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Marriage

Marriage as Human Reality is also a Saving Mystery (sacrament , which can be Comprehended by the Christian Community through the Liturgical Rites of Celebrating Marriage

It has been quoted that [t]he Lord God said `It is not good for man to be alone . I will make a helper suitable for him ' Consistent with this , Jerome as long ago as the fourth century said [i]t is hard for the human soul to avoid loving something

The quotation in the title of this essay comes from Marriage Sacrament an Effective Sign of God 's

Saving Power ' a discourse by Pope John Paul II given in a general audience during December 1992 . In other places marriage is also described as a vocation . The use of such a word emphasizes the sense of permanence involved . Getting married then is not merely a matter of consent , but a real and lasting commitment . Many theologians would say that the sacrament of marriage consists not just of the ceremony of consent when a couple each say I .take you .as my lawful wedded husband or wife ' but of every moment of their life as a married couple in relationship with each other and with God . This is not a recent idea . In 1930 Pope Pius XI in Casti Connubi ' quoted a 16th century document as saying that marriage can be considered as happening at one point , the moment of commitment during the wedding ceremony , and also in its permanence throughout married life . He describes what he refers to as the dignity of chaste marriage , but stresses the need for clear teaching about its meaning being given to those concerned and is clearly distressed by the changes in morality that he felt would undermine Christian marriage as an institution . Even earlier , in 1880 Pope Leo XIII , in Arcanum , spoke of the responsibility of Christians

[h]e entrusted to His Church the continuance of His work and , looking to future times , He commanded her to set in whatever might have become deranged in human society , and to restore whatever might have fallen into ruin

In a general audience of October 1984 John Paul II said that prayer penance and the Eucharist are the principal sources of spirituality for married couples . He went on to say [l]et Christian husbands and wives be mindful of their vocation to the Christian life , a vocation which deriving from their Baptism , has been confirmed anew and made more explicit by the Sacrament of Matrimony ' The pontiff was looking at marriage in the light of the gospels together with Paul 's words in his letters to the Romans , the Corinthians and to the church at Ephesus Marriage is compared to the spousal love of Christ for the church and as such the pontiff described it as an efficacious expression of the saving power of God ' The pope went on to say that it was a means of overcoming lust as described in Matthew 5 : 27 onwards . He quotes Paul in I Corinthians 7 :7 who...

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