Priestly celibacy: part 2
"Continence, My child, is the sacrifice asked by the Father. You cannot divide yourselves; there must be a full dedication to the will of God." - Our Lady, March 24, 1974
Note: TLDM is presenting a series of articles, excerpting quotes from some of the most eloquent defenders of the Church's discipline on priestly celibacy. In this series, we will be quoting from Pope Paul VI, Pope John XXIII, Pope John Paul II, Cardinal O'Connor, Cardinal Stickler, and Dietrich von Hildebrand.
Pope John XXIII on priestly celibacy
January 26, 1960
“It deeply hurts Us that . . . anyone can dream that the Church will deliberately or even suitably renounce what from time immemorial has been, and still remains, one of the purest and noblest glories of her priesthood. The law of ecclesiastical celibacy and the efforts necessary to preserve it always recall to mind the struggles of the heroic times when the Church of Christ had to fight for and succeeded in obtaining her threefold glory, always an emblem of victory, that is, the Church of Christ, free, chaste and catholic.” - Pope John XXIII, Second Allocution to the Roman Synod, January 26, 1960
The
amazing Bayside Prophecies...
These prophecies came from Jesus, Mary, and the saints to Veronica
Lueken at Bayside, NY, from 1968 to 1995.
MODESTY,
CHASTITY, PIETY
"I repeat Myself:
pastors, awaken from your slumber! You
must not offend your God any longer, for He is already too much offended.
"Pastors
and mitres will also fall into hell. A
human soul is but a human soul, and will pass into judgment.
No soul will cross the veil without facing this judgment by the Eternal
Father!
"Do not
succumb, My pastors, to the fallacy that all will be forgiven.
For that, is asking too much at this time!
When a man sins, it is a sorrow to the Merciful Heart of the Eternal
Father. But when he leads another
into sin, it is an abomination in the eyes of the Eternal Father.
Therefore, pastors, clothe yourselves in good works, modesty, chastity,
piety--holiness must be returned to the churches of the world."
Our
Lady, August 21, 1975
PRIEST
NOT A
COMMON MAN
"We do not find that you are continuing in
your lives prayer and sacrifice--they are becoming a forgotten creed.
I admonish you now that you are not to set yourselves in as a common man.
When I chose you to represent Me as a priest in My House, you are not to
make yourselves a common man, for you will not bring the souls into the Kingdom
by joining them in their sin! Yours
must be a pure and shining example! You
must follow your vows of chastity and poverty.
Among you, we find little of this being practiced.
You wallow in all the filth of mankind!
You savor all the pleasures of the world and you are breaking the rules
of the Father! These include the
Commandments given to mankind! Wake
up now, there is not much time left for you to make atonement!"
Jesus,
August 14, 1974
D172 - Priestly Celibacy
Outside Links…
The Celibacy of the Priest, by Pope Paul VI
Celibacy isn't the problem, by Cardinal John O'Connor
Celibacy of the clergy (Catholic Encyclopedia)
Celibacy dates back to the Apostles, by Fr. Anthony Zimmerman, STD
The logic of priestly celibacy, by Fr. Anthony Zimmerman, STD
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