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To: livius

While I know this example does not pertain to this directly, it may be wise to consider it in a vocation;

You cannot serve 2 masters, you will love one and despise the other, you cannot serve God and mammon.


9 posted on 10/25/2009 4:18:07 PM PDT by wombtotomb
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To: wombtotomb
You cannot serve 2 masters, you will love one and despise the other

True. Each day the married priest must choose between having sex with his wife and celebrating the Holy Eucharist. According to Tradition, the two cannot be done on the same day. Knowing the infinite value of the Holy Eucharist, in a reasonable world this would be an easy decision to make. Yet there are plenty of priests having kids. Hmmm....

12 posted on 10/25/2009 5:57:17 PM PDT by cmj328 (Filibuster FOCA--a/k/a ObamaCare--or lose reelection)
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To: wombtotomb; livius

“You cannot serve 2 masters, you will love one and despise the other, you cannot serve God and mammon.”

Is this something the Latin Church figured out since it adopted celibacy as the norm at the 2nd Lateran Council? Does it only apply to Latin priests or are all Eastern Rite married Catholic priests and all Orthodox married priests in a position where they hate God and love their wives or vice versa?


16 posted on 10/26/2009 6:53:36 AM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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