A heavy burden.Responding to your July 16 issue on priests, Fr. Francis X. Meehan reminds us of a beautiful part of our tradition: "saints and mystics This article or section has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * Its factual accuracy is disputed. * It does not cite any references or sources. and theologians have experienced an intimacy with the Lord Jesus through the sacrificial sac·ri·fi·cial adj. Of, relating to, or concerned with a sacrifice: a sacrificial offering. sac life of celibacy celibacy (sĕl`ĭbəsē), voluntary refusal to enter the married state, with abstinence from sexual activity. It is one of the typically Christian forms of asceticism. " (Correspondence, August 13). Yet Meehan fails to address why celibacy should be mandatory. The same medicine is not good for all souls. Many priests have been psychologically crushed by this burden. My fifty-nine years as a priest have convinced me that the attention of a wife would have saved many priests from sexual downfall, and especially from an early grave due to alcohol. (REV.) CONNELL J. MAGUIRE Riviera Beach Riviera Beach (rəvēr`ə), resort city (1990 pop. 27,639), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on Lake Worth (a lagoon); inc. 1922. Research and development firms are located in the growing city. , Fla. |
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