Best Argument for Celibate Priesthood

Did anyone else react with wistful longing to these words of Pope Benedict to the students of the pontifical universities in Rome?

Benedict XVI told the students: "In-depth reflection on Christian truths and the study of theology or other religious disciplines presuppose an education in silence and contemplation, as it is necessary to be able to listen with the heart to God who speaks.

"Only if they proceed from the silence of contemplation can our words have a certain value and usefulness and not fall into the inflation of the world's speeches which seek the consensus of public opinion.

"Therefore, whoever studies in an ecclesiastical institution must be disposed to obedience and truth, and cultivate a certain asceticism of thought and word."

I know this is good advice for all of us.  But could someone with older kids assure me that "the silence of contemplation" is, indeed, possible to achieve at some stage in the life of a working parent?

Lisa