The Changing Face of Marriage

My experience with the church in my home, or the 'domestic church' has come from my parents and my grandparents. Ever since I can remember my family would say prays before eating dinner even if it was just some food we threw together or if one family member was missing a prayer would still be said; we still do this today. Another way I experienced domestic church was from my parents teaching my brother and I to be nice to everyone no matter how much they may bother you, good manors, to share things, and never lie. I knew that my parents wanted to embed God's love into our lives when they sent us to a catholic grade school and then continued our catholic education with high school. When my grandparents and extended family would come over to celebrate when I received a sacrament, that also let me know that our religion is really important to me and my family.Most of all my parents just make it a point to tell both me and my brother that they love us everyday. I don't think that the changing structure of marriage and family should change the domestic church that drastically. Some pros of these new lifestyles would be that possible the religious part of the family would be stressed in order to keep the family close or maybe new ways of practicing there religion could be incorporated in the family. Some cons are definitely that if the family is split up in some way or if too different religions are being practiced it might become confusing or hard to handle for the children or even the parents. However, no matter what the marriage and family composition is, I think everyone will be fine as long as there is love within the family relationship. For those with a college degree, good for them, and I guess good for me too in the future. I guess it does make sense that someone who is more educated would have a better long lasting relationship because they would be able to make good decisions within a relationship. At the same time though, I don't think that people without a college degree should have any less of a chance for a good marriage. You don't need to be a brain surgeon to know if you love someone or not and if the relationship you are in is going to work. From what I have learned growing up from my college educated mother an not college educated father the church is a big part of family life. Yes I feel compelled to establish the 'domestic church' in my home. I think it would be good for everyone to constantly know that they are loved by there parents.