Marriage is the most basic expression of the vocation to love that all men and women have as persons made in God's image.

In Christ, man who made himself God encounters God who made himself man. Unrivaled self-importance and pride encounters unrivaled self-emptying and humility.

Marital love is a reflection of how God loves. It is free, total, faithful and fruitful.

In a world that has lost a sense of sin, one sin remains: Thou shalt not make people feel guilty (except, of course, about making people feel guilty). In other words, the only sin today is to call something a sin.

Marriage is a living sign that truly communicates the love of Christ and the Church.

The Church's basic moral principle regarding reproductive technologies is this: if a given technology assists the marital embrace in achieving its natural end, it can be morally acceptable, even praiseworthy. However, if it replaces the marital embrace as the means by which the child is conceived, it's not in keeping with God's design.

If we want to know what's most sacred in this world, all we need to do is look for what is most violently profaned.