In the Middle Ages it was: How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
Today, it's a numbers contest - as if a religious order's average age or total number of members or number of habits worn is a PROOF of something.
Jesus never did speak much about angels. Though we hear that angels were instrumental at certain points in his life, death, resurrection and ascension.
But Jesus did in fact speak about PROOF. And his words said nothing about numbers proving anything. He taught us instead:
Today, it's a numbers contest - as if a religious order's average age or total number of members or number of habits worn is a PROOF of something.
Jesus never did speak much about angels. Though we hear that angels were instrumental at certain points in his life, death, resurrection and ascension.
But Jesus did in fact speak about PROOF. And his words said nothing about numbers proving anything. He taught us instead:
You will know them by their fruits.
So let's have a little humility and assume God knows whom he's calling and for what purpose.
Could it be that right now God is calling so many conservatives to contemplative life so that their prayers may assist the sisters under scrutiny? Or maybe such prayers are needed for those women whom God has called as priests. Or perhaps for those who have suffered for righteousness sake due to loving someone of their own sex. Or any number of reasons that: Only God knows.
Could it be that right now God is calling so many conservatives to contemplative life so that their prayers may assist the sisters under scrutiny? Or maybe such prayers are needed for those women whom God has called as priests. Or perhaps for those who have suffered for righteousness sake due to loving someone of their own sex. Or any number of reasons that: Only God knows.
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