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Marriage: A Commitment
Love, Life, and Family
Welcome to A.Y. 2017 - 2018

Jose Jojo Carlos

Basic Realities of Marriage
Marriage: Profound Reality
LESSON NO.1
 Do you have a knowledge of what this state
of life is?
What is your perception of marriage?
Is marriage instituted by man/law or it is
ordered by God?
Marriage is a contract/paper or lifetime
bond between man and woman. What is
your view about this?
Is marriage a private affair between the
husband and wife?
The Best Love Story Ever is

That no matter how difficult the

situation is you did not abandon
meNo matter how bad I hurt you
still you forgave me and you gave
up everything even your life because
you want to save me Thank you for
loving me JESUS!
Basic Realities of Marriage
A Secular and Sacred Reality
A Human and Divine Institution
A State and an Event
A Contract and Covenant
A Personal Affair and a Social
Institution
A Secular and Sacred Reality
A Secular reality but linked with the
Divine (E.Schillebeeckx)
Marriage is celebrated within a
sacred ritual revealing perception
that is not exclusively a human
affair.
A secular reality = it is a reality of
creation that reveals its sacred
character.
A Secular and Sacred Reality
Early Christians = mysterion, a
sacrament: a sign of higher and a
sacred reality
This perception finds its full
development when Church
declared that marriage is one of the
seven sacraments
A Human and Divine Institution
Marriage in Theological tradition is
considered as a duty of nature
(officium naturae) = God ordained
the task of procreation
Marriage is naturally human
because out of their own free wills
man and woman enter into a union
of life and love with consent.
A Human and Divine Institution

CCC (Catechism of the Catholic

Church): it is not purely a human
institution: it is the work of God
Himself = to correct
misconception that married couples
are on their own.
A Human and Divine Institution
Casti Conubii (On Christian
Marriage, Pius XI): If one has
contracted matrimony he/she is
subject to it divinely made laws
and essential properties.
A Human and Divine Institution
Gaudium et Spes (Joys and
Hopes): God himself is the author
of matrimony and gave it with
various benefits and purposes.
It demands not only two to make
it happen, but three:
God, male and female
who are all in love with one
another.
A State and an Event
CFC (#1886):
A Being in the state and also a
becoming in that state
To become implies a life-long
process which only began on their
wedding day, of gradual
transformation of an I and a Thou
into a We.
A State and an Event
Marriage is in fact a lifetime project
of the couple to bring about the many
realities and values of married life
(matrimonium in facto esse)
Marriage can also be an event
(matrimonium in fieri)
A full blossoming of that
togetherness cannot be definitely
achieved on wedding day but
demands continuous nurturing of
love.
A Contract and Covenant

Contract = mutual agreement of

two persons with all legal nuances
which may not fully capture the
rich meaning of marital life.

Covenant = expresses the rationale

why the couple decide to bring
their lives together. It is love that
seeks their union and in turn seeks
to fulfill the love-covenant.
A Contract and Covenant

Pag-Iisang Dibdib vs. Pag-Aasawa

Love-covenant in marriage
takes place only between man and
a woman;
in the complementarity of their
sexuality;
ordained towards union and
procreation.
A Personal Affair and a
Social Institution
Marriage cannot be sought in
terms of a personal matter like
sexual life, relationship between
husband and wife;
Other factors that determine
marriage and family: education,
economics, property, social
security, public morals etc
A Personal Affair and a
Social Institution
Marriage needs the support of the
community. Community laws
protect the rights and privileges of
individuals within marriage.
In the midst of threats the couple
needs a source of strength and
grace that can be channeled to
them by the believing community,
the Church.
How ready are you to face the
complexities of a married and
family life?
Marriage is not a magic solution
to falling in love
Be open-minded
Reflect on what God tells you about
marriage
August 19, 2017: Activity
A Secular and Sacred Reality
A Human and Divine Institution
A State and an Event
A Contract and Covenant
A Personal Affair and a Social
Institution
- Summarize / Synthesize. In
your own words.
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