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Father Mark Botzet's talked about changes in our diocese last week, let me have a copy of his text/transcript: and added footnotes, all of which I greatly appreciate. One of those footnotes included the URL of an overview page that includes a video from Bishop Neary, links to a "guiding change document", and — well, here's that link: All Things New — Diocese of Saint Cloud The Pastoral Planning Process Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future Diocese of St. Cloud Apart from adding headings, I've kept Fr. Botzet's homily text/transcript as I received it: including punctuation and capitalization. I figure that helps retain the sound and feel of what we heard at Our Lady of the Angels last Sunday. Forgetting What Lies Behind — Working Toward What Lies Ahead Something New Engaging the Laity Called Forward to Embrace the Future Prudent Stewardship Embrace the Upward Calling of God I'll wrap up this week's post with why I don't think nos...

   I was in a debate the other day on another blog about the meaning of 1 Timothy 2: 11-12.  Here is what it says " A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness. But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.…"  When I asserted that it didn't really mean what it seems to mean, that women were never to instruct men in matters of faith, the debate was on.   I tried many ways to show that early Church Doctors didn't understand it that way that men did learn from the writings of the women saints an understanding of the authority of men in that it's only given through the Sacraments of Holy Orders and Matrimony and did not endow authority on all men just because they are male through trying to make them understand how the Church views men and women together as brothers and sisters in the Body of Christ and those being equal, they both could teach each other.  I made no...