What some people love is not a person but the experience of being in love. The first is irreplaceable; the second is not.
“The supreme being must be unique, without equal… If God is not one, he is not God’ (Tertullian, Adv. Marc, 1, 5, 3: PL 2, 274).”
― Catechism of the Catholic Church
― Catechism of the Catholic Church
“It loves the other, not because of attractiveness, or talents, or sympathy, but because of God. To the Christian, a person is one for whom I must sacrifice myself, not one who must exist for my sake.”
― Three to Get Married
― Three to Get Married
“The first man was unimpaired and ordered in his whole being because he was free from the triple concupiscence254 that subjugates him to the pleasures of the senses, covetousness for earthly goods, and self-assertion, contrary to the dictates of reason. 2514”
― Catechism of the Catholic Church
― Catechism of the Catholic Church
“The Gospels did not start the Church; the Church started the Gospels. The Church did not come out of the Gospels; the Gospels came out of the Church.”
― The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God
― The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God
“THOSE who start with the pagan philosophy of sex must face life as a descent. Associated with a growing old, there is a loss of physical energy and the horrible perspective of death. The Christian philosophy of love, on the contrary, implies an ascension. The body may grow older, but the Spirit grows younger, and love often becomes more intense.”
― Three to Get Married
― Three to Get Married
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