Choose a topic from Part 3 Suppl:
1. We have seen that marriage consent cannot be expressedin the future tense; the spouses must accept each other here andnow when they utter their consent. This is so even if an oath isadded to the words of promise. For a promise, with or without anadded oath, expresses what has not yet happened. A marriage happensat the moment consent is given and expressed.
2. A consent to future marriage, even with an oath, andeven if followed by carnal use or marital rights, does not make atrue marriage.
"A person who rails at God in adversity, suffers without merit; moreover by his lack of resignation he adds to his punishment in the next life and experiences greater disquietude of mind in this life."
St Alphonsus de Liguori
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"The more you know and the better you understand, the more severely will you be judged, unless your life is also the more holy. Do not be proud, therefore, because of your learning or skill. Rather, fear because of the talent given you."
Thomas á Kempis
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"The one thing necessary which Jesus spoke of to Martha and Mary consists in hearing the word of God and living by it."
R. Garrigou-Lagrange, OP
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