Sentences with phrase «deeper meaning of marriage»

After getting engaged in December I really started exploring the deeper meaning of marriage and what it takes for one to last a lifetime.

Not exact matches

The Holy Father set in motion these past two years of contention and, one hopes, constructive dialogue in the Church because he knows that marriage and the family are in deep trouble throughout the world, just as he knows that marriage, rightly understood, and the family, rightly understood, are the basic building blocks of a humane society: the family is the first school of freedom, because it is there that we first learn that freedom is not mere willfulness; marriage, for its part, is the lifelong school in which we learn the full, challenging meaning of the law of self - giving built into the human heart.

All marriages are «mixed marriages» (in that all couples come from differing family backgrounds and world - views); but when there are deep disagreements about the core meanings of existence, a couple must work doubly hard to establish creative closeness.

We have seen in particular how these laws are used by the government in an attempt to compel citizens to sacrifice their deepest convictions on marriage and what it means to be male and female, people who serve everyone, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, but who can not promote messages, engage in expression, or participate in events that contradict their beliefs or their organization's guiding values.

Since Humanae Vitae, the fiftieth anniversary of which we celebrate this year, there has been a constant stream of Jesuit moral theologians arguing in print that the encyclical was a mistake, that it is enough if the unitive and procreative dimensions of sex and marriage are linked in only a very general way — not in each marital act — and that the really deep meaning of Paul VI's teaching is that couples should exercise responsible parenthood.

A novel about a man's search for meaning that illuminates our deepest concerns: love and death, marriage and family, and the mysterious tug of beauty on the human heart.

[Re: Communication — I had a very smart college professor who once taught me that «communication» is almost never the problem in marriages — what he meant by that was we are communicating ALL the time to each other — facial expressions, body language, sighs, eye rolls — Usually our communication is CRYSTAL CLEAR (about how we're really feeling)-- It was his opinion that the problem was almost always a deeper one, our way of being toward one another, just as you said.]

Your relationship is probably one of your most cherished assets — despite the challenges, couples often describe their marriage or relationship as a sanctuary that brings deep meaning to their lives.

Your marriage (or relationship) has the potential to create deep meaning, joy and contentment in your life...... which means when your relationship isn't working, when the pain of conflict and disconnection take over, it can feel like the very foundation

Marriage makes you family, which was especially important to us, since neither of us particularly want children; and family means sticking together through the tough spots, and coming out with a love that is deeper and stronger for it.

«One - third of all couples within 2 years of marriage or deep commitment are sexless or low - sexed — which means they do it less than twice a month,» she says.

Phase three is the vision phase, which includes seeking a deeper understanding of the meaning of the affair and moves forward the experience and resulting lessons into a new concept of marriage and, perhaps, a new future.

Repeating endless details of the sexual indiscretion doesn't help, but taking a deeper look at what the unfaithful partner longed for and couldn't find in the marriage — and so looked for outside of it — as well as finding empathy for the other, who was in the dark, can elicit a shift in how both partners see the affair and what it meant in their relationship.

In a secure relationship or marriage, a couple is able to see beyond the garbage, dishwasher, finances, sex, etc. and discuss the deeper meaning of fears or sadness related to the meaning behind the behaviors and content of the fights, bringing them closer to each other, instead of disconnecting them.

There was plenty of discussion about the impact of marriage equality on capital gains exclusions and title insurance decisions, but the roughly 150 attendees at the half - day continuing education class sponsored by the Cincinnati Area Board of REALTORS ® gained an even deeper understanding of the emotional meaning of the landmark decision when the lead plaintiff in the case, Jim Obergefell, opened the session by sharing the personal journey that has turned him into a national civil rights hero for many.