I want to follow up on a topic briefly raised in the current lead article (Holy Orders and the Sacrificial Priesthood, Section VI.b.) and in Jonathan Deane’s recent post, Drawn Closer by Scandal? The topic is consecrated celibacy, as required for religious life and the higher Orders of Catholic clergy.

My cousin’s husband who also teaches at Auburn came into the Church last week. He had been going to Mass with them but never showed any interest. We asked how he got interested and his answer was that the sermons were so horrible, he knew there must be something else there to make the people [...]