MATRIMONY: INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE

 

“There was a wedding in Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited.”

                                                                                                                                   (John 2:1)

“Marriage is an order in which the profession must be made before the novitiate.”

                                                                                                                                   (Jean Pierre Camus)

“The form of matrimony consists in an inseparable union of minds; a coupled pledged to one another in a faithful friendship. The end is the begetting and upbringing of children, through marriage intercourse and shared duties in which each helps the other to rear children.”

                                                                                                                                 (St. Thomas Aquinas)
“Marriage is a covered dish”
                                                                                                                                   (Swiss proverb)
“Marriage is heaven and hell”

                                                                                                                                   (German proverb)

“Marriages are happy. It’s the living together afterwards that causes all the trouble.”

                                                                                                                                   (Farmer’s almanac)

1. Always place yourself in the hands of God, so that he may give strength and courage you need to carry your cross. Walk with Christ through prayer and the rosary which unites families with family of Nazareth, which came before the families of the earth.

2. You are the true images and mirror where the people clearly see God’s plan since creation. It was God who chose you and asked you to live in the vocation of family life.

3. You should always be a role model of Christian values. Always guard yourselves against the hostile winds currently blowing against the family around the world through the media.

4. Sacrament of marriage like the ordination plays a very important role in the life of the Church because the domestic church, the first school that teaches the basics of Christian values.

5. If you read the Holy Scriptures from where it starts to the last page you would continue
to admire and marvel at the wisdom and unique ways of God.

6. The disposition of the couple is to listen to God’s voice. (Gal 5:13-16)

 7. Have the ability to listen, objectively analyze what you say and hear. Prejudice and emotions should not be in your vocabulary when dealing with an issue.- be open, wise,
simple, prudent, tolerant and sincere.

8. Be optimistic about your life, marriage, family, husband, and wife. God’s ways are not always ours.

9. Strongly believe in providence- in thee I put my trust, I and my house shall worship the lord, a family that prays together stays together, if the lord is for me who can be against
me, he who puts his trust in man is bound to fail- salt and mystery- the lord bless the upright, (Psalm.73/74), a pure heart create in me O lord.

10. You shall never look strong faced like the bereaved. Always be cheerful and ready to welcome a visitor in your home with a smile.

11.The identity of a Catholic is the Eucharist where all other sacraments rotate. Without the Eucharist we would have no identity. Receiving the Eucharist is part of the identity of a
catholic. If you strike it off, you become unrecognizable. It is a feast of peace where everyone is invited to partake.

· Teach your children the sign of the cross. On your death bed the words will be
“Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.