Ceremony

Beautiful reflections on marriage

Hi Ladies! This week I have been meditating on these two passages about marriage so i thought i would share them with you! I am thinking about putting them on the back of my wedding program since i seem to have some space. The first quote is my favorite. Enjoy!

“The intimate union of marriage, as a mutual giving of two persons, and the good of the children, demand total fidelity from the spouses and require an unbreakable union between them. The deepest reason is found in the fidelity of God to his covenant, in that of Christ to his Church. Through the sacrament of Matrimony the spouses are enabled to represent this fidelity and witness to it. Through the sacrament, the indissolubility of marriage receives a new and deeper meaning. It can seem difficult, even impossible, to bind oneself for life to another human being. This makes it all the more important to proclaim the Good News that God loves us with a definitive and irrevocable love, that married couples share in this love, that it supports and sustains them, and that by their own faithfulness they can be witnesses to God's faithful love. Spouses, who with God's grace give this witness, often in very difficult conditions, deserve the gratitude and support of the ecclesial community.” (-CCC1648)

“All human love is a sign of the eternal Love that created us and whose grace sanctifies the decision made by a man and a woman to give each other reciprocal life in marriage.” (-Pope Benedict XVI)