[sinkspur]

Consider, too, that the discipline of celibacy frees up a lot of time that can be used in prayer, study, contemplation, or other activities that make a man a better priest.

Boy, those Anglican dispensation guys will be surprised to hear this.

The ones we have in our diocese (five of them, all married, and ALL pastors of large parishes) are heads-and-shoulders above most of the celibates. They're much better preachers and as dedicated to their parishes as most celibates.

Most celibates obviously don't devote their "spare time" to prayer and contemplation.

[american colleen]

Boy, those Anglican dispensation guys will be surprised to hear this.

Most of them have families that are grown - no children.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

They're much better preachers and as dedicated to their parishes as most celibates.

Most celibates obviously don't devote their "spare time" to prayer and contemplation.

That does not hold true for the traditional priests I have met.

[american colleen]

Most celibates obviously don't devote their "spare time" to prayer and contemplation.

How does one find that out?

[dsc]

"Boy, those Anglican dispensation guys will be surprised to hear this."

I very much doubt that.

"The ones we have in our diocese (five of them, all married, and ALL pastors of large parishes) are heads-and-shoulders above most of the celibates. They're much better preachers and as dedicated to their parishes as most celibates."

1. I wouldn't trust your opinion of the weather, much less something like that.

2. There's more to being a priest than writing and deliering homilies.

3. It's not a matter of dedication; it's a question of the allocation of a man's finite resources.

"Most celibates obviously don't devote their "spare time" to prayer and contemplation."

Then perhaps they're not the sort of men who should have been ordained.