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Christian marriage and the ceremony
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Christian Marriage is both a commitment and a responsibility for life. Marriage is a sacrament and something to be celebrated. It is the solemn joining together of two people in the eyes of God who both love respect and honour each other. The married couple may be blessed with children who in turn can be baptised into the Christian community. Christian marriage not only is a union of a man and a women but it also brings together a third person as well. That third person is Jesus who gives the couple his grace and strength to help them to live out their commitment faithfully and lovingly as it states in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Pope John Paul 11 has preached in his homily in the UK (31.05.82) about marriage teaching that "marriage is a loving way to answer God's call". Marriage is a vocation. Through marriage a family...
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