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Our Favorite Quotes on Marriage from the Church<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

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Our favorite marriage quotes from the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Our Top Quotes About Marriage<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n


Marriage is important! So important even these don\u2019t fully capture the profound value of this institution created by God.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. \u201c[M]arriage and the family constitute one of the most precious of human values<\/strong>\u201d. (Pope St. John Paul II, 1)<\/a>
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  2. \u201cMarriage\u201d is an \"intimate partnership of\u2026life and love<\/strong>\u2026established by the Creator and...rooted in the conjugal covenant of irrevocable personal consent.\" (Gaudium et Spes, 48)<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n
  3. \"Marriage\u2026transcends<\/b>\u00a0the<\/strong>\u00a0feelings<\/b> and momentary needs of the couple\u2026it is not born 'of loving sentiment, ephemeral by definition, but from the depth of the obligation assumed by the spouses who accept to enter a total communion of life'.\" (Pope Francis, 66)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  4. \"[T]he unity of marriage will radiate from the\u00a0equal<\/b>\u00a0personal<\/strong>\u00a0dignity<\/strong>\u00a0of wife and husband<\/strong>, a dignity acknowledged by mutual and total love.\" (Gaudium et Spes, 49)\u200b<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. \"The reception and transmission of\u00a0divine love\u00a0are\u00a0realized\u00a0in the mutual\u00a0commitment of the spouses\". (Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Marriage \u201cis a marvelous gift<\/strong>, which contains the power of God\u2019s own love: strong, enduring, faithful, ready to start over after every failure or moment of weakness.\u201d (Pope Francis, 1)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  7. \"Marriage based on exclusive and definitive love\u00a0becomes the<\/strong>\u00a0icon<\/b>\u00a0of the relationship between\u00a0God and his people<\/strong> and vice versa.\" (Pope Benedict XVI, 11)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  8. \"[H]uman society at large springs from marriage\". (Pope Leo XIII, 17)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  9. It is \u201ca social and even economic necessity\u2026to\u00a0hold up to future generations the beauty of marriage and the family, and the fact that these institutions\u00a0correspond\u00a0to the\u00a0deepest\u00a0needs and dignity of the\u00a0person.\u201d\u00a0(Pope Benedict XVI, 44)<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Marriage is<\/strong> \"the\u00a0<\/strong>mutual gift<\/b>\u00a0of<\/strong>\u00a0self<\/strong>\u00a0by husband and wife<\/strong> [which] creates an environment in which children can be born and develop their potentialities, become aware of their dignity and prepare to face their unique and individual destiny.\" (Pope St. John Paul II, 39)<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \n\u201c[M]arriage and the family constitute one of the most precious of human values\u201d.\u00a0(Pope St. John Paul II, 1)\u00a0 <\/span><\/a>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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    Catholic social teaching is built on three foundational principles -\u00a0<\/strong>Human Dignity<\/strong>,\u00a0Solidarity\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Subsidiarity.\u00a0<\/strong>Human Dignity, embodied in a correct understanding of the human person, is the greatest. The others flow from it. Good governments and good economic systems find ways of fostering the three principles.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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    Human Dignity<\/a><\/h2>

    This means a correct understanding of the human person and of each person\u2019s unique value. All Catholic social teaching flows from this: the inherent dignity of every person that comes from being made in God\u2019s image.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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    Solidarity<\/a><\/h2>

    Solidarity is not \u201ca feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of others. It is a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good\u201d. (Pope St. John Paul II, 38)<\/a> Love of God and love of neighbor are, in fact, linked and form one, single commandment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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    Subsidiarity<\/a><\/h2>

    Subsidiarity \u201cis a fundamental principle of social philosophy, fixed and unchangeable, that one should not withdraw from individuals and commit to the community what they can accomplish by their own enterprise and industry. So, too, it is an injustice and at the same time a grave evil and a disturbance of right order to transfer to the larger and higher collectivity functions which can be performed and provided for by the lesser and subordinate bodies\u201d. (Pope Pius XI)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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