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Why is marriage more than a contract?

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• After the creation of Adam, the Lord God said
  It is not good that the man should be alone I
  will make him a helper as his partner (Genesis
  218).
• Living in relationships is at the heart
• of who God created us to be.
• Human sexuality is the God-given gift
• of being a man or a woman.
• The manwoman partnership is
• an image of God the Creator, who is Love.

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Why is marriage more than a contract?

• Genesis chapters 1?2 reveal the inherent goodness
  of all creation, including our human sexuality.
• Genesis chapters 3?10 tells of Original Sin and
  its devastating effects on creation and on the
  partnership of Adam and Eve.
• Throughout the remaining texts of Sacred
  Scripture, from Genesis 11 to the final words in
  the Book of Revelation, we learn about Gods plan
  of Salvation in Christ to heal human selfishness
  and self-centeredness. And we learn of the
  harmful sinful relationships that distort and
  destroy our relationship with God and other
  people.

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Why is marriage more than a contract?

• The following are truths of our faith that guide
  us in growing to become responsible and mature
  sexual persons
• Our sexuality is a great gift from God the
  Creator.
• God created us as embodied persons with a body
  and a soul.
• Human sexuality is an essential part of our body.
• God is present within our very bodies.
• We are alive by the breath of God.
• Our body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, through
  which we glorify God.

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Married life the nuptial covenant

• Marriage is a Covenant and not simply a contract.
• It is an image and living sign of the covenant
• relationship between God and his people.
• The Old Testament uses the image of marital love
  to reveal the relationship binding God and his
  people.
• The sacramental marriage of Christians signifies
  the love uniting Christ and his Church.
• Catholics who wish to marry are required to do so
  according to Church law.

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Married life the nuptial covenant

• Jesus used his listeners experience of marriage
  and weddings to help them understand his
  teachings on the Kingdom of God.
• Jesus compared the Kingdom of God to a wedding
  banquet. (Matthew 221-14)
• Jesus changed water into wine at a wedding feast
  at Cana in Galilee. (John 21-11)
• The Church sees in the miracle at Cana the
  confirmation of the goodness of marriage and the
  vocation of married Christians to build up the
  Kingdom of God.
• Christs love for his Church is the model for the
  spousal covenant of marriage.
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The elements and purposes of marriage

• Conjugal love involves the giving and receiving
  of a whole person.
• For a sacramental marriage to be true and valid,
  three elements are essential
• The man and woman are both free to enter the
  marriage covenant.
• They both make a lifelong commitment of
  inviolable fidelity to each other.
• Both are open to the gift of children.

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The elements and purposes of marriage

• A Christian marriage is indissoluble during the
  lifetime of the spouses and can be dissolved only
  by the death of one spouse.
• Fidelity strengthens the couples ability to
  trust each other.
• Making love in a Christian marriage must
• always be open to the possibility of
• procreation.
• The fidelity, unity and permanence
• of married life are needed to create
• the secure and loving environment
• for nurturing and educating children.

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The Rite of Marriage

• The Rite of Marriage between two Catholics is
  normally celebrated within the celebration of
  Mass.
• Through receiving the Eucharist, the newly
  married couple are further bonded to Christ and
  to the Church, the Body of Christ.
• The man and woman marrying each other are the
  ministers of Christs grace given through the
  Sacrament of Matrimony.
• In exchanging their marriage vows, the couple
  also express their commitment symbolically to the
  entire Church and to God.
• The faith community that witnesses the marriage
  takes on the responsibility to pray for and
  support the couple.

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The Rite of Marriage

• The Sacrament of Marriage takes place after the
  Liturgy of the Word.
• The priest or deacon invites the couple to
  declare their consent openly and publicly.
• Having witnessed the consent, the celebrant says
  in part What God has joined, men must not
  divide.
• The couple exchange rings as a sign of their love
  and fidelity to each other.
• The priest or deacon blesses the newly married
  couple before dismissing the congregation.

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Jacques and Raïssa Maritain equal partners in
married life

• As students at the Sorbonne University in Paris,
  Jacques and Raïssa became discouraged when the
  popular philosophy of the time offered them no
  real answers to their questions about the true
  meaning of life.
• They gradually discovered the wisdom of the
  Catholic faith and felt sure that their quest for
  meaning had been answered.
• They were married in 1904 and were baptized into
  the Catholic Church in 1906.
• Jacques and Raïssa became great scholars, known
  for their study and teachings on the thought of
  St. Thomas Aquinas. Many credit them with
  preparing the way for the reforms of Vatican II.