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THINK-PAIR-SHARE
yWhen did your mom and dad
get married?
yWhere did they getmarried?
yHow long are theymarried now?
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Our parents consider their marriage as a
very important milestone in their relationship.Their marriage marked their love for each
other. God wanted from the very beginning to
make marriage part of our lives.
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GOD and
MARRIAGEIN
THE
BEGINNING
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God created human
beings to love andbe loved. He created
the first human
beings, male andfemale, different but
equal and He found
it very good.(Genesis 1:27)
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God to first woman: be fertile and
multiply.
In this way, God blessed the first manand woman to have children and to
share in His plan for creating the human
family.
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The book of Genesis tells us that God is the
author of marriage. Human beings as theimage of God who Himself is Love, is
created out of love and called to love.
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God created man and
woman are partners foreach other, the woman
who is bone of his
bones, and flesh of his
flesh. As in Genesis2:24, That is why a
man leaves his father
and mother and clingsto his wife and the two
of them become one
body.
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However, the two
cannot immediatelybecome one after the
wedding. The two have
to work for their unity.They may be doing it
until the last breath of
their lives.
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JESUSand theSACRAMENT OF
MARRIAGE
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When Jesus came, He elevated the
love of a man and a woman for eachother in the level of a sacrament. He
said, so they are no longer two but
one flesh. Therefore, what God hasjoined together, no human being must
separate. (Matthew 19:6)
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Sometimes, husbands and
wives struggle in theirmarriage. How do we deal
with this?
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Jesus furthermore showed the importance
of a marriage by attending the WeddingFeast at Cana (John 2:1ff)
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Since the time marriage has been an
effective sign of Jesus love andpresence. Jesus love therefore is
made concretely present in the love of
a husband and wife. This is what theChurch celebrates in the Sacrament
of Matrimony.
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THE
SACRAMENT
OF
MATRIMONY
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Matrimony is the sacrament in
which a man and a womanbecome husband and wife and
promise to be faithful to eachother for the rest of their lives.
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Marriage is a serious step to take. It
should not be done on the spur of themoment or as a solution to a problem.
It is a decision that should come after
a long a serious reflection.
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We should put God at the center of
our married and family life. Love, afterall, is not so much looking at each
other but looking at the same
direction together and sharing thesame horizon. And God should be in
that horizon.
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We Respond.
How can we help our parents
to fulfill their marriage vows
to each other?
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yWhat is the Sacrament of Matrimony?
yWhy is God the author of marriage?
yWhy is marriage a serious plan ordecision to make?
yWhy is the Sacrament of Matrimony
important?
BIG QUESTIONS
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We thank God for the gift of
the Sacrament of
Matrimony
Our Prayer
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yLlarenas, Milagros. CLE 5
Workbook. XavierSchool.
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