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To: NYer

Bishop Slattery wrote that celibacy, whether of clergy/religious or simply chaste unmarried/widowed people, is a sign of the Resurrection, when there will be neither marrying nor giving in marriage.


4 posted on 06/22/2014 2:59:37 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Cynicism is a far greater spiritual danger than naivete." ~ Stephen Webb)
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BINGO! We have a winner!


36 posted on 06/22/2014 5:10:53 PM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: Tax-chick
Bishop Slattery wrote that celibacy, whether of clergy/religious or simply chaste unmarried/widowed people, is a sign of the Resurrection, when there will be neither marrying nor giving in marriage.

That's pretty meaningless...Perhaps the guy should have said it's a sign of the Resurrected...But it's still meaningless since in after the Resurrection there will be no desire for relations with the opposite sex to contend with...

37 posted on 06/22/2014 5:13:29 PM PDT by Iscool
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