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1 Catholics and Marriage What do Catholics think – makes a true Marriage

2 Catholic Marriage

3 Love – trust – share For Union For better, for worse… to love and to cherish.

4 Union includes sex Sex – the whole physical relationship – not just the sexual act – should be part of a couple’s union with one another. So sex is not principally to get pleasure but to give love to your partner. Hopefully it will be pleasurable in the process

5 Catholic Marriage

6 Having children For Family This is not just the children you produce, but an acceptance that you are part of each other’s family

7 The Gift of Children You promise:- “To accept children lovingly from God” – NOT to expect them as a right – NOT to treat them as a new play thing or to make you look good! “To bring them up according to the law of Christ and his Church.” - that means teaching them to pray – to know good from bad – to go to Mass.

8 Catholic Marriage

9 Till death do us part For Ever This may be a very long time! Don’t expect to change your partner but do expect your partner to change. You are asked : “ Are you ready to love and honour each other as man and wife for the rest of your lives?”

10 Catholic Marriage

11 God’s Presence We believe that God is present wherever there is true love, not just in those who are Christians. But God is present is an extra special way in those who are Christians and so get married in church. We call this extra special way – the Sacrament of Marriage So what is a Sacrament?

12 What is a Sacrament? In the Mass – in Holy Communion – the bread and wine are the outward sign of an inward and special presence of God – this is a Sacrament. In Baptism it is water… and so on. So what is the outward sign of God’s special presence in the Sacrament of Marriage – the priest? NO! – the rings – NO!

13 The Couple are the Sacrament The couple as they give themselves to each other ARE the outward sign. They are the Sacrament. They are the Celebrants. The priest is just the witness. And so they continue to be – a way God’s love is focussed through their partnership, and radiates out from it, for one another, for the children and for everyone else they meet.

14 One more thing! Marriage is for Union Marriage is for Family Marriage is for Ever Christian marriage is a Sacrament through which God is present. But there is one more thing that Catholics believe is necessary for a Marriage What is it?

15 Your Free Choice Both the man and the woman choose freely to do this thing. If they don’t, if either is being forced by some kind of pressure, then it is NOT a true marriage. Both say “I will.” and both must mean it. You are asked, “Are you ready freely and without reservation to give yourselves to each other in marriage?”

16 So to sum up Marriage is for Union Marriage is for Family Marriage is for Ever Marriage is a Free Choice Christian marriage is a Sacrament through which God is present. If your Marriage does not have these things in it, then it is not a Catholic Marriage

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