Mother Pelican
Meditations on Man and Woman, Humanity and Nature

Luis T. Gutiérrez

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Meditation Seeking Understanding ~ Liturgy These pages are meditations on the mysteries of the creation, the incarnation, and the redemption. They explore the Christian understanding that all men and women are consubstantial in one and the same human nature, and are consubstantial with Jesus Christ as to his humanity. The meditations are based on a layman's reading of the Sacred Bible, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and the Theology of the Body as they pertain to the egalitarian complementarity of man and woman, which transcends the patriarchal binary of mutually exclusive male-female opposites. This understanding of the "unity in complementarity" of man and woman applies to all the sacraments, sheds light on the great nuptial mystery of Christ and the Church, and would seem to support the ordination of women to the ministerial priesthood and the episcopate. The Spousal Meaning of the Body: Domus Sanctae Marthae Working Draft - 29 July 2016 Domus Sanctae Marthae, ca. 30 AD PRAELUDIUM - Profession of Faith Peter's Profession of Faith "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Mathew 16:16 Martha's Profession of Faith "I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God." John 11:27 THE ACTING PERSON Vultum Dei quaerere THE ACTING CHRIST Spousal Meaning of the Body THE ACTING CHURCH Spousal Meaning of the Body COLLOQUIUM - Laudato Si' and the Ordination of Women "If women are not accorded equal place in the leadership of the Catholic Church and the other great world religions, they will always be treated as inferiors in earthly matters as well... There is nothing this Pope could do that would improve the world as much as putting the Church on a path to ordain women." US Senator Tim Kaine to Pope Francis, 24 September 2015 Spousal Meaning of the Body "Christa" by Angie Devereux, England Spousal Meaning of the Body "Mary Magdalene" by Silvia Martinez Cano, Spain WHY IS THE CHURCH ARTIFICIALLY SUPPRESSING FEMALE VOCATIONS TO THE MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD? IS IT FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD OR FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF PATRIARCHY? WHY SHOULD THE CHURCH BE PARALYZED BY OLD CULTURAL STEREOTYPES? PATRIARCHAL GENDER THEORY IS NO LONGER CREDIBLE. PATRIARCHAL GENDER ROLES ARE NO LONGER NORMATIVE. MALE HEADSHIP OF THE FAMILY IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED TO BE "THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS." THE SACRAMENTAL PRIESTHOOD OF THE NEW LAW IS NOT INTRINSICALLY MASCULINE. FOR THE NEW EVANGELIZATION IN TODAY'S WORLD WE NEED CELIBATE WOMEN PRIESTS & BISHOPS... START ORDAINING NUNS, SISTERS, PROVEN CELIBATE LAYWOMEN (caelibes mulieres probati) TO THE MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam et Bonum Animarum |Back to Title| PelicanWeb Home Page      Index of Meditations

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