What is Matrimony
Matrimony Symbols
What Matrimony Leads To
Matrimony Over View
The Wedding
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What is the sacrament of Matrimony?
Matrimony is the marriage of a man and a woman in the Catholic Church.
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From the beginning years of the church, what has marriage been regarded as a symbol of?
Marriage has been regarded as a symbol of unity, companionship, love, and caring.
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What are the two forms of Matrimony?
There are two forms of the wedding liturgy in the Catholic Church – with the Eucharist (communion) and without communion.
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What do the Bride and Groom both have in common?
Love for each other.
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Describe three things couples can do to personalize their own wedding.
The couple may select a scripture reading, responsorial psalm, or gospel reading. They may also choose the music, as long as it is appropriate. They may even write their own vows, as this is a very personal thing between the spouses.
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What is sexual intercourse meant to express in marriage?
Sexual intercourse is meant for the total sharing of the spouses’ entire beings with each other.
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What are the primary symbols of Matrimony?
Husband and Wife
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When does the marriage officially end?
Until death due us part.
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For the Bride and Groom to be honest with each other in their vows what is needed?
To be in love to write true vows.
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What color are the doves?
White
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What is a covenant?
A covenant is a promise between two groups.
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In addition to sexual fidelity, what are four characteristics that are included in marital faithfulness?
Four characteristics that are included in marital faithfulness are permanence, constancy, loving confrontation, and lived values.
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If one or both members of an engaged couple were not open to having children and wanted to be married in the Catholic Church, what would the Church’s stance be? Why?
Children are a gift of God that are created through the love of marriage. So, the church’s stance would be that they should not get married.
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How is the sacrament of Matrimony different from the wedding ceremony?
The wedding ceremony lasts for only one day, but the sacrament of Matrimony involves the couple’s entire life with each other. The ceremony confirms the start of the marriage.
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Can someone object a wedding if they do not believe that they should get married?
Yes
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Matrimony is a Sacrament of?
Service.
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What are the promises the spouses write and read to each other called?
Vows
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Explain how parents are expected to be the first proclaimers of the faith to their children.
Parents are expected to be the first proclaimers of Christianity to their children because the people that a young child spends the most time with are their parents. Also, they will try to follow their parents’ example and be a good Christian.
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What does the grace of the sacrament of Matrimony do for the spouses?
There are many difficulties for two people to live together for their entire lives, so the grace helps them be able live together and work together.
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Is music played during this sacrament?
Yes
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What did Jesus Christ say?
Jesus said, “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two shall become one flesh. So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate” (Matthew 19:5,6).
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What is the main symbol of Matrimony?
The rings which represent two becoming one.
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Can you get married if you have not received the Eucharist?
Yes you can.
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In what sense does the Christian vision of marriage counteract the trap of consumerism?
With its emphasis for partners on the free gift of self to each other. A couple does not have to buy expensive gifts for each other.
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1 of the 3 Rites for Matrimony
Priest: May the Lord bless these rings
which you give to each other
as the sign of your love and fidelity. Response: Amen. Lord, bless these rings which we bless in your name. Grant that those who wear them may always have a deep faith in each other. May they do your will and always live together in peace, good will, and love. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Response: Amen. Priest: Lord, bless and consecrate (Name) and (Name) in their love for each other. May these rings be a symbol of true faith in each other, and always remind them of their love. Through Christ our Lord. Response: Amen
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