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Marriage Is for Keeps (Wedding Edition) by John Kippley (1993), Couple to Couple League, 1-800-745-8252, 180 pages. Student edition (1994), 120 pages.

FROM THE FOREWORD

How is it that some people find themselves feeling so terribly hurt and disillusioned because of marriage, while others, even though they face all the burdens and troubles that are part of life, find themselves more in love after fifty years of marriage than they were on their wedding day? This little book will help you find the answers.

The first chapter of this book is the most difficult. But take the time to read it carefully. It is difficult because it will ask you to look honestly at yourself, to look toward the Lord, and grow in your relationship with the Lord. There is a word for this - Discipleship.
-Fr. Gerard P. Hiland

BOOK REVIEWS FROM Amazon.com

"If you are getting married, Catholic or not, you need to read Marriage is For Keeps. Each chapter lays out a different topic about how to focus your marriage on the THREE of you - husband, wife and God in the center. Each section contains thought-provoking questions for you and your mate and lets you ponder how you are going to grow as a person in your marriage. There are tough spots in this book! But marriage is tough too and that's what you are really planning for - a marriage, not a wedding. A must read, whether you are about to be married or already married and wanting to find that something missing. Especially interesting and tough is the chapter on the roles in the marriage. Kippley presents the notion of wives deferring to their husbands very thoughtfully, but also notes that it is counter-cultural in the US of A. He remarks that men need to be worthy of the spiritual leadership of their family if they are truly going to lead. Hmmm...lots of good stuff to ponder. Enjoy! It put my 10 year old marriage back on His track."