(December 7, 2018 at 2:37 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Consecrated virgins: 'I got married to Christ'
Ms Hayes, 41, is a consecrated virgin - a vocation taken by women within the Catholic Church who wish to give themselves as brides to God.
There are at least 4,000 consecrated virgins in the world, according to a 2015 survey, and the Vatican says there has been an upsurge of vocations "in very diverse geographic areas and cultural contexts".
Unlike nuns, consecrated virgins do not live in enclosed communities or wear special clothes; they lead a secular life, have jobs and support themselves.
There is no such male equivalent in the Catholic Church.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45968315
I think it's very strange, comments anyone?
Since in high school I was known to have some keyboard skill, my rep as an organist is still "out there". The churches pay very well (union scale) for subs ... and I actually played once for this ceremony : "The Consecration of a Virgin" .... you think it sounds bizarre .... it's far more bizarre than you could imagine.
(It is true, nuns also call themselves, or they used to, "brides of Christ" ... I think there's a movie, or series by that title. )
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. - Joseph Campbell 
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