[Magdalen] Life's blessings

[Molly Wolf]

My dad did this -- was a bitter opponent of the ordination of women and turned around.  He ordained his own daughter, my older sister, to the diaconate.  I still remember his bidding "Mary Julietta Wolf" in a tone of love and humor with a touch of "you get over here!" 

Molly

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On Oct 22, 2016, at 7:02 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Wonderful story James!
> Lynn 
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> When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'. attributed to Erma Bombeck
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> On Oct 22, 2016, at 4:08 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> ME, your post reminded me of a very pleasant memory I have of a lady
> (Vassar Grad of the best sort) who was travelling through the South and
> felt a need to touch bases with a former rector who was now a bishop. He
> had been a very energetic opponent of women's ordination, and my friend was
> not quite sure what sort of person he now was, but she contacted him, and
> he said he would be delighted to see her, but they were having an
> ordination on that day, and he would need to see her at such-and-such an
> hour, before things got really hectic.
> 
> So she arrived at the cathedral, and was just saying hello to the bishop
> when in comes a young woman with her clerical vestments, and (as my friend
> put it) "just FLEW into the bishop's arms" and he was asking how she was,
> and what she was doing at present and so forth.
> 
> It turned out that this staunch opponent of women's ordination had been
> turned around, and had ordained many women, and was now even being used as
> a person who could go to some of the hold-outs and speak their language,
> having been there, and could help them in their spiritual journey.
> 
> I loved the way Julia told the story, starting out very sedate, and
> gradually getting very animated at the end.
> 
> Grace prevails and love wins -- somehow.
> 
> 
> 
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> 
>> On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 7:19 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> And don't discount the influence of psychiatrists.
>> 
>> Yes, I've known bishops to override psychiatrists' recommendations, but I
>> do remember one here who spent an incredible amount of time & energy
>> searching for "homosexual tendencies" (remember "homosexual tendencies?"
>> you probably don't if you're under fifty.) He was also unalterably opposed
>> to women's ordination. Imagine his long-term influence on the diocese.
>> -M
>> 
>> On Saturday, October 22, 2016, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Lynn,
>>> 
>>> If your last message had been a Facebook post I would have been reaching
>>> for the LIKE icon. I couldn't agree more except to say that it doesn't
>> stop
>>> at priests. There is a vast difference in the selection of bishops too.
>>