To deliver man from loneliness, to grant him the joy of communion, to teach him to share the warmth of his soul and to rejoice in the warmth received in return, God created man and woman. By helping one another, living for each other, yielding and sacrificing, husband and wife attain that perfect love to…
The beginning of a family is the sacrament of marriage. After the prayers of the wedding rite are completed, the priest reads to the newlyweds an instruction on how a husband ought to care for his wife, a wife to honor her husband, to keep marital fidelity, to do works of mercy, to seek the…
The most important and solemn moments in a Christian’s life are inextricably bound with the church. It is there, in the sacrament of baptism, that the Christian is born spiritually. It is there that he is renewed again and again in the sacraments of confession and communion. And one day, he comes to the church…
Marriage was established by God at the creation of the first humans, Adam and Eve, even before their fall into sin. In marriage, man and woman become “one flesh” (Gen. 2:24), and therefore, according to God’s design for humanity, the dissolution of marriage is impossible and the marital union is indissoluble. However, after the fall,…
The Sacrament of Crowning is performed by a priest, usually the spiritual father of the bride and groom. However, this sacrament is not performed at just any time. The fasting periods of the year require restraint and spiritual labor. Therefore, marriages are not conducted during these times. Major feast days call for spiritual joy, which…
Scripture states that in marriage, husband and wife become “one flesh” (Genesis 2:24), and when asked about the possibility of divorce, our Lord Jesus Christ commanded: “What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”(Matthew 19:6) Holy Scripture further teaches: “The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth;…