Love and marriage 7,8,9

LOVE AND MARRIAGE 7,8,9
7 -THE DESTINY OF HUMAN LOVE

human love is total and exclusive, forever and fruitful

Marriage may be the beginning of Heaven on Earth.

Many couples have been very happy all their years

Their love lasts as long as “life”.
Death separetes us from our loved ones

Death also separtes parents from children

Yet man and woman are destined to live forever

Every child conceived is unique, a sign of God’s intervention
through the cooperation of a man and woman

Every new life that enters this world
is destined to live forever

Just like their parents, each child is destined to live
forever in the presence of the Lord.

The human spirit once called into existence
is destined to live forever beyond physical death

separated from the aged and wasted body,
at the moment of death

the spirit of man and woman is destined to continue to exist

though separated from the dead body, the soul persists beyond time

Christians believe we’ll be reunited with the body
which will be restored in a new form of life (glorious)

Christians believe the quality of this future life,
depends on how we have lived on this earth.

Just as death cannot
be the end of life
neither can it
be the end of
human love

The merits of their shared lives are written
in their personal history of communion and achievements

In the children they have raised

Not only the community or society, but God
is witness to their work and effort

His appreciation of their lives is exact,
to reward their accomplishments,
to purify them from their limitations and errors.

So we can say a couple’s love is projected beyond finite life

It is a path through life that projects the couple
beyond life to Heaven itself

In this sense marriage is a VOCATION

disposed or arranged by God himself in human nature

To perfect oneself in preparation for the future life

•THE DESTINY OF HUMAN LOVE
1)human love is total and exclusive, forever and fruitful
a)Marriage may be the beginning of Heaven on Earth.
I)Many couples have been very happy all their years
2)Yet their love lasts only as long as life.
a)Death divides spouses and also divides parents from children
3)man and woman are destined to live forever
a)Every child conceived is unique, a sign of God’s intervention through the cooperation of a man and woman
I)Every new life that enters this world is destined to live forever
(1)Just like their parents, each child is destined to live forever in the presence of the Lord.
4)The human spirit once called into existece is destined to live forever beyond physical death
a)Separated from the aged and wasted body, at the moment of death, -
b) the spirit of man and woman is destined to continue to exist
c)Though separated from the dead body, the soul persists beyond time
5)Christians believe we’ll be reunited with the body which will be restored in a new form of life (glorious)
a)Christians believe the quality of this future life, depends on how we have lived on this earth.
I)Just as death cannot be the end of life
(1)Nor can it be the end of human love
II)The merits of their shared lives are written
(1)in their personal history of communion and achievements
(2)In the children they have raised
(3)Not only the community or society, but God is witness to their work and effort
(a)his appreciation of their lives is exact
(b)To reward their accomplishments
(c)To purify them from their limitations and errors
III)So we can say a couple’s love is projected beyond finite life
IV)It is a path through life that projects the couple beyond life to Heaven itself
6)In this sense marriage is a VOCATION
a)A path through life,
b)disposed by God himself in human nature
c)To realise oneself
d)To achieve merit
e)To perfect oneself in preparation for the future life

LOVE AND MARRIAGE
8 - MARRIAGE BETWEEN
CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS

Human nature has its limitations and commits errors
Evidence of this is visible in
- the conflicts between peoples,
- conflicts within society and communities
- and even within the individual

This is evidence of an intrinsic defect in human nature,
that is not completely overcomeable

It is a sign of an original error or sin,
which has affected all mankind

Christians believe that Christ came to restore human nature
and achieved this by his life and death

He overcame suffering and death
which was a consequence of sin

…and communicates his new glorious life Spirit
to those who believe and follow Him

Unless he recognises his fallen condition he cannot know
the truth about himself, in order to act justly.

Unless man recognises that he is a sinner
he cannot know the truth about himself,
which is a pre-condition for acting justly

And without receiving pardon he would not be able to bear this truth - CIC 1697

Christ instituted certain signs which are means
of receiving this favor or grace, the sacraments

Just as baptism consists of the pouring of water and saying the prayer
“I baptise you in the name of the father, son and Holy Spirit”.

So also the other sacraments contain signs and prayers

In matrimony the sign is the couple who present themselves
and declare their love before the church community

They profess
their marriage vows –
promises to love each other
exclusively all their life –
I, (spouse), take you, N_____,
to be my wife
and I give myself to you.
I promise to be true to you
in good times and in bad,
in sickness and in health.
I will love you
and honor you
all the days of my life.

They receive the blessing of Christ on their love,
through the representative of the church, the priest or deacon.

Their efforts to share their life together in intimate harmony is a
Sign of their love, which receives the continuous blessing of Christ.

Christians can invoke God’s blessing continually on their marriage

So in a Christian sacrametal marriage,
there are always three present,
- man , woman and God

They receive the inspiration and graces of the Spirit of Christ
in order to fulfill their misión

God gave himself to us
throught his Spirit.
By the participation of the Spirit
we become communicants
in the divine nature CIC 1988

Jesus went to a wedding in Cana – a sign of his approval and blessing.
- He thus confirms the goodnesss of marriage
-and that thenceforth marriage will be
an efficacious sign of Christ's presence.

Christ taught that the original meaning of the union of man and woman
as the Creator willed it from the beginning excluded divorce.

Divorce was an exceptional permission given by Moses
as a concession for their hardness of heart

Christ said – “from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female
and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother
and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’,
So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” Mt 19,6

“It was because of your hardness of heart
that Moses permitted you to divorce your wives;
but it was not this way from the beginning.
Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife,
except for sexual immorality,
and marries another woman, commits adultery.” Mt 19,7

By coming to restore the original order of creation disturbed by sin,
he himself gives the strength and grace to live marriage
in the new dimension of the Reign of God. CIC 1615

•MARRIAGE BETWEEN CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS
1)human nature has its limitations and commits errors
a)Evidence of this is visible in the conflicts between peoples, within society and communities, and within each individual
I)Anger
II)División of the family
III)División of the community
IV)División of a nation
V)War between nations
b)This is evidence of an intrinsic defect in human nature, that is not completely overcomeable
c)It is a sign of an original error or sin, which has affected mankind for all time
2)Christians believe that Christ came to restore human nature
a)And achieved this grace by his life and death
b)He overcame suffering and death which was a consequence of sin
c)And communicates his new glorious life spirit to those who believe and follow Him
d)Unless man recognises that he is a sinner, he cannot know the truth about himself, which is a pre-condition for acting justly
e)and without receiving pardon he would not be able to bear this truth CIC 1697
f)porque sin reconocerse pecador, el hombre no puede conocer la verdad sobre sí mismo, condición del obrar justo,
g)y sin el ofrecimiento del perdón no podría soportar esta verdad;CIC 1697
3)He instituted certain signs which are means of receiving this grace, the sacraments
a)Just as baptism consists of the pouring of water and saying the prayer “I baptise you in the name of the father, son and Holy Spirit.
b)So also the other sacraments contain signs and prayers
4)In matrimony the sign is the couple who present themselves before the church community
a)They profess their marriage vows –promises to love each other exclusively all their life
I)I, (spouse), take you, N_____, to be my wife and I give myself to you. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in
health. I will love you and honor you all the days of my life.
b)They receive the blessing of Christ on their love, through the representative of the church, the priest or deacon.
c)Their efforts to share their life together in intimate harmony is a sign of their love, which receives the continuous blessing of Christ.
d)Christians can invoke God’s blessing continually on their marriage
e)So in a Christian sacramental marriage there are always three present, man, woman and God
f)They receive the inspiration and graces of the Spirit of Christ in order to fulfill their misión
g)[God] gave himself to us through his Spirit. By the participation of the Spirit, we become communicants in the divine nature. . . . For this reason,
those in whom the Spirit dwells are divinized. CIC 1988
5)Jesus went to a wedding in Cana – a sign of his approval and blessing.
a)He thus confirms the goodnesss of marriage
b)And that thenceforth marriage will be an efficacious sign of Christ's presence.
c)Christa taught that the original meaning of the union of man and woman as the Creator willed it from the beginning excluded divorce.
I)This was an exceptional permission given by Moses as a concession to the hardness of hearts
d)By coming to restore the original order of creation disturbed by sin, he himself gives the strength and grace to live marriage in the new dimension of
the Reign of God. CIC 1615

LOVE AND MARRIAGE
9 - THE MARRIAGE BOND OF CHRISTIANS
Familiaris Consortio no. 11-13 by John Paul II

God inscribed in the humanity of man and woman the vocation,
and thus the capacity and responsibility, of love and communion.
Love is therefore the fundamental and innate vocation
of every human being. FC11

Love includes the human body,
and the body is made a sharer in spiritual love

Consequently, sexuality, by means of which man and woman
give themselves to one another through the acts which are proper
and exclusive to spouses, is by no means something purely biological,
but concerns the innermost being of the human person as such.

The total physical self-giving would be a lie
if it were not the sign and fruit of a total personal self-giving,
in which the whole person, including the temporal dimension, is present .

responsible fertility. This fertility is directed to the generation of a human being,
and so by its nature it surpasses the purely biological order
and involves a whole series of personal values.
For the harmonious growth of these values a persevering
and unified contribution by both parents is necessary.

The institution of marriage is not an undue interference
by society or authority, nor the extrinsic imposition of a form.
Rather it is an interior requirement of the covenant of conjugal love
which is publicly affirmed as unique and exclusive, in order to live
in complete fidelity to the plan of God, the Creator. FC 11

The marriage bond of love becomes
an image and symbol of the covenant
which unites God and his people

He reveals the original truth of marriage, the truth of the "beginning,"
and, freeing man from his hardness of heart,
He makes man capable of realizing this truth in its entirety. FC 13

The Spirit which the Lord pours forth gives a new heart,
and renders man and woman capable of
loving one another as Christ has loved us. FC 13

the spouses participate in and are called to live the very charity
of Christ who gave Himself on the Cross. FC 13

"How can I ever express
the happiness of the marriage
that is joined together by the Church
strengthened by an offering,
sealed by a blessing,
announced by angels
and ratified by the Father?
...How wonderful the bond
between two believers
with a single hope,
a single desire,
a single observance,
a single service!
They are both brethren
and both fellow-servants;
there is no separation between them
in spirit or flesh;
in fact they are truly two in one flesh
and where the flesh is one,
one is the spirit.“
Tertuliano

by means of baptism,
man and woman are definitively placed
within the new and eternal covenant,
in the spousal covenant of Christ
with the Church.
And it is because of
this indestructible insertion
that the intimate community
of conjugal life and love,
founded by the Creator,
is elevated and assumed
into the spousal charity of Christ,
sustained and enriched by
His redeeming power. FC13

By virtue of the sacramentality of their marriage,
spouses are bound to one another
in the most profoundly indissoluble manner.
Their belonging to each other is the real representation,
by means of the sacramental sign,
of the very relationship of Christ with the Church. FC 13

Spouses are therefore the permanent reminder
to the Church of what happened on the Cross;
they are for one another and for the children witnesses to the salvation
in which the sacrament makes them sharers of this salvation event.

1 - "As a memorial, the sacrament gives them the grace and duty
of commemorating the great works of God
and of bearing witness to them before their children.
Marriage, like every sacrament,
is a memorial, actuation and prophecy: FC13

2 - As actuation, it gives them the grace and duty
of putting into practice in the present,
towards each other and their children,
the demands of a love which forgives and redeems.

3 - As prophecy, it gives them the grace and duty
of living and bearing witness to the hope
of the future encounter with Christ". FC 13

the first and immediate effect of marriage is not supernatural grace itself,
but the Christian conjugal bond, a typically Christian communion of two persons
because it represents the mystery of Christ's incarnation
and the mystery of His covenant. FC 13

conjugal love involves a totality,
in which all the elements of the person enter,
-appeal of the body and instinct,
-power of feeling and affectivity,
-aspiration of the spirit and of will. FC13

It aims at a deeply personal unity,
the unity that, beyond union in one flesh,
leads to forming one heart and soul;

it demands indissolubility
and faithfulness in definitive mutual giving;

it is open to fertility(cfr. Humanae vitae, 9).

In a word it is a question of the normal characteristics
of all natural conjugal love, but with a new significance
which not only purifies and strengthens them,

but raises them to the extent of making them
the expression of specifically Christian values.". FC13

THE MARRIAGE BOND OF CHRISTIANS
God inscribed in the humanity of man and woman the vocation,
and thus the capacity and responsibility, of love and communion.
Love is therefore the fundamental and innate vocation
of every human being. FC11
Love includes the human body,
and the body is made a sharer in spiritual love
Consequently, sexuality, by means of which man and woman
give themselves to one another through the acts
which are proper and exclusive to spouses,
is by no means something purely biological,
but concerns the innermost being
of the human person as such.
The total physical self-giving would be a lie
if it were not the sign and fruit of a total personal self-giving,
in which the whole person, including the temporal dimension, is present .
responsible fertility.
This fertility is directed to the generation of a human being,
and so by its nature it surpasses the purely biological order
and involves a whole series of personal values.
For the harmonious growth of these values a persevering
and unified contribution by both parents is necessary.
The institution of marriage is not an undue interference
by society or authority, nor the extrinsic imposition of a form.
Rather it is an interior requirement of the covenant of conjugal love
which is publicly affirmed as unique and exclusive, in order to live
in complete fidelity to the plan of God, the Creator. FC 11
The marriage bond of love becomes
an image and symbol of the covenant
which unites God and his people
He reveals the original truth of marriage, the truth of the "beginning,"
and, freeing man from his hardness of heart,
He makes man capable of realizing this truth in its entirety. FC 13
The Spirit which the Lord pours forth gives a new heart,
and renders man and woman capable
of loving one another as Christ has loved us. FC 13
the spouses participate in and are called to live the very charity of Christ
who gave Himself on the Cross. FC 13
but raises them to the extent of making them the expression of
specifically Christian values.". FC13
"How can I ever express the happiness of the marriage that is joined together by the
Church strengthened by an offering,
sealed by a blessing, announced by angels and ratified by the Father?
...How wonderful the bond between two believers with a single hope, a
single desire, a single observance, a single service! They are both
brethren and both fellow-servants;
there is no separation between them in spirit or flesh; in fact they are
truly two in one flesh
and where the flesh is one, one is the spirit”. - TERTULIANO
by means of baptism,
man and woman are definitively placed within the new and eternal
covenant,
in the spousal covenant of Christ with the Church.
And it is because of this indestructible insertion
that the intimate community of conjugal life and love,
founded by the Creator,
is elevated and assumed into the spousal charity of Christ,
sustained and enriched by His redeeming power. FC13
By virtue of the sacramentality of their marriage,
spouses are bound to one another
in the most profoundly indissoluble manner.
Their belonging to each other is the real representation,
by means of the sacramental sign,
of the very relationship of Christ with the Church.
FC 13
Spouses are therefore the permanent reminder to the Church
of what happened on the Cross;
they are for one another and for the children witnesses to the
salvation
in which the sacrament makes them sharers of this
salvation event.
Marriage, like every sacrament,
is a memorial, actuation and prophecy: FC13
"As a memorial, the sacrament gives them the grace and duty
of commemorating the great works of God and of bearing
witness to them before their children.
As actuation, it gives them the grace and duty of putting into
practice in the present, towards each other and their children,
the demands of a love which forgives and redeems. As
prophecy, it gives them the grace and duty of living and
bearing witness to the hope of the future encounter with
Christ". FC 13
the first and immediate effect of marriage is not supernatural grace itself,
but the Christian conjugal bond, a typically Christian
communion of two persons
Because it represents
the mystery of Christ's incarnation
and the mystery of His covenant. FC 13
conjugal love involves a totality,
in which all the elements of the person enter,
appeal of the body and instinct,
power of feeling and affectivity,
aspiration of the spirit and of will. FC13
It aims at a deeply personal unity,
the unity that, beyond union in one flesh, leads to forming one
heart and soul;
it demands
indissolubility
and faithfulness in definitive mutual giving;
it is open to fertility (cfr. Humanae vitae, 9).
In a word it is a question of the normal characteristics of all natural conjugal love,
but with a new significance
which not only purifies and strengthens them,

LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 11-6-2020
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Christ is Alive
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Love and Marriage 1-
Love and Marriage 2 – growing up to sexual maturity
Love and Marriage 3 – psychological differences and complimentarity
Love and Marriage 4- causes of sexual attraction
Love and Marriage 5- freedom and intimacy
Love and Marriage 6 - human love
Love and Marriage 7 - destiny of human love
Love and Marriage 8- marriage between Christian believers
Love and Marriage 9 – sacrament of marriage
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Medjugore Pilgrimage
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Mother Teresa of Calcuta – Saint
Pope Franciss in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war 1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Joseph
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
Valentine
Vocation – mconnor@legionaries.org
Way of the Cross – drawings for children
For commentaries – email – mflynn@legionaries.org
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Hermanas, Sevilla. España.

LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 11-6-2020
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Cristo Vive
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Espíritu Santo
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
Madre Teresa de Calcuta – Santa
María y la Biblia
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Queridas Amazoznia 1 un sueños social
Queridas Amazoznia 2 un suepo cultural
Queridas Amazoznia 3 un seuños ecologico
Queridas Amazoznia 4 un sueño eclesial
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1
Revolución Rusa y comunismo 2
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 3
San José
Santiago Apóstol
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Vocación – www.vocación.org
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