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Bro. Ignatius
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2007/8/18 上午 09:35:03
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Married Priests Not Seen as a Solution
Archbishop Defends Celibacy
ADELAIDE, Australia, AUG. 16, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Allowing priests to marry is not the answer to the shortage of priestly vocations, said Archbishop Philip Wilson in a new pastoral letter on celibacy.
Archbishop Wilson of Adelaide, who is also the president of the Australian bishops' conference, wrote the letter for the National Vocations Awareness Week that began in his archdiocese Tuesday.
"You often hear it said," the archbishop started, "that 'the Church should let priests get married and then we would solve the problem of the shortage.'"
"However," he explained, "I think that it is important to reflect on the positive value of celibacy."
Community context
"We need to see a vocation as more than just an individual or personal life choice," Archbishop Wilson said. "Each vocation is a call from God in the context of the Christian community and for the service of the community.
"If we only see a vocation from the individual's point of view, we will find it hard to see beyond the thought that priests and religious are missing out on something if they are not married. John Paul II reminded us that 'No one is called to walk alone.'"
The 56-year-old archbishop continued: "The context of a loving, supportive Christian community is important. At the heart of the ministry of Jesus was the proclamation of the Kingdom of God. In fact in his very person he made the Kingdom of God present in human time and history.
"The Kingdom of God is among us and includes our human endeavors, we know that its fulfillment lies beyond us and only in the mystery of God and in the next life."
"Celibate priests and religious are clear signs of this mystery. They continually challenge us to look beyond," the archbishop explained.
Human loss
Archbishop Wilson continued: "You hear it said 'how can priests be helpful to married people and for families if they haven't experienced it themselves?'
"However, there's a deeper way that priests and religious share in the human experiences of others and so can relate to them. It is in the experience of loss and letting go."
Archbishop Wilson underlined the "deep wisdom in the Church continuing to ask priests to be celibate and in upholding the enduring religious vow of chastity."
"Of their very natures," he concluded, "these vows only exist and are possible because of God's grace. Let us not lose faith and confidence in the gift of this grace. Let us confidently pray for it."
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simon
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2007/8/18 下午 10:57:50
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還是回到老問題：
沒有人質疑獨身者當神父是好的。
問題是：獨身是否當神父的必需條件？
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Bro. Ignatius
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2007/8/19 上午 08:28:15
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按我們天主教的傳統(拉丁教會),司鐸獨身並非是功能上的決定，為使司鐸更自由和無牽掛地全心事奉，放棄婚姻生活並不是消極的離開和拋棄，而是首先來自天主愛的呼喚，是司鐸首先獲得了基督，基督成為他獨身的最後動機。
「凡容許自己被這愛所攫取的人，情不自禁地會放下一切追隨基督」。(谷1:16, 2:14)「獨身之貞潔，顯示以不貳之心自獻於上主」(格前7:32-34)。 所以司鐸的獨身是原始於對基督愛的回應，司鐸做了愛的抉擇……愛教會，以丈夫愛妻子的愛去愛。
simon若不明白這一點,將無法討論下去。
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Bro. Ignatius
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2007/8/19 上午 08:30:43
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我們獨身是表示我們全心獻身於主交付的工作，司鐸要明白自己是基督成為「為他人生活的人」。一切為天國，心無旁鶩，在基督內成為眾人之父。
(若望保祿二世1980.5.30 巴黎)
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simon
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2007/8/20 下午 03:20:24
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Brother Ignatius,
你說：「首先來自天主愛的呼喚，是司鐸首先獲得了基督，基督成為他獨身的最後動機。」
那麼我們說說第一任教宗聖伯多祿吧。他是聖人，又是教宗，有相當份量值得我們學習。
聖伯多祿是個已婚男人。
「首先來自天主愛的呼喚」，這點在聖伯多祿身上出現了。
「是司鐸首先獲得了基督」，這點也在他身上實現了。
結果：聖伯多祿勝任司鐸的工作。
常理分析：已婚男人（妻子仍在世）也有能力成為司鐸。聖伯多祿就是榜樣。
請注意，我不是反對司鐸獨身，我只想說，在聖經中，我得知已婚男人可以當司鐸，因此，獨身不是做神父的必需狀態（如果你不喜歡「條件」二字）。
司鐸願意守獨身來侍奉天主，很值得尊敬，但本末不容倒置。
事實勝於雄辯。已婚的聖伯多祿就是事實。
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Bro. Ignatius
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2007/8/20 下午 04:32:20
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Simon,
我建議你不如轉去基督教,會比留在天主教更適合.
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simon
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2007/8/20 下午 06:03:41
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Brother Ignatius,
一個天主教會的修士建議一個天主教徒轉投基督教。此事值得反省。
說來說去，請問你怎樣理解已婚的伯多祿當司鐸一事？如果你拒絕面對這一段歷史，再叫其他提問的天主教友轉投基督教，甚不恰當。恕我直言。
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oliverkoo
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2007/8/21 上午 10:00:09
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simon 我支持你。
專一服侍是好的，但有家室的人也能專一。
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simon
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2007/8/27 下午 01:39:27
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Brother Ignatius,
也許你會覺得，我常常「挑戰」你的信仰。
從一個較正面的角度，你可以視我的留言為一種衝擊、一種鍛鍊，讓你變得更堅強而包容，更願意和不同意見人士冷靜討論問題。這些都是牧者需要的特質。
祝平安。
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wooh
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2007/8/28 上午 09:56:13
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其實大家都是愛天主吧...
不如多花時間閱讀聖言吧...天主不斷叫人注意口舌...
(訓道篇1:18 因為智慧愈多，煩惱愈多；學問越廣，憂慮越深。)
天主保佑!
^_^
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simon
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2007/8/28 下午 01:41:25
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wooh,
「因為智慧愈多，煩惱愈多。」
這句說得真好。
難怪我的煩惱那麼少！
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