Singleness is a circumstance, and to most faithful people, it is an affliction. It is a gift only in the sense that any affliction is a gift—it should be received from the hand of God with obedient gratitude. But it is not a spiritual charism, a supernatural enabling, the way celibacy/continence is. Being single doesn’t mean you have the gift of celibacy any more that being in Greek class means you have the gift of tongues. It just means you have a difficult obedience in front of you.
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