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class="col-article__title"> <h1 > <div class="rich-text "> Love Beyond Borders </div> </h1> </div> <div class="col-article__date"> <time>Jan. 1, 2025</time> </div> <div class="col-article__subtitle"> <span > <div class="rich-text "> Openness to God’s will can bridge seemingly unbridgeable distances between spouses </div> </span> </div> <div class="col-article__byline"> <span>By Jake Samour</span> </div> <div class="col-article__date-mobile"> <time>Jan. 1, 2025</time> </div> <section class="col-article__featured "> <figure class="image-block-wrapper"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/DomesticChurch_Marriage.jpg/305074f0634211f0beaec2c19284c79f?width=900&height=506" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/DomesticChurch_Marriage.jpg/305074f0634211f0beaec2c19284c79f?width=900&height=506" alt="DomesticChurch_Marriage.jpg" loading="eager" class="img" decoding="auto" width="900" height="506" /></picture> <figcaption class="caption"> <div class="rich-text 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From vastly different backgrounds — Ramie, a farm girl from Kansas, and me, an immigrant from El Salvador with Middle Eastern heritage — it seemed impossible that our paths would cross. Even if they did, what would we have in common?</p> <p>In 2003, the Lord led us each to enroll at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington, D.C. It was there, under the patronage of our beloved Holy Father, that we met and became captivated by the depth and beauty of the plays John Paul II wrote as a priest and bishop in Poland. Together with a group of classmates who shared our passion, we created a theater group and memorized his 1960 play <em>The Jeweler’s Shop: A Meditation on the Sacrament of Matrimony</em>, which we then performed across the United States and at World Youth Day in Germany.</p> <p>These experiences deepened our understanding of human love in relation to God’s mercy, which can overcome all obstacles. It ultimately led me to ask, “Ramie, will you be my life’s companion?” We both realized, as Andrew did with Teresa in Act 1 of <em>The Jeweler’s Shop</em>, that “it must be so. Today I see that my country is also her country.”</p> <p>A saintly Polish priest transformed our lives through his play and helped us discover our vocation. 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