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Faithful Until the End, Living Christian Marriage in Separation
By Marcelo Fiaes (186 pages)
Print ISBN 979-8-218-74780-0; e-book 979-8-218-74779-4
What does it mean to remain faithful to a spouse who has walked away? In a time when marriage is often treated as provisional and self-fulfillment reigns supreme, this book explores a striking and often forgotten Christian witness—the separated spouse who remains faithful not out of legalism or fear, but out of love grounded in Christ.
Drawing from Scripture, tradition, and contemporary theology, the author reflects on faithful separation not as an imposed ideal but as a real, lived participation in the mystery of Christ’s self-giving love. This is a fidelity born not merely of obligation, but of mercy. It moves from pain to forgiveness and from abandonment to inner transformation. The marital bond is not presented as a cold legal category but as something sacramental, Eucharistic, and liturgical. It is a love that unites more deeply than knowledge, endures betrayal, and ultimately points toward resurrection.
Rejecting both idealism and moralism, this book offers a renewed theological vision of marriage as a vocation rooted in mercy, freedom, and personal encounter with Christ the Bridegroom. It speaks to those who carry hidden crosses and to a Church that must recover the redemptive power of enduring love.
Author: Marcelo Fiães earned his Licentiate in Sacred Theology, summa cum laude, from the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences in Rome.
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