Sacred Marriage

I can’t measure my heart’s affections very well, but I can measure my actions.

We shame singles by making them think it is a sin and idolatrous to desire marriage: “You should be happy in God alone!” But God designed most of us to marry. Acknowledging this desire isn’t arrogant rebellion; it’s humble surrender to his creative design

We must hold all pleasures with a submissive hand

We need to further explore the power of human love to feed our divine love. Rather than seeing marriage as a cosmic competitor with heaven, we can embrace it as a school of faith. Maximus

If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married

The thought that God wants me to serve him by concentrating on making my wife happy was extraordinary

Yes, this spouse might be difficult to love at times, but that’s what marriage is for — to teach us how to love

God doesn’t command us to get married; he offers it to us as an opportunity

God lets us choose whom we’re going to love

Love must be learned, and learned again and again; there is no end to it. Hate needs no instruction, but waits only to be provoked