On Celibacy

I woke up even earlier today than yesterday, and as a reward, I get an overcast morning. What another blessing. No tea as of yet this morning; I am finishing my husband's coffee. I don't mind that it's cold, in fact I prefer that it is. Hot coffee tastes like burnt dirt.

I am frustrated that I don't see this blog pop up when I perform a Google search for it. I have the settings arranged so that this blog is visible on Blogger and on search engines. I type the exact title of the blog yet I get all kinds of blogs that don't have the exact words in the title. I don't know how to rectify this.

My initial goal for this blog was to encourage people with the little blessings in life and publish my opinions on topics various and sundry. I suppose I have succeeded in this, even though my blog doesn't pop up for people to read. I have only ever received one comment. I wonder how she found this blog.

I am determined to continue writing, however, and hope and pray that somehow, people will stumble across this blog.

I initially wanted to write today about the recent sexual abuse scandal within the Catholic Church. I have not read too much about it; it's too unpleasant; I've only heard what my priest has told us. What I know is this: some people have suggested that celibacy is to blame. This is not the case. Satan is to blame. Celibacy is holy and right for priests. The priest marries the church, just as Christ did. Satan would love nothing more than to ruin this holy calling by doing away with celibacy. Allowing priests to marry will not end sexual abuse. There have been cases of sexual abuse and misconduct among married people as well. In fact, almost all the abuse I know of in my own circle has been by married people.

I know that Satan attacks the church at an alarming rate, particularly her priests, because it IS the one true church of Jesus. So when you see scandals and problems like this, it is not because there is something wrong with Catholicism. It's because it's right. Why would the devil bother to bother Christians who aren't doing the right thing? He already has them. No, he pesters and tempts those who are on the best path. That other Christians don't see this is baffling to me. 

Then again, one of the "Christians" who made the suggestion to me that we do away with celibacy also, at another time, expressed his disbelief that I still even believe in the devil. So there you have it. There was a lot of questionable theology floating around my university, some of it even being officially taught.

Here comes the sun. Oh, when will we ever have a fully cloudy day? My prayer for rain remains unanswered but I will not give up. Today's tea is a strong, bold Assam. Good for a semi-cloudy morning.