Holy Matrimony
THE SIGN
Words - the mutual consent of the persons, expressed by words or
signs in accordance with the laws of the Church.
Rings
Baltimore
Catechism, answer to Question 1009
INSTITUTION BY JESUS CHRIST
But
from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female.
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."
Mark
10:6-9
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 and without blemish.
So (also) husbands should love their wives as their own bodies.
He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one hates his
own flesh but rather nourishes and cherishes it, even as
Christ does the church, because we are members of his body. "For
this reason a man shall leave (his) father and (his) mother
and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." This
is a great mystery, but I speak in reference to Christ and
the church.
In any case, each one of you should love his wife as himself,
and the wife should respect her husband.
Ephesians 5:25-33
THE GRACE (effect)
The effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony are:
- to sanctify the love of husband and wife;
- to give them grace to bear with each other's weaknesses;
- to enable them to bring up their children in the fear and love of God.
Baltimore
Catechism, answer to Question 1028
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