Because grown men need to be addressed as little children who need to be “nurtured” by women who are not their mothers.

A most recent blog entry by Dr. Jennifer Roback-Morse of the Ruth Institute encapsulates the very essence of our cultural problem. The emasculation continues, unabated.

“If you are going to wear the Catholic label on your forehead, kindly make yourself as attractive as you can. Moaning and complaining and tearing each other down is NOT attractive.”

Said Jesus, never. Ever. (Matthew 16:23, Mark 16:14)
Said St. John the Baptist, never. Ever. (Luke 3:7-9)
Said the combative Saints, never. Ever. (Butler’s entry for St. Jerome is a remarkable example!)

And that would include St. Paul who not only took names, but kicked ass. And his confrere, St. Timothy, who took his friend’s words and recorded them under Warning against False Teaching (see Synod on the Family) in the first chapter of his First Epistle. The same St. Timothy who recorded Instructions to Women, of which, I am certain St. Paul would see this blog post as unbecoming.

St. Timothy is also the patron saint of stomach ailments. And Dr. Morse, whom I consider a friend, has brought on a nauseous feeling with this post. Imagine that; criticizing those who have justified concerns regarding this pontificate, nay not criticizing, but insulting the intelligence of men and women and addressing them as petulant children in need of scolding.

Father Bergoglio. And Mother Morse, insisting we “respect your father. That’s what good moms do.”

Weird. And not MY household.