495. What are the goods of conjugal love to which sexuality is ordered?
(Comp 495) The goods of conjugal love, which for those who are baptized is
sanctified by the sacrament of Matrimony, are unity, fidelity, indissolubility,
and an openness to the procreation of life.
“In brief”
(CCC 2397) The covenant which spouses have freely entered
into entails faithful love. It imposes on them the obligation to keep their
marriage indissoluble. (CCC 2398) Fecundity is a good, a gift and an end of
marriage. By giving life, spouses participate in God's fatherhood.
To deepen and
explain
(CCC 2360) Sexuality is ordered to the conjugal love of man
and woman. In marriage the physical intimacy of the spouses becomes a sign and
pledge of spiritual communion. Marriage bonds between baptized persons are
sanctified by the sacrament.
Reflection
(CCC 2361) "Sexuality, by means of which man and woman
give themselves to one another through the acts which are proper and exclusive
to spouses, is not something simply biological, but concerns the innermost
being of the human person as such. It is realized in a truly human way only if
it is an integral part of the love by which a man and woman commit themselves
totally to one another until death" (FC 11). Tobias got out of bed and
said to Sarah, "Sister, get up, and let us pray and implore our Lord that
he grant us mercy and safety." So she got up, and they began to pray and
implore that they might be kept safe. Tobias began by saying, "Blessed are
you, O God of our fathers.... You made Adam, and for him you made his wife Eve
as a helper and support. From the two of them the race of mankind has sprung.
You said, 'It is not good that the man should be alone; let us make a helper
for him like himself.' I now am taking this kinswoman of mine, not because of
lust, but with sincerity. Grant that she and I may find mercy and that we may
grow old together." and they both said, "Amen, Amen." Then they
went to sleep for the night (Tob 8:4-9).
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