Couple's therapy, on the other hand, is focused on providing couples with the tools they will need to cope with the stressors associated
with marriage bond.
But human sinfulness and stubborn wills being what they are, there is no guarantee that the
broken marriage bond can be reknit.
Self - differentiation, the process of partially freeing oneself from the emotional entrapment of one's family of origin, provides a secure base from which to develop the strength and responsiveness of the
emotional marriage bond.
As Fiorenza has observed, «Paul's advice to remain free from
the marriage bond was a frontal assault upon the institutions of existing law and the general cultural ethos, especially since it was given to a people who lived in the urban centres of the Roman Empire.»
It is hard, also, to equate enforced continence with the apostolic injunctions to remain in the state in which you were called and the Dominical teaching about not allowing anything to put
the marriage bond asunder.
But children are not intended by God to be brought into the world outside
the marriage bond, nor is single parenthood endorsed in scripture as a providential way of rearing children.
When the Church asserts that spouses «can not be separated sacramentally as long as they both live, provided they are married legitimately,» she is proclaiming a truth about
the marriage bond that she believes comes from the Lord himself.
«The fidelity of
the marriage bond is the earthly reality which most powerfully points us towards God's faithful love»
The fidelity, the indissolubility, of
the marriage bond between two spouses is precisely that earthly reality which most powerfully points us towards God's faithful love.
After all, Frenzel explained, Trent had only taught that adultery was no reason for the dissolution of
the marriage bond but had not stated that marriage per se was indissoluble and thus a dogma.
The department posed this question for the contest: «Is it a Catholic dogma that
the marriage bond between two living spouses can not be dissolved?»
If God's work is reconciliation, that is, personal restoration of his people to the community of love and the renewal of the «
marriage bond», one would suppose that the profoundest insight into the «how» of reconciliation would come from the experience of reconciliation between persons.
The Christian virtues that he substituted, as the righteousness of the kingdom of heaven, are the mood and spirit to refrain from anger and lustfulness and the severing of
the marriage bond, positive injunctions to straightforward speech, outgoing and uncalculating service, love of all men including one's enemies as befitting sons of the God whose love is limitless.
Or perhaps two persons representing entirely different value systems are joined by business contract or
marriage bond and the ensuing struggle enlists interests and almost visceral participation.
We are male and female because God and his Church are united in
a marriage bond.
As generally institutionalized,
marriage bonds a man and a woman from unrelated families in order to provide the genetic diversity and lengthy nurture needed by their anticipated offspring.
To use contraceptives simply as a cover for unrestrained, sensual sex indulgence is no more Christian within than outside
the marriage bond.
I'm glad the book emphasises the importance of
the marriage bond and devotes some attention to the differences between typical male and female responses to difficulties and the importance of rest and relaxation amid challenges.
As for the exception «except for unchastity,» it is true that adultery breaks
the marriage bond at its foundations.
The first sign of how strong
the marriage bond was between Mary and Joseph is the simple fact that God entrusted Mary and Joseph with the responsibility and blessing of birthing and raising His own Son, Jesus Christ.
Without giving away too much, I can say that Tom and Violet's relationship grows progressively rockier — culminating in the traditional third - act separation montage scored to a poignant pop song — and that, by the end, the couple's mutual ambivalence and latent hostility are thrown to the winds as the sacredness of
the marriage bond — or at least of the cloyingly cute wedding sequence — is reaffirmed.
«Further, according to the Bible, sexual intimacy is reserved for marriage between one man and one woman, and within
that marriage bond it is God's intention that it be enjoyed as a means for marital intimacy and procreation.»
To effectively restore
your marriage bond, it helps to seek the advice of a professional marriage counselor.
It helps to break
that marriage bond or habit.
The trust lost after a partner cheats causes a crack in
the marriage bond that is difficult to repair.
Do you find time apart strengthens or weakens
your marriage bond?
At the end you will create a vision statement or action plan, called a «
Marriage Bond».
I work with premarital, newly married, or seasoned couples who need to strengthen
the marriage bond by making connections that last a lifetime.
These books, when coupled with marriage counseling and other forms of meaningful dialogue, can sustain and growth
the marriage bond.
A counselor will help you and your partner address the unresolved issues that continue to plague
the marriage bond.
My husband and I see our kids not as people who divide and distract us from our relationship but rather as precious catalysts for growth in our love and deepening
our marriage bond.
And with education and commitment, young adults are creating a realistic, educated, optimism in
the marriage bond never seen before in previous generations.
The marriage bond is so important to each person that when it is threatened, either through fighting, emotional disengagement, or perceived abandonment (i.e., affair, porn, prostitutes), the person will begin to protest by complaining, demanding, or «attacking» the spouse out of hurt and anger, or fall into self - protective withdrawal.
When husband and wife have a healthy relationship based on love, respect, and trust,
their marriage bond can be expected to withstand many tests but may still eventually fail.