Books about Love and Marriage

Natural Family Planning by Mary Lee Barron, PhD, RN, FNP-BC

A Catholic Approach

A great resource for Pre-Cana sessions.

Sexuality is a natural part of married life

Engaged couples spend a great deal of time planning the wedding, their future, and their family. Natily planning (NFP) embraces the nature of human sexuality without the potentially harmful effects of contraceptives.

Rooted in science, NFP offers couples a nonchemical method of planning conception as well as a greater understanding of how their bodies function. This understanding also helps women find answers to other health concerns.

A concise yet thorough introduction to the benefits of NFP, this book goes beyond biology to explore the faith perspective & show how a natural approach to enjoying the gift of sexuality respects life.

Paperback booklet. 48 pages

Item #44588

$4.95

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Temperament God Gave Your Spouse by Art and Laraine Bennett

Love, honor, cherish ... and understand

In their bestselling book, The Temperament God Gave You, authors Art and Laraine Bennett re-introduced the age-old concept of the four classic temperaments, and showed how to use them to understand yourself, get along with others, and grow closer to God

.Now they're back with more temperament wisdom, designed specially for couples and guaranteed to improve your marital communication, intimacy, and happiness: The Temperament God Gave Your Spouse.

In no other kind of human relationship is knowledge of the temperaments --the fundamental personality traits, hard-wired into us at birth, that affect the way we respond to the world around us -- so critical, and so fruitful, as in a Christian marriage. more...
Item #51006

$16.95

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Amazing Grace for Married Couples by Jeff Cavins, Matthew Pinto & Patti Armstrong

Amazing Grace for Married Couples will deepen your commitment to marriage like no other book.

This is a collection of inspiring stories about renewed relationships that were once on the brink of disaster. While most people would have written these couples off as hopelessly incompatible, through the grace of God, they overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles. As a result, every couple is more in love today than they were on their wedding day.

In this book, you will experience how God's grace healed:
--A marriage that began lovingly but quickly sputtered out when the young wife became addicted to gambling
--A wife whose addiction to romance novels undermined her relationship with her family and led to much heartbreak. more...
Item #36932

$12.99

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Chosen and Cherished by Kimberly Hahn

Biblical Wisdom for Your Marriage

Life-Nurturing Love - a series designed to build stronger, healthier marriages and families.

"Spouses and children do not come with manuals and the learning curve can be very steep. Still, the Lord has an abundance of grace for each of us."--From the Introduction.

The first in a series of Bible studies based on Proverbs 31, Chosen and Cherished gives readers the tools to build their marriage on the firm foundation of faith. Kimberly Hahn applies Scripture, Church teaching and pastoral wisdom to such practical matters as conflict resolution, communication skills, setting financial goals, healing the wounds of unfaithfulness and cultivating a spirit of generosity toward your spouse.

Discussion questions help readers apply the material to their own lives and make the book a valuable resource for small group discussion.

Trade Paperback. 253 pages.
Item #50372

$14.99

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Seven Levels of Intimacy by Matthew Kelly

The Art of Loving and the Joy of Being Loved

BUILD THE STRONG, DEEPLY POWERFUL RELATIONSHIPS YOU'VE ALWAYS DESIRED.

We all crave the heartwarming, incomparable connection of intimacy. But oftentimes, this complete, unrestrained sharing of ourselves is too daunting a task. Now, in The Seven Levels of Intimacy, Matthew Kelly explains step by step how to move beyond our fears and experience the power of true intimacy. By achieving each of Kelly's seven levels, we can understand and gain confidence in our partners and ourselves until we are fully able to experience love, commitment, trust, and happiness. more...
Item #44017

$14.00

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One Man One Woman by Dale O'Leary

A Catholic's Guide to Defending Marriage

From global conferences to tiny parish gatherings, pro-family advocate Dale O'Leary has traveled the world defending marriage against radical activists intent on rewriting its age-old definition.

Now, in One Man, One Woman, the first book of its kind written for Catholics, O'Leary shares her knowledge and experience of every facet of the gay-marriage debate: politics, psychology, biology, religion, and social science. With clarity and force she tackles the many myths surrounding this contentious issue, showing that:
-Gay people are not "born that way" (scientists have never found a "gay gene" and never will), but neither do they purposely "choose" their condition. more...
Item #50510

$19.95

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Man & Woman He Created Them - A Theology of the Body by His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, Michael Waldstein, Trans.

2nd edition with inclusion of material in the previously published English edition of Theology of the Body.
Human Love in the Divine Plan

General audience addresses from September 5, 1979 to November 28, 1984. Focusing on the human person in light of the mystery of Christ, Pope John Paul II sets forth a theology of the body which affirms human dignity and connects human fulfillment to the imitation of Christ's complete gift of self.

The Pope applies this positive approach to total self-giving to married couples, those who are single and to those living a celibate life. A special feature--an appendix including three related Church documents: Of Human Life, On the Dignity and Vocation of Women, and The Gospel of Life.

608 Pages. Trade Paperback.
Item #40936

$29.95

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Three to Get Married by Archbishop Fulton Sheen

One of the greatest and best-loved spokesmen for the Faith here sets out the Church's beautiful understanding of marriage in his trademark clear and entertaining style. Frankly and charitably, Sheen presents the causes of and solutions to common marital crises, and tells touching real-life stories of people whose lives were transformed through marriage. He emphasizes that our Blessed Lord is at the center of every successful and loving marriage.

This is a perfect gift for engaged couples, or for married people as a fruitful occasion for self-examination.

216 Pages. Trade Paperback.
Item #27098

$9.95

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