Chapter 9 Celibacy and Religious Life
1. Celibacy is about self-donation to God and neighbor, showing the world what it
means to love God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength.
2. When a priest is ordained, he chooses to marry the church as his bride, When a
woman enters consecrated life, she is being espoused to Christ himself.
3. Purpose-undivided union with God
4. Celibacy is a witness to the fact that there is a greater joy – heaven – than the
joys of this world. Celibates channel that energy toward full communion with
God, reflecting in a unique way the meaning and self-donation.
5. The ultimate purpose of our lives: union with God.
6. Celibacy frees modern men and women to serve Christ and the Church in
totality of mind, body, and spirit.
7. Reason for a priest being male pg. 135
(“in persona Christi”)
Church is the Bride of Christ
Only a man can act in the person of Christ as groom meant to marry his bride,
the Church
8. Nuns are contemplative women who live in monasteries.
Sisters live in convents . They are apostolic.
9. If a priest were married, it would be a great challenge for him to be completely
dedicated to the church.
10. Eschatology - last things
Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell
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