The first three chapters of the study theme form a block that corresponds to the chapter entitled L’amour est bien plus que l’amour (Love is much more than love). This is a text published under the same title in the magazine L’Anneau d’Or in May-June 1964, in a special issue with 8 articles by Father Henri Caffarel; it is taken from a lecture given to catechists, lay people and religious who were training or accompanying catechumens in the Paris diocese.

The first chapter of the theme presents sections on:

• Happiness and the gaze of love.

The second chapter corresponds to the section on:

• Conjugal communication.

The third chapter corresponds to the other sections and deals with what Father Henri Caffarel calls

• Incompleteness “A word that designates the union of two incomplete beings in need of each other and of grace”.

The fourth chapter of the study theme corresponds to several parts of the book chapter entitled La Vocation de l’Amour (The Vocation of Love). It was published in L’Anneau d’Or magazine in July 1945, under the title Le Mystère de l’Amour

• The Mystery of Love.

The fifth chapter corresponds to several sections of the chapter entitled Aux foyers qui souffrent, devoted to general proposals to help avoid resignation to estrangement between spouses. It was published in L’Anneau d’Or magazine in May-August 1947, under the title Amour et souffrance (aux foyers qui souffrent)

• Love and suffering (for suffering households).

Chapters six and seven of the study theme correspond to the text of the book entitled Le foyer et le commandement du Christ (The Home and the Commandment of Christ), divided into two parts:

• Cultivate married love and

• Conjugal communion. This text was published in the magazine L’Anneau d’Or, entitled Mariage, chemin vers Dieu, May-June 1964.

The eighth and final chapter of the study theme:

• The witness of the couple

corresponds to the final part of a conference entitled Face à l’athéisme (Facing atheism) given by Father Henri Caffarel on May 5, 1970, after Paul VI’s speech.

At the end of each chapter is a short summary of the essential and fundamental content followed by questions and introductory texts to help you prepare for the sit-down. The introductory texts come from the book “L’amour conjugal, chemin vers Dieu”, produced by a group of couples who formed the Marriage Workshop in 2015. The texts that make up the guidelines for the first seven chapters come from chapter 2 of this book, corresponding to the Anthropology of the couple, and that of chapter 8 are two paragraphs from chapters 5 and 6 entitled: Morale et éthique dans la vie conjugale, familiale et sociale (Morals and ethics in married, family and social life), and the Place et le rôle du couple dans la vie de l’équipe, de la famille, de la société et de l’Eglise (Place and role of the couple in the life of the team, the family, society and the Church). A series of questions to prepare for the sit-down assignment follows. It is not necessary to answer every question. For the team meeting, text from the Word of God was provided to guide our prayer, and questions to share during the meeting. As with the couple and the questions for the Sit Down, the team can decide which questions will be the focus of the exchange on the theme, and whether it wishes to share some of those dealt with in the Sit-Down assignment, either during the sharing on Endeavors (concrete points of effort) or during the time of the theme discussion.