Marriage is about love, but it is not first and foremost about love. First and foremost, marriage is about continuity and transmission.
Interpretation
Marriage transcends love; it primarily focuses on continuity and the passing down of values.
This quote emphasizes that while love is a crucial element of marriage, the foundational aspect of marriage lies in its role as a mechanism for continuity, preserving cultural and familial legacies that are transmitted through generations. It suggests that the institution of marriage serves a more significant purpose than romantic affection; it is about building a lasting relationship that nurtures stability and heritage in society.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a wedding speech to highlight the essence of marriage.
How can finite man commune with an infinite God? To both Christians and Jews, God himself has made that possible by irrupting into the temporal world. To Christians, God became man in the Incarnation; to Jews, the God that spoke out of the fire on Mount Sinai gave his Torah.
Whereas women are most turned on by a man's depth of presence,_x000D_ men are most turned on by a woman's radiance and energy:_x000D_ how she moves, moans, smiles, and opens in love.
There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.
Men in particular think that they have achieved something if they can make a woman mad, particularly if she is calm and intellectual.
{Mrs. March to Jo} You are too much alike and too fond of freedom, not to mention hot tempers and strong wills, to get on happily together, in a relation which needs infinite patience and forbearance, as well as love.
The monstrosity of sexual intercourse outside marriage is that those who indulge in it are trying to isolate one kind of union (the sexual) from all the other kinds of union which were intended to go along with it and make up the total union.
For me, relationships are the real action movies. Bombs are exploding every day and the kitchen is Ground Zero.
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