By Fr. Thomas G. Morrow: A Priest’s Advice on Building a Great Marriage

Rev. Thomas G. Morrow graduated from St. Charles Seminary in Philadelphia and was ordained in 1982 for the Archdiocese of Washington (DC). He has an STL in Moral Theology from the Dominican House of Studies and received his Doctorate in Sacred Theology (STD) from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family.  …

A woman once told me, “I don’t love my husband anymore.”

I asked her, “Are you concerned for his good?”

“Yes,” she answered.

“Then you love him.”

“That’s the love you vowed when you married him. That’s the same kind of love we need to be saved. The Greek word for it is agape,” I explained. “It sounds like you don’t like him. You don’t have to like your husband. But if you work hard for his good and try to make him happy as best you can, he just might become more likable. However, that shouldn’t be your primary motive. Your first motive should be to fulfill the vow you made before God to pursue his good.”

“I never thought of it that way. I can try to pursue that.” ….

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