And Now For A Word From The Archbishop of Portland Oregon
Posted by: tony on 08/24/2007 05:51 PM
Updated by: tony on 08/24/2007 05:51 PM
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Expires: 09/24/2007 12:00 AM
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Well... not really. It was actually written by Kelly Clark, The Lady in the Pew. But it really should be what Archbishop Viazny actually wrote. I'm all for pastorality (is that a word?) but sometimes, instead of being petted, what these straying sheep need is a swift swat on the a** with that shepherd's crook the Archbishop carries wherever he goes.
Kelly writes:
I have to agree with Jeff Miller (see second comment on the post below) that the statement by Portland Oregon's Archbishop on the fake "ordination" (see post below) was a bit on the lame side.
And so, in the spirit of lay-people-helping-out, may I present an alternative statement for the Archbishop's review...to say nothing of that of his flock.
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To Catholic Sentinel readers:
Last Friday (August 17, 2007), the Oregonian irresponsibly, stupidly, ignorantly, and—this ticked me off most of all, by the way—gushingly "reported" a story that is, was, and ever shall be a flat out lie.
Let's be clear, folks. Oregon, or any other state, city, township, burg, village, country, continent, or even suburb does not have a "woman Roman Catholic priest." You got that? Good. Let's continue.
What I should've done was squelch this imbecilic idea as soon as it happened. I didn't. My lame excuse was something silly like "the respect for those involved in the ceremony" but now I realize that this is just plain old crapola. My job is to get people to Heaven...not to give a bleep about "feelings." Sheesh, I feel-and probably rightly so-like a jerk.
But so be it. Get this, lambs o' mine, and get it straight:
No Catholic was involved in the ceremony at Zion United Church of Christ in Gresham on July 28. Did you get that? NO CATHOLIC WAS INVOLVED...
Read the whole thing.
What these "womynpriests" need to understand is that it wouldn't make any difference if the Pope himself "ordained" them. They are invalid matter for the sacrament of Holy Orders by the lacking of a "Y" chromosome. They would no more be ordained into the Roman Catholic priesthood, than Oreo cookies and milk could be consecrated into the Body and Blood of Jesus in the Eucharist.
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