John Huson , co-chair of the American Catholic Council, said recently that the women's priests movements is growing so big that at some point soon it will reach critical mass and then great gains will be made. Great gains for who? Certainly not just the individual women concerned , but for the cause of Christ in the world - even basic logic tells me that that must be in the will of God. I recently attended a beautiful service , an inclusive one - yes , all the priests were men, but on this occasion it didn't matter . We were one in Christ. But I know that next day each one of them would return to the tasks of trying to do too much with too few resources in terms of their own time and energy. Some of them are looking after three parishes - that is three masses on a Sunday plus all the rest - three lots of parish meetings, socials, accounts and all the rest. I have seen a priest near here so overwhelmed by sheer numbers that he was handing out the bread as fast as a magician deals cards., and that was midweek. Yes there are those who help but the church is wasting so much of what God has given by banning women from so many roles within it.
"In each one and through each one may your will be done. " - a family prayer from Coleg Trefeca.
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