Thursday, October 18, 2018

Adopting political tactics at synod is understandable, but misplaced

https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/distinctly-catholic/adopting-political-tactics-synod-understandable-misplaced
MGB: Politics is anther way to say democracy. It is not a bad thing, especially in the Church. We need more of it. Indeed, it should control how lay deacons are hired, priests assigned and bishops elected. Anything else is Medieval despotism. As for women voting at the Synod or being ordained, yes and yes. Democracy only works if individual dignity is valued. For women in the Church, it is not. As the Millenials say, epic fail. Doubly true for our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters, in the clerical, single and married states.  We have had enough time for deliberate speed. What we need for conversion in the Church is a sense of Now. That is how the Spirit works. Resistance to the Spirit is placing the hierarchy above God. Our sexual teaching is Neo-platonic, Stoic, Anachronistic and written by Asexuals who have no ability to relate to others and believe their irregularity is a virtue. It is not. Again, we need a sense of Now.  Luckily, we have a Holy Father with that kind of sense.


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