tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post3524889346012306400..comments2024-03-23T12:05:23.537-05:00Comments on The Wild Reed: A Journey BeginsMichael J. Baylyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-16366274174551122242009-05-13T02:46:00.000-05:002009-05-13T02:46:00.000-05:00Hi Phillip,
Thanks so much for your praise and su...Hi Phillip,<br /><br />Thanks so much for your praise and support of my "Journal of James Curtis" endeavor. It's been both enjoyable and challenging to convey ideas, insights, and experiences in this type of format.<br /><br />I'm glad so much of what I'm writing resonates with you and your experiences. And I have to say that you yourself are quite a gifted writer.<br /><br />I want to direct you to <A HREF="http://thewildreed.blogspot.com/2008/08/we-are-all-rock.html" REL="nofollow">this previous <EM>Wild Reed</EM> post</A>. In it I interview my friend and Roman Catholic Womanpriest, Judith McKloskey. Perhaps you've already found and read this particular past post, but if not I wanted to draw your attention to it as I think it might be of interest to you. <br /><br />Thanks again for your continued support and encouragement.<br /><br />Peace,<br /><br />MichaelMichael J. Baylyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-87430019726682538292009-05-01T22:25:00.000-05:002009-05-01T22:25:00.000-05:00Ummm...I thought my analysis showed the exact OPPO...Ummm...I thought my analysis showed the exact OPPOSITE...that women were present at the Last Supper during the Institution of the Eucharist...Phillip Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-90558964577289204972009-05-01T16:55:00.000-05:002009-05-01T16:55:00.000-05:00By Phillip Clark's analysis, only men were present...By Phillip Clark's analysis, only men were present at the eucharistic commission, only men have the commission, and only men should partake, since only men were present. The women, according to Timothy, shall be saved by bearing the male's children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-69173386770236774582009-04-30T23:56:00.000-05:002009-04-30T23:56:00.000-05:00*sigh* PLEASE Michael tell me you're planning to p...*sigh* PLEASE Michael tell me you're planning to publish this!<br /><br />Another fulfilling installment of the chronicles of James Curtis and yet again I see such an abudance of MYSELF within him!<br /><br />It's uncanny how pertinent the story you just wrote is to some of the issues I've been exploring recently. Even as I became more liberal and progressive in my thinking regarding the Church, female priests was never something I could swallow. It was one of the reasons I had left the Episcopal Church, well not really, ironically my mother and I left the Episcopal Church because we thought we were getting AWAY from homosexuality, boy were we BOTH in for a surprise!<br /><br />But recently I have been learning more about the Womenpriests movement. How it is indeed grounded in certainty and not just a fanatical desire. On their website, I read an account of a female theologian in favor of female ordinations to the priesthood. She spoke of how, during Mass on Holy Thursday she listened to the words of the Eucharistic Prayer and discovered a new facet of it she had never encountered or realized was there before. <br /><br />The woman realized that in the words of institution, even today, the priest repeats, "He broke the bread, gave it to His DISCIPLES, and said..." NOT "Apostles" I too, along with countless other Catholics I'm sure, are so used to hearing that particular word when the institution of the priesthood is addressed, and the fact that the Apostles were all MEN, that we just assume "Apostles" is used during the words of Consecration. But its not. "Disciples" is used because in all the accounts of the Last Supper it says Jesus gave the bread and wine to His "disciples" NOT "Apostles." <br /><br />Therefore, that leads to the fact that women, were numbered among the "disciples" present at the Last Supper. Scripture confirms this. So does this mean that Jesus gave the power to confect the Eucharist to men as well as women? It is a powerful sign.<br /><br />But it's sad to think that the Church will probably allow priests to get married before they ordain women... Even though it's a fact that female deacons were ordained in the early Church and that they continue to be within the Orthodox Church... Oh well, let's continue to hope and pray for the renewal and reform of the Church!Phillip Clarknoreply@blogger.com