MARRIAGE SACRAMENT

Rojelie Ponso Jenny Mendoza Enong Lesley Pia Melancolico Ledz Superales

What is LOVE?

OLD TESTAMENT
Genesis 2:18;21-25

it is not good for a man to be alone. I will make a

suitable partner to him..The Lord God then built up into a woman the rib that he had taken from the man. When he brought her to the man,the man said This one, at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; This one shall be called woman for out of her man this one has been That is why a man leaves his father and taken.

mother and clings to his wife, the two of them become one body.

Since God is love, therefore, man should also love.

Matthew 19:5
And he said, ''for this

reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no human being must separate.''

Clearly, Jesus was strongly against divorce in marriage. He ''bases his stress on the permanent union of the married couple on the original will of the Creator.''

Ephesians 5:21-28
Be subordinate to one another out for reverence

of Christ. Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is head of his wife just as Christ is head of the church, he himself the savior of the body. As the church is subordinate to Christ, so wives should be subordinate to their husbands and everything. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church and handed himself over for her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the bath of water with the word, that he might present to himself the church in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy without

 In

marriage, every Christian couple is called to love each other selflessly, and willingly, modeled on the love that Jesus showed to his bride, the Church, for which he offered, and sacrificed his life to.

DESTINED TO LOVE EACH OTHER

''The husband, as head of his wife, just as Christ is head of the church''
does

not mean domination, or control. Husbands, like Christ, must exercise Christian leadership that is motivated, and sustained by a loving service to his wife, and family to embrace the invitation of becoming Christian disciples by virtue of their baptism, with all of their life and capacity- as Jesus Christ exemplified to the Church, even to his death

Minister and Recipient

Unique among

all sacrament in terms of its minister, matrimony only recognizes the priest as the witness to the union of the candidates for marriage. It sets the man and the woman for marriage, in their exchange of consent, as the only minister of marriage. And ''the parties to a marriage covenant are a baptized man and woman, free to contract marriage, who freely express their consent.''

Marriage as Covenant
Covenant is a biblical term which refers to

unconditional and irrevocable commitment between the married couple united in love. Hence, marriage as a covenant lovingly places a man and a woman ''to create a life of equal and intimate partnership in abiding love to create and sustain a climate of personal openness, acceptance, trust and honesty that will nurture and nature such intimate community and abiding love to create rules of behavior which will respect, nurture and sustain intimate community and abiding love

WRONG CONCEPT OF MARRIAGE

A lot of young people

nowadays view marriage as mere social institution often subjected to the test of ''trial and error'' and the adventure of matching compatibility, thus, posing an arbitrary, and conditional, hesitant attitude to a life long commitment.

 Marriage is love, life-time

commitment And more than a covenant.

True love 1Cor 13:4-7

Is based on GIVING and satisying the needs of

the other person, taking into acount their feelings and opinions without seeking selfsih benefits Shows respects, grants freedom to grow, mature and genuine Is an act of will-A DECISION NOT JUST AN EMOTION. LOVE IS A COMMITMENT, A PROMISE/VOW. NOT ACCOMPANIED BY UNREALISTIC FANTASIES. Always increases and is creative in the way it shows itself in each occasion and circumtances.

Lessons in love
I LOVE YOU IF love given in exchange in

condition is a selfish love wanting to obtain something in exchange. I LOVE YOU BCOZ this is conditional, based on what the other person has done. You should see and accept people as they are. I LOVE YOU UNCONDITIONALLY in site whether you change or not, I love you however you may be. This love is not blind, it is accepting. This is anot creative love that produces in We should be only guided solely in ourchanges emotions, the person who receives it. and identify when examine your feelings before God
they are not in His perfect will.

Conclusion
'Settling down in marriage'' is a challenging decision.

Young people, in their experiences of courtship and mutual love with the opposite sex, may find the following points formative and helpful: Exercise prudence in choosing their partner; Seek that which is good, loving and pure in every circumstance and situation; Foster respect and personal boundary; Learn and savor the shared process of knowing and growing in their self-understanding and their knowledge of each other;

Purify their intentions from the mere pursuit of pleasure; Order their priorities according to their proper and necessary needs; Show firm courage, and perseverance in moments of difficulties and trials; Exchange words and gestures of affirmation, appreciation, and gratitude; and Finally, offer their relationship to Christ in order to master selfless commitment and mutual support to and for each other, striving in every way to mirror the love of Christ for his Church.

 Young people are always reminded to take

courtship as a time to cultivate a habit of honesty and fidelity to one's party, and to form a mastery of understanding and patience in preparation for a lifetime of commitment and love. Pray for your partner, trust God. Get to know him/her more. Naiimagine mu na ba na ang partner mo ngaun ay pang habang buhay na partner mo?