Institute of Men

Institute of Men

Marriage, A Healing Fountain

A quote from Fr. John Valadez

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Keaton Tucker
Aug 07, 2023
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The following quote was posted on another platform. It is a reminder to all Christian men that your marriage proclaims Christ so an attack on your marriage (or marriage in general) is an attack on Christ.

“Marriage is under attack and its meaning is trying to be usurped due to one thing only: it is a manifestation of Christ.

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When a man and a woman join together and put on martyric crowns through slaying their will for the other then Paradise is manifested because the heart instead of beating for itself beats in union with another. This type of true marriage thus becomes a healing fountain for a generation that suffers from the arrhythmia of self love, conceit, and passions.

If the Lord said that there is no greater love than to lay one’s life down for another and that where even two are gathered he will be present—then marriage is a great mystery. It …

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