> I think the real problem will be if there were no bishops who alone possess the fulness of the priesthood. You cannot receive the Sacrament from a woman priestess because it isno Sacrament. Your attitude of charity towards the work that Deaconesses do echoes my own long held position. I had a Deaconess in my title and she did yeoman service for the Church. Blessings. GDVW+ Unless there are no remaining male priests, it is a theoretical problem. > I will not recieve the sacrament from a priestess, nor abide a woman > presiding over mixed (male and female) worship or preaching but can be > charitable as regards any "ministry" which a lay woman may do > scripturaly. (i.e what a "Deaconess" might be allowed to do.) > > Blessings, > > Jim Payne > > "The Rev GDVWiebe SSC.,PhD" <gdvw@...> wrote: > > JTP: Thanks for your input. I'm keeping a list , but no names. What do > you do when you have no Sacraments because the 'celerant' isn't 'as > advertised'? Blessings. > > > > > GDVW+Fr. Duncan: Ditto for me. >> >> Jim Payne >> >> KnoxDuncan wrote: >> Fr. Wiebe wrote: >Let me ask you to prioritise (and anyone else >> who cares to) the following issues: Abortion, Homosexuality and >> the Ordination of Women. I think the answers will tell us a >> great deal about many.< >> >> That's an easy question for me. Here's my ranking, in order of >> importance: (1) Abortion (2) Priestly Homosexuality (3) Ordination of >> non-Lesbian Women. Regards. X KnoxDuncan@... >> >> >> >> >> -- To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: >> faithandlife-unsubscribe@... >> >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: >> faithandlife-unsubscribe@... >> > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: > faithandlife-unsubscribe@... > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: > faithandlife-unsubscribe@... >