Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Building up a Community of love.

 The love of the couple should overflow into their children. But care should be taken to make sure that it is a shared. love. The selfless love which bound the couple together now makes itself felt in the family through the selfless love towards their children and the selfless love of children towards one another.

Love nourished by prayer

 Communion with Christ who initiated the couple into the Trinitarian family must be nourished by a life of prayer which should characterize their life together. 

An atmosphere of love nourished by daily prayer which keeps alive the divine presence in their midst is a very important means to build up a Christian family.

Christian marriage is located within the great mystery of the union of Christ with the Church (Eph.5:32). 

The sacredness of marriage comes from the fact. The content and dynamics of this Mystery is God's love translated into human love. The heart of the sacrament of matrimony is precisely here.

Marriage is a natural sacrament of divine love.

 Despite the fact that the Bible raises human sexuality and the relationship between man and woman to such a high level, it never deifies se...