When we think of it, though, isn't surrendering a part of life? Children surrender to their parents, realizing eventually that their parents love them and it is for this reason that parents permit or do not permit them to do certain things or engage in certain behaviors. Married couples surrender their wills to each other realizing that that very surrender is a tangible sign of their love for each other and that they give up their individual lives for their life together as one. Consecrated women and men religious surrender their own individual wills by their vow of obedience to their superior. Priests surrender their own wills by making a promise of respect and obedience to their bishop. All of these surrenders are made because of love.[Emphasis added.]
The full article is fairly short and well worth the time.
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