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There was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, and the Mother of Jesus was there. AndJesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the marriage.-- JOHN ii. I, 2.

Let love be without dissimulation, hating that which is evil, cleaving to thatwhich is good. . . . Being of one mind, owe toward another.-- ROM. xii. 9, 16.

THE DUTIES OF MARRIED PEOPLE1

Cana was a small village about one hour's walk from Nazareth, the home of the

Blessed Virgin. The couple united in wedlock at this marriage were perhapsrelatives of our Lady, and this may account, at least in part, for her presencethere, and that of our Lord and the Apostles. We can easily picture to ourselvesthe dignity and loveliness which must have graced this occasion. What virtue andmodesty must have characterized that wedding company! Surely the blessings ofthat day, and the faithful promises then made in the presence of our LordHimself, must have endured throughout the lives of that bridal pair, makingtheir home the abode of happiness and a model of domestic piety. Married peopletoday, if they would be happy and peaceful, must imitate the spirit of thisfeast of Cana, starting with the blessing of Christ upon them, and living theirlives in accordance with the teachings of Christ's Church.

I. Mutual duties of husband and wife. 1. The husband and wife owe each otherlove, since marriage is principally a union of heart and affection. Thequalities of this love are: (a) it must be genuine, i.e., expressed not merelyin word, but in deed; (b) it must be constant, i.e., it must not be diminishedby time or circumstances, since they take each other for better or for worse,for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, etc.; (c) It must besupernatural and spiritual, i.e., it must have the eternal salvation of bothparties as its purpose, and must permit of nothing that would be a hindrance totheir sanctification. 2. The husband and wife must be faithful in their love and


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devotion to each other, and must avoid everything that can cause reasonablesuspicion or jealousy. This duty obliges one as much as the other (l Cor. vii. 4).3. The husband and wife should never forget that the primary object of marriageis to have children. 4. The married couple should live together in peace andharmony, for every house divided against itself must fall (Luke xi. 17).

II. Duties of the husband, 1. The husband should love his wife as a partner (Coloss.iii. 18), and remember that he holds in her regard the place of a father and abrother. 2. The husband should honor his wife, trusting her, treating her as ahelpmate and not a slave (i Peter iii. 7). 3. The husband must provide for thedecent support and protection of his wife and family, according to their state.4. The husband must bear with the defects of his wife and charitably correct herwhen necessary. 5. The husband, by word and example, is bound to promote themoral and spiritual welfare of his wife and family.

III. Duties of the wife. 1. St. Paul reduces the wife's duties to three, whichare to take care of the house, and to be gentle and obedient to her husband (Titusii. 5). 2. The primary duty of the wife is to obey her husband in all that isreasonable and not contrary to the law of God (Gen. iii. 16; Eph. v. 22). 3. The

wife should, by her diligence and cleanliness, by her cheerfulness andamiability, strive to make her husband happy at home and in her company; sheshould find her pleasure in her home and not in going about. 4. By her prudentand economical management the wife should endeavor to make the best use of herhusband's earnings. 5. It is the wife's duty to train the children in piety andreligion.

CONCLUSION. 1. Married people should remember that their personal sanctificationand the happiness of their family depends on the faithful discharge of therespective duties of husband and wife. 2. These duties cannot be discharged (a)unless the parties try to overcome, or hold in check, their own faults and

failings, while exercising forbearance toward each other; (b) unless their lovefor each other be supernatural and spiritual rather than sensual. 3. The betterto fulfill their duties married people should be devoted to prayer and goregularly to the Sacraments.

Catechism of the Council of Trent, Part II

THE DUTIES OF MARRIED PEOPLE

The more easily to preserve the holy state of marriage from dissensions, thepastor will instruct the faithful in the duties of husband and wife, asinculcated by St. Paul and by the prince of the Apostles.(1)

DUTIES OF A HUSBAND

It is the duty of the husband to treat his wife generously and honorably. Itshould not be forgotten that Eve was called by Adam "his companion." "The woman,"he says, "whom thou gavest me as a companion." Hence, it was, according to the


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opinion of some of the holy Fathers, that she was formed not from the feet butfrom the side of man; as, on the other hand, she was not formed from his head,in order to give her to understand that it was not hers to command but to obeyher husband.

The husband should also be constantly occupied in some honest pursuit, with aview to provide necessaries for the support of his family and to avoid idleness,the root of almost every vice.

He is also to keep all his family in order, to correct their morals, and seethat they discharge their duties with fidelity.

DUTIES OF A WIFE

On the other hand, the duties of a wife are thus summed up by the prince of theApostles: "Let wives be subject to their husbands: that if any believe not theword, they may be won without the word by the conversation of the wives,considering your chaste conversation with fear. Let not their adorning be theoutward plaiting of the hair, or the wearing of gold, or the putting on ofapparel; but the hidden man of the heart in the incorruptibility of a quiet andmeek spirit, which is rich in the sight of God. For after this manner heretoforethe holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection

to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord" (i Peter iii.1-6).

To train up their children in the practice of virtue, and to pay particularattention to their domestic concerns, should also be especial objects of theirattention. The wife should love her home and should not spend her time elsewhere,unless duty requires this and she has her husband's consent.

Again, and in this the conjugal union chiefly consists, let wives never forgetthat next to God they are to love their husbands, to esteem them above allothers, yielding to them in all things not inconsistent with Christian piety, a

willing obedience.

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CHRISTIAN AND PAGAN VIEWS OF MARRIAGEBY THE REV. K. KROGH-TONNING, D.D.

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Calilee, and the mother ofJesus was there. And Jesus also was invited, and His disciples, to the marriage.

--JOHNii. I, 2.

Matrimony, more perhaps than any other ordinary state of life, offers abundantopportunities to faith of developing and of bringing forth fruit, and it is mostimportant that this should be accomplished, for where marriage is respected,society prospers; and where marriage is dishonored, all social prosperity isundermined, for marriage is the foundation of social life. In the Gospel we read


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that our Lord was present at a wedding, and He intended thus to sanctify themarriage bond. Nevertheless there are unsanctified marriages even amongChristians, and we sometimes meet with pagan ideas on the subject.

I. PAGAN IDEAS OF MARRIAGE: POLYGAMY

It behooves us clearly to distinguish between these pagan views and those whichChristians ought to hold, and therefore we will proceed to compare them.

Paganism regards woman as a slave, and this is the result of failure toappreciate every human being as a distinct, living personality. When personalityis overlooked, a slave ceases to be an intelligent being, and becomes merely athing, or at best a domestic animal. Where woman is regarded as the slave of herhusband, polygamy results, for he may have several slaves and consequentlyseveral wives. The number of his wives and slaves is as unimportant as thenumber of his domestic animals and of the utensils employed in his business. Afurther result of this theory is that marriage ceases to be permanent. A worn-oututensil is thrown away, a worthless slave is got rid of in one way or another,and so is an animal which is no longer required. If the wife is nothing but achattel belonging to the husband, he can keep her or dispose of her as hechooses.

DOMESTIC SLAVERY

Someone may feel inclined to exclaim that all this has nothing to do with us; nowife is now her husband's slave. Of course she is not legally, but is she notsometimes practically a slave? Do not men allow their wives to toil in order tosupport the family? Do none amongst us heap upon women cares and burdens such asthe men alone are qualified to bear? Men are very apt to relieve themselves oftheir troubles; and women are by nature inclined to take anxieties uponthemselves.

At the wedding feast in Cana a difficulty presented itself-- the wine ran short,and our Lady became aware of the fact. She, being a woman, sympathized at oncewith the embarrassment felt by the host, and was impelled to do her best toremove it. She revealed a truly feminine trait, one that God's hand seems tohave impressed upon woman at her creation, but the more a man may admire it, themore careful should he be not to abuse his wife's emotional and sympatheticdisposition by casting upon her burdens that she is unfit to bear.

DIVORCE

We have already referred to the dissolubility of marriage among pagans.

Unhappily there is great need nowadays to protest against the revival of thispagan theory. It ought not to be necessary for me to remind you of all themisery to society and to individuals that results from facilities for divorce.It is quite certain that, where the State is ready to declare marriages annulled,they are contracted recklessly. People are careless enough where the outwardbond is inviolable, but when it is weakened, separation becomes a matter ofeveryday occurrence. Need I dwell upon the unhappy position of those who haveseparated? Need I point out what terrible consequences would ensue if still more


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children were to grow up without the discipline and ties of family life? Historyrecords plainly enough the disastrous results of weakening the marriage bond,but, as the saying goes, history teaches us that men refuse to learn fromhistory.

2. THE CHRISTIAN TEACHING OF MARRIAGE--INDISSOLUBILITY

In the Catholic Church we are taught: "What God hath joined together, let no manput asunder." But the world says: "What men have united, they may separate again."The Church regards marriage as a Sacrament instituted by God; the world looksupon it as a purely civil contract. The former is the Christian, the latter thepagan view of matrimony. The Church can never sanction the dissolution of alawful marriage, so as to leave either party free to marry again. Separation ispossible, when for some special reasons husband and wife cannot live together;but separation is not divorce, arid neither party can marry again during thelifetime of the other.

DIGNITY OF WOMAN

Amongst Christians a wife is not a slave, and one of the greatest benefitsconferred by the Church upon mankind is that she has raised woman from her

former position of degradation. Christianity teaches that the whole female sexwas degraded by the sin of Eve, but it teaches also that the whole sex wasraised and ennobled in the person of Mary, the Mother of our Lord and Saviour;she was full of grace, blessed among women, and all generations shall call herblessed.

DUTIES OF HUSBANDS

Man knows that his wife is "flesh of his flesh," and "bone of his bone," and St.Peter bids him give her honor. He is the head and master of the family, but, ifhe be a Christian, he will not ruthlessly assert his supremacy. It is hisbusiness to provide for the support of wife and children, but he will not

despise his wife's advice and disregard her wishes. He knows that husband andwife alike have mutual rights and duties; she, no less than himself, is anintelligent being, and, in the eyes of a Christian husband, her personality issacred because God desires her salvation equally with his own. Both are sinners,in need of God's grace; for both did Jesus Christ come into the world, that withHis precious Blood He might deliver them from sin, death and the dominion ofSatan. God wishes the wife to be the husband's co-heiress to eternal life, andthe Christian husband cannot work out his own salvation without contributingalso to his wife's. Thus the crown, of which paganism robbed woman, is restoredto her by Christianity; and there is no happier place on earth than a home where

man and wife labor together with the one aim of securing life everlasting.

Some men, however, though they profess to be Christians, do not appreciatedomestic happiness, and seek their pleasure away from their own homes. Theiramusements may be innocent, but it is always a misfortune when a man does notprefer his home to any other place, though this does not mean that he oughtnever to go out into society. Both husband and wife are sometimes obliged to doso.

DUTIES OF WIVES


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Every married couple should mutually respect each other. A wife is not herhusband's slave, but St. Paul writes: "Let the women learn in silence, with allsubjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to use authority over the man,but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed; then Eve. And Adam was notseduced, but the woman, being seduced, was in the transgression" (i Tim. ii. 11-14)."Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord, because the husband isthe head of the wife" (Ephes. v. 22, 23). "As the Church is subject to Christ,so also let the wives be to their husbands in all things" (ibid. v. 24). And St.Peter says: "In like manner also let wives be subject to their husbands, that ifany believe not the word, they may be won without the word, by the conversationof the wives, considering your chaste conversation with fear. Whose adorning letit not be the outward plaiting of the hair, or the wearing of gold, or theputting on of apparel, but the hidden man of the heart in the incorruptibilityof a quiet and meek spirit, which is rich in the sight of God. For after thismanner heretofore the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves,being in subjection to their own husbands, as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling himlord" (l Peter iii. 1-6).

In our Lady we have the most perfect instance of a woman adorned with a quietand meek spirit. At the marriage-feast she showed her interest in a matter whichher Divine Son had reserved for Himself; so He said: "Woman, what is it to Meand to thee? My hour is not yet come." Without any further question orexplanation she turned to the servants, saying: "Whatsoever He shall say to you,do ye." Could she have set us a better example of womanly humility, gentlenessand submission?

We may believe that she treated her husband, in their quiet home, just as shetreated her Divine Son at the feast, and that her meek and gentle spirit wasprecious in God's sight. Holy Scripture tells us that every wife should be

adorned with this spirit, whereas women who love to command do not imitate themodels held up to us in the Bible. As St. Peter says, a good woman's adornmentconsists not in anything external, but in her quiet spirit. Her true sphere ofaction is her home; and every woman able to work for the welfare of herhousehold is bound to do so; this is her chief business in life, especially ifshe be married. In her spare time she may care for the sick and poor, and stillbe occupied in work befitting her and precious in the sight of God, providedthat it does not cause her to neglect her own home, and that she displayscharity and humility in all that she does. Work for others is peculiarly suitedto women who have not a household of their own demanding their attention. AChristian home is a sanctuary which the wife should do her best to adorn; andher efforts may render it the happiest place on earth. Its true value is. seenmost plainly in times of misfortune. As long as all is well with a man, he may

scarcely appreciate his wife and home, but let some disaster overwhelm him andthe world leave him in the lurch, his wife does not forsake him, but loves himand stands up for him, so that he finds peace at home, in spite of the stormsoutside. Many a man has learned in times of sorrow to thank God for blessingshitherto not valued at their true worth, perceiving that the world can offer himnothing comparable with the joy of possessing a home where a Christian wifereigns supreme.

Christianity has raised woman from a degraded position, but it has not imposed


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upon her the duty of attracting attention by her activity. Quite apart fromChristianity, the world has attempted to improve the status of woman, but in sodoing it has overlooked humility, and has taken her away from the work assignedto her by God, and given her aims and occupations identical with those of man.It is characteristic of the spirit of the age that thus no attention is paid tothe plain indications of God's design. We hear much of the emancipation of women,and perhaps those who demand it have some justification for their claims. Womanis certainly entitled to receive adequate education, and to be permitted toenter careers for which her physical and intellectual powers may fit her. Butone who "emancipates" herself from all laws and comes forward as man's rival inevery department of public life is unworthy of the sacred position and duties ofwomanhood.

EXHORTATION

For married life to be what God intended, it is absolutely necessary that themarriage should be truly Christian, and this brings us to the central point oftoday's Gospel, and we see what is its chief lesson. When we read that JesusChrist was a guest at a wedding feast, we realize that He would fain be presentwhenever a marriage takes place, and take up His abode in every home, so as tosanctify the union and the household with His presence. "Believe in the LordJesus, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house" (Acts xvi. 31). Reserve for

Christ a dwelling place in thy heart; let His spirit rule in thy home, and thouwilt indeed be happy. Every Christian knows by experience that happiness is tobe found nowhere but with Christ, and when He reigns supreme in a household, thespirit of charity influences all its members. Follow, therefore, the example ofthe people in Cana, and invite Jesus Christ to your house.

Where faith is living, there is a good and happy family life, impossible underother conditions. If a worldly spirit predominates in your home, you must beworldly yourself, and in need of true conversion. Do not suppose that it is moreimportant to practice Christian charity and forbearance anywhere else ratherthan at home, in your daily intercourse with your family and at your daily

occupations. Invite Jesus to take up His abode with you. It was at Cana that Heworked His first miracle, and His disciples believed in Him. He will workmiracles in your house, too, and accomplish marvelous things, so that you willbelieve in Him still more firmly, the more He manifests His glory in thesanctuary of your own home.

THE DUTIES OF OUR CATHOLIC MEN IN THEIR HOME-LIFEBY THE REV. REYNOLD KUEHNEL

When we look for a model family we must turn our gaze towards distant Nazareth,to the Holy Family: Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

For your own family life you cannot find a more saintly or perfect model thanthat family. The zealous Christian mother finds her ideal in the life of theholiest of mothers, Mary. Children find in the Christ Child the model of perfectobedience. Fathers find their most beautiful model in the life of St. Joseph. Ifyou. Catholic men, can come close to this perfect model, St. Joseph, you may


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well be satisfied.

When you Catholic men knelt at the foot of the altar, holding in your hand thehand of her you love, what thoughts and hopes, what fears and doubts crossedyour mind! A young woman leaves her home, her people, her comforts and hergirlhood friends, to put herself completely at your mercy. Your bride knew wellwhat she left behind, but had no idea what she was to receive in exchange. Shemade a step into the dark for your sake, because she loved you. There, at thefoot of the altar, you heard her promise that she would be ever true to you, insickness and in health, in riches or poverty, in prosperity and in misfortune,till death would part you.

What duties do you owe to your wife?

FIDELITY

In the first place you owe it to her to remain ever faithful to her.

When a home is broken up the reason is often that the man has given hisaffection to another woman. The world excuses the man's adultery by calling thesecond woman the "affinity," and forgives the man. If the same man should havethe slightest suspicion that his wife is guilty with another man the outragedhusband would often take the law into his hands by committing one or two murders.

And again the world forgives the man. The man may deceive his wife ever so often,it matters little in the eyes of the world as long as he keeps his wife inclothes and spending money. Indeed, we cannot expect much better from the world,outside of the Catholic Church, because matrimony is merely a matter ofconvenience in the eyes of the worldly. A faithless husband is looked upon as asport, a faithful wife as a good-enough household drudge.

It is not for us to pattern our conduct according to the dictates of thechildren of the world, because we are children of God. It is to be considered amatter of course that a Catholic husband will never be guilty of the sin ofadultery. I might, then, dismiss this topic with that remark. Yet, I feel in

duty bound to continue on this subject, asking your patience for a few minuteslonger, in order to point out to you the dangers of worldly ways, becausesometimes you may be in danger of looking at things in the way a careless worldlooks at them.

Whatever the world may say to the contrary, impurity in all its various forms isat all times forbidden. Whether people be married or single, they are neverallowed to sin against purity. The most abominable, and most inexcusableimpurity of all, is for a married man to be guilty of adultery, wronging hiswife by giving his affection to a strange woman.

Alas, many pure married women become the pitiable victims of filthy disease

because their husbands contracted the disease in unlawful intercourse. Manybabies are born with syphilitic sores because their fathers were not true totheir wives. Again, many children are brought into this world who, in lateryears, when they learn the truth, must hate and curse their unknown fathers.What widespread and untold misery the crime of adultery can bring upon aninnocent wife, upon innocent children! Nor is this all.

Even many murders are traceable to adultery. In order to hide disgrace theguilty parties will often decide to kill the child before its birth. Theselittle ones are excluded from the kingdom of heaven because they were killed


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pitilessly before they can be baptized. Will they not on judgment day makethemselves heard before the whole world? Then they will expose their viciousfathers and mothers to the reprehension of all mankind. Crime may be added tocrime to cover up the sin of adultery, but the reckoning will come as surely as.night follows day.

I know that none of you men would want to entertain even an evil thought freelyand knowingly. Yet, you are not certain that you will not fall a victim to thisdreadful vice of adultery if you expose yourselves to temptation. Strong andgood men have fallen because they yielded to temptation. For that reason avoidthe company of men who consider matrimony in the light of a joke. Avoid drinkingto excess and also the kind of company that induces drunkenness. Drunkenness isthe straight road to impurity. A man who is a drunkard will hardly ever be apure man. There are, of course, exceptions to this rule; but they are theexceptions--not the rule.

LOVE

You, Catholic men, should take pride in being faithful to your wives. Your wivesgo to the very door of death each time they present you with a son or daughter,and certainly they deserve from you faithfulness. Reserve whatever affection you

are capable of for your wives alone. They have placed all their hopes andambitions, all their thoughts, their heart, their very life into your stronghands and they deserve from you that you give them what they have given to you.They have given you their body and soul, their heart and mind. You owe them injustice your body and soul, your heart and your mind. Be faithful to them, forthey deserve this, nay, they have the right to demand it from you.

When you see an old father and mother surrounded by a circle of grown up sonsand daughters, who already have established their own families, and see themlooking up to their aged parents with love and reverence, what is your firstthought? There is an old happy couple who have ever been true to each other. You

see the old mother giving her life partner a loving look as though she wished tosay: "Look how God rewards a faithful husband and wife. We have loved each otherand have loved you, children, next to God. You, too, be true and faithful to oneanother and in your old days you, too, will, with the blessing of God, see happyand good children around you as now I see you."

You, Catholic men, are the builders of your families. It is within your power tobuild up a home that will be the pride and consolation of your declining years.

If you. Catholic fathers, intend to do your duty, bear in mind your own futureand the future of your children. When your own sons and daughters have grown upso that they understand what it means to be faithful and true, you will wantthem to look up to you with love and reverence, and you yourselves will want tobe able to look them in the face. You will desire your sons and daughters tofeel proud of you. All this is within your power if you remain true to yourwives. Your grownup sons and daughters will rather than money have an honorablename. They will gladly share your poverty, sickness and trials; but they willnot be willing to forgive you when they learn that you have been brutal to their


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mother, and faithless to your wife.

Remain ever true, loyal and faithful to your wives, so that from your sons anddaughters you may receive gratitude for a name that has been kept clean andhonorable by you.

1. 1 Pet. iii. 1-6. See also Aug., lib. i. de adult, conjug. ec. 21, 22; de bonoconjug. car. 7; de Nupt et concupis. lib. i. c. 10.

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