Why should the Roman Catholic Church be made to allow married priests when other Catholic Churches already do?

[ajecphotos]

Wouldn’t her daughter – if she were alive and present – want her to rest, since she had just been healed?

The issue wasn’t whether there was hospitality and food provided – there was! – but simply the question of who was serving it! “Mom, you’ve had a rough day; just sit down and let me handle it” is what a good daughter – if she were alive – would say…

Yes but when Jesus healed Peters Mother-In-Law was it not fully? Look at the blind man or the leper or the disabled. Were they not healed 100% Full of health?

I am sure she would be running around eager to wait on Jesus as a massive thank you for saving her from death!! I know i would. I think the daughter was not mentioned because she was not the centre of attraction. Just like the other people who must have been in the room were omitted from the story!

 

[Gorgias]

Yes but when Jesus healed Peters Mother-In-Law was it not fully? Look at the blind man or the leper or the disabled. Were they not healed 100% Full of health?

Again, this isn’t about ‘health’, but about the way that families care for their loved ones who had just been healed. Allow me to point you to another miracle that Jesus performed: the healing of Jairus’ daughter (see Luke 8:49-56). When Jesus raises the daughter, does He suggest that she serve him? No, His request is that someone else provide her with food – that someone else serve her!

It’s also about the culture of the day. A daughter – if she were present – would be the one doing the work around the house if her mom were ill, don’t you think? Especially in her own house?!? So, it would be the daughter who was already fixing food!

I think the daughter was not mentioned because she was not the centre of attraction.

That’s fine. So, it comes down to personal opinion, then. Yes, Jesus is the focus of the story; and yet, Mark says that she served them.

Just like the other people who must have been in the room were omitted from the story!

Actually, the others aren’t omitted from the story! See Mark’s telling of the healing: Peter’s mother-in-law serves them, not just Jesus. So, your notion of Jesus being the ‘headliner’ in this story is well-founded; but, your notion that no one else is mentioned is inaccurate. If you want to choose to take the story to mean that Peter’s wife was there but was just sitting around and relaxing, that’s your business. It just doesn’t jive with common sense or with the culture in which the story takes place.

 

[ajecphotos]

Again, this isn’t about ‘health’, but about the way that families care for their loved ones who had just been healed. Allow me to point you to another miracle that Jesus performed: the healing of Jairus’ daughter (see Luke 8:49-56). When Jesus raises the daughter, does He suggest that she serve him? No, His request is that someone else provide her with food – that someone else serve her!

It’s also about the culture of the day. A daughter – if she were present – would be the one doing the work around the house if her mom were ill, don’t you think? Especially in her own house?!? So, it would be the daughter who was already fixing food!

That’s fine. So, it comes down to personal opinion, then. Yes, Jesus is the focus of the story; and yet, Mark says that she served them.

Actually, the others aren’t omitted from the story! See Mark’s telling of the healing: Peter’s mother-in-law serves them, not just Jesus. So, your notion of Jesus being the ‘headliner’ in this story is well-founded; but, your notion that no one else is mentioned is inaccurate. If you want to choose to take the story to mean that Peter’s wife was there but was just sitting around and relaxing, that’s your business. It just doesn’t jive with common sense or with the culture in which the story takes place.

This very little to go in the text and i guess it all boils down to interpretation at the end of the day.

 

[Ignatius]

If some Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches allow married priests, why is there so much pressure for the Roman Church to allow the same thing? Are people just unaware that there are other Churches that are in full communion with Rome?

There are actually some married priests in the Latin Rite too.