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"There is no relationship between human beings so close as that of husband and wife, if they are united as they ought to be."
-- St. John Chrysostom, On Marriage and Family Life, Homily 20
"The love of husband and wife is the force that welds society together."
-- St. John Chrysostom, On Marriage and Family Life, Homily 20
"There is no influence more powerful than the bond of love, especially for husband and wife."
-- St. John Chrysostom, On Marriage and Family Life, Homily 20
"This at last is the bones of my bones and the flesh of my flesh."
-- Genesis 2:23
"A man should love his spouse as much as he loves himself, not merely because they share the same nature; no, the obligation is far greater, because there are no longer two bodies, but one: he is the head, she the body."
-- St. John Chrysostom, On Marriage and Family Life, Homily 20
"...I say that husband and wife are one body in the same way as Christ and the Father are one."
-- St. John Chrysostom, On Marriage and Family Life, Homily 20
"How foolish are those who belittle marriage! If marriage were something to be condemned Paul would never call Christ a bridegroom and the Church a bride, and then say this is an illustration of a man leaving his father and his mother, and again refer to Christ and the Church."
-- St. John Chrysostom, On Marriage and Family Life, Homily 20
"'A man shall leave his father and mother,' he says; but he does not say, 'he shall dwell with,' but instead, 'he shall cling' to his wife, thus demonstrating the closeness of the union, and the sincerity of the love."
-- St. John Chrysostom, On Marriage and Family Life, Homily 20
"As with a general whose troops are so well organized on the front that the enemy cannot find a place to penetrate for an attack, so it is with husband and wife: when the concerns of everyone in the house are the same, harmony reigns in the family, but if not, the entire household is easily broken up and destroyed."
-- St. John Chrysostom, On Marriage and Family Life, Homily 20
"Paul has precisely described for husband and wife what is fitting behavior for each: she should reverence him as the head and he should love her as his body."
-- St. John Chrysostom, On Marriage and Family Life, Homily 20
"If your marriage is like this, your perfection will rival the holiest of monks."
-- St. John Chrysostom, On Marriage and Family Life, Homily 20
"There is no relationship between human beings so close as that of husband and wife, if they are united as they ought to be."
-- St. John Chrysostom, On Marriage and Family Life, Homily 20