Marriage Brochure

TRUE LOVE WAITS. MARRIAGE PREPARATION
THE VIRTUE OF CHASTITY
The Catechism of the Catholic Church purports REMOTE, PROXIMATE, AND
Chastity makes the personality harmonious and that, "The sacrament of Matrimony signifies the IMMEDIATE PREPARATION
helps build intimacy without sex. It matures it and union of Christ and the Church. It gives spouses
fills it with inner peace. It increases the human the grace to love each other with the love with REMOTE
person's dignity and enables him to love truly and which Christ has loved his Church; the grace of
with respect for others. Sex as source of superficial the sacrament thus perfects the human love of Involves the understanding of a person’s human
pleasure has produced armies of the desperately the spouses, strengthens their indissoluble unity, sexuality, nuptial meaning of the body, and the path
sad and anxious. and sanctifies them on the way to eternal life" towards true love. Moreover, it instills self-control
(CCC, 1993, para. 1661) and respect for persons of the other sex.
God created male and female to become one. In
Catholic spirituality and morality, everything in life Therefore, the sanctity of marriage in the PROXIMATE
must be drawn magnetically toward love. This Catholic Church is undisputed and revered by its
includes Sexuality and sex. Sexuality involves self- constituents. Through the years, the world has Goes through dating, courtship, and engagement. It
giving and the good of the other. developed in ways we can only imagine, through provides the possibility of an actual mature love
scientific breakthroughs, technological relationship that will lead to engagement.
THE INALIENABILITY OF advancements, social reforms, etc. With this, the
HUMAN LIFE shift and reform of society have affected our IMMEDIATE
social institutions, particularly the Catholic
The church believes that we do not have the right to Church. However, the blame should not be on Aims to ensure the presence of all essential and
directly take the life of an innocent human being our progress, development, and evolution but on formal requisites for a valid marriage. Furthermore,
and that the purposeful taking of a defenseless how we, the Catholics, have forgotten and lost this period ensures that marriage is free from
human life is abhorrent. touch with our culture, history, and especially impediments.
with God.
THE SANCTITY AND
How do we, the Catholics, support progress INDISSOLUBULITY OF MARRIAGE
without sacrificing the sanctity of marriage?
How do we protect the Sacrament of Matrimony Because every married couple is unique in so many
in this Contemporary World? Let's find out, shall ways. It is unique for a reason: it is intended to
we? reflect our Creator's unconditional love for us. It is a
love that will never leave or forsake us

All of which are necessary for it to be valid or
complete in God's eyes. The Church's adherence to
Christ's teaching on marriage and opposition to
divorce does not imply insensitivity to the anguish
of those caught up in these unhappy situations.

GRroupeflection All through the creation story, the Lord proclaims Alañon, Stephanie Gabrielle C.
that humanity is exceedingly good. Coloma, Mariel O.
Why marriage is
TRUE LOVE WAITS! Laurente, Sam Nathaniel
in the loving plan of God Celeste, Guianna
The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines
God expresses his love for us in different kinds of chastity as “the successful integration of sexuality Aquino, John Benedict O.
ways and one specific way of God telling us how within the person and thus the inner unity of man in Herrera, Maria Sophia
much he loves us is through marriage. Marriage is his bodily and spiritual being.” Often noticeable is
an image of God’s everlasting love for us. As it is chastity being mistakenly misunderstood as a Guiang, Athena Francine S.
rooted in God's plan of creation, marriage is both a negative connotation involving repression of sexual
permanent body and a sacred union. desire in its entirety, our group understand that Catechism of the Catholic Church. (1993). Libreria Editrice
chastity rather is acceptance of God’s gift of Vaticana.
The Bible, Christians' primary source of authority sexuality and respect for this divine gift in oneself
and in relations with other human beings through MacArthur, J. (2009). Right thinking in a world gone wrong: A
and guidance, mentions divorce several times. Even social integration with consideration of God. biblical response to today's most controversial issues. Harvest

when Jesus taught that divorce is adultery in the It means redirecting our sexual desires, thoughts, House Publishers.
and behaviors toward God, towards Truth and Love.
sense of the Ten Commandments, He actually Its goal is not to make us not think about sex, Unit 3 and Unit 4
instead, it wants us to reflect and think carefully
allows for divorce in the case of infidelity by a about the act itself. As a group, we reflected on how Natural Family Planning Program . United States Conference
chastity wants us to think about what good it is that of Catholic Bishops.
partner. The Roman Catholic our reproductive organs were created for. We asked
ourselves, ‘How do they fit within God’s plan for us Bishop Barron.(2012). Sex, Love, and God: The Catholic answer
Church interprets this to to love one another and honor God?’. We realized to puritanism and Nietzscheanism.
that chastity is a complete gift of oneself - our
“I tell you that anyone who mean that divorce is not sexuality, our bodies, our minds, our spirits - to Familaris Consortio
divorces his wife, except for encouraged. A marriage another, without reserve.
Divorce. For Your Marriage. (n.d.)
marital unfaithfulness, and can only be revoked if St. JosephPRAYER TO
marries another woman, either of the partners St. Joseph, the chaste guardian of the Virgin, open my Respect for Unborn Human Life: The Church's Constant
commits adultery.” heart, mind, and soul as I ask for your guidance throughout Teaching. USCCB. (n.d.).
passes away. my steps in walking the journey of virginity, purity, and
chastity. Let my heart be filled with a burning passion for
The Catholic Church rejects all aspects of abortion, the love of Christ and quench my thirst by His word. Let my
believing that "human life must be respected and mind be filled with pure thoughts, and keep me away from
protected in every way from conception to birth." sin. Oh, St. Joseph, Grant unto me the Christlike purity so I
The Christian conviction in the value of human life is may walk into the right path and fulfill whatever it is that
found throughout the Bible, but it all begins with the God has desired for me. Cleanse my soul from all the
first few chapters of Genesis, the creation story. impurities that I may keep on serving God without any
impediments. Dear St. Joseph, Protect my innocence that I
may wait to consummate in marriage the gift I have held
sacred for the person that awaits me. Grant unto me your
intercession that I may be of an excellent example to my
family to be. I am your faithful servant, St. Joseph, until
eternity. Amen.