On The Subject Of Married Priests

I think in these terms, as to WHY I Oppose a married clergy in The Latin Rite of The Catholic Church:

We are not The Anglican Communion, which calls itself both Catholic and Protestant;

In effect, that Priests in the Middle Ages, were required to abstain from Sex, prior to Offering The Eucharist, when there was a married, Latin Rite Clergy, led to Celibacy. Not only was The Christ, The Model, but so was St Paul The Apostle;

As The Eucharist is The Most Holy Sacrament Of The Altar, which is a Bloodless Sacrifice, passed on by The Christ and The Apostles from The Last Supper, it is important not to have Sexually Active Priests, in Imitation Of The Christ. True Celibacy is not an inconvenient denial but a Blessing, as it frees up these Good Men, to give of themselves, more-freely, to God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit;

As to a Married Clergy, if You notice this in Lutheran and Anglican Traditions of allowing Married Clergy, their Eucharist is usually only ONCE a week, with Eucharistic Services, or Liturgies, taking place with one or two liturgies on a Sunday. Particularly in the Anglican Tradition, there would be a Low Mass and a Sung Liturgy, depending on whether it's High Church or Broad Church. In The Catholic Church, embracing Roman and Eastern Traditions, The Holy Sacrifice Of The Mass, is offered 7 days a week, except for Good Friday and the morning of Holy Saturday. I do know of those Anglican and Lutheran Clergy who came over to Catholicism, and ordained to Priesthood and are married, who are, in practice, Married Celibates. One of them, The Former Anglican Bishop Of London, The Right Honorable And Right Reverend Monsignor Graham Douglas Leonard of The See Of Westminster(London), has Grown Children and Grandchildren, who practices Married Celibacy;

Now for a Married Catholic Priesthood, it is NOT Practical for other reasons. On some parts of Long Island, NY, there are Anglican Parishes where the Rector is married to a Wife, who's a high-powered executive in some Multinational Corporation, and who was transferred to another part of the Country, requiring that Anglican Priest to transfer his ministry to a new part of the country. The Era of Reverend Canon Archibald Bunker, being married to a doting wife called Edith, no longer exists in the Anglican Church. The Same Problem might occur in The Catholic Church in the Latin Rite. This has not been addressed by Edward Cardinal Egan, nor any Bishop of his type of thinking;

And in the Anglican and Lutheran Communities, where Matrimony is not often thought of as a Sacrament, except in Anglo-Catholic Circles(High Church) and High Church Lutheran, there are Divorced Ministers, which is not compatible with Catholic Teaching on Matrimony. Imagine Divorced Priests?

The question of Married Priests has come up because of the # of Non-Celibate Gay Males admitted to The Sacrament Of Holy Orders, which led to the Recent Major Scandals in Boston and Los Angeles, as well as other Cities, where there was a Lax Episcopacy, some of whom, were Gay, Non-Celibates, themselves, as well as Heads of Seminaries, who admitted only those men, who were willing to compromise the Magisterium(Teaching Authority)of The Church;

Pray for Reverend Deacon Daniel Champoli, as he'll soon be ordained to Priesthood;

As for the Other Good Priests, I have the Honor of Knowing, Pray for them, as well;

Mychal