Choose a topic from Part 3 Suppl:
1. We have seen that marriage consent cannot be expressedin the future tense; the spouses must accept each other here andnow when they utter their consent. This is so even if an oath isadded to the words of promise. For a promise, with or without anadded oath, expresses what has not yet happened. A marriage happensat the moment consent is given and expressed.
2. A consent to future marriage, even with an oath, andeven if followed by carnal use or marital rights, does not make atrue marriage.
"He who wishes to be perfectly obeyed, should give but few orders."
St Philip Neri
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"The greatest glory we can give to God is to do his will in everything."
St Alphonsus de Liguori
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"Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars."
Thomas á Kempis
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