Solitude, community, and ministry are certainly not just for celibates! Celibates also have a hard time keeping up.
Henri NouwenWhen we have nothing to cling to as our own and cease thinking of ourselves as people who must defend privileges, we can open ourselves freely to others with the faithful expectation that our strength will manifest itself in our shared weakness.
Henri NouwenI feel strongly that the God we meet in solitude is always the God who calls us to community.
Henri Nouwen