THE YOUTH AND MARRIAGE IN THE CHURCH PD
THE YOUTH AND MARRIAGE IN THE CHURCH
BEING A TALK DELIVERED
BY
YAYI TIMOTHY OPEYEMI
B.A. (ED), MTRCN, M.ED IN VIEW
IN A TALENT HUNT PROGRAMME
AT
ST. JOSPEH CATHOLIC CHURCH, RANDA, OGBOMOSO
ON
13TH OF DECEMBER, 2014
INTRODUCTION
No doubt, marriage years past and even in our contemporary society have been a means of procreation. This view many people held without having a good mastery of what marriage institution means. On the contrary Catholic view has vehemently negated this erroneous view.
Many definitions have been adduced for marriage and youth respectively. Cara (2007) opined that marriage is a vocation which contributes to common good of the society. He further opined that the Sacrament of marriage extends beyond the wedding day. It could be alluded to that most marriages today are crashing drastically. In response the Holy Father outlined the roots of the contemporary crisis of marriage and the family to the bishops of Minnesota, North Dakota on
March 9 (EWTN NEWS/CAN 03/09/2012 Shutterstock).
In an address that tackled attempts to redefine marriage, Pope Benedict XVI challenged the bishops of the United States to teach young people an authentic, Catholic vision of sex and love. “The richness of this vision is more sound and appealing than the permissive ideologies exalted in some quarters; these, in fact, constitute a powerful and destructive form of countercatechesis for the young,” he said March 9. “Young people need to encounter the Church‟s teaching in its integrity, challenging and countercultural as that teaching may be,” he told the bishops. Children must see this vision “embodied by faithful married couples who bear convincing witness to its truth,” but the wider Church also has to give them support “as they struggle to make wise choices at a difficult and confusing time in their lives,” the Pope said. The
Pope focused his audience remarks on outlining the roots of the “contemporary crisis of marriage and the family.”
This crisis is
BEING A TALK DELIVERED
BY
YAYI TIMOTHY OPEYEMI
B.A. (ED), MTRCN, M.ED IN VIEW
IN A TALENT HUNT PROGRAMME
AT
ST. JOSPEH CATHOLIC CHURCH, RANDA, OGBOMOSO
ON
13TH OF DECEMBER, 2014
INTRODUCTION
No doubt, marriage years past and even in our contemporary society have been a means of procreation. This view many people held without having a good mastery of what marriage institution means. On the contrary Catholic view has vehemently negated this erroneous view.
Many definitions have been adduced for marriage and youth respectively. Cara (2007) opined that marriage is a vocation which contributes to common good of the society. He further opined that the Sacrament of marriage extends beyond the wedding day. It could be alluded to that most marriages today are crashing drastically. In response the Holy Father outlined the roots of the contemporary crisis of marriage and the family to the bishops of Minnesota, North Dakota on
March 9 (EWTN NEWS/CAN 03/09/2012 Shutterstock).
In an address that tackled attempts to redefine marriage, Pope Benedict XVI challenged the bishops of the United States to teach young people an authentic, Catholic vision of sex and love. “The richness of this vision is more sound and appealing than the permissive ideologies exalted in some quarters; these, in fact, constitute a powerful and destructive form of countercatechesis for the young,” he said March 9. “Young people need to encounter the Church‟s teaching in its integrity, challenging and countercultural as that teaching may be,” he told the bishops. Children must see this vision “embodied by faithful married couples who bear convincing witness to its truth,” but the wider Church also has to give them support “as they struggle to make wise choices at a difficult and confusing time in their lives,” the Pope said. The
Pope focused his audience remarks on outlining the roots of the “contemporary crisis of marriage and the family.”
This crisis is
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