Thursday, September 29, 2011

b) Marriage is a covenant act.

The consent which they exchange after the liturgy of the Word is not a mere legal contract , but a covenantal act
by which both of them enter into into each other's gamut of relationship. It is an expression of their total and unconditional belonging to one another.The terms of this covenant is there human love purified by selfishness and satisfied in self-gift. Grounded in Christ's mystery this intimate community is made holy by the presence and action of the Holy Spirit. The word of God which they have listened to will be the interpreter of their lives henceforward and not their ideology or their likes or dislikes.

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