Marriage and Parenthood: The Catholic Ideal

A man thinks he is very clever if he can make an aeroplane. Thousands of other men think he is a genius if he can fly over the Alps, even though at the end of the journey he break his neck. But these are paltry trifles compared with the work of training a soul for the kingdom of God. Such a task needs the genius of the Catholic Church. Amongst Her many helps for this purpose not the least important is the Sacrament of marriage. The ideal which She holds before the world and the power which She gives for the realizing of such ideal stand out as the chief hope for the salvation of modern society.