Sr. Vassa: There's no ontological impediment to priestesses
Is the male-only priesthood a discipline or essential to the nature of being a priest? Sr. Vassa (again unflinchingly taking up a contentious topic by climbing up the ladder to the highest platform and then jumping into the deep end head first) dives right in and says there is no reason beyond personal preference to not have female clergy. You know, when people ask me about women in priesthood, they say, 'Sister, why can't women be priests?' And I say, 'Women CAN be priests. We don't WANT them to be priests.' Because you see, God can do anything, and the Church, by divine authority, uh, can do anything, but, the Church doesn't want to - and that's a legitimate reason. What I don't like is when we TRY to pretend that there are other reasons for this, because it's legitimate not to want something, and there are reasons not to want this - right? - but, we shouldn't pretent that there's some... reason, that, for example, the maleness...
It blows my mind how they are able to wiggle out of giving concrete answers to direct questions.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read it yet (finishing up an online course), but I am looking forward to reading Jean Claude Larchet's most recent book related to all of this:
https://www.svspress.com/the-new-media-epidemic-the-undermining-of-society-family-and-our-own-soul/
Rod Dreher has this right: You continue to do what you can in the political process (such as the above Sen. Sasse's questioning) but you don't expect to prevail in any sort of real or significant way. Classical liberalism has run its course and the prevailing religious foundations of the culture are anti-Christian and anti liberal/tolerant/diverse.
ReplyDeleteInstead, you prepare for a persecution (rather it is hard or soft).