“Mary, Mother of God, we salute you. Precious vessel, worthy of the whole world’s reverence, you are an ever-shining light, the crown of virginity, the symbol of orthodoxy, an indestructible temple, the place that held him whom no place can contain, mother and virgin. Because of you the holy gospels could say: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.”                           ~Saint Cyril of Alexandria For Reflection: This quote contains several descriptives of the Blessed Virgin Mary. What are they? How does each aptly apply to her?

Sexuality and Authority in the Catholic 

Indeed, if authority is the wielding of power, this presuppposes that the group has no meaning or purpose outside of the leader's will. This is the Nietzcheian world where no ontological truth or harmony exists. But this is not the world of God the Father. God did not create a world where authority is arbitrary and a matter of mere quantifiable strength.  The word "authority" comes from the Latin "auctor" which means the author, originator, source, maker of, or creator of something.