Sunday, April 21, 2019

Only Boys should be Catholic servers- alternatives for girls

Girls have been allowed to serve since 1994 by the pope, but archdioceses can ban them and priests can band them.
I have been a server for over seven years and I do it weekly due to a shortage of servers in our church. We have a low city population which leads to a low population of our church. Sometimes females need to serve or there won't be any servers at all at church.
However, serving should be just for boys whenever possible. Most priests were altar boys, and girls cannot be priests because the church is the Bride of Christ and boys marry the church. Girls will never be priests for many reasons, but that's another story.
I think another reason only boys should serve is because of how people see look at worship. Males worship to try to fight against evil when they worship God. They are the ones who will fight in the Battle of Babylonian. Their goal is to honor our creator and savior and attempt to repay Him for all He has done for us. Women worship out of love for their Father and Brother, who have come to save us. God is definitely both loving and solicitous, so both perspectives are correct. In fact, I think God made both genders to be that way.
I also think that boys will enjoy it more if it's boys-only because there's just something special about something being for one gender. Remember preferring activities just for people of your gender? Didn't something just seem special about it? Boys and girls need to work together at times, but maybe kids would enjoy church more if they had activities more inclusive for them.
As I said, girls are likely going to go to church anyway out of love for their Father and Brother. However, girls should have a girls-only part in the church because that might keep girls more active in their faith (although there is no evidence to back that up, and girls weren't allowed to serve for almost two milenia and girls continued to attend mass then. I think this shows girls worship out of love and men to fight against Satan.) Anyway, boys taking communion ages 8-22 could serve while girls taking communion ages 8-22 could have a different part. Perhaps those girls could clean the sanctuary two hours before mass, set the altar, and wash and hang up server robes. After mass, girls could set out the candles, neatly fold the altar tablecloth, and clean it up. I explain it more in the video.
Cheers,
Sarah
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