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The truth is, when a man and a woman are drawn to each other, they engage in this interplay. It’s not about one pursuing the other or desperate chasing. There’s no chase at all. It’s a natural kalinka.
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Children pay the highest price as a result of divorce [of their parents]. The children of divorced parents harbor a fear of instability in their own marriage. The hurt from their parents’ divorce may endure, and their wounds may persist, even into their own marriages.
—H.E. Metropolitan Youssef, Deep Psychological Needs
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The dangerous thing is when the feelings of sin are aroused in a person, like lust, envy, or other feelings, so he tries to ignore their existence, and thinks that if these feelings were truly present, they would defile him. There is a difference, however, between a person who admits the existence of these feelings and then deals with them to make them godly feelings, and [a person who] ignores and suppresses them. When a person deals with these feelings and reveals them to the light of Christ, he is sanctified. But if he ignores and denies their existence, they will remain buried within him, and they may come out violently at some point in time, thereby causing devastation in his life.
—H.E. Metropolitan Youssef, How to Develop Your Personality
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Likewise, the devil may approach an adolescent young man, and entice him into satisfying his flesh by way of sensual pleasure, but the Lord says to him, “Wait until you are in a godly relationship through the Mystery of Matrimony. Then you will find perfect satisfaction.”
—H.E. Metropolitan Youssef, How to Develop Your Personality
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Half the passion of being in a romantic relationship is being possessive over each other. Jealousy is a good emotion.
Anna Khachiyan
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It was no secret that Kafka felt great embarassment and disgust in regards to the human body because to him it was a reminder of the passing of time and of its horrifying effects on man, it was a reminder of the clock ticking away which made him feel powerless. He most likely was overpowered by this awareness that engaging in the act was just a mere distraction from the passing of time. Franz Kafka had this longing for perfection, personal fulfillment and greatness so it was pretty obvious that, since he felt like he could never accomplish anything in his lifetime, he saw death as the definitive deadline to the point where he even asked that his literary production would be burned after his death.
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Celebrations following the wedding should be befitting the majesty of that holy sacrament. It is inappropriate for the married couple, after having acquired the blessings of this great Rite, to open the doors wide for Satan, disinviting God. What kind of marriage would we expect, if its first night consists of an invitation to Satan, replete with dancing, alcohol consumption, etc…)? It is impossible to assert that God will be present in such a marriage.
Wedding celebrations used to abound in the days of St. John Chrysostom, which led him to warn us in no uncertain terms against inappropriate celebrations. There is nothing to prevent us from rejoicing in a holy, spiritual way; our wedding celebrations should be appropriate for children of God.
I’d like us to ask ourselves: “If an invitation were sent to Christ, the holy virgin and the apostles to come to the celebration, would they attend?” If their answer is negative, and they will not attend, I ask, “Who, then, will attend? Will this marriage be successful if, at the outset, we have distanced Christ, the holy virgin and the apostles?”
It is imperative that we preserve the sanctity of the Rite of Matrimony; the more our starting point is sound, the more this is reflected in the life of the married couple.
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God has granted us a vow in marriage in order to instill within us trust and the feeling of security in marriage. Entering into a relationship with the feeling that it could end anytime breeds mistrust and feelings of insecurity in that marriage; on the other hand, ensuring that the relationship is firmly founded and not susceptible to change yields the opposite effect.
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“The Father looked down from heaven, and found that man had defiled one of His most important works: marriage. Whereas God’s intent was that marriage embody cooperation, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” (Genesis 2:18), many spouses hate each other, to the extent that many have caused their partners to fall into sin, rather than cooperating with them to do good. For this reason, not every husband accompanies his wife down the road towards the Cross, so that they may learn from the true Groom – Who offered His bride’s dowry – the real meaning of a holy and eternal bond; this is the bond which ties Christ to His Church, and this is the bond on which is founded the absolute love, from which the man and his wife drink to lead a loving life together.”
— St. AugustineBishop Youssef, Marriage: Vow Or Contract?
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