Conscience is not God

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=14336

Father Roy Bourgeois, a Maryknoll priest who participated in the attempted ordination of a woman to the priesthood, has been told by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to renounce his support for women’s ordination or be excommunicated. The priest has affirmed he will make no such renunciation.

“At the same time, I cannot not do what I am doing. I must follow my God I must follow my conscience.

“I do believe that good will come from this.”

Father B's malformed conscience is his god. No calling is confirmed simply by a person's feelings, even among men who believe they are called. We are not autonomous if we are in Christ. A calling is discerned with, and not apart from the Church (which is inseparable from Christ, the head of the body). Yes, good will come, but in a form contrary to the thinking of Fr. B. The consistent truth and teaching of the Church will be more clearly defined and upheld. As Saint Paul said, "...there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized." (1Co 11:19)