The natural meaning of marriage

Fr. Koterski again:

Natural marriage as something whose full meaning is extremely difficult to put into words, let alone be understood by young people when marrying. Yet it is something one can readily see enough of so as to desire intensely. The commitment of marriage then serves as a means by which those who do not yet know how to say well all that the act of sexual intercourse means by binding themselves to live in such a way as to grow into expressing what are the most appropriate aspects of their activities.

The desire to make one’s partner a parent seems to be more prominent in some cultures than others. A man desires to make his wife yet more of a woman by making her a mother, and a woman desires to make her husband yet more of a man by becoming a father.