"The human body includes right from the beginning…the capacity of expressing love, that love in which the person becomes a gift – and by means of this gift – fulfills the meaning of his being and existence."

ST. JOHN PAUL II
Theology of the Body, January 16, 1980

 

"Celibacy is the fulfillment of the nuptial meaning of the body" because the ultimate meaning of the body is to make a gift of ourselves to God. And that is precisely what the celibate person is doing."

CHRISTOPHER WEST
Speaker on Theology of the Body

 

"I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord's affairs--how he can please the Lord. But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world--how he can please his wife--and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord's affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit."

ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE
1 Corinthians 7:32-34