Oh, this is soooooo rich

From The Bourgeois Globe (aka, The Boston Globe):

A prominent priest whose support for women’s ordination has him in trouble with the Catholic Church ratcheted up his confrontation with the hierarchy yesterday, calling the church’s refusal to ordain women a “scandal’’ and “spiritual violence.’’

“I will not be silenced on this issue,’’ said the priest, the Rev. Roy Bourgeois, to about 100 people in Weston at an event hosted by the congregation of Jean Marchant, a former staffer for the Archdiocese of Boston who claims she was ordained as a priest in an unsanctioned ceremony four years ago.

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“What’s going on in our church today is spiritual assassination, it’s spiritual violence being done that’s inexcusable. That is a scandal,’’ he said.

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In an interview yesterday, Bourgeois, 70, a Louisiana native, said he has stopped wearing a clerical collar and celebrating the Eucharist and other sacraments out of respect for the church’s view that he has been excommunicated.

Let's see if I understand this correctly: Roy claims the Church is causing "scandal", accuses her of "spiritual violence", further accuses her of "spiritual assassination" and "spiritual violence"—but then says he is not wearing his Roman collar out of respect for the Church's view that he is excommunicated?

Out of respect?! Respect? What does this man know about respect? Or logic? Or Church teaching?

And he's not alone:

Roberta Robinson, 60, of West Roxbury, said she now worships at an “ecumenical Catholic congregation’’ - a group not recognized by Rome - and that she came to the event “to support the movement.’’

She said she believes the Catholic Church will change its position on women’s ordination, saying, “it has to, or it will fall.’’

Ah, it has to! If you say so! [Fumbling and bumbling and frightened conversations as the Church quickly changes its position on women's ordination, with cardinals and the Pope whispering in quavering voices, "Hurry! Roberta Robinson said we must! Hurry, Holy Father, hurry! We only have 24 hours before the Church falls unless you ordain a priestette!"]

Well, dear Roberta, if the "powers of death shall not prevail" against the Church, as the Lord promised, than I'll go out on a limb and guess that the powers of dissent, discord, cognitive dissonance, and theological distortion also will not prevail. Of course, I'm only basing that on the words of Jesus, the Tradition of the Church, and the teachings of the Magisterium.

And you have ... Roy. Hmmmmm....

Comments

[We need to know and pray to the Holy Spirit more]

More for the prayer list.So many of us have lost our way.People seem to think any inner message or intuitive feeling or thought is the Spirit.They don't seem to realise not all spirits are holy and the devil is the master of disguise even visiting some saints who wisely challenged them before accepting their supposed "truth" Use of the sacramental sign of the cross and reminding people to pray to the Holy Spirit for discernment needs to be more widely known and fostered

[Dan]

Oh come on, she has much more than just Roy. She the gospels on her side -- the gospel according to Gloria Steinem, the gospel according to Betty Friedan, etc.

[Mark Forster]

If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself. — St. Augustine