13-02-17 year of faith companion
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Year
Faith
2012-2013
of
17 February 2013
Created by Chris Carmody: [email protected] and Stephanie Rangel: [email protected]
“ God created him man and
woman, their mutual love
becomes an image of the
absolute and unfailing love
with which God loves man. It
is good, very good, in the
Creator's eyes. And this love
which God blesses is intended
to be fruitful and to be
realized in the common work
of watching over creation:
"And God blessed them, and
God said to them: 'Be fruitful
and multiply, and fill the earth
and subdue it.'“
Catechism 1604
CHALLENGE
Married Couples: Challengeyourselves to pray the
rosary with your spouseonce a week. Entrust yourmarriage to the Blessed
Virgin Mother and watch thegraces that will come forth
from your prayer!
Also, try to dedicate timeevery week to simply focus
on each other. A strongmarriage yields a strong
family!
When Two Become One
Legend has it that one day after St. Pius X made bishop he
was gazing at his Episcopal ring. His mother happened to
notice this. She pointed to her wedding band and said,
“Without this ring you would never have gotten that one."
Her words speak so much truth to the Sacrament of Holy
Matrimony and certainly the strength that it has within the
family.
When the Lord calls two people to marriage He is asking
them to become vessels of His divine love, by which they will
guide their children and each other in the faith. The goal in
life is Heaven! And so the goal in a marriage is to encourage
one another to holiness...reaching out higher to our final
home with the Lord.
In today’s society marriage has become trivial; something
that you do after a hazy weekend in Las Vegas. It’s not a
symbol of fidelity and family. In fact, more and more people
aren’t even doing it because they can’t find the value in mak-
ing such a commitment. So where do we as Catholics find
the worth in such a union? Why do we answer the call to
marriage as our vocation?
A Sacramental Marriage is more than a piece of paper and
a signature, joined banking accounts, and a shared home. It
is a symbol of the divine union between Jesus Christ and His
Church. Christ is the Bridegroom, the Church His Bride. As
Christ loves, cherishes, guides, protects, and is faithful to
the Church so we are called to give our whole self to our
spouse in marriage. We then become committed and open
to life, participating in God’s creation and also participate in
the redemptive act of Christ by seeking salvation for one
another.
Is there a better way to say, “I love you” to someone
than, “Yes. I want you to go to Heaven. I am invested in
your salvation. And because I love you, I will spend the rest
of my life offering you to the Lord.” Like the priesthood or
consecrated like, marriage is not an easy vocation live out.
However, with all of the amazing, supernatural, graces that
flow forth from the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony, those
who are called many partner with the Lord in their en-
deavor. The Lord has a front row seat! He is the counselor
and guide. And as an old Franciscan Friar once said, “The
Lord will tell you how to get through a marriage...you sim-
ply have to listen to Him.”
The blessed union between a man and woman begets a
blessed family and so, a blessed society.
