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 151:   Based on the Vatican II document 
Gaudium et Spes (Church in the world) 
Article 49

 

 

Two points from this article:

1: Since married life is not easy, therefore couples need to pray for "steadiness of love, large heartedness and the spirit of sacrifice"

2: Young people should be taught about the dignity of married love,
so that they will be able to enter a marriage of their own after an honorable courtship

Re "honorable courtship" maybe the language and thinking of this article (largely a priest's words) need updating (no pun intended) but its goal is a worthwhile one

Just found - a better article: Courtship and the Honorable Man  (written by a married woman)

Jesus, please help young people value the ideal of an honorable courtship

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