Monday, August 3, 2009

The World's View of Marriage, and God's View of Marriage


Below are some funny quotes from celebrity's on marriage, but it makes the point well, that in the world's eye's, marriage is all about my own personal feelings, the idea that love and marriage can be part of the will is laughable to the modern mind. But nothing will lead a person away from happiness more quickly than being ruled by our feelings. I loved watching Lance Armstrong do the mountain climbs in the tour De France, he was using every inch of his will, and what a great gift the will is, but the will is not only for sports and work, its also for love. When we direct our romance to ignite proper passions to the one we should be loving, we are using our will. Have a look at the striking contrast between the saints and the celebrities.







Da Saints:

"As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live. " Pope John Paul II

"Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family - a domestic church." Pope John Paul II

"When the glamour wears off, or merely works a bit thin, they think they have made a mistake, and that the real soul-mate is still to find. The real soul-mate too often proves to be the next sexually attractive person that comes along."

"Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to. " JR Tolkien



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