“Many people never realize what marriage is all about. They make the commitment, seeing only a ceremony, and lack the understanding that this act of commitment is promising to another person a life of fidelity.

Marriage should never be taken lightly and it should never be considered a burden. Marriage is a pledge, a promise to uphold together the dignity between a man and a woman, based on sound values, sound standards, and not just the willingness to live in a union of oneness, but to accept the responsibilities attached to this station of life.

As caring for each other is the foundation for marriage, it should always be foremost in both people’s thinking that selfishness lacks caring. A lack of understanding omits caring.

Marriage is a commitment of trust, fidelity, sharing, caring, and learning what will make the marriage stable, productive, not only as far as the number of children are concerned, but as partners in a commitment of life and for life.

Marriage says protection, privacy, and keeping the other person’s safety in mind. It means not allowing an outsider to interfere morally, physically or mentally. Marriage is a pledge of allegiance to what God meant marriage to be: two people committed to a union of life to guard and to protect his or her own Soul, plus the Soul of the other one. Marriage is a vocation of life. It has hope in it, companionship, love, unity, and a code of ethics based on the principles of both parties concerned.”