Who Can Baptise?
Lay Roman Catholics can now officially, publicly baptise in their churches. Women are acting in persona Christi as they minister this Sacrament.
ordination
Ordination Sermon
Eternal God,
light of the minds that know you,
joy of the hearts that love you,
strength of the wills that serve you;
grant us so to know you that we may truly love you,
and so to love you that we may gladly serve you,
now and always.
Amen.
What Is A Priest?
“God does not need our merchandising…. We live at a time of disorientation… there is an insidious temptation to believe that we can abbreviate the birth pangs of the new age by drastic surgery when we really don’t have the spiritual insight to understand what we are doing…”
Ordination Requirements
What do you think are the minimum requirements for ordination?
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Pope Francis and Declericalising by Ordaining Women
Ordaining women introduces the tender strength of Mary, the Mother, into the Holy Orders that so desperately need this tender strength to work against the clericalism where criminal abuse was widespread and extraordinary efforts were made to keep the crimes hidden.
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Laying on Hands
Is it appropriate to lay hands on the head of a person being commissioned (if it is neither a confirmation or an ordination)?
A Schism’s Consecration
Reflection on the consecration of Jay Behan as the first bishop of a new schismatic church.
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Leaky Anglican Church of Or
Like New Zealand’s devastating leaky building fiasco, NZ Anglicanism in the last three decades has (similarly) had a combination of weak rules and poorly trained-and-formed clergy.
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