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A good question...  Why do monks, nuns, third order religious, and hermits not get an extra Sacrament for them?

Marriage is obviously one of the hardest vocations to live properly.  One is responsible for one's own soul and also one's children; all the while living amidst the world.

Being a priest is a sacred but heavy responsibility.  A priest is in charge of SO MANY souls that he would certainly need extra graces to help him through the difficulties in his life.

As for the religious life or single life, one might have trials and struggles, but one is usually not as directly responsible for a number of other souls' salvation.

Also...  I think that perhaps the vocation of being a virgin carries with it enough graces that it does not need to be a Sacrament...

Hope this helps!

Keep fighting and may God bless you!  :-)

It's not about how difficult a vocation is.  God is generous with actual graces, graces of state; some things however call for ex opere operato effects and not just actual graces.

This reminds of the story of Eucharistus and his wife, from the desert fathers.

"Two Fathers asked God to reveal to them how far they had advanced. A voice came which said, 'In a certain village in Egypt there is a man called Eucharistus and his wife who is called Mary. You have not yet reached their degree of virtue.'

The two old men set out and went to the village. Having enquired, they found his house and his wife. They said to her, 'Where is your husband?' She replied, 'He is a shepherd and is feeding the sheep.' Then she made them come into the house. When evening came, Eucharistus returned with the sheep. Seeing the old men, he set the table and brought water to wash their feet. The old men said to him, 'We shall not eat anything until you have told us about your way of life.'

Eucharistus replied with humility, 'I am a Shepherd, and this is my wife.' The old men insisted but he did not want to say more. Then they said, 'God has sent us to you.' At these words, Eucharistus was afraid and said, 'Here are these sheep; we received them from our parents, and if, by God's help we make a little profit, we divide it into three parts: one for the poor, the second for hospitality, and the third for our personal needs. Since I married my wife, we have not had relations with one another, for she is a virgin; we each live alone. At night we wear hair-shirts and our ordinary clothes by day. No-one has known of this till now.'

At these words they were filled with admiration and went away giving glory to God."