Carl A. Anderson
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“It is good that you exist and that we exist together.” It’s only when lovers recognize this depth dimension in each other that their love becomes hardy enough to outlast changes in their feelings or alterations in their qualities and attributes. What genuine lovers care about most is not simply whether the beloved can give him- or herself freely to them in return. True lovers who have attained the maturity of love are able to recognize that the beloved him- or herself is a gift,”
― Called to Love: Approaching John Paul II's Theology of the Body
― Called to Love: Approaching John Paul II's Theology of the Body
“So in every situation in which we experience the sexual value of a person, love demands integration, meaning the incorporation of that value in the value of the person, or indeed its subordination to the value of the person” (LR, 123).”
― Called to Love: Approaching John Paul II's Theology of the Body
― Called to Love: Approaching John Paul II's Theology of the Body
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