Cheaper by the Half Dozen?

This one came from Trevor, and though it isn't related to any HSI article (that I know of anyway), I just had to share it!

Mark Shea's On The Ball

Mary Casio has this to say on the article Women Priests? by Mark Shea.

I agreed with Mr Mark Shea about the so call "right" of women to be ordained priest. But I think this topic also can be narrowed down in a simple way when recalling what we were taught in our Baltimore Catechism. Every Sacrament has a matter and a form. The matter for the Eucharist is bread and wine, not Coca Cola and gram crackers. The matter for Matrimony is a man and a women, not two men, or two women. The matter for Holy Orders is a man. This is divine law, not Church law. In other words the pope cannot change something that is divine law. I cannot Baptize my cat.

Many Catholics of all ages did not understand the difference between Church law and divine law. So after Vatican II and many the changes we saw in Church law after centuries, sadly enough many left the Faith because they could not understand why what they were taught as children is now thrown by the way side. Then when leaving the Sacraments, and losing the graces we receive from the Sacraments lead them into a state of venerability to sin. But back to the ordination of women, the Church has had many women who certainly didn't need to be priests to "move mountains." Look at Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa and many like her NEVER felt she needed to be a priests, or was denied her rights because she couldn't become one.

I have to truly wonder about any one (women) who thinks they need to be a priest, or they're being denied their "rights." But I have an idea of who would put this kind of egotistical thought in to their minds.

Mark Shea's Article Insulting

CJ, an Ed.D. candidate of Religion and Education of Columbia University has this to say about Mark Shea's article titled Women Priests?

Mark Shea's article about women's ordination was insulting and harmful to women. As Shea suggested, I have taken the issue up with my dear friend, the Christ. After conversing with him about it, I offer my response to you.

Male priests are the appropriate form for serving the bride in the liturgy? Many ordained men today have no interest in having a bride of any kind and are as unfit or fit as any woman for this important and underfilled role in our Church. None of us are worthy, but Christ called women in His lifetime, and calls them today to the role of ordained priest in His church. Shea reiterates what John Paul II said in his lengthy encyclical, which says, in brief, "Women, SHUSH. There will be no more conversation about ordination." Thanks for reminding us women that the door to ordination in our Church in which we are the majority is closed. Shea's article seems inappropriate for a newsletter called "Holy Spirit Interactive."

The Beauty of Marital Love

ABJ writes: I so enjoyed reading "The Beauty of Marital Love" by Regis Martin. It is what family is all about. I'm proud to say that my husband and I have been married 27 years, my parents 55 years and their parents well over 50 years before their deaths. It is a true legacy we leave our children to have such a strong marriage bond, the same legacy my parents passed down to my siblings and I.

Congratulations ABJ! We pray your lives inspire others! - HSI