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1 III, 2,37 | is than for what he has."(100)~In a society shaken and
2 III, 2,38 | them up to worship God."(101) ~A vivid and attentive
3 III, 2,39 | transformation of the world."(102) ~The Synod too, taking
4 III, 2,39 | evangelize and are evangelized."(103)~By virtue of their ministry
5 III, 2,40 | contribution proper to itself.(104) ~The educational role of
6 III, 3,42 | vital cell of society."(105)~The family has vital and
7 III, 3,43 | requirements of social living."(106)~Consequently, faced with
8 III, 3,44 | members as much as possible.(107)~In particular, note must
9 III, 3,44 | Practice hospitality,"(108) and therefore, imitating
10 III, 3,44 | shall not lose his reward."(109)~The social role of families
11 III, 3,44 | for the family as such."(110) ~
12 III, 3,45 | its own original right"(111) and so society is under
13 III, 3,46 | search of a better life.(112) Acceding to the Synod'
14 III, 3,47 | according to the plan of God."(113)~The social and political
15 III, 4,49 | miniature" (Ecclesia domestica),(114) in such a way that in its
16 III, 4,49 | among the People of God."(115) For this reason they not
17 III, 4,49 | the Church's motherhood.(116) ~
18 III, 4,50 | of one heart and soul"(117) in faith, through the shared
19 III, 4,50 | fidelity and fruitfulness(118) that the Christian family'
20 III, 4,50 | the family work together."(119)~Having laid the foundation
21 III, 4,51 | proclaims it confidently,(120) the Christian family fulfills
22 III, 4,51 | the obedience of faith."(121) They are called upon to
23 III, 4,51 | to call them in marriage.(122) In and through the events,
24 III, 4,52 | of which it forms part."(123)~As the Synod repeated,
25 III, 4,52 | the Church of the home.(124) This apostolic mission
26 III, 4,52 | a blessed life to come."(125)~The absolute need for family
27 III, 4,52 | an authentic catechesis."(126) ~
28 III, 4,53 | practicality and daily witness.(127)~The family must educate
29 III, 4,53 | the one Body of Christ,(128) it must remain in intimate
30 III, 4,54 | to the whole creation."(129)~The Christian family's
31 III, 4,54 | Baptism and Confirmation,(130) and makes Christian married
32 III, 4,54 | to the end of the earth,"(131) missionaries, in the true
33 III, 4,54 | acceptance of Christ the Savior.(132)~Animated in its own inner
34 III, 4,54 | those who seek the truth."(133)~Just as at the dawn of
35 III, 4,54 | as a missionary couple,(134) so today the Church shows
36 III, 4,54 | their sons and daughters(135) and, more generally, "by
37 III, 4,54 | s love for all people."(136) ~2. The Christian Family
38 III, 4,55 | New and Eternal Covenant.(137)~The Christian family too
39 III, 4,56 | of grace and of charity."(138)~The gift of Jesus Christ
40 III, 4,56 | jointly to the glory of God."(139) ~Christian spouses and
41 III, 4,56 | conjugal and family life.(140) This gives rise to the
42 III, 4,56 | to give worship to God,"(141) is in itself a liturgical
43 III, 4,56 | a "spiritual sacrifice."(142) What the Council says of
44 III, 4,56 | the world itself to God."(143) ~
45 III, 4,57 | celebrated within the Mass."(144) To understand better and
46 III, 4,57 | His blood on the Cross.(145) In this sacrifice of the
47 III, 4,58 | the sacrament of Penance."(146)~The celebration of this
48 III, 4,58 | who is "rich in mercy,"(147) who bestows on them His
49 III, 4,58 | more powerful than sin,(148) and who reconstructs and
50 III, 4,59 | God through Jesus Christ."(149) This transformation is
51 III, 4,59 | I in the midst of them."(150)~Family prayer has for its
52 III, 4,60 | to love their neighbor."(151)~The concrete example and
53 III, 4,60 | you build up the Church."(152) ~
54 III, 4,61 | Second Vatican Council.(153) An important purpose of
55 III, 4,61 | Divine Office in common.(154) Likewise, the Christian
56 III, 4,61 | favored manner of praying."(155) In this way authentic devotion
57 III, 4,62 | authentic freedom of spirit."(156) ~Far from being a form
58 III, 4,62 | that is Christ the Lord.(157)~The fruitfulness of the
59 III, 4,62 | self-oblation and by prayer.(158) ~3. The Christian Family ~
60 III, 4,63 | of life in Christ Jesus"(159) "God's love has been poured
61 III, 4,63 | who has been given to us."(160)~This is true also for the
62 III, 4,63 | royal power by serving us,(161) so also the Christian finds
63 III, 4,63 | of God (cf. Rom. 8:21). "(162) ~
64 III, 4,64 | given to a needy person."(163) ~While building up the
65 III, 4,64 | towards the whole of society."(164) ~
66 IV, 1,65 | on the domestic Church."(165)~The Church's pastoral concern
67 IV, 1,67 | of her sanctifying power(166) must be per se valid, worthy
68 IV, 1,67 | issued by the Apostolic See(167)-to include in the liturgical
69 IV, 3,75 | passes through the family."(170) ~
70 IV, 3,76 | that cannot be ignored."(172) They could also become
71 IV, 3,76 | and energies occupied."(173) Hence "the duty. . .to
72 IV, 3,76 | direct their energies."(174)~Furthermore, because the
73 IV, 3,74 | Christ for her only spouse,"(175) and they are witnesses
74 IV, 3,76 | on the true good of man."(176)~I myself, on a similar
75 IV, 3,76 | commentators and actors."(177) It is therefore also the
76 IV, 4,84 | proper to married couples."(180) ~Similarly, the respect
77 IV, 4,85 | labor and are heavy laden."(181) ~
78 Conclu, 0,86| They must follow Christ."(182)~Christians also have the
79 Conclu, 0,86| justice, love, and peace," 183 towards which history is
80 III, 1,26 | United Nations on October 2, 1979: "I wish to express the
81 Conclu, 0,86| Universal King, in the year 1981, the fourth of the Pontificate. ~ ~
82 III, 2,28 | Love of God the Creator ~28. With the creation of man
83 III, 2,29 | Always Old Yet Always New ~29. Precisely because the love
84 IV, 2,71 | The Family ~71. But it is especially necessary
85 Conclu, 0,86| 86. At the end of this Apostolic
86 III, 2,32 | supernatural and eternal vocation,"(87) that Paul VI affirmed that
87 III, 2,32 | the procreative meaning."(88) And he concluded by re-emphasizing
88 III, 2,32 | procreation impossible."(89) ~When couples, by means
89 III, 2,32 | manipulation or alteration.(90) ~In the light of the experience
90 III, 2,33 | authentic married love.(91) Accordingly, the concrete
91 III, 2,33 | form of charity for souls."(92)~On the other hand, authentic
92 III, 2,33 | Eucharist and of Reconciliation.(93) Thus strengthened, Christian
93 III, 2,34 | in his or her own will."(95) On the same lines, it is
94 III, 2,34 | suffer anxiety of conscience.(96)~It will be easier for married
95 III, 2,35 | respected and applied.(97)~A very valuable witness
96 III, 2,35 | the author of human life."(98) ~
97 III, 2,36 | which every society needs."(99) ~The right and duty of
98 III, 4,56 | says that Jesus Christ "abides with them so that, just
99 I, 0,10 | though lacking technology, abound in human wisdom and are
100 IV, 4,84 | continence, that is, by abstinence from the acts proper to
101 III, 4,58 | the mercy of God, which is abundantly poured forth in the sacrament
102 III, 3,46 | of a better life.(112) Acceding to the Synod's explicit
103 III, 4,52 | which the Christian family accepts the Gospel and matures in
104 IV, 1,65 | must follow the family, accompanying it step by step in the different
105 I, 0,5 | Church, therefore, does not accomplish this discernment only through
106 I, 0,5 | realized.~This discernment is accomplished through the sense of faith,(
107 III, 2,34 | and so he knows, loves and accomplishes moral good by stages of
108 III, 2,32 | conjugal act, or in its accomplishment, or in the development of
109 III, 4,59 | family to live in generous accord with the priestly gift and
110 III, 2,39 | calling, they should grow accustomed to giving witness to the
111 III, 1,22 | intuitively perceives and acknowledges is fully revealed by the
112 IV, 1,66 | connected with it. It will also acquaint those concerned with correct
113 IV, 4,81 | should take care to become acquainted with such situations and
114 III, 4,58 | celebration of this sacrament acquires special significance for
115 IV, 4,81 | of social and political actions which will guarantee a family
116 I, 0,5 | profound understanding and activation of the word of God The Church,
117 IV, 2 | specific form of pastoral activity- has as its operative principle
118 III, 3,48 | through their educational activity-that is to say by presenting
119 IV, 3,76 | newsmen, commentators and actors."(177) It is therefore also
120 III, 2,28 | family is to serve life, to actualize in history the original
121 IV, 2,70 | aspect is expressed and actuated in the diocesan community,
122 Intro, 0,2 | with this Exhortation, thus actuating in a particular matter the
123 III, 1,27 | unacceptable ways. This causes acute suffering to them and spiritually
124 III, 1,25 | makes his own the cry of Adam, the first husband: "This
125 IV, 1,69 | such as those created by adaptation to life together or by the
126 IV, 4,77 | that are handicapped or addicted to drugs; the families of
127 III, 2,41 | sick, the disabled, drug addicts, ex-prisoners, etc.~This
128 III, 2,36 | or usurped by others.~In addition to these characteristics,
129 IV, 3,75 | that I had the occasion to address to the Confederation of
130 III, 3,45 | relations with the family to adhere to the principle of subsidiarity. ~
131 IV, 1,66 | financial resources, sensible administration, notions of housekeeping.~
132 II, 0,16 | it makes virginity more admirable and resplendent. What appears
133 III, 4,51 | faith can they discover and admire with joyful gratitude the
134 III, 4,51 | Faith as the Discovery and Admiring Awareness of God's Plan
135 IV, 4,84 | Sacred Scripture, of not admitting to Eucharistic Communion
136 III, 2,41 | show greater readiness to adopt and foster children who
137 III, 2,37 | regard to material goods, by adopting a simple and austere life
138 II, 0,14 | human person, for example, adoption, various forms of educational
139 III, 2,39 | that they may learn to adore God the Father in spirit
140 III, 1,25 | the witness he gives of an adult Christian life which effectively
141 II, 0,12 | prostitution,(25) infidelity is adultery, disobedience to the law
142 III, 2,33 | people and also to young adults before marriage, through
143 I, 0,9 | process develops, one which advances gradually with the progressive
144 III, 3,47 | disadvantaged. Therefore, advancing in its following of the
145 IV, 3,76 | to develop and use to advantage the free time of the young
146 IV, 3,75 | Confederation of Family Advisory Bureaus of Christian Inspiration: "
147 IV, 4,78 | Council's Declaration Nostra aetate on relations with non-Christian
148 III, 3,47 | by engaging in temporal affairs and by ordering them according
149 Intro, 0,1 | rapid changes that have affected society and culture. Many
150 IV, 4,84 | that, like the others, is affecting more and more Catholics
151 II, 0,13 | instinct, power of feeling and affectivity, aspiration of the spirit
152 III, 2,41 | exclusion, which seriously affects the elderly, the sick, the
153 III, 2,30 | the "No" which assails and afflicts the world, she replies with
154 IV, 4,81 | makes them uncertain or afraid to enter into a stable and
155 | afterwards
156 IV, 2 | principle and responsible agent the Church herself, through
157 I, 0,8 | wisdom more than bygone ages if the discoveries made
158 IV, 3,76 | young from the forms of aggression they are subjected to by
159 III, 2,33 | perils of selfishness and aggressiveness, and able to advance it
160 III, 4,59 | say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything
161 III, 1,21 | family.(61) They will be aided in this if parents exercise
162 IV, 3,73 | effective instrument for aiding and promoting it at every
163 III, 3,45 | families have all those aids- economic, social, educational,
164 IV, 4,77 | to drugs; the families of alcoholics; families that have been
165 IV, 4,77 | Moreover, ideologies which are alien to the faith can stimulate
166 III, 2,35 | on the responsibility of all-doctors, experts, marriage counselors,
167 I, 0,8 | dignity. Science is called to ally itself with wisdom.~The
168 III, 2,32 | without manipulation or alteration.(90) ~In the light of the
169 III, 2,32 | their married partner-by altering its value of "total" self-giving.
170 III, 1,25 | her master," writes St. Ambrose, "but her husband; she was
171 III, 2,30 | splendor of that "Yes," that "Amen," who is Christ Himself.(
172 III, 2,37 | of Human Life ~37. Even amid the difficulties of the
173 IV, 1,67 | marriage in the sphere of ancestral cultures or traditions,
174 IV, 1,66 | themselves that, according to ancient customs, ensure the passing
175 II, 0,13 | a blessing, announced by angels and ratified by the Father? ...
176 I, 0,6 | paradoxically joined to a certain anguish and uncertainty about the
177 III, 4,59 | birthday celebrations, wedding anniversaries of the parents, departures,
178 Intro, 0,2 | first community called to announce the Gospel to the human
179 II, 0,13 | offering, sealed by a blessing, announced by angels and ratified by
180 III, 4,51 | prophetic role by welcoming and announcing the word of God: it thus
181 III, 2,32 | further the difference, both anthropological and moral, between contraception
182 III, 2,30 | can conquer them.~Thus an anti-life mentality is born, as can
183 III, 4,52 | places: "In places where anti-religious legislation endeavors even
184 II, 0,16 | The celibate person thus anticipates in his or her flesh the
185 IV, 3,76 | defense of divorce or of antisocial attitudes among young people-is
186 Intro, 0,1 | those who are uncertain and anxious and searching for the truth,
187 III, 4,61 | turn to the Lord in prayer. Apart from morning and evening
188 IV, 2,71 | couples a special mission as apostles, sending them as workers
189 III, 1,22 | the Resurrection to the apostles-these are all signs that confirm
190 IV, 4,85 | and in movements of the apostolate-must be opened even wider. No
191 I, 0,4 | solutions which are very appealing but which obscure in varying
192 III, 1,22 | and His friendship, His appearing on Easter morning to a woman
193 IV, 1,66 | others.~This is even more applicable to Christian marriage, which
194 IV, 4,78 | to permit their practical application to the various situations. ~
195 III, 2,40 | that the parents have been appointed by God Himself as the first
196 Conclu, 0,86| family means being able to appreciate its values and capabilities,
197 IV, 4,77 | s loved ones, and by the approach of the end of life. These
198 IV, 4,81 | of God should also make approaches to the public authorities,
199 Conclu, 0,86| nucleus of the family in the approaching third millennium;~to you,
200 III, 4,54 | the dawn of Christianity Aquila and Priscilla were presented
201 III, 1,21 | brotherhood," as St. Thomas Aquinas calls it.(57) The Holy Spirit,
202 III, 2,33 | no way the author or the arbiter of this norm. In obedience
203 III, 2,32 | communion, they act as "arbiters" of the divine plan and
204 III, 1,21 | responding in this way to the ardent desire of the Lord: "that
205 III, 1,20 | fidelity on the spouses and argues for an unbreakable oneness
206 IV, 4,77 | such as members of the armed forces, sailors and all
207 I, 0,9 | patiently be led forward, arriving at a richer understanding
208 III, 2,40 | leads to a broader and more articulated activity resulting from
209 III, 2,33 | will undoubtedly requires ascetical practices, so that the affective
210 III, 1,27 | present set the elderly aside in unacceptable ways. This
211 Intro, 0,2 | intense days of work, and they asked me unanimously to be a spokesman
212 IV, 1,66 | balancing the different aspects-doctrinal, pedagogical, legal and
213 II, 0,13 | feeling and affectivity, aspiration of the spirit and of will.
214 III, 1,26 | heritage of values, duties and aspirations of the nation to which they
215 III, 2,30 | Himself.(84) To the "No" which assails and afflicts the world,
216 III, 2,39 | clear, brief and easily assimilated by all. The Episcopal Conferences
217 III, 3,45 | political and cultural assistance-that they need in order to face
218 IV, 4,78 | Likewise the Catholic must be assisted in every possible way to
219 III, 3,44 | therefore, either singly or in association, can and should devote themselves
220 II, 0,13 | Creator,(31) is elevated and assumed into the spousal charity
221 III, 4,53 | original and irreplaceable. It assumes the characteristics typical
222 Conclu, 0,86| sheds on every family.~I assure you all of my constant prayers
223 III, 1,20 | together, let not man put asunder."(55)~To bear witness to
224 III, 2,36 | parents to create a family atmosphere so animated with love and
225 IV, 3,76 | ignored or deliberately attacked. Rather they will ensure
226 III, 2,30 | public authorities which attempt to limit in any way the
227 IV, 4,84 | sacramental marriage and who have attempted a second marriage. The Church
228 IV, 4,83 | after all other reasonable attempts at reconciliation have proved
229 III, 1,25 | wife.... Reciprocate her attentiveness to you and be grateful to
230 IV, 3,73 | of the importance that I attribute to pastoral care for the
231 IV, 4,80 | would like to justify by attributing a certain value to them.
232 I, 0,6 | well-known expression of St. Augustine, a conflict between two
233 III, 2,37 | by adopting a simple and austere life style and being fully
234 III, 1,22 | moral criterion for the authenticity of conjugal and family relationships
235 I, 0,5 | the faithful, examine and authoritatively judge the genuineness of
236 I, 0,6 | and the family, but as an autonomous power of self-affirmation,
237 III, 1,27 | though having to respect the autonomy of the new family; above
238 IV, 3,73 | every level.~The Bishops avail themselves especially of
239 III, 3,43 | dialogue, disinterested availability, generous service and deep
240 II, 0,16 | celibacy, the human being is awaiting, also in a bodily way, the
241 IV, 4,81 | b) De Facto Free Unions ~81.
242 IV, 3,76 | existence, its stability, its balance and its happiness. Every
243 IV, 1,66 | the "Preparation Courses," balancing the different aspects-doctrinal,
244 III, 1,21 | Reconciliation and in the banquet of the one Body of Christ
245 III, 2,41 | are often without even the barest necessities.~Christian families
246 Conclu, 0,86| dedicated to His Kingship I beg of Him that every family
247 III, 2,38 | a woman join in order to beget offspring and bring them
248 III, 2,39 | parents, in that they are begetters not only of bodily life
249 IV, 1,68 | They have thus already begun what is in a true and proper
250 | behind
251 II, 0,13 | indissoluble manner. Their belonging to each other is the real
252 III, 2,33 | effort, yet, thanks to its beneficent influence, husband and wife
253 Intro, 0,1 | other institution, has been beset by the many profound and
254 III, 4,61 | considered as one of the best and most efficacious prayers
255 Conclu, 0,86| home as He was at Cana, bestowing light, joy, serenity and
256 Intro, 0,1 | have become uncertain and bewildered over their role or even
257 III, 2,31 | illustrating ever more clearly the biblical foundations, the ethical
258 IV, 4,77 | exiles; the families in big cities living practically
259 III, 2,34 | humanity with the delicate and binding love whereby God Himself
260 III, 1,20 | irrevocable indissolubility that binds Christ to the Church His
261 III, 4,59 | disappointments, births and birthday celebrations, wedding anniversaries
262 III, 4,59 | hopes and disappointments, births and birthday celebrations,
263 IV, 3,73 | care of the family is the Bishop. As father and pastor, he
264 III, 1,24 | mentality produces very bitter fruits, such as contempt
265 III, 3,46 | it acts, and even of its blatant injustice.~For this reason,
266 III, 2,39 | Eucharistic and the ecclesial Body-they become fully parents, in
267 III, 1,25 | husband: "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of
268 III, 1,25 | This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh."(
269 IV, 4,78 | faith.(179)~There must be borne in mind the particular difficulties
270 III, 4,58 | mutual pardon within the bosom of the Christian family,
271 III, 4,57 | partaking in the Eucharistic bread, the different members of
272 IV, 4,83 | to the often irreparable breakdown of valid marriages. These
273 III, 2,32 | as an "object" that, by breaking the personal unity of soul
274 IV, 4,77 | of a family member, which breaks up and deeply transforms
275 III, 1,27 | often have the charism to bridge generation gaps before they
276 III, 2,39 | one that would be clear, brief and easily assimilated by
277 I | PART ONE ~BRIGHT SPOTS AND SHADOWS FOR THE
278 IV, 1,66 | described only in their broad outlines. It is to be hoped
279 IV, 3,76 | Rather they will ensure the broadcasting of programs that present
280 III, 2,41 | ex-prisoners, etc.~This broadens enormously the horizons
281 III, 1,21 | interior dynamism "a grace of brotherhood," as St. Thomas Aquinas
282 IV, 3,75 | Confederation of Family Advisory Bureaus of Christian Inspiration: "
283 II, 0,16 | way,(40) "so as to make it burn with greater love for God
284 I, 0,8 | needs such wisdom more than bygone ages if the discoveries
285 IV, 4,82 | c) Catholics in Civil Marriages ~
286 IV, 3,76 | their children to express calm and objective judgments,
287 IV, 4,81 | above all there must be a campaign of prevention, by fostering
288 Conclu, 0,86| Christian home as He was at Cana, bestowing light, joy, serenity
289 IV, 1,66 | premarital enquiry required by Canon Law. This preparation is
290 IV, 4,84 | grave fault have destroyed a canonically valid marriage. Finally,
291 Conclu, 0,86| appreciate its values and capabilities, fostering them always.
292 Conclu, 0,86| day-to-day duties, to bear the cares and tribulations of life,
293 III, 1,27 | in the eyes and words and caresses of the aging! And how many
294 III, 2,30 | pessimism and selfishness which cast a shadow over the world,
295 IV, 1,66 | adequate catechesis, as in a catechumenal process-involves a more
296 IV, 1,66 | which is similar to the catechumenate, there must also be a deeper
297 IV, 4,77 | Although the party faithful to Catholicism cannot give way, dialogue
298 III, 1,20 | whole of life, and to those caught up in a culture that rejects
299 IV, 1,68 | judgments; secondly, the risk of causing doubts about the validity
300 III, 2,33 | And so the Church never ceases to exhort and encourage
301 III, 2,30 | material goods, finish by ceasing to understand, and thus
302 III, 4,59 | disappointments, births and birthday celebrations, wedding anniversaries of
303 III, 2,37 | at home or in educational centers chosen and controlled by
304 III, 4,62 | understood in its fullness and centrality. Indeed, prayer is an important
305 IV, 4,78 | pressure to make the partner change his or her beliefs, or by
306 I, 0,5 | of the various gifts and charisms that, together with and
307 IV, 4,81 | patiently, correct them charitably and show them the witness
308 III, 2,33 | In the Christian view, chastily by no means signifies rejection
309 III, 1,24 | of women, as for example childless wives, widows, separated
310 I, 0,8 | consequence of political choices that decide the direction
311 III, 2,40 | The right of parents to choose an education in conformity
312 IV, 2,71 | through help and advice in choosing a vocation, through mutual
313 III, 2,39 | initiation into the Body of Christ-both the Eucharistic and the
314 IV, 1,68 | marriage, effected by the whole Christian-community, so that every man and woman
315 III, 4,54 | Just as at the dawn of Christianity Aquila and Priscilla were
316 II, 0,16 | Rightly indeed does St. John Chrysostom say: "Whoever denigrates
317 IV, 4,85 | great family which is the Church-the Church which finds concrete
318 III, 4,64 | be extended to the wider circle of the ecclesial community
319 IV, 4,80 | of time or of any other circumstance.~The Church, for her part,
320 IV, 4,77 | exiles; the families in big cities living practically speaking
321 Conclu, 0,86| importance of its mission in the City of God and in that of man.~
322 I, 0,9 | families and peoples, even civilization itself, by beginning from
323 IV, 4,85 | unfortunately cannot in any sense claim membership of what could
324 III, 1,27 | life of the aging helps to clarify a scale of human values;
325 III, 2,29 | reaffirms and reproposes with clarity the Church's teaching and
326 III, 2,37 | conflicts caused by the violent clash of various kinds of individualism
327 IV, 3,76 | become a vehicle-sometimes cleverly and systematically manipulated,
328 IV, 1,65 | help so that they can come closer to that model of a family
329 IV, 1,65 | to the Christian families closest at hand; it will extend
330 III, 4,63 | be found not in a written code, but in the personal action
331 IV, 4,81 | place only after a period of cohabitation and the birth of the first
332 III, 3,44 | little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple,
333 III, 1,23 | professions should be harmoniously combined, if we wish the evolution
334 Conclu, 0,86| at the foot of the Cross, comfort the sufferings and dry the
335 II, 0,13 | them the grace and duty of commemorating the great works of God and
336 IV, 3,76 | directors, playwrights, newsmen, commentators and actors."(177) It is
337 III, 4,62 | of escapism from everyday commitments, prayer constitutes the
338 IV, 1,68 | is also a social matter, committing the couple being married
339 III, 4,63 | service to man. "Christ has communicated this power to his disciples
340 III, 1,20 | revelation: He wills and He communicates the indissolubility of marriage
341 IV, 3,76 | Recipients and Agents of Social Communications ~76. This very important
342 III, 1,25 | the conjugal and family communion-community, the man is called upon
343 IV, 1,69 | Thus, within the ecclesial community-the great family made up of
344 III, 2,38 | Thomas has no hesitation in comparing it with the ministry of
345 III, 2,41 | Jesus continues to "have compassion" on the multitudes. ~
346 I, 0,10 | the two principles of the compatibility with the Gospel of the various
347 III, 1,23 | mothers are not in practice compelled to work outside the home,
348 Intro, 0,3 | perceives in a more urgent and compelling way her mission of proclaiming
349 III, 2,36 | that scarcely anything can compensate for their failure in it.
350 III, 2,40 | accordance with the special competence and contribution proper
351 IV, 1,67 | according to the norms of the competent authorities of the Church.
352 IV, 1,68 | immediate preparation for it can complement and bring to completion,
353 III, 1,19 | its roots in the natural complementarity that exists between man
354 III, 3,45 | family and society have complementary functions in defending and
355 III, 2,36 | task of education as it completes and perfects its service
356 IV, 1,68 | complement and bring to completion, given the uprightness of
357 III, 4,62 | Christian family to assume and comply fully with all its responsibilities
358 III, 2,33 | without ever falsifying or compromising the truth: she is convinced
359 IV, 3,76 | the same time they also conceal "snares and dangers that
360 III, 2,33 | people of good will, without concealing its demands of radicalness
361 III, 1,26 | from the first moment of conception and then throughout the
362 III, 2,32 | analysis two irreconcilable concepts of the human person and
363 III, 2,32 | procreative meaning."(88) And he concluded by re-emphasizing that there
364 Conclu | CONCLUSION ~
365 IV, 4,80 | with full truth without the concourse of the love of charity,
366 I, 0,4 | touches men and women in the concreteness of their daily existence
367 IV, 4,80 | been trained to dominate concupiscence from the beginning and to
368 III, 2,30 | abortion, must be altogether condemned and forcefully rejected.
369 III, 2,30 | is found.~Thus the Church condemns as a grave offense against
370 III, 2,30 | advancement of peoples is made conditional on programs of contraception,
371 IV, 4,81 | poverty, sometimes by a conditioning due to situations of real
372 III, 2,33 | and uphold all the human conditions-psychological, moral and spiritual-indispensable
373 III, 2,39 | that they may be trained to conduct their personal life in true
374 IV, 1,67 | liturgical celebration should be conducted in such a way as to constitute,
375 IV, 3,75 | occasion to address to the Confederation of Family Advisory Bureaus
376 III, 2,36 | recalled, "since parents have conferred life on their children,
377 III, 4,60 | receive when they are young: Confession, Communion and Confirmation?
378 III, 4,51 | reverence and proclaims it confidently,(120) the Christian family
379 III, 1,22 | apostles-these are all signs that confirm the special esteem of the
380 III, 2,37 | and split by tensions and conflicts caused by the violent clash
381 III, 2,31 | that is already so often confused and contradictory. In fulfillment
382 IV, 4,84 | would be led into error and confusion regarding the Church's teaching
383 III, 4,60 | Do you prepare them, in conjunction with the priests, for the
384 II, 0,11 | conjugal love freely and consciously chosen, whereby man and
385 III, 4,56 | in every place, the laity consecrate the world itself to God."(
386 III, 2,38 | sacrament of marriage, which consecrates them for the strictly Christian
387 I, 0,5 | solely or necessarily in the consensus of the faithful. Following
388 IV, 4,78 | exercise of the faith and the consequent obligation to ensure, as
389 IV, 3,74 | institutes of consecrated life to consider-always with substantial respect
390 III, 1,24 | persistent mentality which considers the human being not as a
391 I, 0,5 | faith"(13) however does not consist solely or necessarily in
392 III, 1,21 | building such a communion is constituted by the educational exchange
393 III, 4,63 | hearts of believers and constituting, at the same time, the fundamental
394 IV, 3,75 | psychologists, social workers, consultants, etc.) who either as individuals
395 IV, 3,76 | themselves, by keeping in contact-through suitable initiatives-with
396 IV, 4,81 | of which may perhaps be containable by suitable action.~Some
397 IV, 4,78 | the directives and norms contained in the most recent documents
398 III, 2,30 | technical progress, which contemporary man is continually expanding
399 III, 1,24 | very bitter fruits, such as contempt for men and for women, slavery,
400 I, 0,6 | the appearance of a truly contraceptive mentality.~At the root of
401 III, 2,30 | others by imposing on them contraceptives or even worse means. Still
402 IV, 1,68 | the Catholic Church, thus contradicting ecclesial tradition.~However,
403 III, 4,58 | discover in faith that sin contradicts not only the covenant with
404 III, 2,37 | educational centers chosen and controlled by them. In this regard,
405 IV, 3,76 | on their children and by controlling the use of the media in
406 IV, 1,67 | the nature of the conjugal convent, elevated into a sacrament,
407 III, 2,28 | ready with stout hearts to cooperate with the love of the Creator
408 III, 2,37 | bound to observe when it cooperates in sex education, by entering
409 III, 2,40 | completely inalienable.~But corresponding to their right, parents
410 II, 0,11 | required by conjugal love also corresponds to the demands of responsible
411 III, 2,38 | enriches them with wisdom, counsel, fortitude and all the other
412 IV, 3,74 | own work of teaching and counseling in the preparation of young
413 III, 2,35 | all-doctors, experts, marriage counselors, teachers and married couples-who
414 IV, 3,76 | extent need to be able to count on the good will, integrity
415 IV, 4,85 | There exist in the world countless people who unfortunately
416 III, 1,26 | present earthly homelands. No country on earth, no political system
417 III, 2,35 | counselors, teachers and married couples-who can actually help married
418 II, 0,15 | from the sacrament, the cradle and the setting in which
419 III, 2,41 | must have an unceasing "creativity," a marvelous fruit of the
420 III, 2,28 | original blessing of the Creator-that of transmitting by procreation
421 III, 2,34 | sustains and guides every creature towards its happiness.~But
422 IV, 4,78 | faith, so as to become a credible witness within the family
423 III, 1,22 | rightly stated, the moral criterion for the authenticity of
424 III, 1,27 | inspired word that the 'crown of the aged is their children'
425 II, 0,14 | in whom they find their crowning.(34)~In its most profound
426 III, 2,28 | image and likeness, God crowns and brings to perfection
427 I, 0,9 | heart, following Christ Crucified by denying our own selfishness:
428 III, 2,30 | curse their existence in a cruel world with unforeseeable
429 III, 1,25 | and he makes his own the cry of Adam, the first husband: "
430 III, 3,44 | these little ones even a cup of cold water because he
431 I, 0,10 | departments of the Roman Curia, and greater pastoral diligence
432 III, 2,30 | as can be seen in many current issues: one thinks, for
433 III, 2,30 | life when perhaps they will curse their existence in a cruel
434 IV, 4,83 | d) Separated or Divorced Persons
435 I, 0,6 | an interplay of light and darkness.~This shows that history
436 III, 2,32 | many couples and of the data provided by the different
437 III, 4,54 | truth."(133)~Just as at the dawn of Christianity Aquila and
438 IV, 4,81 | b) De Facto Free Unions ~81. This
439 IV, 4,78 | various necessities.~In dealing with these special needs,
440 III, 3,48 | peace of humanity can be dealt with and solved.~The spiritual
441 I, 0,8 | of political choices that decide the direction of research
442 Conclu, 0,86| strength. On the solemn day dedicated to His Kingship I beg of
443 III, 3,47 | generous and disinterested dedication to social matters, through
444 III, 4,51 | engaged to rediscover and deepen the faith received in Baptism
445 III, 2,33 | enemy of true love, and deepens their sense of responsibility.
446 IV, 3,76 | eroticism or violence, the defense of divorce or of antisocial
447 IV, 4,82 | and who reject or at least defer religious marriage. Their
448 I, 0,10 | back to the beginning," in deference to the teaching of Christ.(
449 III, 4,64 | charity may rise above any deficiencies in fact and even in appearance,
450 IV, 3,73 | hierarchical Magisterium. Clearly defined relationships between theologians,
451 Intro, 0,3 | destroy it or in some way to deform it, and aware that the well-being
452 III, 2,32 | and they "manipulate" and degrade human sexuality-and with
453 III, 1,24 | Besides, many forms of degrading discrimination still persist
454 III, 4,49 | of the Church to such a degree as to become a sharer, in
455 III, 3,43 | and therefore inhuman and dehumanizing, with the negative results
456 III, 4,51 | dignity to which God has deigned to raise marriage and the
457 IV, 4,84 | with resolution and without delay. The Synod Fathers studied
458 III, 3,46 | victim of society, of the delays and slowness with which
459 III, 2,36 | incapable of being entirely delegated to others or usurped by
460 IV, 4,85 | often not through their own deliberate wish, I consider particularly
461 IV, 3,76 | society are not ignored or deliberately attacked. Rather they will
462 III, 4,63 | creation itself will be delivered out of its slavery to corruption
463 IV, 2,71 | God in history. This is demanded as an act of docile obedience
464 Conclu, 0,86| everyone's attention to the demanding yet fascinating roles of
465 III, 2,30 | exaggerate the danger of demographic increase to the quality
466 III, 1,27 | generations and marvelously demonstrates the interdependence of God'
467 II, 0,16 | Chrysostom say: "Whoever denigrates marriage also diminishes
468 I, 0,9 | following Christ Crucified by denying our own selfishness: such
469 III, 2,40 | with wisdom help the young depart from the faith. In this
470 I, 0,10 | Conferences and the appropriate departments of the Roman Curia, and
471 III, 0,17 | with love as its point of departure and making constant reference
472 III, 4,59 | anniversaries of the parents, departures, separations and homecomings,
473 III, 3,43 | of becoming more and more depersonalized and standardized and therefore
474 III, 1,24 | mothers.~The Synod Fathers deplored these and other forms of
475 IV, 4,81 | of God with His people; deprivation of the grace of the sacrament;
476 I, 0,6 | uncertainty about the future, deprive married couples of the generosity
477 III, 1,18 | husband and wife and, in a derivatory and broader way, the love
478 IV, 1,66 | marriage, which have been described only in their broad outlines.
479 III, 2,39 | The Second Vatican Council describes the content of Christian
480 II, 0,13 | Himself on the Cross. ~In a deservedly famous page, Tertullian
481 IV, 4,85 | the Heart of Christ and deserving of the affection and active
482 IV, 2,72 | families.~It is similarly desirable that, with a lively sense
483 IV, 4,81 | social consequences (the destruction of the concept of the family;
484 I, 0,9 | while requiring an interior detachment from every evil and an adherence
485 III, 1,23 | in the Christian life and determine the fundamental bond between
486 III, 2,32 | evaluation of motives. It must be determined by objective standards.
487 IV, 3,75 | that it pursues, and so determining, for the good of society
488 IV, 2,72 | struggle against all that is detrimental to their dignity, the increase
489 IV, 4,84 | cannot abandon to their own devices those who have been previously
490 III, 2,36 | their failure in it. For it devolves on parents to create a family
491 III, 4,61 | and observance of popular devotions.~While respecting the freedom
492 III, 1,23 | without disregarding the differences of customs and cultures
493 I, 0,10 | Curia, and greater pastoral diligence so that this "inculturation"
494 IV, 4,79 | protect the family in all its dimensions, not only the religious
495 III, 2,33 | I therefore repeat: "To diminish in no way the saving teaching
496 II, 0,16 | denigrates marriage also diminishes the glory of virginity.
497 IV, 2,70 | also been set up in some dioceses. Bishops should see to it
498 II, 0,11 | fertility. This fertility is directed to the generation of a human
499 I, 0,8 | choices that decide the direction of research and its applications,
500 IV, 3,76 | publishers writers, producers, directors, playwrights, newsmen, commentators
501 IV, 1,66 | see that there is issued a Directory for the Pastoral Care of
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