The following posts will come from Pope Pius’ talk “Three Cornerstones of Future Happiness” from April 3 1940. Many people may take these quotes from long ago and no longer relevant, we know of the timelessness of the human relationship of husband and wife and how the message of Jesus Christ is constant and true for all eternity.

“Therefore, dear newlyweds, as the springtime of life opens for you, enter upon it with deep faith in God, and with firm confidence in his power and goodness.” (27 from “Dear Newlyweds” Pope Pius XII)

What do we have faith in as we enter into a relationship of joy. Whether a man and woman entering into the sacramental bond or a man into the priesthood and woman into the consecrated life there is a call to a greater confidence in the greater and fuller experience of love.
Pope Pius XII reminds us of how we are called to have faith in the future and in the plan God has for us, His children. What is the spiring time of life? certainly newly married couples experience a spring time, a time where the new growth of love, the possibilities of great things seem to flourish where the promise of life finds seeds in the little acts of love. And this is important, but we also recognize the number of times we enter into a spring time in our lives and in our relationships with each other and with God. I can often find new springtimes after a spiritual retreat or when something shakes up my routine and I am able to see life land love with new eyes.
The blessings is great and the problem can be we don’t celebrate or acknowledge it when it happens. And we are not talking about large and grandiose celebrations like a wedding reception, although it could be, rather we are first and foremost called to take time with God and others in honoring the gift a springtime in our lives.

Faith in our relationship with God and others in relationship is knowing a new springtime is around the corner where the coldness of winter turns into the bright sunshine of life. It is seeking the beauty of live.
“Revived in your trust in God; revitalize the faith in your vows, faith in sacramental grace, faith in the sweet appeasement of sincere and ready reconciliation, which, in its own way, is a kind of springtime too, since after the cold, and the storm it ushers, in the return of calm and understanding and peace.” (28, from “Dear Newlyweds” Pope Pius XII)

God Bless
Mark

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