{"product_id":"marriage-the-mystery-of-faithful-love-9780918477002","title":"Marriage: The Mystery of Faithful Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow to have a stronger, happier marriage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese pages will give you what you need to make your marriage a source of profound happiness and lasting peace: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKnowledge: \u003c\/b\u003eYou'll come to understand the nature of marriage and its superiority to \"living together\" and other temporary unions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLove: \u003c\/b\u003e You'll learn to distinguish love from lust, infatuation, and other common counterfeits; and you'll discover the healing role it can play in the best - and bleakest - of marriages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFaith: \u003c\/b\u003e You'll come to see how the sacramental marriage of Christians is the fulfillment and perfection of marriage, giving husband and wife what every spouse secretly longs for.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEspecially today, this beautiful book - which reveals the sublime vocation of Christian marriage - is a must for anyone who is eager to live worthily this great mystery of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarriage will show you: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe one right motive for marrying - and the many wrong ones (some often accepted by Christians)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe difference between the meaning of marriage and its purpose (and the dangers of confusing the two)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe five ways in which married love differs from other loves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix counterfeit loves: what sometimes passes for love isn't\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe key role of will in sustaining love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour unhappy marriage: it may be a clear \"call\" from God\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow difficulties and suffering can deepen your marriage - and make you and your spouse better persons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow marriage reveals God's love and presence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Christianity intensifies married love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe meaning of marriage as a sacrament: its promises, its demands, and how it is a source of strength and grace.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDietrich von Hildebrand (1889-1977) was born in Florence. He converted to Catholicism in 1914. He taught philosophy at the University of Munich. Soon after the end of World War I, Dietrich denounced Nazism in articles and speeches throughout Germany and the rest of Europe. He left Germany for Austria and then fled Austria, just as it fell to the Nazis, when Hitler gave orders for his assassination. During this time he wrote \u003ci\u003eTransformation in Christ\u003c\/i\u003e. At last Dietrich arrived safe but penniless in New York, where he was hired as professor of philosophy at Fordham University. He died in 1977 in New Rochelle, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sophia Institute Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620705866002,"sku":"9780918477002","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3581740b-3a33-44c7-b643-22b334fa97ed.jpg?v=1732571777","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/marriage-the-mystery-of-faithful-love-9780918477002","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}