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1002 1, 8 | critical situations: that it prevents the full realization of
1003 3, 37(75) | letter Sacerdotii Nostri primordia: AAS51 (1959), ;54-56 [TPS
1004 1, 5 | Let us look openly at the principal objections against the law
1005 3, 39 | which must exist between the private life of him who ministers
1006 3, 49 | and the sacraments. The problem must be examined at its
1007 2, 18 | and of the Church. In this process the experience gained through
1008 1, 8 | possibility of the initial proclamation of the Gospel. Thus the
1009 9, 96 | the building up and the profit of the entire People of
1010 5, 65 | should be taken for the progressive development of a mature
1011 9, 97 | receives him who sent me," 148 promising an assured reward to anyone
1012 3, 36 | holy Christian practices, promoted, defended, and restored
1013 3, 48 | she is certain: if she is prompter and more persevering in
1014 1, 5 | of view. The intentions prompting this examination have frequently
1015 5, 71 | priesthood and to have successive proofs of his attained maturity
1016 5, 67 | man will come to know and properly evaluate himself, wisely
1017 1, 5 | of sacred ministers but proposes it rather as a free act
1018 8, 93 | rely on your kindness to be protected from eventual defeat, without
1019 4, 59 | will not be lacking the protection of the Virgin Mother of .
1020 3, 49 | ministers to marry seems to prove the contrary. The causes
1021 5, 66 | 66. This will be proved by the firmness of the spirit
1022 4, 51 | that the choice of celibacy—provided that it is made with human
1023 1, 16 | occasion afforded Us by Divine Providence as a favorable opportunity
1024 2, 17 | the ancient, sacred and providential present law of priestly
1025 3, 38 | which the Holy Spirit has providentially and supernaturally influenced. ~
1026 3, 36 | practice by means of various provincial councils and through the
1027 7, 84 | inquiry to extend beyond the provisions of the present canon law 136
1028 1, 10 | but also physically and psychologically detrimental to the development
1029 5, 63 | a doctor or a competent psychologist. A serious investigation
1030 8, 94(142)| 1 Pt 2. 25. ~
1031 3, 35(71) | 340-41; Bishop Synesius of Ptolemais, Epist. 105: PG 66.1485.~
1032 1, 14 | dedication of himself to the public worship of God and to the
1033 8, 93 | without a servile fear of punishment, but in the filial expectation
1034 3, 39 | accepts the priesthood be as pure as if he were in heaven." 80~
1035 1, 15 | should be required of them. ~Purpose of the Encyclical~
1036 5, 71(119)| Aquinas, Summa Theol., II-II, q. 184, a. 8 c. ~
1037 6, 75 | eternal High Priest and Queen of the Apostles, 122 will
1038 8, 94 | crush the "bruised reed" nor quench the "smoldering wick"; 143
1039 Int, 2 | s Church. ~Some Serious Questions~
1040 5, 64 | moral reasons should be quickly removed from the path to
1041 2, 21 | the Father and the human race. Wholly in accord with this
1042 3, 46 | rare and incomparable light radiating from the most sublime virtues
1043 2, 19 | sublime and divine and which radically transforms the human condition. 21~
1044 1, 11 | fall far below—or at any rate are disproportionate to—
1045 Int, 1 | expressed, to ask the Church to re-examine this characteristic institution.
1046 2, 33 | earth in mystery, and will reach its perfection only with
1047 Int, 2(1) | to Cardinal Tisserant, read in the general session of
1048 1, 8 | that it prevents the full realization of the divine plan of salvation
1049 1, 12 | are unaware of the loftier reasoning, wonderful efficacy and
1050 2, 19 | to sin and death might be reborn, and through this new birth 18
1051 3, 37 | necessary to preserve it always recall to mind the struggles of
1052 End, 98 | holy virginity they have received, and to see it flourishing
1053 4, 50 | of both the giver and the receiver. ~Grace and Nature~
1054 7, 90 | effort sustained by regular reception of the Sacrament of Penance. ~
1055 2, 25 | go deeply into the inner recesses and wealth of its reality.
1056 2, 28 | the attentive and devout recitation of the Divine Office, by
1057 4, 50 | conflicts with the solemn recognition of human values by the Church
1058 3, 38 | Eastern Churches, and to recognize in them examples of fidelity
1059 2, 28 | with her Spouse, 50 and he recognizes the necessity of continuing
1060 6, 80 | Ore cannot sufficiently recommend to priests a life lived
1061 2, 22 | promised a more than abundant recompense to anyone who should leave
1062 4, 51 | do what his Creator and Redeemer asks of him. St. Augustine,
1063 1, 10 | through the work of the Redemption accomplished by Christ? ~
1064 9, 96 | above the ordinary, which redounds to the building up and the
1065 8, 94 | do not crush the "bruised reed" nor quench the "smoldering
1066 4, 56 | fatherhood, a generosity and refinement of heart 105 which offer
1067 6, 81 | 81. Priests should reflect on the advice of the Council, 134
1068 7, 85 | lamentable cases in which refusal to bear worthily this sweet
1069 3, 38 | matter of discipline with regard to clerical celibacy, as
1070 3, 41 | tradition. Nor can she be regarded as having followed for centuries
1071 5, 66 | the priestly life. Such a regime, the lack or deficiency
1072 1, 8 | does great harm in those regions where the shortage of the
1073 7, 90 | persevering effort sustained by regular reception of the Sacrament
1074 End, 98 | virgin and mother, 150 to rejoice always, though with due
1075 1, 6 | to abstain from marital relations rather than to observe celibacy;
1076 1, 13 | exemplary fidelity and also with relative facility. This magnificent
1077 3, 43 | however, does not signify a relaxation of the existing law, and
1078 3, 48 | response to grace, if she relies more openly and more fully
1079 7, 87 | condition that he should be relieved of his office. ~The Granting
1080 8, 93 | certainty that they can rely on your kindness to be protected
1081 2, 21 | with this mission, Christ remained throughout His whole life
1082 7, 84 | every effort to avert or to remedy the wounds she suffers by
1083 3, 39 | of St. Gregory of Nyssa, reminding us that "the life of virginity
1084 6, 81 | of the Council, 134 which reminds them of their common sharing
1085 1, 9 | married priesthood would remove the occasions for infidelity,
1086 5, 64 | reasons should be quickly removed from the path to the priesthood.
1087 1, 13 | modern society, to which it renders humble and beneficial service
1088 6, 82 | priesthood, each one should renew his total gift of himself
1089 End, 98 | your eyes and heart with renewed confidence and filial hope
1090 6, 73 | in the world, continually renewing his resolution to give an
1091 4, 56 | and to raise a family is renounced by the celibate in sacred
1092 4, 50 | involves a series of hard renunciations which affect the very depths
1093 7, 88 | some works of piety and reparation . ~Encouragement and Warning~
1094 1, 5 | basically correct although reports may sometimes have distorted
1095 9, 97 | Christ our Lord in those who represent Him and of whom He has said: "
1096 3, 44 | solemnly and universally represented by the pastors responsible
1097 2, 31 | to his charge, the priest represents Christ. Thus, it is most
1098 2, 31 | in all things he should reproduce the image of Christ and
1099 3, 42 | on the one hand, the law requiring a freely chosen and perpetual
1100 2, 24 | signifies a love without reservations; it stimulates to a charity
1101 8, 94 | those few who, after having resisted your kindness, by their
1102 1, 12 | alive, yet is penetrated and resolved by the light of divine revelation.
1103 1, 16 | admiration, and which human resources cannot adequately explain. ~
1104 5, 62 | individual is called to respond with free judgment and total
1105 7, 89 | entirely forgetfully of self, responding generously to divine grace
1106 End, 98 | invite you, with a soul responsive to Christ's great love,
1107 Int, 4 | 4. Our attention has rested particularly on the objections
1108 5, 70 | evangelical freedom; chastity, the result of a persevering struggle,
1109 5, 64 | these hopes in any way, with resultant damage to himself or to
1110 8, 93 | which will inspire them to resume their difficult journey
1111 2, 34 | Master has said that "in the resurrection they neither marry nor are
1112 7, 83 | We speak of those who, retaining the sacred character conferred
1113 Int, 1 | as a brilliant jewel, and retains its value undiminished even
1114 Int, 4 | various forms against the retention of sacred celibacy. in virtue
1115 7, 90 | helpful to ensure their return, especially an intense life
1116 4, 50 | more careful consideration reveals that this sacrifice of the
1117 6, 82 | himself to Christ our Lord; reviving in this way the awareness
1118 9, 97 | promising an assured reward to anyone who in any way
1119 2, 34 | a special token of the rewards of heaven"; 68 it proclaims
1120 6, 77 | 77. Rightly jealous of his full self-giving
1121 6, 75 | Church. There would be the risk of his state of life seeming
1122 6, 73 | multiplied the difficulties and risks in this sphere. In order
1123 9 | ROLE OF THE FAITHFUL~
1124 3, 37 | over the world. During the Roman Synod, with the sincere
1125 End, 99 | fatherly affection. ~Given at Rome, at St. Peter's, June 24,
1126 4, 53 | against nature because it runs counter to lawful physical,
1127 3, 39(80) | De Sacerdotio, 1, 111: PG 48. 642. 22.
1128 3, 37(75) | 657-702; encyc.letter Sacra virginitas: AAS 46 (1954),
1129 6, 79 | For this reason the "close sacramental brotherhood 131 which all
1130 3, 49 | salvation through faith and the sacraments. The problem must be examined
1131 1, 9 | defections which hurt and sadden the whole Church. These
1132 7, 83 | ordination, have nonetheless been sadly unfaithful to the obligations
1133 1, 13 | of the countless ranks of saints and faithful ministers of
1134 1, 13 | light of the world" and the "salt of the earth." 7 We cannot
1135 7, 88 | always dear son may have a salutary sign of her maternal grief
1136 3, 48 | in the performance of her salvific mission to the world—no
1137 2, 29 | richness of meaning and sanctifying power. In fact, his individual
1138 3, 36 | celibacy was then solemnly sanctioned by the Sacred Ecumenical
1139 2, 20 | and in striving for the sanctity proper to them. But Christ, "
1140 8, 94 | heal their wounds, 144 save what was lost; 145 with
1141 7, 88 | whose priesthood cannot be saved, but whose serious dispositions
1142 1, 10 | And so it happens, they say, that priests often become
1143 Int, 2 | world of today. 1 Since saying this We have, over a considerable
1144 7, 83 | occurrences and for the scandals they inflict on God's People.
1145 4, 53 | Considering what contemporary scholarly investigation has ascertained,
1146 6, 73 | everything easy for him and screens him once and for all from
1147 9, 96 | responsible for the virtue of t ho se brothers of theirs who have
1148 8, 94 | eagerness and love go in search of the lost sheep and bring
1149 2, 34 | above, "where Christ is seated at the right hand of God"
1150 5, 70 | supernatural virtues; a serene and secure contact with the world to
1151 8, 93 | willingly, sincerely and securely. If they have a filial trust
1152 3, 43 | in which celibacy finds security and happiness, and which
1153 6, 73 | spiritual warfare against seductions of the flesh in himself
1154 2, 33 | here below constitutes the seed and the beginning of this
1155 9, 97 | to those lay people who seek God with greater earnestness
1156 4, 57 | dedicated to pondering and seeking the new and delightful realities
1157 | seeming
1158 5, 63 | man in whom one clearly sees the proper conditions and
1159 2, 22 | 22. Jesus, who selected the first ministers of salvation,
1160 6, 77 | Rightly jealous of his full self-giving to the Lord, the priest
1161 2, 24 | spiritual narrowness or selfseeking, and not see rather that
1162 8, 92 | over the education of your seminarians, and help your priests in
1163 3, 47 | the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest." 95
1164 4, 50 | of today are particularly sensitive. In fact, it might seem
1165 5, 65 | dominion of his temperament, sentiments and passions. ~The Necessity
1166 5, 70 | supernatural virtues; a serene and secure contact with
1167 Int, 4 | we are in the Church: the servant of the servants of God. ~
1168 Int, 4 | Church: the servant of the servants of God. ~
1169 8, 93 | eventual defeat, without a servile fear of punishment, but
1170 3, 36(73) | Sess. XXIV, can. 9-10.~
1171 Int, 2(1) | Tisserant, read in the general session of the next day. ~
1172 1, 16 | favorable opportunity for setting forth anew, and in a way
1173 7, 89 | discipline, which is at once severe and merciful, are justice
1174 8, 94 | authority by showing a just severity toward those few who, after
1175 6, 73 | values of love between the sexes but has also multiplied
1176 8, 94 | go in search of the lost sheep and bring him back to the
1177 8, 94 | back to the warmth of the sheepfold 146 and like Him, try until
1178 8, 94 | of our Lord Jesus, "the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls," 142
1179 8, 92 | Jesus had for His Apostles showed itself very clearly when
1180 8, 94 | exercise your authority by showing a just severity toward those
1181 2, 24 | the love which Christ has shown us so sublimely. 40 This
1182 9, 97 | to anyone who in any way shows charity toward those whom
1183 2, 21 | state of celibacy, which signified His total dedication to
1184 2, 24 | stimulus to, charity": 42 it signifies a love without reservations;
1185 3, 43 | this, however, does not signify a relaxation of the existing
1186 2, 30 | in Christ Jesus. 54 In a similar way, by a daily dying to
1187 2, 22 | the kingdom of heaven; 36 similarly, this very kingdom, 37 the
1188 2, 19 | humanity which was subject to sin and death might be reborn,
1189 5, 67 | the evangelical virtue of sincerity 117 and to spontaneity by
1190 4, 50 | love of Christ, is really a singular tribute paid to that great
1191 5, 67 | 67. The educator should skillfully stimulate the young man
1192 2, 33 | as she continues to grow slowly but surely, she longs for
1193 8, 94 | bruised reed" nor quench the "smoldering wick"; 143 like Jesus, heal
1194 1, 5 | the doctrinal, historical, sociological, psychological and pastoral
1195 2, 28 | His minister is wholly and solely intent on the things of
1196 4, 59 | Jesus nor the motherly solicitude of the Church, to whom he
1197 2, 33 | homeland, 63 where the divine sonship of the redeemed 64 will
1198 9, 96 | the difficulties of every sort which they encounter as
1199 8, 91 | bishop and priest and a sound hope that they will live
1200 3, 37 | 37. The most recent sovereign pontiffs who preceded Us,
1201 7, 83 | absence ~We keenly regret. We speak of those who, retaining
1202 9, 97 | Our invitation goes out specially to those lay people who
1203 2, 18 | were always inspired by specifically Christian considerations;
1204 2, 25 | and rich in truth, both speculative and practical, that We invite
1205 2, 32 | charity will permit him to spend himself wholly for the welfare
1206 5, 67 | of sincerity 117 and to spontaneity by approving every good
1207 5, 60 | quite impossible for some, spring, not infrequently, from
1208 2, 24 | lasting, an irresistible spur to all forms of heroism.
1209 3, 37 | doctrinal knowledge and spurred on by ardent zeal, strove
1210 2, 24 | genuine, is all-embracing, stable and lasting, an irresistible
1211 2, 34 | presence on earth of the final stages of salvation 69 with the
1212 3, 47 | been as numerous as human standards would have judged sufficient.
1213 4, 59 | to the end" 110—but He stated, "I am not alone, for the
1214 5, 60 | pastor of that Church to take steps to assure and promote its
1215 3, 41 | compromised it, or of having stifled, with arbitrary juridical
1216 2, 24 | without reservations; it stimulates to a charity which is open
1217 3, 45 | certainly does not wish to give stintingly. They should also fervently
1218 Int, 1 | changes. ~Amid the modern stirrings of opinion, a tendency has
1219 2, 27 | preserved by the Church, stirs up vibrant and profound
1220 8, 95 | neglect those priests who have strayed from the house of God, their
1221 3, 36 | the Church of the West strengthened, spread and confirmed this
1222 6, 73 | affirmation. Our world today stresses the positive values of love
1223 9, 97 | earnestness and intensity, and strive after Christian perfection
1224 2, 20 | particular obligations, and in striving for the sanctity proper
1225 1, 10 | There are also some who strongly maintain that priests by
1226 3, 37 | spurred on by ardent zeal, strove to enlighten the clergy
1227 5, 62 | own definite personality structure which is not at all overpowered
1228 5, 70 | result of a persevering struggle, harmonized with all the
1229 3, 37 | always recall to mind the struggles of the heroic times when
1230 2, 25 | brothers, and you, eager students of Christian doctrine and
1231 7, 88 | these the Holy See, having studied all the circumstances with
1232 1, 13 | numbers of her ministers—subdeacons, deacons, priests and bishops—
1233 2, 24 | which Christ has shown us so sublimely. 40 This response is included
1234 5, 69 | equal truth and clarity the sublimity of their choice, which,
1235 6, 74 | ascetical norms which have been substantiated by the Church's experience
1236 3, 37 | Christ had to fight for and succeeded in obtaining her threefold
1237 9, 97 | Christ and the Church, can suffer harm from various circumstances
1238 6, 76 | the life of men, loved and suffered for them, 124 and of Paul
1239 7, 84 | to remedy the wounds she suffers by their defection. Following
1240 3, 35 | will let a brief account suffice. In Christian antiquity
1241 5, 70 | demanding asceticism but not a suffocating one which consists in the
1242 6, 82 | with you, we should like to suggest this resolution to you:
1243 3, 35 | because of its profound suitability for their total dedication
1244 1, 15 | practice are to be considered suitable candidates for the religious
1245 3, 37 | will deliberately or even suitably renounce what from time
1246 5, 71(119)| St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theol., II-II, q. 184, a.
1247 3, 40 | the bishops possess the summit and fullness. ~The Tradition
1248 5, 69 | their enthusiasm will not be superficial and illusory. At the same
1249 5, 63 | indicated—not hastily or superficially, but carefully, with the
1250 2, 20 | But Christ, "Mediator of a superior covenant," 26 has also opened
1251 4, 56 | heart 105 which offer a superlative enrichment. ~The Testimony
1252 3, 38 | Spirit has providentially and supernaturally influenced. ~We Ourselves
1253 3, 47 | and prudence of man cannot supersede the hidden wisdom of Him
1254 5, 64 | anyone pretend that grace supplies for the defects of nature
1255 8, 95 | among your clergy. We are sure too that you will never
1256 2, 33 | continues to grow slowly but surely, she longs for the perfect
1257 6, 79 | defended by a way of life, surroundings and activity suited to a
1258 7, 90 | humility, persevering effort sustained by regular reception of
1259 8, 93 | ready to understand, to sympathize and to help. Encourage your
1260 3, 35(71) | 2: PL 23.340-41; Bishop Synesius of Ptolemais, Epist. 105:
1261 3, 37 | world. During the Roman Synod, with the sincere approval
1262 6, 75 | piety, nourished at the table of God's word and the Holy
1263 6, 76 | generosity the manifold tasks of his life and ministry.
1264 5, 60 | those who hold the office of teacher and pastor of that Church
1265 3, 43 | promote this hypothesis, which tears down that vigor and love
1266 5, 65 | personal dominion of his temperament, sentiments and passions. ~
1267 5, 70 | prudence, justice, courage and temperance—virtues without which it
1268 9, 97 | the laity, occupied with temporal affairs while at the same
1269 6, 73 | once and for all from every temptation or danger. Chastity is not
1270 8, 93 | of his discouragement and temptations. 141 Before being the superiors
1271 6, 77 | guard against emotional tendencies which give rise to desires
1272 Int, 1 | stirrings of opinion, a tendency has also been manifested,
1273 3, 35(71) | See tertullian, De exhort. castitatis,
1274 1, 15 | operative without having been tested and accepted by those in
1275 3, 35 | and ecclesiastical writers testify to the spread through the
1276 1, 6 | from ours. In patristic texts we more frequently find
1277 7, 90 | Finally, and with deep joy, We thank our Lord because many priests
1278 9, 96 | virtue of t ho se brothers of theirs who have undertaken the
1279 5, 61 | all necessary detail the theme of chastity. They should
1280 3, 47 | task of evangelizing the then-known world to a handful of men
1281 5, 71(119)| St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theol., II-II, q. 184, a. 8 c. ~
1282 2, 25 | 25. This biblical and theological view associates our ministerial
1283 4, 56(105)| See 1 Thes 2.11 1Cor.4.15; 1 Cor 6.
1284 6, 73 | 73. The priest must not think that ordination makes everything
1285 3, 48 | faces from human ways of thinking or misrepresentations. We
1286 5, 71(119)| St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theol., II-II,
1287 3, 37 | succeeded in obtaining her threefold glory, always an emblem
1288 3, 39 | for reflection. Intent on throwing light on the harmony which
1289 6, 82 | his ordination, or on Holy Thursday when all are united in spirit
1290 5, 61 | to provide competent and timely assistance to those who
1291 Int, 2(1) | Oct. 10, 1965, to Cardinal Tisserant, read in the general session
1292 2, 34 | precisely as "a special token of the rewards of heaven"; 68
1293 Int, 2 | the Council Fathers. We told them that it was Our intention
1294 5, 70 | poverty, which will give tone and vigor to evangelical
1295 3, 46 | world in which we live, tormented by the pains of growth and
1296 5, 64 | engages the whole man so totally and so delicately, excludes
1297 1, 12 | complex question, which touches intimately upon the very
1298 2, 17 | the early Church and the traditions of the Eastern Churches.'' 11
1299 4, 59 | Christ, too, in the most tragic hours of His life was alone—
1300 5, 69 | directed to help him acquire a tranquil, convinced and free choice
1301 8, 93 | obedience; rather it will transform it into pastoral love so
1302 2, 33 | fully revealed and where the transformed loveliness of the Spouse
1303 2, 20 | complete way the profoundly transforming reality of the New Testament. ~
1304 2, 19 | divine and which radically transforms the human condition. 21~
1305 9, 96 | 96. Priestly virtue is a treasure that belongs to the whole
1306 2, 33 | completely. 65~A Sign of Heavenly Treasures~
1307 5, 61 | of truly qualified men, treating with all necessary detail
1308 3, 39 | by St. John Chrysostom's treatise on the priesthood, which
1309 3, 36 | Sacred Ecumenical Council of Trent 73 and finally included
1310 6, 78 | face arduous and lengthy trials in order to do so. 129 In
1311 4, 50 | Christ, is really a singular tribute paid to that great love.
1312 4, 59 | sadness and regret and to triumph over discouragement. He
1313 Int, 2 | This state of affairs is troubling consciences, perplexing
1314 6, 81 | are, and should be, their truest friends. ~
1315 3, 38 | established by the Council of Trullo held in the year 692, 77
1316 8, 94 | sheepfold 146 and like Him, try until the end 147 to call
1317 End, 98 | Christ's great love, to turn your eyes and heart with
1318 7, 83 | and affection, Our heart turns anxiously and with deep
1319 1, 5 | prerequisite in His choice of the Twelve, nor did the Apostles for
1320 6, 81 | who have a claim on their unbounded charity as those who are,
1321 2, 28 | receives joy and encouragement unceasingly from the attentive and devout
1322 3, 42 | admitted to Holy Orders remains unchanged, on the other hand, a study
1323 8, 92 | responsibility and sincere and unconquerable love with which you preside
1324 Int, 1 | state of the world have undergone such profound changes. ~
1325 2, 18 | more fundamental motives underlying them. 13 These can be brought
1326 4, 57 | celibacy to the full will underscore the spiritual dimension
1327 8, 93 | brothers always ready to understand, to sympathize and to help.
1328 2, 19 | being of a new order, can be understood only in the light of the
1329 2, 22 | those called by Jesus to undertake the work of the apostolate,
1330 9, 96 | brothers of theirs who have undertaken the mission of serving them
1331 Int, 1 | jewel, and retains its value undiminished even in our time when the
1332 8, 95 | that you will leave nothing undone to foster, by your teaching,
1333 5, 64 | who are discovered to be unfit for physical, psychological
1334 7, 83 | with deep sorrow to those unfortunate priests who always remain
1335 6, 75 | seeming unreasonable and unfounded if it is viewed apart from
1336 2, 33 | desires with all her energy to unite herself with her King in
1337 2, 29 | person of Christ, the priest unites himself most intimately
1338 7, 88 | keener remembrance of the universal need of God's mercy, in
1339 1, 10 | unwarranted violence to nature and unjustifiably disparages human values
1340 | Unless
1341 3, 47 | God has an intrinsic and unobservable dynamism which enables it
1342 6, 75 | his state of life seeming unreasonable and unfounded if it is viewed
1343 7, 86 | much sorrow, dishonor and unrest they bring to the holy Church
1344 5, 63 | should not be omitted. ~Unsuitable Candidates~
1345 7, 84 | case, are seen to be really unsuited. ~The Church's Concern~
1346 6, 82 | courageously, the promise of our unswerving faithfulness to His love
1347 | unto
1348 1, 13 | voice, still strong and untroubled, is the voice not just of
1349 1, 10 | indicate that celibacy does unwarranted violence to nature and unjustifiably
1350 1, 14 | love of Christ; it should uphold him in the entire dedication
1351 3, 37 | clergy on this matter and to urge them to its observance. 75
1352 6, 79 | Jesus Christ has taught the urgency of the new commandment of
1353 3, 46 | and human conquests, which urgently needs the witness of lives
1354 6, 76 | charity of Christ which urges him on, 123 will help him
1355 4, 52 | difficulties of celibacy is very useful, even necessary, for the
1356 6, 79 | must be fostered to the utmost. Our Lord Jesus Christ has
1357 1, 15 | in accordance with the varying conditions of time and place,
1358 End, 98 | People of God admire and venerate the image of the Church,
1359 3, 38 | make them worthy of sincere veneration. ~
1360 2, 27 | by the Church, stirs up vibrant and profound echoes in the
1361 2, 33 | on a journey through the vicissitudes of this life toward their
1362 3, 37 | glory, always an emblem of victory, that is, the Church of
1363 6, 75 | unreasonable and unfounded if it is viewed apart from this mystery. ~
1364 3, 35(71) | 1339; St. Jerome, Adversus Vigilantium, 2: PL 23.340-41; Bishop
1365 1, 10 | celibacy does unwarranted violence to nature and unjustifiably
1366 4, 51 | from destroying or doing violences to nature, elevates it and
1367 3, 37(75) | 702; encyc.letter Sacra virginitas: AAS 46 (1954), 161-91 [
1368 3, 39(79) | De Virginitate, 13: PG 381-82.~
1369 5, 69 | certain physical and psychic void, nevertheless on the other
1370 3, 46 | of the spirit may not be wanting to our times. ~The Hidden
1371 6, 73 | man exposed to spiritual warfare against seductions of the
1372 7, 87 | lead our brothers from this wavering state and restore to them
1373 1, 9 | occasions for infidelity, waywardness and distressing defections
1374 2, 25 | into the inner recesses and wealth of its reality. In this
1375 4, 59 | At times loneliness will weigh heavily on the priest, but
1376 1, 10 | development of a mature and well-balanced human personality. And so
1377 3, 46 | 46. Yes, venerable and well-beloved brothers in the priesthood,
1378 3, 37 | them, especially to Our well-loved immediate predecessor, whose
1379 3, 40 | fullness. ~The Tradition of the Western Church~
1380 2, 30 | said: "Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and
1381 | wherever
1382 | whether
1383 8, 94 | nor quench the "smoldering wick"; 143 like Jesus, heal their
1384 2, 22 | should leave home, family, wife and children for the sake
1385 8, 93 | that they will obey more willingly, sincerely and securely.
1386 5, 67 | properly evaluate himself, wisely assume his own responsibilities,
1387 4, 58 | from the rest of men, or to withdraw himself from common responsibilities,
1388 1, 13 | the earth." 7 We cannot withhold the expression of Our admiration;
1389 4, 59 | ones whom He had chosen as witnesses to, and companions of, His
1390 4, 57 | and His kingdom, but this witnessing does not take the same form
1391 4, 56 | desire a man has to love a woman and to raise a family is
1392 1, 13 | immense ranks of men and women in religious life, of laity
1393 7, 83 | and to others move some to wonder if celibacy is not in some
1394 2, 22 | God. 33 More than this, in words filled with mystery and
1395 7, 88 | these cases she imposes some works of piety and reparation . ~
1396 9, 97 | contamination by a destructive worldliness. In this way the whole People
1397 7, 85 | in which refusal to bear worthily this sweet yoke of Christ
1398 2, 23 | of celibacy desirable and worthwhile to those called by our Lord
1399 3, 35 | instructive to go through the writings of past centuries on ecclesiastical
1400 6, 82 | leaving a remembrance of this written conversation with you, we
1401 3, 37(75) | AAS 28 (1936), 24-30; Pius XII, apost. exhortation Menti
1402 3, 35(71) | Carmina nisibena, XVIII, XIX: ed. G. Bickell, Leipzig (
1403 3, 37(75) | 1908), 555-57; Benedict XV, letter to Francis Kordac,
1404 3, 35(71) | Efrem, Carmina nisibena, XVIII, XIX: ed. G. Bickell, Leipzig (
1405 3, 37(75) | 91 [TPS 1, 101-23]; John XXIII, encyc. letter Sacerdotii
1406 3, 36(73) | Sess. XXIV, can. 9-10.~
1407 4, 57 | insights into every human yearning. This will allow him to
1408 5, 60 | great changes of these last years, is no longer completely
1409 | Yes
1410 7, 85 | bear worthily this sweet yoke of Christ results from crises
1411 5, 69 | are marvelous qualities of youth; illuminated and supported,
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