The "Ecstasy" of Saint Teresa of Avila
Dr. Kaczor's entitles his chapter: The Church Hates Women: The Myth of Catholic Mysogyny
Today we will talk about her wisdom and tradition. Who? Holy Mother Church: The Body of Christ. It is as difficult as a subject matter can get these days. Why? Because of false paradigms.
Today we "Americans" are used to getting what we want. We are informed throughout our daily lives through mass media, mostly. As catholic citizens, we are called to discern life through the teachings of Christ which include Sacred Scripture and Tradition. Very few of us succeed in this feat each and every day.
The Church provides the remedy for those less than grace filled days, in fact for every day. We are called to examine our consciousness by the end of each day, before we retire for a night's rest.
As we covered in last week's class, the Church teaches that our faith should be informed by our reason, our intellect (our thinking minds). The reciprocal aslo holds true, our reason (thinking minds) should be informed by our faith. Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo in the late 4th and early 5th Century teaches us (and the Church still holds as true) that our faith should LEAD our thinking minds. "Do not seek to understand in order to believe, rather, believe first to understand."As quoted in Ten Homilies on the First Epistle of John Tractate XXIX on John 7:14-18, §6.
Tonight we will discuss the Church's teaching on women's ordination, among other things. We will learn that we are not ever called to earthly office, rather to eternity through sanctification, saintliness. Here is a resource for what is surely difficult subject matter for further study. Click below--
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