By
its very nature conjugal love requires the inviolable fidelity of the spouses.
This is the consequence of the gift of themselves which they make to each
other. Love seeks to be definitive; it cannot be an arrangement "until
further notice." the "intimate union of marriage, as a mutual giving
of two persons, and the good of the children, demand total fidelity from the
spouses and require an unbreakable union between them."
The
deepest reason is found in the fidelity of God to his covenant, in that of
Christ to his Church. Through the sacrament of Matrimony the spouses are
enabled to represent this fidelity and witness to it. Through the sacrament,
the indissolubility of marriage receives a new and deeper meaning.
It
can seem difficult, even impossible, to bind oneself for life to another human
being. This makes it all the more important to proclaim the Good News that God
loves us with a definitive and irrevocable love, that married couples share in
this love, that it supports and sustains them, and that by their own
faithfulness they can be witnesses to God's faithful love. Spouses who with
God's grace give this witness, often in very difficult conditions, deserve the
gratitude and support of the ecclesial community.
FROM: Catechism of the Catholic Church
FROM: Catechism of the Catholic Church
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