Posted on 07/07/2018 3:43:41 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
An increasing number Catholic women are taking life-long chastity vows in order to “dedicate themselves” to God, according to the Vatican.
Consecrated virgins are unmarried women who pledge to remain celibate for their entire lives, eschewing romantic or sexual relationships to devote themselves exclusively to being mystical “brides of Christ”.
Unlike nuns, they take on no role within the church. Instead of joining a religious order, they continue to live in their own homes and work in conventional jobs.
While rare and little-known even within the church, the lifestyle is considered to be Christianity’s oldest form of total devotion to God, with roots in ancient Rome.
During the Middle Ages, the practice all but disappeared following the emergence of communal forms of consecration, such as convents.
But in the 1960s the Vatican revived the ancient Order of Virgins, which reintroduced the concept of women being betrothed to God while living alone or with families rather than in religious communities.
“Since this form of consecrated life was reintroduced in the church, there has been a real revival of the Ordo virginum [Order of Virgins],” said Archsbishop Jose Rodríguez Carballo, secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
“The phenomenon appears to be very significant, not only for the number of women involved, but also for its diffusion throughout all continents, in many countries and Dioceses and in very diverse geographic areas and cultural contexts.”
Last year three women committed to lifelong chastity at a consecration ceremony at Detroit’s Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
“I felt like it was an opportunity to take my relationship with Christ one step further,” said one of them, Theresa Jordan, 40,
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Our Lord did not marry.
Why would dedicating yourself totally to God be a bad idea?
Nice try, but that was Jesus basically parrying away the Pharisees. He just said oddballs like that don’t go to hell necessarily.
It’s far from him saying people need to be celibate forever. It’s unnatural and it’s a perversion
Dan Brown’s famous work “The Da Vinci Code” suggests otherwise.
Would this count as a new gender?
Good women should be having big families.
Provide a quote to prove that.
Women want to ***** every day, and their need to do so is innate, the core of their DNA.
I met Chrissy Amphlett once.
It is unnatural.
You wim comment of the day.
Not according to Dan Brown. But anyway even if you did it’s pretty obvious that the Lord is not judged by human standards. he stands above everything so that’s a red herring.
I wish them all the best. I have no doubt this is the right life for some.
The versed proceeding that quote. It was Jesus just dealing with the Pharisees. It certainly was not Jesus saying that celibacy was the preferred way to be. He just as afterthought said the people who chose to be that way would be accepted into heaven. That’s pretty weak tea. He sure didn’t push it
I’ll bet a bunch of priests are excited.
“Nice try, but that was Jesus basically parrying away the Pharisees.”
So He didn’t mean it? You’re saying Jesus was just scoring debate points?
“He just said oddballs like that don’t go to hell necessarily.”
You’re seriously delusional if you believe that. The verse, the passage, says NOTHING OF THE KIND.
“It’s far from him saying people need to be celibate forever. It’s unnatural and it’s a perversion”
The only perversion is your pathetic misinterpretation of God’s Word. Jesus never said people need to be celibate forever nor is anyone claiming He did. You’re creating strawmen here. And if it is unnatural and a perversion to be celibate “forever” then Christ and St. Paul were perverts and unnatural. That’s what you’re claiming even if you don’t realize it. That’s how anyone can know your ideas and understandings are ridiculous.
“It is unnatural.”
Some could say dying in someone else’s place is unnatural, but. . .
Jesus did it anyway.
I’ve run into my fair share.
Holy Writ vs The DaVinci Code...how charming.
In my view, yes! If you believe in the Bible, you have to believe in the purpose for which we were “put here.” Foregoing the basic reasons for so doing, I believe to be operating at crossed purposes to some those same teachings. I guess it's fine if you feel that somehow being celibate “get’s you closer to God," but that's not how I view it.
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