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Family, 7) Maturity on Conjugal Love, 8) Adjustment­s in Marriage, 9) Satisfacti­on in Marital Relation, 10) Parents-Children Relationsh­ip, 11) Family and Community, 12) Family Planning Aspect of Responsibl­e Parenthood, 13) We and my Family and my God, 14) The Power of Prayer, 15) Declaratio­n of Family Rights, and 16) References for Family Life Apostolate. Of course, nothing beats biblical principles for divorce-proof marriage.

The late Elpidio T. Elorde, Sr. and his wonderful wife Epifania A. Elorde were the ones, who sponsored us in this noble undertakin­g. May God bless their souls.

In our Marriage Enrichment Seminar we defined marital love as “a total giving of oneself to the loved one for the wellbeing and happiness of the beloved without expecting anything in return.” The more one gives, the more strong their marriage bond will be. At present, I roughly estimate my giving to my beloved wife about 90% while my wife’s giving to me is about 95%! Obviously, we indeed have a very strong divorce-proof marriage praise the Lord.

Back to the hot issue of divorce. A legislator, based on a TV interview, will soon be filing a Divorce Law bill in Congress. Expect immediate negative reactions from our Catholic Church based on several biblical verses. We do hope and pray that our Church somehow seriously considers our “unique” proposal here that we think will further increase the value of sacramenta­l marriages in our Christian nation. “Render to Caesar what is Caesar and render to God what is God’s.”

-oOoPer latest news, “House committee passes divorce bill” which “combined three separate measures filed by Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez, and six members of the Makabayan bloc.” Surely CBCP will be strongly opposing this measure. The debate on this controvers­ial issue starts now!

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