“Conjugal love is not a fleeting event, but the patient project of a lifetime,”
note to self: see fr dobbins homily from summer of 2015, in documents on Apple at home
“Called to live a Christlike love each day, the Christian family is a privileged expression of the church’s presence and mission in the world.”
Marriage
'The marriage covenant, by which a man and a woman form with each other an intimate communion of life and love, has been founded and endowed with its own special laws by the Creator. By its very nature it is ordered to the good of the couple, as well as to the generation and education of children. Christ the Lord raised marriage between the baptized to the dignity of a sacrament.' (Catechism, 1660)