I am 44 and a virgin

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am I alone or are other Catholics (I know all priests and nuns are also virgins) and I know that unmarried catholics are also virgins but my question is about other virgins in the same age group.

Are there any special prayers that are for us? Are there any saints apart from Mary of course we can pray to.

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Father, source of innocence and lover of chastity, you gave Saint Maria Goretti the privilege of offering her life in witness to Christ.
As you gave her the crown of martyrdom, let her prayers keep us faithful to your teachings.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen
 
Aside from the Blessed Mother, St. Agnes of Rome and St. Winifred are also the patrons of Virgins.
 
You are adorable. You can pray to st.Joseph as well. He protected Virgin Mary until his last breath.

But why don’t you find a partner? Try out christiancafe.com. The site is awesome.
 
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You are adorable. You can pray to st.Joseph as well. He protected Virgin Mary until his last breath.

But why don’t you find a partner? Try out christiancafe.com. The site is awesome.
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Thank you Theresa and everyone.

I’m not very comfortable with meeting people on the internet and I don’t think that men in their 40’s are looking for women of my age (they of course want women in their 20’s and 30’s) but that’s fine. I am happy with the Lord, I will try the special prayers that have been shared with me.

God bless you all,
Cashue
 
Cashue said:
am I alone or are other Catholics (I know all priests and nuns are also virgins) and I know that unmarried catholics are also virgins but my question is about other virgins in the same age group.

Thank you
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You used the word “all” in you opening statement. I don’t want to disillusion you but “some” would be a more accurate statement. I don’t know what the real statistics are.

On google I found the survey of 800 Polish preists.

cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=11952

"*Most Polish priests favour an end to celibacy and twelve percent say they are already in a relationship with a woman, a survey has found.

The research has dealt a blow to the country’s reputation as a champion of traditional Catholic values, the UK Telegraph reports.

A survey of over 800 priests carried out by Professor Josef Baniak, a sociologist specialising in religious affairs, found that 53 percent would like to have a wife, while 12 percent admitted that they were involved in a relationship. A further 30 percent said that they had had a sexual relationship with a woman.*"

So 42 percent have or had a sexual relationship with a women. I wonder how much higher this percentage would grow, if homosexual relationships were included?
 
Cashue said:
am I alone or are other Catholics (I know all priests and nuns are also virgins) and I know that unmarried catholics are also virgins but my question is about other virgins in the same age group.

Are there any special prayers that are for us? Are there any saints apart from Mary of course we can pray to.

Thank you
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Although that’s largely correct, not ALL nuns and priests are virgins.
 
Cashue said:
am I alone or are other Catholics (I know all priests and nuns are also virgins) and I know that unmarried catholics are also virgins but my question is about other virgins in the same age group.

Are there any special prayers that are for us? Are there any saints apart from Mary of course we can pray to.

Thank you
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Wrong. Not all priests and nuns are virgins.

I know of both one priest, and one nun, who became priest and nun respectively after being widowed.
 
Cashue said:
am I alone or are other Catholics (I know all priests and nuns are also virgins) and I know that unmarried catholics are also virgins but my question is about other virgins in the same age group.

Are there any special prayers that are for us? Are there any saints apart from Mary of course we can pray to.

Thank you
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Your lucky. I wish I was a virgin since my first time all those years ago really sucked and not in the good way that leads to orgasim. Now I am chast until/if I get married and frankly I could not care less if I never have sex again. Don’t get me wrong I still “want” to but not to the point I go out looking for it, its just not at the top of my list of things to do.
 
Theresa_Duyen said:
You are adorable. You can pray to st.Joseph as well. He protected Virgin Mary until his last breath.

But why don’t you find a partner? Try out christiancafe.com. The site is awesome.
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I think a partner is sort of contrary to being a virgin, no? 😃

Anyway, I’d agree that St. Joseph is appropriate.

And I see a movie here…“The 44 year-old virgin”.

Just kidding…I admire your discipline. 👍
 
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