Who or what is Church? The phrase I like to use, that for me says everything that Church is and is about , flows from this statement………"The Church is the contemplative(s) in action" Let me say that louder: "THE CHURCH IS THE CONTEMPLATIVE(S) IN ACTION."

The contemplative part is Jesus Christ dwelling in the elect….or…..if you want a fuller expression of God….the contemplative part is the Father/Mother God, the Glorious Son, and the Holy Spirit dwelling in the elect.

The elect being the Children of God who are born of the Spirit of God and walking in the light of God’s truth.

God’s elect, His contemplatives are called and sent to do God’s action…..His ministry. God’s ministry through, us, His elect, is unique to each person and each person is gifted with God’s grace to complete what work He has given us.

Recapping, who or what is the Church? The Church is God’s contemplative(s) in action! And with that full indwelling of God……no…..member of the elect……need be subjected to unreasonable doubt as to whether they have a vocation……particularly…for God’s female elect….who might well be "graced" to teach, preach, and sanctify. Isn’t it a shame that a woman, called by Christ to teach, preach, and sanctify has to prove it?

And while we waste precious years debating the issue, the woman’s precious gifts are wasted and the Church ultimately suffers for it.

What’s worse…the legitimacy of her vocation is probably being weighed by those who, if we were informed by God, do not have a divine calling themselves.

I put full trust in the words from Mary’s canticle: "The Lord brings the mighty down from their thrones and raises up the lowly"

In fact, "to teach, to preach, and to sanctify" is the mission of the entire Church elect, in one way or another.

I would suggest that God has His female Church elect doing exactly that….teaching, preaching, and sanctifying everywhere…..they are just not….recognized by the "brood of vipers" as capable of this mission….but, Thank You God…..your ways are not their ways…..and…..your thoughts are not their thoughts……and Thank You God…..the first shall be last….and the last….shall be first…..

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