Why get married in church?

The sacrament of marriage, “The marriage covenant, by which a man and a woman form with each other an intimate communion of life and love” (No. 1660) is one of the seven sacraments. Discover marriage in church from the perspective of the Catechism of the Catholic Church with Hozana.

Getting married in church because God instituted marriage

Marriage in the church allows us to remember that it is God who instituted marriage. Number 1601 says: “The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life, is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring; this covenant between baptized persons has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Getting married in church because marriage is a sacrament

Marriage is a sacrament, and for that reason it is celebrated in the church. Number 1661 says: “The sacrament of Matrimony signifies the union of Christ and the Church. It gives spouses the grace to love each other with the love with which Christ has loved his Church; the grace of the sacrament thus perfects the human love of the spouses, strengthens their indissoluble unity, and sanctifies them on the way to eternal life. ” (No. 1661).

Getting married in church to give testimony

Getting married in the church allows for solemn witness, since the celebration is public. Number 1663 of the Catechism tells: “Since marriage establishes the couple in a public state of life in the Church, it is fitting that its celebration be public, in the framework of a liturgical celebration, before the priest (or a witness authorized by the Church), the witnesses, and the assembly of the faithful.” (No. 1663).

By marrying in church, a couple gives the testimony of a love that wants to both last and bear fruit.

Number 1631 completes the above elements by giving four reasons why the Church “normally requires that the faithful contract marriage according to the ecclesiastical form. Several reasons converge to explain this requirement:

 - Sacramental marriage is a liturgical act. It is therefore appropriate that it should be celebrated in the public liturgy of the Church;

 - Marriage introduces one into an ecclesial order, and creates rights and duties in the Church between the spouses and towards their children;

 - Since marriage is a state of life in the Church, certainty about it is necessary (hence the obligation to have witnesses);

 - The public character of the consent protects the “I do” once given and helps the spouses remain faithful to it.

Getting married in church to love each other as God loves

Getting married in church is not just having the will to learn to love each other, but to love the other, as God loves (“You men, love your wife after the example of Christ: he has loved the Church”, says for example the letter of Saint Paul to the Ephesians in verse 25 of chapter 5). And to love in God's way, a couple necessarily needs God. Thus, by passing through the grace of the sacrament of marriage in the Church, and by cultivating it, the couple will be able to learn during their life, to love each other as God loves.

Getting married in church to rely more on God's help than his strength

“Apart from me you can do nothing,” Jesus tells us in the Gospel of John (John 15:5). By putting a third person at the center of their relationship, that is to say, God, marriage in the church shows that the couple relies more on the help and help of God than on their own strength. Indeed, to love each other as God loves, a couple necessarily needs the grace of God. By living thus, the couple can hope to achieve holiness in the sacrament of marriage.

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