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Catholic New Times, July 4, 2004 by Ann Noble

As Catholics, we need to cry out for justice and demand that our leaders provide us with ministers of redemptive Eucharist.

We do not need more rubrics and sanctions, we need women and men who are visible and recognized agents of sacramental healing. As disciples of Christ, we are called to heal the broken-hearted. We need women who can minister sacramentally to women who have been broken by the sexual abuses of male clergy. We need to become a truly redemptive and Eucharistic church, heeding the voice of wisdom and finding in her the strength to speak the truth to the men in authority: "This is wrong, this has to change, this is hurting the people of God."

We must do this even at the risk of being ridiculed, dismissed, and even punished as Jesus was, for speaking the truth to power.

Speaking truth to power can be a catalyst for true conversion and renewal of the sacramental life of the church, making it an effective instrument of redemptive healing.

Thanks to Marie Bouclin for sharing this truth.

Ann Noble

Parksville B.C.