Page:Forma breve de administrar los sacramentos a los Indios, y Españoles que viven entre ellos (1635).djvu/44

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Blessings

MY children, by the way of the Holy Church, you are married like Christians. Our Lord Jesus Christ says to you: you must love each other and help each other and have mercy on each other, and what he has told you, I similarly entreat of you. When the man does nothing, or does not till the earth, or does not harvest the guano, or does not give firewood; and the woman is not faithful to her man, does not journey to provide the fields, or does not maintain the house and food; because of this, you couples have fought. Thus, with every deed that you have and do, you must live thinking We will not be angry with each other; and whenever there is a little anger, do not ruin all with it; you are to prevent it, forgive each other, and not murmur about each other. The man is the head of the woman and the house, thus he is to love and be faithful and be

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