“Jesus, You Complete Her” (8/6/08) Revisited…

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/search.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-08-16-0148.html

1. This is front page Metro section news? Is there that little of import in our great metropolis that this deserves this kind of coverage?

2. “I wanted to give God all of me, that I wanted to devote all my time and energy to prayer, ministry and outreach, and the only way for that to happen was to remain single. With a husband and children, my time and attention would have been divided.” Which is to say that married clergy (and most of them are married, because most religions don’t buy into the medieval greed that is the reason Catholicism prohibits it*) are not doing their jobs?

3. “Having a ‘bridal shower’ party.” I won’t take the cheap shot here; for the dull, think “2 triple A coppertops.”

4. “The vocation of consecrated virginity has its ups and downs.” But evidently not its ins and outs. Guess I made up for not taking that cheap shot. Sorry.

5. “Dating is a funny term. I cannot ‘date’ someone in a romantic way — i.e., I am not going to be found at lookout point with anyone.” Perhaps the root of part of the problem lies here…her first impression of dating involves being taken parking. Icky!

Okay, I’ll shut up. You get the idea. Wasn’t one top of the fold article about this maladjusted woman enough?

*They buy into every other type of greed, though. But to the point: back in those good old days, the first born son inherited everything upon death of the father. Priesthood was often the best means of having food and shelter in those days, as Holy Mother Church then as now placed a premium on gouging the lay folk (To wit: the sale of so-called icons and indulgences, for starters) and was thereby able to provide generously for its officers. So by decreeing that entrants into the priesthood remain single, it guaranteed itself a steady stream of estate assets to fund its tyranny.