A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Those that vow the most are the least sincere.
The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
I still held fast to my determination to become a minister; it still seemed to me that that was my duty. I had pledged myself, in my prayers I had given my word to God. How could I therefore break my vow?
I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted her at the time of making the vow. She had no objection.
In the order I was in, each brother takes five vows, one of which is teaching the poor gratuitously. As a young person I was seized by this idea of social justice and I wanted very much to follow my vow of teaching the poor gratuitously.
I believe in the vows that I took with my wife. Through sickness, in health, for richer or poorer.
When I place my hand on the Bible and take the oath of office, that oath becomes my highest promise to God.
The only fruitful promise of which the life of any individual or any nation can be possessed, is a promise determined by an ideal.
I did 'The Vow' because I really love being in love.
Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.