Respect for the Dead

A man was playing golf when, in mid-swing, he noticed a funeral procession passing by. He stopped his swing, closed his eyes and bowed his head in prayer. His friend noticed this and said, "That is the most thoughtful and touching thing I have ever seen. You are truly a kind man."

The golfer looked at his friend and said, "Yeah, well, we were married for 35 years."

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It can seem difficult, even impossible, to bind oneself to another human being. This makes it all the more important to proclaim the Good News that God loves us with a definitive and irrevocable love, that married couples share in this love, that it supports and sustains them, and that by their own faithfulness they can be witnesses to God's faithful love. Spouses who with God's grace give this witness, often in very difficult conditions, deserve the gratitude and support of the ecclesial community. (Catholic Catechism Par. 1648)