Saturday, September 3, 2016

Amoris Laetitia - Par. 34



34.   When these factors affect our understanding of  the family, it can come to be seen as a way station, helpful when convenient, or a set- ting in which rights can be asserted while relationships are left to the changing winds of personal desire and circumstances.  Ultimately, it is easy nowadays to confuse genuine freedom with the idea that each individual can act arbitrarily, as if there were no truths, values and principles to provide guidance, and everything were possible and permissible.  The ideal of marriage, marked by a commitment to exclusivity and stability, is swept aside whenever it proves inconvenient or tiresome.  The fear of loneliness and the desire for stability and fidelity exist side by side with a growing fear of entrapment in a relationship that could hamper the achievement of one’s personal goals.



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