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BSHoop96
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Gosh, believe it or not, I know that.
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BSHoop96
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Distracted…whether anyone else on here is celibate or not is irrelevant, unless of course, they are a priest.Win? What is there to win? Is this a game??
accuses?? hmm… pretty strong words… but anyway, Yes, i have been speaking for priests who are celibate and don’t want to be… because, as stated, i know that is like…
Yes, you are right. Priests are holy and i am not… a holy person has no sexual desires… and if he/she does - God forbid(esp she
) the person keeps them to him/herself…
Oh please…
But hey… don’t change the subject:
How long have you been celibate??
No one seems to want to say… Hm…
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distracted
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spoken like someone who has never made a promise to Jesus and failed to keep it…
Good for you.
to me?? No one has made any promise to me… but anyway… I coiuld totally understand him “not keeping his promise” to Jesus… because, for one thing, leaving the priesthood is not considered blashpheming Jesus… or rejecting Him…
Why don’t you stay celibate for years and years, then come and we can talk…
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marksbaird0211
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Tradition is important but tradition does not mean that things don’t change. The Tradition of Celibacy is something that supports holiness, the men were Apostles and the anointing of Priests is passed on to males, females are venerated by Mary and saints it’s not sexist or has anything against women, it is a tradition.
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BSHoop96
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What does your celibacy have to do with priests being celibate?yeah, Hard to believe, huh??
That a devout Catholiic FEMALE
I mean, you would expect that of men…
hmm…
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distracted
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apparently it does with some people… those who have not been celibate for long periods of time… and don’t know what the heck it all entails…
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BSHoop96
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Don’t mean to be mean spirited but if he left her for a younger woman instead of repenting and going back then he obviously was not meant to be in the priestly ministry and it can’t all be blamed on the original woman.I could tell you a very sad story about that. I knew someone who enticed a man out of his priesthood, because she had fallen in love with him. (She also had very low self-esteem and wasn’t really trying to date eligible men of her own age.) He believed her flattery, and they made plans to get married.
Of course, once he was released from his priestly vows, it dawned on him that he could have any woman he wanted; he didn’t have to stay with the one who had enticed him out of the priesthood - so he dumped her for a younger woman.
Meanwhile, the original woman is still alone, and still very lonely, and on top of that, she now has the reputation of being a wrecker of vocations.
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distracted
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OK… so i am going to hold you to every thing you said whne you were 18…
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distracted
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Huh? What? jilted??You suddenly seem to be changing your tune, from the understanding woman to the jilted one.
Gee… maybe you should see a psychiatrist… What the devil are you talking about/??
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distracted
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oh, but don’t you know - it is always the woman’s fault…
Because men are just well… let’s just face it… animals and just CAN’T control themselves…
Gee, if i were a man, i would be so insulted by such an implication…
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jmcrae
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You have no idea about my life circumstances, or whether I am celibate or not, and nor is it any of your business.
I suppose you imagine that married people have sex any time they like, though, or that nobody ever gets seriously ill during a marriage, or has to be away from home for a lengthy period of time, to care for an elderly parent, or because of a job, etc.
I have some bad news for you; married people also have to be celibate, from time to time - sometimes for very long periods of time.
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Cathdefender
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What I need to know is, if distracted is a woman, why is she so concerned with the priestly life??
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distracted
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Yeah, just as i suspected… haven’t been celibate very long…
No one in this sex-obsessed society is celibate anymore, it seems, for more than a month…
Oh my gosh… Well, maybe, if i can’t have all the sex i want… i don’t want to be married after all…
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Pier
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Thank God for the men who love and respect Him enough to become priests…
Amen.
Amen.
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Cathdefender
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How old are you distracted, and why for goodness sake are you celibate anyway?
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distracted
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i am concerned with the wway the Church seems to hold men to vows they took when they were in their teens and 20s… I know of priests who dislike the perpetual celibacy rule…
I heard of this one case where the process of laicization took so long, the couple just went ahead and got married before it was finished… Maybe they wanted to have children before they were in their 70s or something…
As some other poster said… it seems the Church is very insensitive to people’s… (don’t remember what word he used but i will use the word ) REALITIES…
and as stated before, God should not be put into a box (even a Church-shaped box)… God is above the Church… He is the head of the Church…
If the Church grants dispensations from the priesthood, why do so many posters here disbelieve in such a thing?
o, that’s right, maybe we have to be more Catholic than the pope…
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mercygate
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Very true. But even so, when married people have periods of continence, we still have the other person in our lives. It IS a big difference. Continence is not the same as celibacy.
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allhers
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good question.
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jmcrae
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Priests make their vows in their twenties. If they started Seminary at 12, then they make their vows at age 24, and correspondingly later depending on their Seminary start date, up to their mid-thirties, in some cases. Not 18 year olds.
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trustinyou
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i say,what Peter binds on earth is bound in heaven,loosed on earth,loose in heaven…
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