Sentences with phrase «for young marriage»

Not exact matches

Finally: The issue of gay rights and same - sex marriage — which is a disaster for the Republicans among the young.

About one in seven new marriages in America is now interracial, and the numbers are higher for younger Americans.

Also similar to the young men who are duped into marriage because they are young, lonely, away from home for the first time and not as worldly.

To put it bluntly, the notion of consent is arguably meaningless by itself as the arbiter of legitimate sexual and marital relationships because of the potential for manipulation, coercion, and abuse in a situation where there are deep - rooted and unequal social power relations (e.g., the President of the United States [not] having sexual relations with a besotted young intern or, as here, a parent and an adult child contracting a marriage).

Such many found cases the girls were forced convinced into marriage at younger age by their parents or family members if orphans and when girls were asked why the answer was always poverty and starvation were the common enemy for many nations and populations!?

Culturally, young adults have increasingly come to see marriage as a «capstone» rather than a «cornerstone» — that is, something they do after they have all their other ducks in a row, rather than a foundation for launching into adulthood and parenthood.

I know now that I gave my daughter away when she was far too young for marriage.»

The cost of this deferral of marriage and childbearing is greatest for young women.

Chastity and fidelity Our young people deserve to be taught the importance of chastity before marriage and fidelity within for the good of their souls and their life in Christ.

Familiaris Consortio presents a wholly compassionate yet objectively truthful account of the Magisterium of the Church's teachings on marriage and the family and in its introductory paragraph states: «In a particular way the Church addresses the young, who are beginning their journey towards marriage and family life, for the purpose of presenting them with new horizons, helping them to discover the beauty and grandeur of the vocation to love and the service of life.»

Secular sterility The Church's vision of marriage and family is so hard for young Catholics to encounter, yet it offers them the key to true human happiness and fulfilment.

«Given the strong support of younger Americans for same - sex marriage, it is unlikely this issue will reappear as a major national wedge issue.»

Endless talk of «choices» can itself be confusing and worrying - for both men and women alike - and a real difficulty for young people in the West today is that of making a definite commitment: to a job, to a way of life, and, very notably, to marriage.

For example, he said, it is absurd for a young celibate Catholic priest to conduct marriage counseling for a middle - aged couple with childrFor example, he said, it is absurd for a young celibate Catholic priest to conduct marriage counseling for a middle - aged couple with childrfor a young celibate Catholic priest to conduct marriage counseling for a middle - aged couple with childrfor a middle - aged couple with children.

So far, in the book of Esther, we've seen a proud and petty king destroy his marriage by banishing his wife, then destroy his country by gathering up all the young women of the for his own pleasure.

A moment of touch ended in devastation for this pastor's marriage and this young lady's reputation.

Here are some observations from a Catholic young woman whose life «sucks» in the midst of prosperity: In my experience (I readily grant all of the problems with drawing inferences from individual and anecdotal observation), highly eligible men in my social set delay marriage for no good....

This involves expressing his love and respect for her, creating opportunities for continued sharing on as many levels as feasible in light of the new demands of parenthood, encouraging her to maintain at least one satisfying interest outside the home and the marriage, and taking over the parenting role regularly to give his wife a «chance to come up for air,» as one young mother put it.

She will teach there for 23 years while her own children move on through older Sunday school, on through grade school and high school and college, marriages and divorces and bankruptcies, through all kinds of things — she will be here still, teaching the youngest children «Jesus Loves Me» while their parents attend early service.

The armed extremist group Boko Haram, which roughly translates to «Western Education is Sin,» claimed responsibility for these mass kidnappings and threatened to sell these young girls for as little as $ 12 into sex slavery or forced «marriages» to members of their group.

We now live in a culture in which about half of all marriages end in divorce; in which nearly half of all children spend part of their childhood in fatherless homes; in which women and men who put their families first are falling behind economically and professionally; in which many of the nation's youngest citizens are starving for parental time and attention, and often for basic material necessities.

Rockefeller's subsequent divorce of his wife and 1963 marriage to the much - younger Margaretta «Happy» Murphy, a mother of four who had recently divorced her husband, cemented in the minds of many family - minded Americans an unpleasant nexus between loose morals and weak support for the military; it marked the forging of a large wedge of voters that now consciously identified itself as conservative and would grow to include Democrats as well as Republicans.

He omitted as well his expulsion from a Massachusetts church for espousing «marriage reform» and putting his theories into practice with a young member of his congregation.

For an unmarried woman could easily be led into a disastrous marriage based on her poor reading of a young man's character ¯ which itself would mean a ruined life for her, although rarely for hFor an unmarried woman could easily be led into a disastrous marriage based on her poor reading of a young man's character ¯ which itself would mean a ruined life for her, although rarely for hfor her, although rarely for hfor him.

The Russian Formalists of the early twentieth century rightly pointed out that her novels exclusively follow the Cinderella plot: A young woman falls in love with a man of superior social standing and has to wait for him to make the first declaration of love ¯ to be followed, even more excruciatingly, by the hoped - for offer of marriage.

Marriage enrichment groups for parents of young children; for parents of adolescents (middle marrieds); and for empty nest marriages.

He was making every effort to encourage this crowd of young adults to «stay pure for marriage.»

Education for marriage and pre-marriage counseling provides an opportunity for young people not yet ready for commitment — as well as for those thinking about or planning marriage — to study possible options and to identify and articulate their own hopes and expectations for marriage as well as what they expect and want from the person they marry.

There was a recent article on the Religious blog about how Evangelical young «uns are not waiting for marriage.

The parables disclose with what pleasure and tolerance he surveyed the broad scene of human activity: the merchant seeking pearls; the farmer sowing his fields; the real - estate man trying to buy a piece of land in which he had secret reason to believe a treasure lay buried; the dishonest secretary, who had been given notice, making friends against the evil day among his employer's debtors by reducing their obligations; the five young women sleeping with lamps burning while the bridegroom tarried and unable to attend the marriage because their sisters who had had foresight enough to bring additional oil refused to lend them any; the rich man whose guests for dinner all made excuses; the man comfortably in bed with his children who gets up at midnight to help his importunate neighbor only because he despairs of getting rid of him otherwise; the king who is out to capture a city; the man who built his house upon the sand and lost it in the first storm of wind and rain; the queer employer who pays all of his men the same wage whether they have worked the whole day or a single hour; the great lord who going to a distant land entrusts his property to his three servants and judges them by the success of their investments when he returns; the shepherd whose sheep falls into a ditch; the woman with ten pieces of silver who, losing one, lights the candle and sweeps diligently till she finds it, and makes the finding of it the occasion of a celebration in which all of her neighbors are invited to share — and how long such a list might be!

Think of what a typical young couple must learn to handle, all within a few years — coping with marriage, new jobs, pregnancy, caring for a baby, limited finances, a large mortgage and other debts.

Younger Christians are weary of pitched cultural battles and are longing for the «real Jesus» — a Jesus who talks more about washing feet and feeding the poor than flashpoint issues like same - sex marriage and the sanctity of life.

Furthermore, as more and more young adults delay marriage until their late twenties or early thirties, the Church has the opportunity to reclaim its once high esteem for singleness and the contribution of singles — including single parents — to the Kingdom.

A young couple in a marital growth group paid this tribute to their church: «Having an opportunity to participate together in various groups in our church has done a great deal for our marriage.

Again, since Jesus was unmarried and was executed while still a young man, we are provided with no divine exemplar for the good marriage, for the successful coping with the problems of middle age, or for the gracious acceptance of the closing phases of earthly life.

Regnerus offered the first example of sound social science questioning what the elite in the academy and media desperately want to believe — that same - sex marriage will have absolutely no negative fallout for the young and vulnerable.

Many black churches have programs designed to prepare young men for responsible marriage and parenting.

Another illustration of speaking to the congregation for people comes from an experience in preparing a young couple for marriage.

Sitting with a group of adolescents and answering their questions about your marriage might sound scary but it is actually a really life - giving and enriching experience for the couples who volunteer and the young people are often amazed and inspired to see that marriages can last and that love can grow through a life time.

As one of the small pockets of people who still wait for marriage in a hyper - sexualized culture, it doesn't take much to figure out why Christians tend to get hitched so young.

His humorous and thought - provoking presentations have helped young people to see sexuality as a gift, with sex as something worth saving for marriage.

For young people today, if they have an «issue» with the Catholic Church, in an overwhelming number of cases, the issue will be about sexuality and marriage.

Some of you may be familiar with the missions giant whose acronym officially stands for «Youth With A Mission,» while those of us who have survived it know it stands for something completely different: Young Women After Men, Yes, We Arrange Marriages and the list goes on.

The first no - fault divorce statute was drafted in California by a legislator who had ended a 25 - year marriage to wed a younger woman; of the 14 assemblymen who testified for the law, ten were divorced.

While I guess it's good that these people are encouraging sex for married people, I feel like this could lead to a lot of young marriages between Christians that just want to get to the good stuff without angering God.

I am a Christian & I was taught from a young age that sex is beautiful: for marriage.

Here he commended marriage at a reasonably early age, and deplored the common picture of young people living wildly, becoming disgusted with themselves and then turning to being a monk or a priest for which «not one in a hundred» was suited.

For example, sex within marriage is promoted as the ideal of the Catholic faith, but the school explicitly recognises the reality that some young people may choose to be sexually active and, if that is the case, they need the knowledge and confidence to make an informed choice to protect themselves from pregnancy and STIs.

Also, many who married young mistake passion for true love and wonder why the marriage falls apart when the passion fades.

Young adult and middle - years couples may be selected and specially trained to be available for enriching shaky teenage marriages in two ways — as catalysts in preparation for marriage groups and / or linked with teen couples who desire a young but more experienced couple as peer «consultants.&rYoung adult and middle - years couples may be selected and specially trained to be available for enriching shaky teenage marriages in two ways — as catalysts in preparation for marriage groups and / or linked with teen couples who desire a young but more experienced couple as peer «consultants.&ryoung but more experienced couple as peer «consultants.»