The serious and sometimes satirical reflections of a priest, poet, and pilgrim —
who knowing he has not obtained the goal, presses on in a Godward direction.
If God had wanted women to be priests and bishops,
He would have made a woman
the means of His Incarnation,
the agent of the first manifestation
of His Real Presence
in Body and Blood.
Oh, wait...
a thought for certain prelates and pontiffs,
especially those who maunder on about ontology and function, from
Tobias Stanislas Haller BSG
about to head off on retreat for a week
Post 699!
And for 700, in honor of Joachim and Anna: this in rhyme.
“a clear-sighted companion.... If you are passionate about the vitality of today’s church, I encourage you to accompany him on his mystagogical excursion into the liturgical landscape. You will rediscover a familiar place rife with fresh provisions planted by the God who longs to feed our deepest hungers and hopes.” —Jay Koyle, chair, Faith, Worship and Ministry of The Anglican Church of Canada
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9 comments:
Great copy for the London bus ads.
A lovely thought, indeed.
And what Bex said.
Have a blessed and peaceful retreat, dear Tobias.
Tobias, this is simply wonderful. Many thanks and have a great retreat
Touche'!
Have a blessed retreat, Tobias.
If God had meant for women to be priests and bishops,
he would have given first to a woman the evidence of his resurrection
and the first encounter with the risen Christ.
Oh, wait....
Actually, Fr. T, this notion of gender specificity and the divine is one of the reasons why the whole "Jesus is God" (in a literal, empirical sense) idea, is such a problem for me. For some reason, I hadn't yet made the connection to the women's ordination debate though.
Thanks!
Grant, this is one of the reasons I am such an ardent defender of the Chalcedonian definition of the Incarnation: all that is essential to human nature in Jesus comes from his mother; ergo, his maleness is "accident" not essence. Further, those who claim a woman cannot "represent" Christ are exalting the accidental over the essential.
Good one!!
Amen, sweet Brother!
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