tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post7256040027352086207..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: Communism and Womanelena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-75786732155498070742007-08-21T07:52:00.000-04:002007-08-21T07:52:00.000-04:00I agree that nursing and teaching small children a...I agree that nursing and teaching small children are vocations for which women can add a special touch. As Archbishop Sheen said, in the middle ages women had their own guilds.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-61560971476026863052007-08-21T01:12:00.000-04:002007-08-21T01:12:00.000-04:00The subject is rather complex and does not lend it...The subject is rather complex and does not lend itself to simple generalisations. For example, nursing always has been a "feminine" occupation, and in Russia most of the physicians are women. Do I find agreement that this is a natural outgrowth of the feminine gift for nurturing?<BR/><BR/>For instance, I read an excellent excerpt from the memoirs of a woman who was an army surgeon in the Second Great Patriotic War. I would submit that no man could have offered the wounded the same care and compassion she offered from the depths of her woman's soul. She spoke of the deaths of three soldiers, and how each affected her spiritual development. She offered insights that could have come only from the pen of a woman.<BR/><BR/>That is why we women cannot be priests. It is not because we are unworthy or impure, rather, it is because our feminine vocation precludes such a podvig. Remember, some of the greatest elders in the Faith have been women (I am thinking in particular of St Matrona the Blessed of Moscow and Mother Varvara of Pyukhtitsa (still alive))! Our gift is more that of "femina orans", whilst a man's gift is to be that of "homo faber".<BR/><BR/>Pray for this poor sinner.<BR/><BR/>VaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-47094491035515477472007-08-20T12:23:00.000-04:002007-08-20T12:23:00.000-04:00The so called Womens Liberation 'threw out the bab...The so called Womens Liberation 'threw out the baby with the bathwater' as the saying goes. It profited men more than it did women.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-9328726360964055402007-08-20T12:05:00.000-04:002007-08-20T12:05:00.000-04:00I like it when people think in similiar terms as I...I like it when people think in similiar terms as I do--I totally agree that the liberation of women has really caused quite a bit or problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-44057879202866357802007-08-20T11:15:00.000-04:002007-08-20T11:15:00.000-04:00We look at both man and woman from every conceivab...We look at both man and woman from every conceivable angle, and have been doing so for a lot longer than 2000 years, but what do we really learn, except that each bring a unique value to the world, are actually quite indispensable to the world, and are to work together. That God made them male and female, neither femme-males nor male-ettes, but male and female. And called that good. So do I. <BR/><BR/>Having grown up through the 50s and 60s (I skipped the 70s and 80s) through til today, when I see what woman has done with her "liberation" -- how it has nearly killed her in body and soul -- I see how much more simple it would've been to just cling to the book of Sirach and the Gospel of Matthew who speaks most of Mary, and the Gospel of John who shows us how much the Lord upholds women for all time. One can be as happy teaching someone to ride a bicycle as teaching someone to fly or think or walk again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com