The paradox of female power in the Church

Women are banned from becoming priests in the Catholic Church but at the same time Catholics venerate Mary - a woman - as the queen of saints. In this video I explain this paradox.

Timestamps:
00:00 the paradox
00:31 examples of powerful Catholic women
03:57 what power in the Church is
06:27 anyone can gain that power
08:53 heroism

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Sources:
[S1] Catechism of the Catholic Church 1577
[S2] E.g.: St. Alphonsus Liguori, The Glories of Mary (1750)
[S3] St. Pope Pius X as quoted in Descouvement, Therese and Lisieux (1996) p. 5
[S4] St. Thérèse of Lisieux, The Story of a Soul (1898)
[S5] 1 Timothy 2:12
[S6] Catechism of the Catholic Church 113
[S7] St. John Paul II, Ordinatio Sacerdotalis (1994) nr. 4
[S8] Litany of Loreto
[S9] John 15:5
[S10] 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
[S11] St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae (13th century) I q. 108 a. 6
[S12] 1 Samuel 17
[S13] Luke 1:38
[S14] Mark 16:9 icw. Luke 8:2
[S15] E.g.: La Salette (1846), Lourdes (1858), Fatima (1917)…
[S16] Philippians 4:13
[S17] St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae (13th century) II-II q. 162 a. 6
[S18] Rose, Fighting for Life (2021)
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[S20] John 14:15
[S21] John 6:53-56
[S22] 1 Corinthians 13:1-3
[S23] Matthew 7:7
[S24] Motto of the Jesuit Order that was founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola
[S25] Luke 22-44
[S26] Matthew 26-39
[S27] 1 John 4:8
[S28] Matthew 16:24-27
[S29] St. Alphonsus Liguori, Uniformity with God’s Will (1755) p. 12
[S30] precise wording might differ: St. Catherine of Siena, Letter T368 to Brother William of England (ca. 1376)
[S31] St. John of the Cross, The Dark Night of the Soul (16th century)
[S32] St. Pope Pius X, Beatification of St. Joan of Arc (1908)
[S33] God wants for everyone to become a saint (1 Timothy 2:4) and in order to become one we must cooperate with God's grace. Furthermore, sanctity consists in perfected charity (1 Corinthians 13) and charity is an act of the will. I couldn't find the passage from St. Thomas in time, only a secondary source where he is quoted by Bishop Robert Barron:    • Why Won't Catholicism Allow Women Priests?...   St. Alphonsus also teaches this when he says that perfection grows in proportion to our desire for it: St. Alphonsus Liguori quoting St. Bernard, Prayer: The Great Means of Salvation and Perfection (1759) p. 440
[S34] St. Alphonsus Liguori, Prayer – The Great Means of Salvation and Perfection (1759)
[S35] St. Louis Grignon de Montfort, True Devotion to Mary (1712)
[S36] John 8:31-32
[S37] precise wording might differ: St. Catherine of Siena, Letter T16 to a Certain Religious (ca. 1376)

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