Today the Bishops begin their deliberations in York when they will discuss what, if any, further provision is to be made for those who cannot accept the consecration of women. I suppose the thing to say is: don’t hold your breath. Never-the-less, please keep them in your prayers.
Monday, 21 May 2012
A CODE OF PRACTICE WILL NOT DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Perhaps it's time to accept the inevitable and either grasp the nettle and accept the Holy Father's offer or just give in and pretend that all is well.
ReplyDeleteNo, that won't do. Anyone who comes to Rome simply because they don't like what's going on in their own church will be a very unhappy sausage once they have settled down.
DeleteThe offer from the Holy Father is for the long term, and is there ready for those people who believe, after prayer and study, that it is the right thing to do, not that it is the last resort.
(Of course, I may have misinterpreted your comment, in which case I apologise for teaching you to suck eggs.)
In any case, it looks like a code of practice will have to do for anyone who does not feel that there's no place like Rome!
@Steve I was Ordained a Priest in the Ordinariate last Pentecost and assure you that I am a very happy sausage indeed.
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DeleteDid you join the Ordinariate because you concluded that it was the right thing to do, or because you felt backed into a corner and had no alternative? I suspect the former, and that was the point I was trying to make (albeit badly).
I did not 'join' the Ordinariate. I was received into the full communion of the Catholic Church because I could affirm freely and willingly "I believe and profess all that the holy Catholic Church believes, teaches, and proclaims to be revealed by God" - this affirmation being made with the rest of the Group who had made this journey together after much prayer, study and preparation. Please don't patronise us.
ReplyDeleteSorry, I did not mean my words to be patronising. I accept that "Join" was unfortunate shorthand. I am neither Roman Catholic nor Anglican, but I have an abiding interest in both, and believe that the Ordinariate is Providential.
DeleteBut my point still stands. If an Anglican believes and professes "all that the holy Catholic Church believes, teaches, and proclaims to be revealed by God", then the Ordinariate is the logical place to be. But that is not the same thing as leaving the Church of England because it has abandoned yet one more Tradition of the ancient, holy and undivided Church. No matter how much overlap there is between the two positions.
The "orders" of the Church of England have changed and there's nowt that can be done about that. The document you refer to in your later post lays out a Code of Practice and nothing more. The line in the sand cannot be moved anymore and you must either now shut up and accept what has happened or get up and go and find somewhere where you will find God's revealed truth. It's up to you but surely the time for fighting is over and you must move on. Too many lost battles and the best officers and foot soldiers have gone - what's you game plan now!!!
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