The wind is blowing in a new direction

For my entire adult life I have regarded the Catholic Church as a rather large empty bag of wind.

Having been educated for 12 years within the Catholic Church's system, I feel it is my right to express any feeling that might arise. They did install a sense of self importance most likely due to the defense mechanisms needed while battling the nuns.

Anyway....my adult feelings toward the Catholic Church have surfaced from time to time.

The feeling that most commonly surfaces is one of........bulls..t.

Supreme Bulls..t when it comes to edicts from the head office.....or more importantly

LACK OF EDICTS

I'm pretty sure that no organized religion will ever float my boat but I do understand the need for leadership when flocks are involved and apparently flocks are everywhere. The charitable and humanitarian work being done by organized religion is obviously worthwhile, but probably pales in comparison to what Bill Gates does on his own.

The Catholic Priest pedophile situation obviously did not hinder my lack of respect for the church and most likely just added more fuel to the fire.

I personally was not sexually abused by a priest when I was growing up, but I most definitely was physically abused by nuns on numerous occasions. The worst part of those moments is the remembrance that they seemed to enjoy slapping me around and making me cringe.

I know it's time to move on and accept responsibility that much of it might have stemmed from a very smart mouth.....but Jewish kids with smart mouths became Jerry Seinfeld's while I became a closet artist who didn't admit it until halfway through his adult life.

The nuns weren't totally responsible for my late development but they sure played a part in the process.

I attended a ceremony yesterday that actually might finish repairing the animosity I've held toward the Catholic Church....even though the people involved are probably going to be considered much larger renegades than will ever appear on my resume.

It's one thing to simply turn your back on the indoctrinated teachings of your childhood.

That's easy.

It's another thing to stay in the game and change the rules.

RCWP is changing the rules instead of turning their backs....and for that they should be congratulated as well as admired.

RCWP stands for ROMAN CATHOLIC WOMEN PRIESTS....and on Saturday June 19, Partrica Sullivan Sandel was ordained a Catholic Priest in Santa Barbara.

Also attending the ceremony was a married Catholic priest and quite a few rebels from various backgrounds......but all of them most likely born and raised in the Catholic faith.

The world needs

some multiple forms of alteration when it comes to belief systems and how those belief systems get manifested on and into another person's life.

A belief system should be an individual accomplishment.....but many times it becomes a barometer on how people judge other people and how people think other people should behave.

TIME FOR A NEO-ILLUMINATION

The Universe has a system

of

order and chaos

The Human Experience is a tangent of that system

that can both

establish order

and

create chaos

BELIEF SYSTEMS DIRECTLY LEAD TO CHAOS

Acceptance

with investigation and introspection

creates

more

ORDER

THE MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE WILL ALWAYS OUTNUMBER THE KNOWN REALITIES

AND CHAOS

WILL

FOREVER

EXIST

OUR JOB SIMPLY MIGHT BE

TO

AVOID

EXTINCTION

I was tremendously impressed by the courage displayed on Saturday in Santa Barbara by people who are refusing to accept the status quo of an organization that needs to change it's very structure.

CATHOLIC PRIEST SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MARRY

IT'S SO OBVIOUS WHAT PROBLEMS THAT FIXES THAT IT MAKES ME LAUGH THAT THE POPE HASN'T FIGURED IT OUT.

WOMEN SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE PRIESTS.

A NORMALCY ENTERS THE REALM OF REALITY WHEN THIS IS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN AND LOGIC AND LOVE BECOME COMMON PLACE.

LOGIC AND LOVE SHOULD ALWAYS BE PRESENT

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO THANK

GOD

FOR

THE

GIFT

OF

CREATION.

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH CAN BEGIN TO HEAL TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF PAIN AND SORROW WITH TWO THESE SIMPLE GESTURES.

PRIESTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MARRY

WOMEN SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE PRIESTS

It's important to note that the reason Priest were not allowed to be married was due to property right questions after a married priest would pass away. Priest were married in the Catholic Church until the 8th Century.

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST LAND OWNERS IN THE WORLD.....so that worked out pretty well for them, don't you think?

IT'S TIME TO CHANGE AND REPAIR THE DAMAGE DONE BY THAT DECISION.

IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP and realize that the wind is blowing in a new direction and that it smells like new fresh clean air filled with hints of love and compassion.

I will not be rejoining the Catholic Church anytime soon because the path I've chosen is singular.

Of course that's another story that gets discussed when

NEO-ILLUMINATION is brought up.

It's doesn't get brought that often but every time it does...... I can guarantee

a

yawn....or two.

If you are having trouble sleeping.....give me a call.

If you are having trouble believing in Catholic doctrine

go to......

www.romancatholicwomenpriests.org

and if you are looking for a friendly progressive Church to hang in....check out

www.beatitudes-sb.org

Happy Father's Day

Michael Timothy McAlevey