Wednesday, April 07, 2010

From the CCC







On our wedding anniversary, I have prayed at Mass. For my husband; for my children; for vocations to the priesthood ; for my vocation as a wife and mother ( I pretty much suck in these areas...My intentions are good..but...).


And I have read from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, about the sacrament of matrimony.

Reminders, help, yes?


1601 "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."

1620 Both the sacrament of Matrimony and virginity for the Kingdom of God come from the Lord himself. It is he who gives them meaning and grants them the grace which is indispensable for living them out in conformity with his will. Esteem of virginity for the sake of the kingdomand the Christian understanding of marriage are inseparable, and they reinforce each other

1656 In our own time, in a world often alien and even hostile to faith, believing families are of primary importance as centers of living, radiant faith. For this reason the Second Vatican Council, using an ancient expression, calls the family the Ecclesia domestica. It is in the bosom of the family that parents are "by word and example . . . the first heralds of the faith with regard to their children. They should encourage them in the vocation which is proper to each child, fostering with special care any religious vocation."

1657 It is here that the father of the family, the mother, children, and all members of the family exercise the priesthood of the baptized in a privileged way "by the reception of the sacraments, prayer and thanksgiving, the witness of a holy life, and self-denial and active charity." Thus the home is the first school of Christian life and "a school for human enrichment." Here one learns endurance and the joy of work, fraternal love, generous - even repeated - forgiveness, and above all divine worship in prayer and the offering of one's life.

5 comments:

molly said...

Happy Anniversary and thank you for your witness to marriage.

Leonie said...

Thanks Molly! And hugs!!

Anonymous said...

printed this one out too! pasted on wall in front of the computer.

Happy Anniversary.

Anonymous said...

oops annon is shannon!

Leonie said...

Hi Shannon! Thanks! And I love those quotes, too!