9. Married Love

"This love is above all fully human." This line really stuck with me after I read paragraph nine on Married Love. The entire paragraph explains how this love is a personal friendship between partners and is, basically, the ultimate high in life. The couple shares everything with each other and they do not solely think of themselves once married. The Pope clearly states that marriage is 'forever,' which is what a couple promises to each other when they say their vows. They now have to provide, care, and essentially give their all to someone else.

For the most part, I completely agree with this paragraph. On the other hand, I believe it is a little outdated. Nowadays, less couples are "tying the knot" because more and more homosexual relationships are coming out into the open. These couples are not allowed to get married, but that does not mean that they cannot share the same love and passion as a man and women who get hitched. After reading more intently, I realized that the pope does not always assume a man and woman in his paragraph. For example, "Whoever really loves his partner loves not only for what he receives, but loves that partner for the partner's own sake, content to be able to enrich the other with the gift of himself," does not specifically refer to a heterosexual couple. This aspect of the the Pope's paragraph can be applied to society today. Not only can it be applied, but it would be more widely accepted as well. Finally, the Pope claims that marriage must result in procreation in order for the couple to reach their highest degree of welfare. I think that in society today, a couple reaches satisfaction in many other ways like reaching a high point in a career or traveling together. This being said, I do believe that marriage shows love in a very impressive way, but this paragraph has flaws that do not apply to society today.