Sacredness of Marriage

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Sacredness of Marriage

By Peace | May 9, 2008

Man is made up of body as well as spirit, and needs to worship with words and actions as well as with his mind. Many ways of using things and actions are performed to help lift up our mind and heart to our creator, God in heaven. In the Sacraments which Christ himself gave to his Church as means of supernatural life, ordinary things such as bread, wine, oil and water are used. These things are signs of the life they give. There are other signs used in worship which because they have some resemblance to the Sacraments, are called Sacramentals.

Jesus said,”From the beginning of creation God made them male and female. This is why a man must leave father and mother, and the two become one body. They are no longer two, therefore, but one body. So then, what God has united, man must not divide.”

One Faithful Friend Is All You Need
I do not know how to count our Wedding Anniversary. I do not know how start, since the marriage was ever ‘broken’. However, everything has changed… Today, I feel blessed, and I feel very happy. It is bliss I found, thanks to God, and Jesus, my dear friend.

Eighteen Years Of Friendship
Today, at this time, 9th May 2008, 1427, I want to give thanks to all powerful and ever-living God, for this beautiful gift of LOVE. I tell you, I was so touched, SO TOUCHED on 20th April 2008, the day I went to Sunday Mass. Father Cyril wore the priest clothes with the Chinese word Love,愛 (ai) on it. I was late on that day, but I was given seat…. all the ‘gate’ were locked, but I am ‘The Truth, The Life and The Way’ of Jesus.

Real Happiness, Worth of Life
It is exactly this Chinese Word, Love,愛 (ai), which I had painted, drawn myself and painted myself, as a gift to Richard…. However, it was not painted in this colour. The painting was no longer around. Some gifts were thrown away over the years….. sigh….. (but no regrets now). I was so deeply touched by the Power of the Holy Spirit. It is so ‘all-knowing’ indeed.

Sacrament of Marriage
By the sacrament of Marriage, the grace of God has united both Richard and me. God is the loving Father of the world of nature. He created mankind in His own image and made man and woman to be joined as husband and wife in union of body and heart. In Christian marriage, our Father brings together the two orders of creation: nature’s gift of children enriches the world and His grace enriches His Church. As married love is a commitment to fidelity, to loyalty in good times and in bad and to permanence, God’s love for the human family is all these things. In addition, a sacrament is more than a sign. It is a pledge of special assistance from Christ. When a couple receive the sacrament of marriage, their communion of life together receives a special consecration. Everything they do (their work, their sacrifices, their good times and bad), strengthens not only their own union but also their union with God. Married life becomes their way to holiness….

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