The Red Poncho Ladies Are At It Again
Posted by: tony on 05/13/2008 06:02 PM
Updated by: tony on 05/13/2008 06:05 PM
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Expires: 06/13/2008 12:00 AM
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 And now in Canada:
On May 29, Monica Kilburn Smith of Calgary will be welcomed into the small worldwide community of female Roman Catholic priests.
Where do these papers get these "journalists"? Let me correct this particular writer and help with his fact checking (I'm assuming Graeme is a guy).
Monica Kilburn Smith of Calgary will be welcomed into a growing worldwide community known as "excommunicated Catholics". She may not even be summoned by her Bishop, because it seems that many Catholic bishops have lost much of their testicular fortitude, but that will not alter one whit her ecclesiastical state. Monica may be a priest, but she no longer will be Roman Catholic.
Her ordination ceremony will take place in a United Church in Victoria and, of course, will not be recognized by the global Roman Catholic Church.
So Graeme (can I call you "Graeme"... and how do you pronounce it "Grame", "Grem", or "Greem"?) if this lady's "ordination" is not recognized by the Roman Catholic church, how exactly will she become a Roman Catholic priest?
"Many Catholics, both women and men, have been working for change within the church for centuries," says Kilburn Smith, a chaplain with the Calgary Health Region.
"But the Roman Catholic Womenpriests movement is doing something tangible about it. It seems prophetic and courageous, something I feel called to be a part of."
What they're doing about it is "playing priest", like I used to do when I was 6. I used to put a sheet with a hole in it over my head, and feed Necco wafers to my sister while saying: "Body of Christ". Ok, it was a little sacriligious, but I was 6. These women are grown up, and should know better.
Kilburn Smith says she and other Roman Catholic women priests value the sacramental tradition of their church, but are practising a non-clerical, non-hierarchical form of ordained ministry.
Ordained? Maybe. Roman Catholic? Nope. Also, what they are doing in addition to endangering their immortal souls it putting the souls of others in jeopardy. Can you imagine one of them giving last rites to a dying man who believes his sins are forgiven and he's going to heaven? What a rude surprise for him.
But for all you Roman Catholics out there who are confused about this whole issue, I have an easy test you can use to keep it straight. If your priest has a vagina, her "sacraments" are invalid.
Will supporters of a female Catholic priesthood see their vision embraced by the church in their lifetime?
I'll go so far as to say they won't see a female Roman Catholic priesthood before the Judgment Trump sounds. They'll see the Holy Father consecrate Oreos and milk into the Body and Blood of Jesus before that.
I'm going to mail Graeme and let (him?) know what I think. You can also.
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