Last Tuesday - i.e. 24th April - we began the premarital preparation course :) Meetings take place in the lower church of St Lawrence Parish in 51 Bujwida Street, Wrocław. It's conducted by Fr Stanisław Orzechowski - called "Orzech" – a known and esteemed priest in Wrocław, specialising in preparing academic youth to marriage. More information about him you can find on D.A. Wawrzyny and Wikipedia.
On the first meeting there were about 100 couples. We meet every Tuesday at 8 P.M. - after Eucharist. The course finishes on the second half of June with dialogues for engaged couples - it's required to complete the course.
The first meeting was titled: "Your ability to love"; this ability is an absolute foundation and base to grow in a marriage. We learned how not to make a mistake at the very beginning, and what threatens and favours a proper development in our relationship.
We learned also that the way we're choosing could be called "Marital Order" ;-) and its role is one of the most austere – even the Carmelite monks have a less difficult one ;-)
During the meeting, we discovered we do not have to actually do anything! We don't even have to be together - I don't have to be with you, and you don't have to be with me. We don't have to be married, we don't have to do anything! ... so it makes us search ourselves: Do we want to? Do I want to be with you? Do we want to be together in every situation, for better or for worse? Am I able to tell the other person: I don't have to marry you, but I want to!
When we came back from the meeting, we asked each other that question. How do you think - what was the answer? ;-);-);-) ...
On the first meeting there were about 100 couples. We meet every Tuesday at 8 P.M. - after Eucharist. The course finishes on the second half of June with dialogues for engaged couples - it's required to complete the course.
The first meeting was titled: "Your ability to love"; this ability is an absolute foundation and base to grow in a marriage. We learned how not to make a mistake at the very beginning, and what threatens and favours a proper development in our relationship.
We learned also that the way we're choosing could be called "Marital Order" ;-) and its role is one of the most austere – even the Carmelite monks have a less difficult one ;-)
During the meeting, we discovered we do not have to actually do anything! We don't even have to be together - I don't have to be with you, and you don't have to be with me. We don't have to be married, we don't have to do anything! ... so it makes us search ourselves: Do we want to? Do I want to be with you? Do we want to be together in every situation, for better or for worse? Am I able to tell the other person: I don't have to marry you, but I want to!
When we came back from the meeting, we asked each other that question. How do you think - what was the answer? ;-);-);-) ...
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