love is the root

Love is the Root of Catholic Teaching on Marriage

It’s amazing how hard it is for many people to understand this seemingly obvious truth: there’s no social problem that isn’t made worse by the dissolution of traditional families, and none that wouldn’t be significantly alleviated by more intact families. 

Love and Marriage

Music for Love and Marriage: Handel’s “He Shall Feed His Flock”

 "He Shall Feed His Flock" emphasizes the love of the God who is Love (see John 4:8) for all of us, but especially for our own love as expressed in the Sacrament of Marriage.

A Martyr for Marriage (Bl. Margaret Pole)

At least for those who aren't heavily invested in the so-called "sexual revolution", it is clear that the societal endorsement of sexual license directly undermines the institution of marriage, and the breakdown of marriage in turn has a profound negative impact on children most immediately, but from there on everything and everyone else.