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To: trisham
There are some who condemn celibates because they do not obey the first Biblical command of God: to increase and multiply.

I would strongly disagree. Not everybody has a vocation to marriage and family. But those who do marry do not do so honestly, if they are not open (within reason) to having a family. Procreation is a constitutive element of the Sacrament of Matrimony --- and not only sacramental marriage but "natural" marriage as well.

"Constitutive element" means it's part of the very definition.

Of course I am not referring to those who are destitute, diseased or disabled. Although, come to think of it, I do know people who are fairly severely disabled who have successfully had families, including a woman with cerebral palsy whose husband had PTSD, a woman with MS and another with lupus whose husbands were earning below the poverty level, and couples with (shall we say) ordinary disabilities like blind and deaf.

Having a child(or two or three or more) turned out to be what they most treasured in their vision of marriage and family life.

My point is that money by itself is rarely the limiting factor. The decisive favor, is what do people value.

53 posted on 06/11/2016 6:16:16 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Mater et Magistra.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Do those who are unable to have children have to make a public confession before they are not condemned?


55 posted on 06/11/2016 6:18:04 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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