Choose a topic from Part 3 Suppl:
1. Matrimony is a joining. It unites spouses in the taskof begetting and rearing children, and it dedicates them to onecommon life.
2. Matrimony, as a word, derives from mater whichmeans mother, and, perhaps, from munus whichmeans duty. Matrimony is sometimes called nuptials; thisword comes from nubere which means to veil, forit was an ancient custom to veil the heads of spouses. Matrimonyconstitutes a man and wife as a conjugal society, and thisword comes from conjugium which means a pining,or a yoking.
3. Peter the Lombard describes matrimony as "themarital unionof a man and a woman, which involves theirliving together in undivided partnership."
"A man should keep himself down, and not busy himself in mirabilibus super se."
St Philip Neri
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"Happy is the youth, because he has time before him to do good. "
St Philip Neri
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"As the flesh is nourished by food, so is man supported by prayers"
St Augustine
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