The document contains quotes from religious leaders and authors discussing the Catholic sacrament of matrimony. It emphasizes that marriage should reflect God's unconditional love, that spouses are responsible for becoming holy through marriage, and that the marriage vows establish a covenant between the couple and God.

1. The Sacrament of Matrimony
"You will reciprocally promise
love, loyalty and matrimonial
honesty. We only want for you
this day that these words
constitute the principle of your
entire life and that with the help
of divine grace you will observe
these solemn vows that today,
before God, you formulate."
- Pope John Paul II
A Wedding is a Day, A Marriage is a Lifetime

2. The Sacrament of Matrimony
"You must discover that you can
and indeed have the
responsibility to become holy
in marriage and through
marriage."
- Nguyen Van Thuan
A Wedding is a Day, A Marriage is a Lifetime

3. The Sacrament of Matrimony
"We have had our vision of
what a blessing God intended
marriage to be, dulled by the
sorry examples of marriage we
see around us today."
- Andrew Wommack
A Wedding is a Day, A Marriage is a Lifetime

4. The Sacrament of Matrimony
"The spiritual virtue of a
sacrament is like light;
although it passes among the
impure, it is not polluted."
- Saint Aurelius Augustine
A Wedding is a Day, A Marriage is a Lifetime

5. The Sacrament of Matrimony
"The marriage covenant reflects
God’s love as we receive it,
absorb it, and give it away.
Through covenant we discover
the avenues of true love and
growth. "
- J. Johnston
A Wedding is a Day, A Marriage is a Lifetime

6. The Sacrament of Matrimony
"The love that exists between a
husband and wife is an
extension of God's love."
- Nguyen Van Thuan
A Wedding is a Day, A Marriage is a Lifetime

7. The Sacrament of Matrimony
"The love between husband
and wife should mirror the love
of Christ for the Church, a love
that is
complete, unconditional, self-
sacrificing, unending, nourishi
ng, and cherishing."
- Lucas Pollice
A Wedding is a Day, A Marriage is a Lifetime

8. The Sacrament of Matrimony
"Most couples have no idea of
what God intended marriage to
be, so they settle for the same
substandard relations that they
see others experiencing."
- Andrew Wommack
A Wedding is a Day, A Marriage is a Lifetime

9. The Sacrament of Matrimony
"Marriage is the only covenant
in the Bible that allows two
people to be perfectly joined in
all areas of life, from the
physical to the spiritual. Where
else but in marriage can we find
such sacredness and dignity
placed together?"
- Lawrence Martin
A Wedding is a Day, A Marriage is a Lifetime

10. The Sacrament of Matrimony
"Marriage has a unique place
because it speaks of an absolute
faithfulness, a covenant
between radically different
persons, male and female; and
so it echoes the absolute
covenant of God with his
chosen, a covenant between
radically different partners."
- Rowan D. Williams
A Wedding is a Day, A Marriage is a Lifetime

11. The Sacrament of Matrimony
"Marriage consists of our first
entering into a covenant
relationship with Christ and
then with each other"
- Marlin K. Jensen
A Wedding is a Day, A Marriage is a Lifetime

12. The Sacrament of Matrimony
"Love is not weakness. It is
strong. Only the sacrament of
marriage can contain it."
- Boris Pasternak
A Wedding is a Day, A Marriage is a Lifetime

13. The Sacrament of Matrimony
"Jesus came to redeem
humanity through love, and
that through the sacrament of
Matrimony humanity is
enriched in an extraordinary
way."
- Nguyen Van Thuan
A Wedding is a Day, A Marriage is a Lifetime

14. The Sacrament of Matrimony
"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."
- Rite of Marriage
A Wedding is a Day, A Marriage is a Lifetime

15. The Sacrament of Matrimony
"From childhood on I have had
the dream of life lived as a
sacrament... the dream implied
taking life ritually as something
holy."
- Bernard Berenson
A Wedding is a Day, A Marriage is a Lifetime

16. The Sacrament of Matrimony
"A person who has not
journeyed sufficiently on the
road to maturity and generosity
is not capable of a true
marriage, even though he or she
may be quite capable of sharing
an apartment or conceiving a
child."
- Thomas Richstatter
A Wedding is a Day, A Marriage is a Lifetime

17. The Sacrament of Matrimony
"A marriage based on mutual
esteem, built up by lasting
affection, and crowned with
Heaven's blessing, is the fair
remnant left us on earth of the
institutions of Paradise."
- S. Walker
A Wedding is a Day, A Marriage is a Lifetime