The vocation of marriage is a unique call to an adventure of love and life, where love is life-giving in a matchless way. Marriage, in its inmost essence as the union of husband and wife, is open to the child. The love between husband and wife—what we call authentic spousal love—is never self-enclosed but remains open to life.
In Made for Life, married couples discuss the gift of children and the importance of fathers and mothers, and thus give further witness to why marriage is unique for a reason.
Marriage, family, and the common good are bound together. They are all fundamental parts of the human experience: love between a man and a woman; the procreation of children; and the community that both forms and is formed by families. Today, when these basic realities are questioned and even red...
