Sentences with phrase «sacrament of marriage»

is the book we have all been waiting for: hopeful, inclusive, practical, theological, honest talk about the complex sacrament of marriage as both reality to be lived and metaphor to be embodied.

«Very Married is the book we have all been waiting for: hopeful, inclusive, practical, theological, honest talk about the complex sacrament of marriage as both reality to be lived and metaphor to be embodied.

I consider «sacrificing» watching my favorite TV shows a very VALID choice for Lent since not watching them helps me work on the committment and sacrament of marriage with my husband.

Nor does Thatcher reduce the sacrament of marriage to a purely spiritual union devoid of concrete worldly commitment and purpose.

As we settle upon a state in life, some of us will receive holy orders or embark upon the sacrament of marriage.

There was no sacrament of marriage until the 16th century (3).

And the administration of the sacrament of marriage is in dire need of renewal, apparent in the fact that a mere 2 percent of Catholic women have used natural family planning, up to 60 percent of engaged couples are already living together, and although Americans constitute only 5.9 percent of the world's Catholics, they account for 60 percent of the Church's declarations of nullity.

This, therefore, is the sacrament of marriage a flesh and blood image of Christ's love, enabled and supported by the grace of Christ because it is for Christ and it serves Christ.

Through the sacrament of marriage the Church raises marriage and family life to an even higher nobility and beauty.

The permanence of the sacrament of marriage is a sign of the permanence of Christ's love for his Church.

In Catholic theology, the sacrament of marriage creates an unbreakable metaphysical bond.

As much as concupiscence darkens the horizon of the inward vision and deprives the heart of the clarity of desires and aspirations, so much does «life according to the Spirit» (that is, the grace of the sacrament of marriage) permit man and woman to find again the true liberty of the gift, united to the awareness of the spousal meaning of the body in its masculinity and femininity» (TB,348 - 349).

There shines out from this in the sacrament of marriage the beauty of sexual love and its ministry.

But we already have, for a very long time, accepted the sin of adultery (aka divorce and remarriage) within the sacrament of marriage.

One thing that reinforces Osler's words here is the «one man and one woman» passage in the gospels where Jesus equates divorce and remarriage with adultery, and does not go on to suggest that divorcees should be denied the sacrament of marriage based on their sin of adultery.

This is why Catholics can not repeat the sacrament of marriage unless they obtain an annulment for a previous marriage in the Catholic church.

The same kind of mercy could, and I think should, be worked out for gays and the sacrament of marriage, based on this example.

By God's grace received through the sacraments (including the sacrament of marriage), we can aspire to something greater in marriage than a power struggle hemmed in by laws designed to curb our selfish intentions.

The sacrament of marriage works in and through our ordinary human love consecrating it and making it the way that we can be raised up and come closer to God and live the new life he give us in Christ.

International Theological Institute: «And God Saw That It Was Very Good» (Schloss Trumau, Austria) April 8 - 9 An international symposium on re-invigorating the sacrament of marriage and the Christian family in light of the 2014 and 2015 synods.

The sacrament of marriage anchors us, fusing our fragile lives to something that will not be eroded, will not fail us or betray us, even if we betray it.

Here John Paul seeks to apply his «total vision of man» to deepening our understanding of the sacrament of marriage.

The title of the article is «The Presence of Jesus in the Family», and it examines three aspects of that presence: Jesus presence in the sacrament of marriage, Jesus presence as parents take their children to church and Jesus presence in family life at home.

Furthermore, the sacrament of marriage itself should hold a high place in the life of the Church since it is the sacramental expression of the relationship between Christ and the Church with a view to the birth of further sons and daughters for the Kingdom of Christ.

In an unprecedented moment, pope Francis delivered the sacrament of marriage to two cabin crew members onboard LATAM flight LA1250 from Santiago to Iquique in Chile earlier.

Faith - based marriage preparation got its start back in the 19th Century when a group of Catholic Spanish wives wanted to help their future husbands prepare for the sacrament of marriage.

Counseling of this nature may take place at any point during marriage or may be obtained prior to marriage as part of the Sacrament of Marriage as set forth by the Catholic church.

«Is preparation for the sacrament of marriage a sine qua non?