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Wedlock we own ordain...
Heaven's Decree, But such as Heaven ordain'd it first
Toperoff suffers through it all-setting out each morning in the delusion that he is a god who will ordain the outcome of the race, often going home at night a broken peasant, cursing the fates. In effect, he becomes existential man, laughing at his own rueful destiny. When Mulligan dies, he makes Toperoff promise to bet all his meager savings in one last post-mortem race. It is his horseplayer's fitting, feckless (not to mention luckless) bid for immortality...
...course, it is somewhat easier to become a minister in Hensley's church than to join the Catholic priesthood. All a candidate needs is a postage stamp. He will be ordained a minister by return mail. Any man, woman or child can become a minister in the Universal Life Church. The only thing that Hensley demands is a name and an address, so that he can fill out the certificate. After that, the new minister is on his own. In California, and according to Hensley, in many other states, he can perform marriages (if he is over 21), officiate...
...permanent order of deacons, a proposal adopted by the Second Vatican Council. Deacons, under church law, can perform most of the functions of a priest, except for celebrating Mass and hearing confessions. So far, the hierarchies of 24 countries-including the U.S.-have requested permission from Rome to ordain married men to the diaconate. Last week in Cologne, the first five candidates for this office were ordained; 110 more are in training in Germany alone...