Please re-read what I wrote. It is not a sore spot for Catholics. It is only sore when non-Catholic busybodies start making ridiculous claims, and waste time with foolish, ignorant arguments.
It is a bit akin to playing chess with a pigeon. The non-Catholic busybody struts around the board, soils it, then declares victory.
So, yeah, I get a little sore about these matters.
“The non-Catholic busybody struts around the board, soils it, then declares victory.”
The argument made by the writer is that by giving himself to God, the priest learns more about giving to someone else than a married man. And while I haven’t quoted scripture, metmom has: “Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife...”
While that verse does not necessarily REQUIRE an overseer to be married, it certainly rejects the idea that one CANNOT be married. In this case, the soiling pigeons are in agreement with the Creator, while the chess-playing Catholics post pictures of boxes of cereal - a rather unique approach to the game of chess!
The arrogant Catholic busybody struts around the board, claims it only belongs to him, then declares victory comes ONLY by playing by HIS rules.