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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I believe in the vows that I took with my wife. Through sickness, in health, for richer or poorer.
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 might be celibate, but I appreciate the wonder of the sacrament of marriage.
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.
Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.
I did 'The Vow' because I really love being in love.
I am neither a homosexual nor a eunuch, nor have I ever taken any vows of chastity.
Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times.
I'm also interested in the modern suggestion that you can have a combination of love and sex in a marriage - which no previous society has ever believed.
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