"The woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised" - Proverbs 31:30

Today at doctrine class, Joel mentioned that one facet of forming a good conscience was to remove obstacles to right judgement. And one obstacle to right judgement is lack of objectivity. For example, Joel said, if a moral issue involved my father, I might not be able to judge with objectivity.

Now take a look at a fine example of a well-formed conscience:

Which Church Father are you?

DISCLAIMER: I don't have any aspirations whatsoever to be a priest, nor do I think that women should be allowed to become priests.

You’re St. Melito of Sardis! You have a great love of history and liturgy. You’re attached to the traditions of the ancients, yet you recognize that the old world — great as it was — is passing away. You are loyal to the customs of your family, though you do not hesitate to call family members to account for their sins.

And from my tagboard, in response to this post:

carina: see why women can't be priests ("reverends"?)...=p

It's not that Carina doesn't appreciate priests or the priesthood: I know she does. And if she were a male, I think she might have been discerning a vocation to the priesthood!

I think few women, good Catholics though they may be, would be this firm and open about the fact that the priesthood is not the calling for women. Being a woman would add at least a slight bit of subjectivity to the issue I think.

So, thanks Carina for being such a rock of orthodoxy!/