Marriage is one of the seven sacraments or symbolic actions of the Church by which Christ continues to accomplish the mystery of redemption. In Christian sacramental system Eucharist has its centrality. All the other sacraments are oriented to the Eucharist.
Matrimony has a special role in this Eucharist centred sacramental system in as much it prepares the community that celebrates the Eucharist. Sacramentality is not something super-added to the human reality of marriage, but is rather its intrinsic elavation and sanctification through the baptism which the couple has received.
"Authentic married love is caught up into divine love and is governed
and enriched by Christ's redeeming power and the saving power of the Church....For this reason,Christian spouses have a special sacrament by which they are fortified and receive a kind of consecration in the duties and dignity of their state. By virtue of this sacrament, as spouses, they fulfill their conjugal and family and family obligations;they are penetrated by the Spirit of God.This Spirit suffuses their whole lives with faith ,hope and charity" (GS n.48). We shall now analyze and see the various elements that constitute the sacramental process of Christian marriage.
Matrimony has a special role in this Eucharist centred sacramental system in as much it prepares the community that celebrates the Eucharist. Sacramentality is not something super-added to the human reality of marriage, but is rather its intrinsic elavation and sanctification through the baptism which the couple has received.
"Authentic married love is caught up into divine love and is governed
and enriched by Christ's redeeming power and the saving power of the Church....For this reason,Christian spouses have a special sacrament by which they are fortified and receive a kind of consecration in the duties and dignity of their state. By virtue of this sacrament, as spouses, they fulfill their conjugal and family and family obligations;they are penetrated by the Spirit of God.This Spirit suffuses their whole lives with faith ,hope and charity" (GS n.48). We shall now analyze and see the various elements that constitute the sacramental process of Christian marriage.
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