Bishop Davies said: “We believe that the union of husband
and wife, expressed in the union of one flesh, must always be open to new life,
to the children God may entrust to the couple. We believe sexual relations
belong within marriage alone. And we believe we are all called to chastity
according to our state in life. Indeed, it is by living the beautiful virtue of
chastity that we ensure we use this gift of sexuality in accord with God’s
purpose. We believe that, as is true of the Sacrament of Matrimony, both
virginity for the sake of the Kingdom of God and apostolic celibacy are also
God’s gifts.
“We believe that these callings – to marriage, to
consecrated virginity and to apostolic celibacy – inseparably support each
other. Let us be filled with wonder and gratitude for God’s plan and purpose in
marriage and family life; in the beauty of chastity; in the joy of consecrated
virginity and apostolic celibacy. It is God’s grace that makes it possible for
us to live these vocations faithfully; and if we fall short that same God-given
grace heals us, making it possible to set out once again on the path of
conversion.”
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