Companions for Eternity: The Sacrament of Matrimony

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discovered in bibliography, p. 420 (PDF p. 436) of Henry, O.P.'s [*Christ in His Sacraments*](https://isidore.co/calibre/#panel=book_details&book_id=8892)transl. of [*Compagnons d'éternité*](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25000970)The title is intriguing ∵ it shows that the frienship between husband and wife ([ *SCG* 3 cap. 123](https://isidore.co/aquinas/ContraGentiles3b.htm#123) [6]: "there seems to be the greatest friendship between husband and wife") will last in heaven (as [the order of charity will still exist in heaven](https://isidore.co/aquinas/summa/SS/SS026.html#SSQ26A13THEP1)), despite marriage passing away ([Mt. 22:30](https://aquinas.cc/la/en/~Matt.C22.L3): "in the resurrection they shall neither marry nor be married, but shall be as the angels of God in heaven."). [*Mystici corporis Christi*](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/a/45686/1787): "the more ardent the love that binds us to God and to our divine Head, the closer we shall be united to each other in the bonds of charity."p. 12 (PDF p. 10): "we should never forget that the attraction of one creature for another, even when condemned by reason for its passionate origin, is always worthy of respect [but what if it's adulterous?], because it reveals to us something of the order of creation".p. 13 (PDF p. 11): one person (not even a husband for his wife or *vice versa* ) cannot completely fulfill:> We have a great deal to gain from other people. Those who expect everything from one person only are romantics, and, once that person is gone, suicide is the inevitable result. […] We always have a lot to gain from *all human beings* , until we come to die. […] it is normal that married people should experience some intellectual stimulus, and either provoke or be subject to certain moral and religious influences outside the home.p. 34 (PDF p. 32): Husband & wife must not "neglect the development of each other’s talents":> …a *constant awareness* of mind, and a habit of taking advantage to the maximum of time allowed for thought and reading [how Dominican to say!]; the cultivation of a taste for clear thinking, and wise judgment, for observation of other people and events, and the power of gaining experience from all that comes their way.