Yep, I said something similar. Transgender identity is always tied to a large exposure to external media. The fact that a тАЬhermitтАЭ would still be engaging excessively with the internet and other persons is utterly contrary to the state of life demanded by the Eremitic Vocation.
The hermit posted about making the vow of obedience, but there is no demonstrated obedience either to Natural Law or the ordinary fundamental expected demands of the eremitical life.
If a man marries a woman, and then continues to go out to dinner one-on-one with other women, he is not obedient to his vows. If heтАЩs continually chatting online with other women, heтАЩs not obedient to his vows. If he comes out as transgender and starts identifying as a woman, he is not obedient to his vows.
The hermit we are talking about is someone who started out as a little baby girl and has been identifying as a man for a long time. If the hermit started identifying as a woman (not, after all that has happened, a conventionally pretty one; we would all have to be kind and understanding) that would be a miracle for which we could all thank God.
If you read the reporting on this, they didn't chose the vocation of hermit because this person wanted to be a hermit. They chose the vocation of hermit because the vocation is 1) explicitly open to both sexes and 2) doesn't require admission to a sex-specific religious order. In other words, becoming a hermit was all about finding a loophole, not a deeply-felt calling to the life of a hermit.
"a diocesan hermit of the Lexington diocese posted on Facebook"
Well that doesn't sound very hermity.
This is the bit the struck me the most...
Next we will have the cloistered influencer nun.
Then, a live twitter feed from the conclave.
Yep, I said something similar. Transgender identity is always tied to a large exposure to external media. The fact that a тАЬhermitтАЭ would still be engaging excessively with the internet and other persons is utterly contrary to the state of life demanded by the Eremitic Vocation.
The hermit posted about making the vow of obedience, but there is no demonstrated obedience either to Natural Law or the ordinary fundamental expected demands of the eremitical life.
If a man marries a woman, and then continues to go out to dinner one-on-one with other women, he is not obedient to his vows. If heтАЩs continually chatting online with other women, heтАЩs not obedient to his vows. If he comes out as transgender and starts identifying as a woman, he is not obedient to his vows.
> and starts identifying as a woman
The hermit we are talking about is someone who started out as a little baby girl and has been identifying as a man for a long time. If the hermit started identifying as a woman (not, after all that has happened, a conventionally pretty one; we would all have to be kind and understanding) that would be a miracle for which we could all thank God.
I was referring to my analogy of the married man.
Ah, that makes sense, thanks.
If you read the reporting on this, they didn't chose the vocation of hermit because this person wanted to be a hermit. They chose the vocation of hermit because the vocation is 1) explicitly open to both sexes and 2) doesn't require admission to a sex-specific religious order. In other words, becoming a hermit was all about finding a loophole, not a deeply-felt calling to the life of a hermit.
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Indeed it doesn't! Hermity is my new fave word! Also, how does the hermit get internet in a cave?