While romance is a natural and commendable
expression of love between women and men, it is simply not the only option.
In a world like ours, open to new possibilities and genuine novelty, prayer as
the expression of love between God and man can accomplish great things.
Sex is the highest
expression of the love between a husband and wife» (recorded radio program, «Life is Worth Living»).
Any sexual
expression of love between me and my life partner (now husband), Michael, is mere fornication that should be socially discouraged?
Marriage is, therefore, not understood by Catholics as merely
an expression of love between two people.
It can be precious as
an expression of love between them regardless of its issue.
There is a very widespread belief that there is no greater
expression of love between human beings than having sexual intercourse.
It's not to do with human nature per se; it's to do with sin: envy, jealousy, possessiveness, quarrelling, a lack of willingness to forgive and forget, infidelity, manipulation, the desire to control and dominate, lack of consideration in matters to do with running a home as well as in the bedroom (sex can be one of the highest
expressions of love between a man and a woman; it can also be incredibly selfish); hearts that are consistently closed to new life.
Not exact matches
Sexual intercourse is an outward
expression of the exclusive
love between spouses.
It is also an enaction and
expression of the self - giving
love between husband and wife.
Sexuality is a dimension
of personal existence in which the meaning
of love is to be learned and in which
love between persons reaches a depth, intimacy and creativity
of expression which is incomparable with most other
loves.
Or, seen from the opposite perspective, creation (and with it all
of human history) is a partial
expression of the exchange
of love between the three divine persons from all eternity.
This kind
of internal contradiction seems to run through much traditional theology; it finds explicit
expression in Luther's dichotomy
between the terrible God, who put him not only in awe but in utter terror, and the tender and
loving God whom he knew in Jesus Christ as the savior, the
loving friend, and the gracious Father
of men.
The religious understanding
of the conflict
between good and evil, the fact
of the stubborn resistance
of the human heart to the
love of God and its demands, the vision
of the divine strategy
of sacrificial
love in the life and death
of Jesus as the climax
of history, all this is foreign to most
of the philosophies
of progress, but it was the heart
of the great
expressions of Christian liberalism.
When sin is defined in terms
of sexual purity, the focus
of the Christian life shifts away from
expression of love for God and neighbor to an obsession with internal conflict
between «higher» and «lower» impulses.
The romantic or idealistic
love between a teenage boy and girl (frequently still to be found even in our modern sensualised world) may also be accompanied by a desire to show bodily affection - a desire filled with a tenderness and respect that operate as a curb, not only on lust if it seeks to assert itself, but also on bodily
expressions of love which would not be true to the real existential relationship
between the couple.
The deepest affinity
between Schweitzer and St. Francis lies in the interior religiousness which finds
expression in the directness
of the spirit
of love.
Warm up the atmosphere
between you with genuine verbal
expressions of love that are not over ridden by criticisms.
Expression of affection
between parents is also important because it teaches a child what normal
loving behavior
between adults is and helps them to be well adjusted in their adult relationships as well.
The connection
between love and sex may show how women are socialized to see sex as an
expression of love, Montemurro said.
Conversations,
expressions of love through emojis and stickers, even photos are shared continuously
between many lovers.
The push - pull tension a mother feels for the daughter she
loves and infuriates finds hilarious and heartfelt
expression in a perfect Metcalf performance — celebrating a bond
between women essential to navigating a world
of men.
Through animal communication we can translate for you, acting as the conduit for this
expression of unconditional joy and
love between everyone in your family and for all
of your pets.
When combined, these two skill sets merge to create a photographer who works hard to capture that
expression, that connection
between species, that
love of life that makes living with animals so appealing.
Expressions of love vary
between cultures according to their respective bounds
of norms.