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Yes. I’m a girl. I thought that would have been pretty clear. Which, I think is just a little bit of my frustration. I did’nt go to seminary to become a pastor, I wanted to be a missionary. I either wanted to work with orphans, or help plant churches/train pastors in China or in Muslim countries. Being Catholic, certainly isn’t changing my calling to missions. I went to seminary because i figured I needed to have a firm theological grounding to do these type of things, don’t you think?
I will admit that it is hard for me coming from an environment where most of my friends are married, ministers with kids. And, then coming into an environment where not only are women not allowed to be ministers, but married men cannot be ministers too. It’s a tough thing, just a bit. In my environment, a lot of these couples view themselves as “teams.”
This was one of the stumbling blocks that really kept me from seriously considering the Catholic Church for a long time. It wasn’t just that I couldn’t be a minster, but I couldn’t even marry a minister. My mom keeps on freaking out saying, Rebecca its going to be pointing all kinds of limits on you…
But once I realized a lot of these divisions in Christianity, well they all stem from authority, its made me realize I frankly don’t want to add to it. And, when you really study theology especially Protestant theology, you realize how relativistic it truly is. I figure I can live with the Church’s decision on these things because they have the right to make these rules. And maybe they are right about female ministers not being God’s plan. Although I do understand the justification given at my seminary which is pretty conservative.
But your right, the priest doesn’t really know what to do with me, I don’t think.
Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against celibacy. It is a gift in Scripture; what I am kind of saying is that I think its hard for Protestants to grasp. Although I realize now that Catholics expect more from their priests, a part of me would perhaps counter that perhaps so much shouldn’t be expected.
I will admit that it is hard for me coming from an environment where most of my friends are married, ministers with kids. And, then coming into an environment where not only are women not allowed to be ministers, but married men cannot be ministers too. It’s a tough thing, just a bit. In my environment, a lot of these couples view themselves as “teams.”
This was one of the stumbling blocks that really kept me from seriously considering the Catholic Church for a long time. It wasn’t just that I couldn’t be a minster, but I couldn’t even marry a minister. My mom keeps on freaking out saying, Rebecca its going to be pointing all kinds of limits on you…
But once I realized a lot of these divisions in Christianity, well they all stem from authority, its made me realize I frankly don’t want to add to it. And, when you really study theology especially Protestant theology, you realize how relativistic it truly is. I figure I can live with the Church’s decision on these things because they have the right to make these rules. And maybe they are right about female ministers not being God’s plan. Although I do understand the justification given at my seminary which is pretty conservative.
But your right, the priest doesn’t really know what to do with me, I don’t think.
Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against celibacy. It is a gift in Scripture; what I am kind of saying is that I think its hard for Protestants to grasp. Although I realize now that Catholics expect more from their priests, a part of me would perhaps counter that perhaps so much shouldn’t be expected.