WHAT IS LOVE? “Love Endures” Marriage Preparation Program “God is Love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him.” 1John 4:16 FOUR TYPES OF LOVE •STORGE •PHILIA •EROS •AGAPE STORGE Affection Based on familiarity PHILIA Friendship Based on shared interest EROS Romantic Love Based on desire AGAPE Sacrificial or Unconditional Love • Based on the good of another • It is a choice or a decision • It is the highest form of love, consummating all other forms Marital Love Encompasses all 4 Types of Love 1. Storge: Affection/Familiarity 2. Philia: Friendship 3. Eros: Romantic Love/Desire 4. Agape: Sacrificial/Unconditional Choose to love one another with agape. WHAT IS MARRIAGE? “That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body.” Genesis 2:24 ARISTOTLE’S FOUR QUESTIONS • NATURE: What is it? • MATTER: What is it made of? • PURPOSE: What is it made for? • ORIGIN: Where did it come from? WHAT IS MARRIAGE? The marriage covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of their whole life, and which of its own very nature is ordered to the wellbeing of the spouses and to the procreation and upbringing of children, has, between the baptized, been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament. - Code of Canon Law #1055 MARRIAGE …. is: is made of: is for: comes from: MARRIAGE …. is: a. A covenant is made of: is for: comes from: MARRIAGE …. a. A covenant is: b. Partnership of the whole of life is made of: is for: comes from: MARRIAGE …. a. A covenant is: b. Partnership of the whole of life is made of: a. One man and one woman is for: comes from: MISSION: Go to the Mall, Buy a Pair of Pants FEMALE: TIME: 3 HOURS COST: $676.00 MALE: TIME: 6 MINUTES COST: $48.00 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN MARRIAGE …. a. A covenant is: b. Partnership of the whole of life a. One man and one woman is made of: b. Their mutual consent consummated by becoming one flesh is for: comes from: MARRIAGE …. a. A covenant is: b. Partnership of the whole of life a. One man and one woman is made of: b. Their mutual consent consummated by becoming one flesh is for: a. The good of the spouses comes from: MARRIAGE …. a. A covenant is: b. Partnership of the whole of life a. One man and one woman is made of: b. Their mutual consent consummated by becoming one flesh a. The good of the spouses is for: b. Having and raising children comes from: MARRIAGE …. a. A covenant is: b. Partnership of the whole of life a. One man and one woman is made of: b. Their mutual consent consummated by becoming one flesh a. The good of the spouses is for: b. Having and raising children comes from: a. God MARRIAGE …. a. A covenant is: b. Partnership of the whole of life a. One man and one woman b. Their mutual consent consummated by becoming one is made of: flesh a. The good of the spouses is for: b. Having and raising children a. God comes from: b. The couple’s mutual consent .