Which Marriage provides ultimate fulfillment--the marriage of Genesis(man and woman) or the marriage of Revelation(Christ and the Church)? Those who are celibate for the kingdom"skip" the marriage of Genesis in order to devote all of their longings for marriage to the union that alone can satisfy--the Marriage of the Lamb.
Celibacy is "better" than marriage in the sense that heaven is better than earth. Celibacy is better only in the objective sense. Subjectively speaking, what is better for a given person is the vocation to which God is calling him or her.
Christian celibacy is NOT a rejection of sexuality. Rather, it is meant to be a living out of the ultimate purpose and meaning of sexuality--union with Christ and the Church. The celibate person must embrace the spousal meaning of his or her body and live in in an authentic call to spiritual union and fertility.
Celibacy is not a life of sexual repression but of sexual redemption. Christ calls everyone to experience liberation from lust through the redemption of the body. Only to the degree that one is free from thew domination of lust is he or she able to live a healthy life either as a married person or as a celibate.
Celibacy is "better" than marriage in the sense that heaven is better than earth. Celibacy is better only in the objective sense. Subjectively speaking, what is better for a given person is the vocation to which God is calling him or her.
Christian celibacy is NOT a rejection of sexuality. Rather, it is meant to be a living out of the ultimate purpose and meaning of sexuality--union with Christ and the Church. The celibate person must embrace the spousal meaning of his or her body and live in in an authentic call to spiritual union and fertility.
Celibacy is not a life of sexual repression but of sexual redemption. Christ calls everyone to experience liberation from lust through the redemption of the body. Only to the degree that one is free from thew domination of lust is he or she able to live a healthy life either as a married person or as a celibate.