YOUCAT Lesson 418
YOUCAT the catechism for Catholic youth
418 What is the significance
of the child in a marriage?
A child is a creature and a gift
of God, which comes to the earth through the love of his parents.
Two of my grandchildren, Stephen and Beth. ….. 418
True love does not desire a couple to be
self-contained. Love opens up in the
child. A child that has been conceived
and born is not something “made”, nor is he the sum of his paternal and
maternal genes. He is a completely new
and unique creature of God, equipped with his own soul. The child therefore does not belong to the
parents and is not their property. [2378,
2398] 368, 372
“A child “has the right to be respected as a person from the
moment of his conception.” Instruction Donum Vitae II, 8
“ (Children) are blessings.”
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, English playwright)
“Every child is precious.
Every child is a creature of God.”
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
2378, 2398]
2378 A child is not something owed to one, but is a gift. The "supreme gift of
marriage" is a human person. A child may not be considered a piece of
property, an idea to which an alleged "right to a child" would lead.
In this area, only the child possesses genuine rights: the right "to be
the fruit of the specific act of the conjugal love of his parents," and
"the right to be respected as a person from the moment of his
conception." (CDF, Donum vitae II,8.)170 –Catechism of the Catholic
Church, Second Edition
IN BRIEF
2398 Fecundity is a good, a gift and an end of
marriage. By giving life, spouses participate in God's fatherhood. --CCC
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