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problemsatthetimeoftheirBaby’sdelivery
,encounteringunimaginable
indiference.Thiswasamarriagedestinedtoforcedimmigration.This
wassimultaneouslyamarriedcouplethatwaswitheachotherandfor
eachother,atdimcultmomentsineverydayhomelife,inthetemple.
InthiswaytheHolyFamilyremindsusthetruthaboutmarriageper-
ceivedaslove,thatbeingsubjectedtotrials,survivesandexpressesitself
throughthemutualbeingforeachother,beingaselflessgift,anethosof
personalism,givingtestimonyaboutthetruthofManinmarriage.Inthis
manneritremindsusthatthefulfillmentofloveiseternityandholiness.
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BlessedJohnPaulIIwroteinhisencyclicalonlife:“Inseekingthe
deepestrootsofthestrugglebetweenthe<cultureoflife’andthe<culture
ofdeath’,wecannotrestrictourselvestotheperverseideaoffreedom
mentionedabove.Wehavetogototheheartofthetragedybeingexperi-
encedbymodernman:theeclipseofthesenseofGodandofMan,typi-
calofasocialandculturalclimatedominatedbysecularism,which,with
itsubiquitoustentacles,succeedsattimesinputtingChristiancommuni-
tiesthemselvestothetest.Thosewhoallowthemselvestobeinfluenced
bythisclimateeasilyfallintoasadviciouscircle:whenthesenseofGod
islost,thereisalsoatendencytolosethesenseofMan,ofhisdignity
andhislife;inturn,thesystematicviolationofthemorallaw,especially
intheseriousmatterofrespectforhumanlifeanditsdignity
,produces
akindofprogressivedarkeningofthecapacitytodiscernGod’sliving
andsavingpresence.”19
Theabove-quotedwordsrefertothewholeareaofcontentionbetween
thecultureoflifeandcultureofdeath.Aspecialfocalpointofthecon-
tentionyet,wasandhasbeenthefamilygrowingfromtheinstitutional
marriageofthemanandwoman.Themodernculturefeaturinghedonism
andmoralpermissiveness,supportedbychaoticanddestructivepoliti-
calactivitiesseemstocontradictthechancetosavethetraditionaltruth
aboutmarriage.WordsoftheblessedPopeletus,however,discoverthe
unusuallydistinctiveconjunctionanddependence:sensitivitytoGodand
sensitivitytoanotherhumanbeing.
Anyattemptsatconstructingahumanisticcultureinseparationfrom
God,inactivitiesdenyingHisexistence,meancreatingadestructivecul-
ture.Initsdeepestsense,ananti-humanisticcultureand,assuch,doomed
toself-destruction.
19JOHNPaUlII:Encyclicalletter“Evangeliumvitae”,no.21.