Video – Card. Burke – Sacred Heart and Celibacy – Continued – 5/8 – CONF 295

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Ave Maria!

Cardinal Raymond Burke gives the fifth reflection for the 2015 Priests' Retreat themed "Holy Priesthood: Sacrament of Christ's Pastoral Charity". This talk is on the Sacred Heart and Celibacy which he continues from previous talk. Topics covered include:

• Mother Louise Margaret Claret de la Touche - Sacred Heart and the Priesthood
  
  
  
  • http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-priesthood-Louise-Margaret-Claret/dp/B0007287S8
  
  
  
  


• Vatican II Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests #16
  
  
  
  • http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19651207_presbyterorum-ordinis_en.html
  
  
  
  


• Gift of celibacy comes with the vocation to the priesthood


• Relates to the married life


• A way of loving others


• gives the gift of celibacy for the building up of the church


• priest gives himself for life long love with the church as does a married couple


• JPII on Celibacy - Pastoris dabo Vobis
  
  
  
  • http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_jp-ii_exh_25031992_pastores-dabo-vobis.html
    
  
  
  
  


• Love of entire self


• Today's culture is not open to celibacy


• Not disdain for marriage, but marriage to Church, spiritually


• Indissolubility of marriage Mat 19
  
  
  
  • http://www.usccb.org/bible/matthew/19
  
  
  
  


• Celibacy is a gift


• After Vat ii considered an imposition, thus, hard to keep renewing the offering


• Sign of configuration to Church and flock


• Religious Priest unites graces of both vow and ordination


• Bl. Columba Marmion
  
  
  
  • Should never relax vigilance
  
  
  • Overt and subtle temptations
  
  
  
  


• To foster celibate love
  
  
  
  • Prayer life
  
  
  • Good readings
  
  
  • Educate people in fraternal friendship with other priests which strengthens paternal love to flock
  
  
  • Priest Crisis is almost always due to lack of friend priests
  
  
  
  


• Challenges to celibacy in feminist world


• Christ is "Our All" for the celibate

 

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