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To: tonycavanagh
Every ay when I wake up I am reminded of the joy my family give me, they have made me a better person and more understanding of the world.

The fact that this is your calling does not mean this is everybody's calling. Would you argue that a Mother Theresa or John Paul II were not called to be celibate? Would you argue that all the many faithful celibates in the Church would have been better off getting married?

It is a case as in the army of finding the right wife, with the right wife beside you, you can do so much more with life.

The Church is not the army. The army serves a strictly utilitarian purpose- no one wants to be in the military. No one was born to fight wars- we do so out of necessity. However, the Church exists for the love of God. At its fundamental and deepest level it does not exist for anything exist except to love and praise God. This is a calling worthy of everything.

52 posted on 01/28/2002 4:47:13 AM PST by st.smith
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To: st.smith
re : Would you argue that a Mother Theresa or John Paul II were not called to be celibate?.

I am not saying that those who wish to be celibate or feel that is how god wishes them to serve him are wrong.

I feel that it should not be a defining point on whether you should become a priest or not.

I believe a married father can serve and love god as much as a calibrate priest.

And you are wrong I chose to be a soldier at a very young age, you could say it was a calling, and it takes a special women to be a army wife.

Cheers Tony

55 posted on 01/28/2002 5:01:08 AM PST by tonycavanagh
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