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- The truth of the Catholic Church revealed - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2021 from Margaret O'ConnorLittle did I think I would be called, “The Modern Day David,” but here I am, sharing huge secrets kept by the Catholic Church. Not the type of secrets most people have come to expect, but the secret about women being priests. As my life has unfolded, I realize God had a plan that has revealed ...
Views: 462 - Mary Mother of God Different Visages - by Submitted on Jun 27, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorEven in lieu of factual evidence, when uncovering another side to Mary Mother of God, so many Catholics are reticent to embrace this new reality about Mother Mary. Definitely, Change would be the main part of this equation. Some might be in Fear of taking away or removing in some way, the ...
Views: 677 - The Church Doctrine Divide - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorIs it really a surprise, when the term Woman Priest, is brought up, there is a myriad of responses to that? If your own Church Hierarchy for centuries never told you about it, then you certainly will be taken back by such a unique disclosure. This is where the literal divide exists, between ...
Views: 725 - An Inconvenient Truth (in the Catholic Church) - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorIn our world, today, lies and deceptions seem to be the new norm now. What is the truth? What is real anymore? Where is meaningful, life-affirming truth to be found? For centuries now, the hierarchy of the Catholic Church has successively prevented any women’s baptismal rite to become a ...
Views: 684 - Women are NOT Created Equal in the Eyes of the Catholic Church - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorIn the Catholic Church, for any woman, the term Created Equal certainly does not have the same meaning as it does for any man. Women are Baptized into the Church, with the same so-called equality as men, yet nothing, in reality, could be further from the truth. They themselves, have a call ...
Views: 696 - A Priest Called Mary - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorSpeaking of Mary and the Priesthood is certainly something which most Catholics have never ever heard let alone thought about. You probably will be very surprised in reading this intriguing fact of past Church history. In John Wijngaards Book, “The Ordination of Women in the Catholic ...
Views: 642 - Mary, What Would You Say? (Catholic Church) - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorThe Other Side of Mary. There is nothing wrong with extolling the virtues of Mary. The problem comes with the hierarchy keying in on just this one side of Mary. By doing this, they are totally dismissing another side of Mary, which they do not want the Laity to be aware of. From the ...
Views: 643 - The Dreaded C Word... Change in the Catholic Church - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorCancer indeed is that dreaded C Word. Yet, another C word is accompanied by its own sense of anxiety or displeasure. If ever there was a time, when this other C-word, called Change, is so universally present, now is that time. Change now abounds in our Lives at a Speed Unfamiliar to ...
Views: 611 - Presence of Change (Catholic Church) - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorThe factor of Change is ever-present in our lives, whether it presents itself immediately or as a subtlety over centuries of time through a tradition of some type. Let Us Leave it, With The Thought, That This Would Be Your Final Shift At the Buffalo Ford Stamping Plant, there were two ...
Views: 756 - The Catholic Church’s Selective Memory versus Factual Truth - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorA Roman Document equating Women’s Ordination with Pedophilia is indeed a deplorable avenue to travel down. The Catholic Church’s, so-called selective memory about this issue continues on, while the history of women within our Church, was not some fabrication, or elaborate lie, but remains a ...
Views: 624 - Women’s Inequality in the Catholic Church Today - by Submitted on May 30, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorThe Call to Action Organization, brings up a very sober fact, “Did you know that the exit rate of young adult Catholic women from Catholicism is greater than Catholic men their age? In fact, millennial Catholic women are more likely than their male counterparts to report that they never attend ...
Views: 785 - The Radical Truth Is - by Submitted on May 30, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorWe have all heard that phrase, “the truth will set you free.’ On the one hand, truth can provide us with new insight. For any woman in our Church, learning about a past religious women’s heritage was shocking, to say the least. That truth as well was bitterly painful, when coming to the ...
Views: 744 - What Would Jesus Say? - by Submitted on May 19, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorLife is the opportunity to speak one great truth in the face of one great lie. It may seem that no one hears it. It may seem that nothing changes. But not to speak – that is the real sin.” — Joan Chittister, Journal, January 23 The Hierarchy of our Church continues to Dismiss Jesus’ own ...
Views: 543 - Cover up, Deception and Lies of The Catholic Church - by Submitted on May 19, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorIn Gary Macy’s book, The Hidden History of Women’s Ordination, he has a chapter entitled, “Defining Women Out of Ordination.” Basically Canon Lawyers felt that women weren’t actually ordained. Their blind eyes, completely ignored otherwise evidence in a book, containing a collection of Laws, ...
Views: 616 - Pope Francis’ Thought: On Women Becoming Priests - by Submitted on May 18, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorWhether Women Religious or Women Laity, we are baptized and confirmed just as our male counterparts are. But their lies the ever-present division line to Women’s Priesthood, with our equality ending abruptly there. The predetermining factor of progression lies with your particular gender type. ...
Views: 599 - Mary Mother of God Different Visages - by Submitted on May 18, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorEven in lieu of factual evidence, when uncovering another side to Mary Mother of God, so many Catholics are reticent to embrace this new reality about Mother Mary. Definitely, Change would be the main part of this equation. Some might be in Fear of taking away or removing in some way, the ...
Views: 618 - The Threads of Women’s Past Presence in our Church - by Submitted on May 07, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorA good number of Catholics have never heard about Women’s past history in our Church, so many new and perplexing questions come to mind. Unfortunately, there are no forthcoming answers from the Church hierarchy. The Pink Elephant in the Catholic Church Women Priests, are the “Pink ...
Views: 588 - What resides within the Shadows of Church History? - by Submitted on May 07, 2020 from Margaret O'Connor“The fact that women were ordained for the first twelve hundred years of Christianity will surprise many people. It surprised me when I first discovered it”. The Hidden History of Women’s Ordination, by Gary Macy. The Truth is in Plain Sight Why then isn’t our hierarchy acknowledging this ...
Views: 537 - An Altar of Division in the Catholic Church - by Submitted on May 07, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorToward the late 1950s, my mom had purchased a cardboard replica of a Church altar for my brother Paul. While he played the role of priest, my twin-sister Pat, and I acted as two parishioners attending mass. Of course, we both also wanted to play the role of priest, but I still remember my ...
Views: 581 - The Latest Scandal in the Catholic Church - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorA quick Google search shows a listing of ten examples of scandals in the Catholic Church. Yes, scandal’s presence from the past to the very present day is all-pervasive. Most of us would probably associate the word secrecy to the topic of scandal, though it’s very meaning includes the word ...
Views: 673 - Our Early Church’s Roots of Prejudicial History - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorIn order to begin to truly understand the current women priest issue in our Church, we have to travel back into the early centuries of our Church’s History. Most laws can be very dry or boring yet, with Church law, pertaining to women’s rights, they contained blatant bigotry and prejudice ...
Views: 610 - What Are Your Thoughts On Women Priests? - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorWhen I was out picketing for Women Priests, I discovered that among Catholics, there seem to be three different views on Catholic women becoming Priests. One view is of complete denial. This simply can’t be so, because the Church said so. Another group could not seem to find any grain of ...
Views: 572 - The Time Tunnel of Early Church History - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorToday the TV Show “Timeless,” takes its main characters back to a specific moment in History. Being present in a particular Historical time frame affords one with a unique opportunity to meet a famous person. What would your question to Jesus Be? If you were so fortunate to happen upon the ...
Views: 701 - The Priest Sexual Abuse Scandal - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorNo matter where you look today, the Catholic Church is center stage either on News Media or on the Newspaper banner. Provocative Headlines abound, Will the Catholic Church still be standing after this Priest Scandal? Where amongst the cover-up, lies and deceit, can any truth be found? Will ...
Views: 698(1 vote) - Apathy with the Catholic Church is Evident - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorHave you ever wondered what lies beneath buildings, parking lots and parks? When an original wall of the Erie Canal was discovered in Buffalo, a state agency came up with an ingenious idea for its display. The first part entailed making a parking lot out of the area. But wait, if that wasn’t ...
Views: 704 - The Shadow of Women Priests in the Catholic Church - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorThe film “Duel” was directed by Steven Spielberg when he was a graduate student. Within the first ten minutes of this film there was a definite shadow of foreboding presence with every turn, every hill and bend on a highway. We, the viewers, could almost feel the dread of being in our own ...
Views: 804(1 vote) - The Footprints of Our Life’s Journey - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorEvery footstep we take is in the shadow of a surrounding presence. The footprints of our life’s journey are awash in the worlds of physical or spiritual presence. Are you ready to exit from your Internet highway of presence and begin cruising up the entrance ramp onto your spiritual highway of ...
Views: 1027(1 vote) - Catholic Women in Leadership - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorChurch history, to some, might seem rather dry. But I guess that depends on what skeletons are discovered in the closets of our Church’s history. The sad fact is that the hierarchy does not see the question of women’s equality in our Church as an issue at all. They have completely closed the ...
Views: 933 - A bit of Catholic Church History… a true journey - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2020 from Margaret O'Connor“The fact that women were ordained for the first twelve hundred years of Christianity will surprise many people. It surprised me when I first discovered it.” – “The Hidden History of Women’s Ordination: Female Clergy in the Medieval West” by Gary Macy 1 Church history, to some, might seem ...
Views: 677 - Women Priests in the Catholic Church - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorThe very term, Women Priests, seems like such an unbelievable term, something that conceivably never could or ever be. This still today, remains the sentiment of far too many Catholics. To them, this simply is an irrefutable fact coming from Rome, there never were women priests. What exactly ...
Views: 921 - Church hierarchy and Women Priests - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorThere is nothing like being out on a picket line to gauge the real pulse of a particular issue. While I am picketing for Women Priests, I certainly experience a myriad of emotional responses being directed right at me. For the most part, their emotions mirror anger, outrage and even disbelief ...
Views: 674 - Silence is Golden or Is It When it Comes to Catholic Church Scandals? - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorWhether it is the current Priest Abuse Scandal, or the other centuries old Scandal, of the Hierarchy of the Catholic Church in omitting the truth of Women Priests History, in our early Church, they literally used Silence as their own vehicle to continue to perpetrate both cover up and lies to ...
Views: 651 - Is Fear Keeping You from Speaking out against the Catholic Church? - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorAs a Catholic, what are our rights in our Church today? For many this might seem like a very strange question to pose indeed. Knowing that for centuries let alone over family generations, it was a given, that you would never question your Church at all. Yet today, it is a question whose ...
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