Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.
Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.
For the standard of Christian life was to be strained to a higher pitch; more fasting was required, and more careful separation from the manners and enjoyments of the world; celibacy and martyrdom had great value set upon them, and second marriages were prohibited.
Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond.
The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.