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Next time you see your parish priest, remember: He has not said "no" to love. He has said a much more difficult, and beautiful, "yes."

As Pope Paul VI wrote, it is a "total and perpetual continence for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven" that "shines forth as a light that never sets." sacerdotalis caelibatus

Too often, critics frame celibacy as a life of "not having." Sacerdotalis Caelibatus turns that on its head. It is a life of radical having —a total, undivided heart for Christ and His Church. Next time you see your parish priest, remember: