lesson 8 - matrimony day 1

7/31/2019 Lesson 8 - Matrimony Day 1

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THINK-PAIR-SHARE

When did your mom and dad

get married?

Where did they get

married?

How long are they

married 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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A. WHAT WAS

THE PLAN OFGOD FOR

BOTH MANAND WOMAN?


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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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B. WHY DO WE

SAY THAT GODIS THE

AUTHOR OFMARRIAGE?


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To love is the most basic and innate call for

man. That is why God created a suitable

partner for each other. God willed and wrote

at the beginning of human history that man

and woman should love each other. (CCC

1604)


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As in Genesis 2:24, That is

why a man leaves his father

and mother and clings to hiswife and the two of them

become one body.

(CFC 1883).This does not speak of mere

physical or psychological unity.

It is about the promise of manand woman to think about and

care for each other. (CFC

1885)


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C. HOW DID JESUS

INSTITUTE THESACRAMENT OF

MATRIMONY?


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When Jesus came, He elevated the

love of a man and a woman for each

other 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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Jesus made Matrimony as the

sacrament in which a man and a

woman become husband and wife and

promise to be faithful to each other for

the rest of their lives.


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Jesus furthermore showed the importance

of a marriage by attending the Wedding

Feast at Cana (John 2:1ff)


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Marriage has been an

effective sign of Jesuslove and presence. Jesus

love therefore is made

concretely present in thelove of a husband and

wife. This is what the

Church celebrates in theSacrament of Matrimony.


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Jesus blesses the union of a baptized

man and a baptized woman throughthe Sacrament of Matrimony. In this

sacrament, He offers them special

grace and strength to help them growin love and share this love with their

children (CCC 1641).

lesson 8 - matrimony day 1

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