As a young girl I liked to test the boundaries of my mother\u2019s rules. I thought they were unfair and restrictive so I sought to break them at every opportunity. It wasn\u2019t until I was a grown woman with a child of my own did I see the boundaries were set for my own good. And in hindsight, no good ever resulted from me intentionality going against my family\u2019s wishes. <\/p>\n
My dear friend, we\u2019ll call Mrs. J, is very active in the parish and involved in several ministries. I have no reason to doubt her love for Christ\u2019s Church. I just wish she could see that her role within our parish is valued and means so much to so many. Instead she feels like the only positions within the Church that are of any significance are of priest and deacon\u2026 roles held by men. <\/p>\n
Feminism has taught her that unless she is pursuing man\u2019s work her efforts hold no worth. It is shameful that so many believe following the role of a Catholic woman within the Church is some how less than that of a man\u2019s. <\/p>\n
Finding out she secretly desires the diaconate actually made me appreciate her even more and proves to me that she is of greater faith than most. She doesn\u2019t bemoan the unfairness of it all or attempt to slander the Church. Ironically, Mrs. J reminds me of a woman dutifully obeying her husband; \u201cBe subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is head of his wife just as Christ is head of the church, he himself the savior of the body. As the church is subordinate to Christ, so wives should be subordinate to their husbands in everything.\u201d Ephesians 5:21-25<\/p>\n
No where in there does it say you must fully comprehend in order to obedient. It doesn\u2019t say \u201cobey without question\u201d, just obey out of reverence for Christ, which Mrs. J does with every ounce of her being. <\/p>\n
I feel the same way towards young girls who want to be altar servers, of course now there is nothing to stop them. But it\u2019s just another instance where they are trained by society and well meaning feminist mothers that nothing they accomplish is of worth unless it\u2019s a job typically reserved for a man. There is no loss of dignity in embracing a femininity similar to that of Mary. Women shouldn\u2019t feel like that have to compete and behave like boys to live meaningful spiritual lives. Personally, I wish the practice of female servers could be replaced with the Handmaids of Mary.<\/p>\n
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