On Marriage and Family Life

Everyone should remain in the state in which he was called.' Was your wife an unbeliever when you were called? Stay together; don't send her away because you think the faith demands it. Were you a slave when called? It d…

Don't turn your back on your wife because she is not beautiful. Listen to what Scripture says: ' The bee is small among flying creatures, but her product is the best of sweet things.

Husbands,'he says, 'love your wives, as Christ loved the Church.' You have seen the amount of obedience necessary; now hear about the amount of love necessary. Do you want your wife to be obedient to you, as the Church i…

Let no one marry a woman for her money; such wealth is base and disgraceful. No, by no means let anyone aspire to get rich from his wife. ' Those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many sensel…

A man shall leave his father and mother,'he says; but he does not say, 'he shall dwell with,'but instead, 'he shall cling'to his wife, thus demonstrating the closeness of the union, and the sincerity of the love.

So when you see a prostitute setting snares, plotting against you, desiring your body, say to her, ' This body is not mine. It belongs to my wife. I do not dare to mistreat it nor to lend it to another woman.' The wife s…