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The Church of the Future and the Feminine Face/Experience of God: Vatican Censure, as reported on May 30th in the press. (Read the Press Release on our Spirit Page.)

Reported to midlifejourney.com by Christine Phoenix Green.

This is a very disturbing mandate…what about the situations of sexual scandal in the Church by male priests???? ( Really, not the norm, but a very by-now-familiar scenario), which only in recent years has been dealt with honestly and appropriately and did not, I believe, demand excommunication, but merely a reshuffling and re-location at worst, and eventual re-habilitation at best.

Is the desire of certain women to SERVE in the political/spiritual capacity as Celebrants, Guides, Counselors and Leaders in the Catholic/Christian establishment so grievious a misdemenour (“sin?”) as to incur the swift and exact penalty of “excommunication?” I have a simple solution.

Of course, women can’t be priests…”priests” is a masculine form. What about the path of the Priestess, which is older than patriarchal religions and yet just might be the healing balm necessary to bring the necessary balance to a form of religious community that has been too long suffering with the one-sided masculine domination and control of the teachings and message of Jesus. He was very much one to honor, and depend ON the participation, spiritual gifts, financial support, hospitality and wisdom of Women.

Imagine a parish being led by a team of Priest and Priestess, or one or the other, equally. Please read this one of many press releases published on May 31, 2008 in regards to this issue.

Christine Phoenix-Green, of the Music and Mystery School in Charlestown, RI has been a Master Teacher in Piano for over thirty years, and is a spiritual director/metaphysical practitioner specializing in dreams and inner guidance, astrological consultations, Insight tarot and herbal wisdom. She may be contacted at cphoenixrising@earthlink.net