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A Priest's Tale

Christopher David

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A man's vocation should not be a compromise. So what happens when your calling to be a priest in the Catholic Church conflicts with your natural love for a woman and desire to marry?

This is the tale of a man with two callings. But which one will prevail?

This account of my life as a priest is not intended to be an Apologia. I cannot defend my behaviour, or excuse it. However, despite what happened in those later years, I have never lost sight of a vocation that I believe was from God.

My life as a priest began in 1955, just when a ferment of change was beginning in the Church, one which would lead inexorably to the decrees of the Second Vatican Council , considered revolutionary by some and liberating by others.

I do believe in the ultimate triumph of good over evil, and hope that this chronicle of one priest's life, which is absolutely true, may strengthen the movement for voluntary, rather than mandatory, celibacy for priests. No one can deny the value and importance of celibacy itself, but God's gifts are varied indeed, and the relief of finding a woman to love was the saving of me.

Language: English

Pages: 154

Format: ebook

Publisher: mardibooks

Release: July 01, 2013

ISBN 13: 9781909227347

A Priest's Tale

Christopher David

0/5 ( ratings)

A man's vocation should not be a compromise. So what happens when your calling to be a priest in the Catholic Church conflicts with your natural love for a woman and desire to marry?

This is the tale of a man with two callings. But which one will prevail?

This account of my life as a priest is not intended to be an Apologia. I cannot defend my behaviour, or excuse it. However, despite what happened in those later years, I have never lost sight of a vocation that I believe was from God.

My life as a priest began in 1955, just when a ferment of change was beginning in the Church, one which would lead inexorably to the decrees of the Second Vatican Council , considered revolutionary by some and liberating by others.

I do believe in the ultimate triumph of good over evil, and hope that this chronicle of one priest's life, which is absolutely true, may strengthen the movement for voluntary, rather than mandatory, celibacy for priests. No one can deny the value and importance of celibacy itself, but God's gifts are varied indeed, and the relief of finding a woman to love was the saving of me.

Language: English

Pages: 154

Format: ebook

Publisher: mardibooks

Release: July 01, 2013

ISBN 13: 9781909227347

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