Living our love in marriage requires us to
educate ourselves for love, so that it does not get reduced to
the bare minimum, and is not confined solely to the avoidance
of conflicts. The wife and husband must ask how they love each
other, while remaining aware of their differences. They
should ask how they can show their affection, what concrete form
this can take. They should ask whether they manage to keep their
love young and strong, or try to recover what has been lost.
Whether they think of each other during the day, with loving
words and gestures. Whether they are getting to know each other
better as the years pass by, because each person is always a
very profound mystery. Whether they serve each other and their
children. Whether their love is full of joy.
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