[Iscool]

every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting. (Matthew 19:29, similar Luke 18:29)

So all married Catholic men that abandon their wives and children for the 'church' will receive great rewards and eternal life eh???

[Truth Defender]

So all married Catholic men that abandon their wives and children for the 'church' will receive great rewards and eternal life eh???

You know, that actually happened before the 10th century at the order of the Hierarchy of the Church of Rome. During the 10th century the people were clammering that the church allow the priests to at least have mistresses because the priests were having affairs with married women which resulted in breaking marriages up among the members of the church. Again, that's just a little tid-bit of history that is not well-known.

[annalex]

That is the literal meaning.

Of course, the Church also mandates providing for the family, as the commandments of love teach. The Church won’t allow one to take up tonsure while married. It is a wholly separate vocation.