.....had a quote from one of my favorite Catholics!
Second Love
Romano Guardini
Marriage is not only the fulfillment of the immediate love that brings a man and woman together; it is also the slow transfiguration of that love through the experiences of a common reality. Early love does not yet see this reality, for the pull of the heart and senses bewitches it. Only gradually does reality establish itself, when eyes have been opened to the shortcomings and failures revealed by everyday life. He who can accept the other then, as she really is, in spite of all disappointments, who can share the joys and plagues of daily life with her just as he has shared the great experience of early love, who can walk with her before God and with God’s strength, will achieve second love, the real mystery of marriage.
I love that--the second love, the real mystery of marriage.
Thank you and bless you Terry.
the real mystery of second love is how does he put up with all this **** i dish out?
A beautiful way to express that intangible growth in the sacramental grace of marriage over time.