“Celibacy is not the absence of a passion; it is rather the intensity of a passion.”? Fulton J. Sheen
The problem with the single life is that no matter what you do, it will always seem insignificant. Even if you love, that love will always seem little as compared with what other people give.
For how can one ever match the love that parents give to their children or the devotion spouses render to the other? Even one’s love for God may fail to measure up once compared to the love of priests, nuns and other people consecrated to God.
But can a single person not love deeply, too? Is the love for one’s mother or sister or friend not among the kind that should be given due worth? Is love for God deep only if consecrated through a religious life?
I have been told that God loves little children. They are precious in His eyes even if they can’t accomplish something big, even if all they could do is give thanks for all the blessings they have been given and sit upon Jesus’ lap as they gaze upon His face.
Are we not like little children too, whose worth is never measured by what one can do or by how great one can be in the eyes of the world?
Being single is not a curse, it is a great gift from Him who wants you to be as free as you need to be to receive the fullness of His love.
There is a vocation for everyone. To some, it is to receive that love from a beloved spouse. To others, it is to receive it spiritually from their Heavenly Spouse. As for you, it is to be ever present before His gaze, as the sea before the face of the sky until that time when He draws you ever closer unto Himself in the same way as He draws the clouds to heaven.
“May you be content knowing you are a child of God.
Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.
It is there for each and every one of us.”
?Teresa of Ávila
The thing about hope is that it’s a positive force that shines the most when it’s dark. When everything’s going well, we hardly notice it’s there. But when things go against us, when our dreams fade and when we see no immediate reprieve from our troubles, that’s when hope does its best work for us.
"Where Hope Can Be Found"