Choose a topic from Part 3 Suppl:
1. At the death of either spouse, the marriage tie ceasesto exist for the other. Widowed spouses are free to marryagain.
2. The Christian marriage of a widowed person is a truesacrament. All the essentials of sacramental marriage are present.There is nothing to detract from the perfection of the presentmarriage in the fact that another or others preceded it.
"The Lord has always revealed to mortals the treasures of his wisdom and his spirit, but now that the face of evil bares itself more and more, so does the Lord bare his treasures more."
St John of the Cross, OCD - Doctor of the Church
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"Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars."
Thomas á Kempis
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"Though the path is plain and smooth for people of good will, those who walk it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty if they do not have good feet, courage, and tenacity of spirit.
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St John of the Cross, OCD - Doctor of the Church
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