do not, I would encourage you to spend some time reading the material here at the Catholic Answers web site. Here are some starters
catholic.com/library/Pillar.asp
catholic.com/library/Call_No_Man_Father.asp
and the general Library site: catholic.com/library.asp

As a general rule, when your feelings or conscience lead you to disagree with Church teachings on faith or morals, the problem is probably not with what the Church teaches. When I have disagreed with the Church, I make the assumption I am wrong then try to learn why and correct my conscience and understanding. That is part and parcel of the practical applicaton of faith.
 
As a general rule said:
am wrong then try to learn why and correct my conscience and understanding. That is part and parcel of the practical applicaton of faith.

For so many people this is so hard. This concept that truth is objective. So many people see the thruth through subjective lenses the ‘truth’ within, “my truth”.

Result- Instead of the Church changing me, I will change the Church.
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“Even while serving as a deputy sheriff, I still felt a strong ministry in that job,” Catalano said. “I looked at it as a vocation from the work it involved. It was just a new way to serve God.”
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Sometimes it is difficult to discern God’s call for us. I think it sad that she left the Church and can’t imagine giving up the Real Presence. But she seems sincere.

As for the side argument about priests, I agree that personal holiness has nothing to do with your line of work. But I also think that priests make great sacrifices, as do all religious, and that they deserve our respect and gratitude.
 
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