The number one threat to marriages is the same top threat to our salvation: selfishness. St John Paul II speaks about the personalistic norm as a fundamental principal for human relationships. Persons are meant to be loved, not used.

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Jesus emphasizes the seriousness of sin & scandal by acknowledging the reality of hell. Parents especially need to be on guard from leading their children to sin. Although God’s mercy is essentially the good news of the gospel, it’s not very good news if we don’t take seriously sin, scandal, and hell.

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For most of us, the single biggest obstacle in our spiritual life is our tendency to cling to control. We may have even tried to “let go & let God”, only to get discouraged when it got hard. But the way of Christ is different.

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