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The mystery of death.

 All of us know that we must die. But many of us delude ourselves by imagining that death is far off. It is almost as if we think that death will never come.  Job tells us that life is short. Remember that any mortal, born of a woman few of days and few of trouble, comes up like a flower and withers, remember again when Job said " my days are shifter than a runner, they flew away, they see no good " Some people are reluctant to think about the shortness of life and as a consequence are unpreparke d to die.As we read in the Bible that we must all die, we're like water spilled on the ground,vwe can't be gathered up. Let us also remember that Christ submitted to a cruel and humiliating death in order to obtain grace of a good death for us. This being the reason why he gives us so many calls, so many inspirations and warnings, is that at our last moment we may have the grace to die in his love.  If you are a Christian believe that you must die, that there's an eternit...

Sexual regulations

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 The properties of marriage are unity and indisollubility. By unity we mean that the husband has only one wife and the wife has only one husband. Marriage can take place only between one man and one woman.  By in dis solubility, we mean that the contract of marriage cannot be dissolved at will or with the consent of the contracting partners but only through the death of one of the parties. The basis of the bond of  indissoluble unity between husband and wife is that Jesus Christ himself began this symbolic representation of his union with the church and the grace is showered upon the spouses in marriage.  The Christian marriage must be as indissoluble as the love between Christ and his church. This union is so profound that only death can dissolve it. The goods and properties of marriage as taught by St  Augustine are still relevant today in the church. The presence of conscupiscence in marriage of which St Augustine has spoken Paraphraser Modes: Standard The gr...

The ethics of sexuality for the youths.

  Patristic views on sexuality. The growth in the understanding of the church of human sexuality has been directed by an awareness of fundamental truths about human nature and destiny which are grounded in the holy scripture, proclaimed by the Magisterium and reform by theological traditions. To understand the teachings on human sexuality by the fathers of the church, a person should know very well about the heretic movements and teachings prevalent during the period which failed to appreciate the basic goodness of human sexuality.