What? You mean you forgot too? You're telling me that you celebrated the Feast of the Annunciation on March 25th, instead of the 2010 World Day of Prayer? Shame on us all!!
Wait - you didn't know about the 2010 World Day of Prayer? Oh. Well, let me explain it to you. It's when pagan female priestesses and their apostatizing apoplectic biddies scuttle into their covens and offer worship to the She-Goddess of Self-Pity.
In other words: The CRONES* met to repeat their demand that they be allowed to serve as priests. Officially it's called the World Day of Prayer for Women's Ordination, sponsored by the Women's Ordination Conference. This year, a whopping twenty protesters stood outside the Vatican embassy in Washington D.C., waving their signs and holding a pretty purple banner that meant absolutely nothing. (Story at the NCR)
They got all clever-ike too - tying this year's demonstration to "The Year For Priests". Except they kept calling it "The Year of the Priest", like it's a Chinese annual designation or something. I guess they get so much of church history and teaching wrong, it's no surprise they got that wrong too. Oh well. So, along with denigrating the great Feast of the Annunciation, they did their worst to drag the Holy Father's "Year For Priests" along with their misguided and misguiding opinions. Nothing is sacred to the CRONES except the profanation of one of the Church's sacraments.
Oh - and they developed an "Inclusive Liturgy" too! It's chock-full of emotion-affirming nonsense and gooey theological claptrap. For instance, here's their "Prayer of Confession (of Believing)". Swallow whatever food or beverage before proceeding. It's a doozy.
I believe in a God-beyond-imagining...
a God of mercy and justice-seeking, of compassion and challenge,
a God who lives at the depths of our being...
and beyond the farthest reaches of an unending universe.
I believe in a God who has cradled us in love from the very beginning,
gifting each with more-than-enough to respond to every divine nudge,
with a heart staunch enough to match every divine call.
I believe that God sees endless possibilities,
in us and through us.
I believe that God never gives up on us,
working in and through our "Yes's," to birth that future now!
I don't know about you, but every time I read that, I hear Enya-like music and can almost smell the faint allure of Sacrilege** in the air. And then I'm filled with the desire to be made a bishop so I can ex-communicate all these folks (I know, they're ex-communicated latae sententiae, but the mitre-mashing and crozier-crashing would be satisfying nonetheless!). But it's only a feeling, and I have to settle for ridicule instead.
So come on, folks, let's not overlook this next year. Circle March 25, 2011 on your calendar right now: World Day of Prayer for Women's Ordination Celebrate Latae Sententiae!
**For the origin of this, click here
