Nevertheless, we still find ourselves by stepping outside of ourselves. Human beings have a deep need to give themselves totally. According to Church teaching, we all have this vocation although very few of us are called to make a total gift of self directly to God, i.e. celibacy. Most are called to give ourselves to another in marriage. One of the best of these, The Jeweler's Shop , tells the story of three married couples.
Marriage is a vocation that lasts until death.
My grandparents' situation was very different. Their marriage was arranged, as were all the marriages in the European village where they lived. Although it is surprising to us, these marriages were generally happy. With no possibility of divorce, couple committed themselves to making their marriages work. For one thing, he sees sex as a mystery, in contrast to today's tendency to reduce sexuality to its biological processes.