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What is the biblical basis for the unity of marriage partners?
What does the text identify as the two basic ends of marriage?
Which biblical figure is mentioned as having promised to redeem marriage as a 'natural covenant of love'?
What is the primary role of discernment according to the text?
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What is described as the core of a person's being in the Sacred Scriptures?
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Which biblical book states, 'Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it'?
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What is emphasized as the language of God in the text?
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What is required for authentic Christian discernment according to the text?
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'Let no man separate what God has joined' comes from which book of the Bible?
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What makes Marriage a Sacrament?
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How is Christ associated with marriage?
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What is the Church considered to be according to the text?
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What does the Church reveal to the Christian family?
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What is emphasized by Vatican II regarding marriage and conjugal love?
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What does the procreative purpose of marriage aim to achieve?
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What is considered the most fundamental reality of human life in marriage?
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Authentic friendship in marriage is grounded on what?
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Practical implication in marriage involves responding maturely to what?
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What intensifies the duties and responsibilities of husband and wife?
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What is the meaning of 'vocation' based on the text?
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Who is considered the initiator and source of our vocation according to the text?
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What sacrament of vocation is highlighted for most of the laity in the text?
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Which vow is NOT part of the three vows of religious life mentioned in the text?
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What is NOT considered a charism according to their founder for those in a religious state?
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Which group is not included in the types of vocation mentioned in the text?
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In the Christian context, what does 'vocare' mean?
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Which state involves celibate men or women consecrated to God according to the text?
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What is emphasized as the sacrament of vocation for most of the laity in the text?
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What is considered a key aspect shared by all individuals in their Christian vocation according to the text?
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What is the primary purpose of seeking guidance from a spiritual director?
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What does the matrimonial scrutiny question 'N, are you prepared to accept children lovingly from God and to bring them up according to the law of Christ and his Church?' affirm?
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What does the exchange of matrimonial consent constitute?
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What does the symbol of the veil in the marriage ceremony represent?
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What does the lighting of the candle in the marriage ceremony symbolize?
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Which of the following is NOT listed as one of the three goods of marriage in the text?
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What does the placing of the cord in the marriage ceremony symbolize?
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What does the text indicate about the nature of marriage as a sacrament?
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What is the purpose of the matrimonial scrutiny question 'N, are you prepared, as you follow the path of Marriage, to love and honor each other for as long as you both shall live?'
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What does the text suggest about the significance of symbols in marriage?
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Study Notes
Lesson 4: Words and Symbols in Marriage
- Symbols are important in every aspect of our lives, natural/secular as well as religious, and serve as vital elements in human communication, culture, and cognition.
- Matrimonial Scrutiny: a series of questions asked during the marriage ceremony to ensure the couple's freedom and willingness to enter into marriage.
- Examples of questions: "Have you come here to enter into Marriage without coercion, freely and wholeheartedly?", "Are you prepared to love and honor each other for as long as you both shall live?", and "Are you prepared to accept children lovingly from God and to bring them up according to the law of Christ and his Church?"
- The questions focus on the well-being of the spouses, their willingness to commit to procreation and upbringing of children, and their freedom from coercion.
Exchange of Consent
- The exchange of matrimonial consent constitutes a valid marriage.
- The exchange of consent is an act of the will by which a man and a woman mutually give and accept each other as husband and wife through an irrevocable covenant or commitment.
- In giving and accepting one another, spouses are ready to give and accept the totality of each other.
Symbols in Marriage
- Giving of Rings: a visible sign of the spiritual bond between the couple, symbolizing affection and fidelity.
- Giving of Arrhae: symbolizes the prosperity of the husband to the wife, as well as the material resources or economic support.
- Putting of the Veil: symbolizes the spouses' living together under one roof, dining together in one table, and sleeping together in one bed, and is placed on the head of the wife symbolizing her pledge of love and serve to her husband.
- Placing of Cord: confirms the marriage bond which is intrinsically one and indissoluble.
- Lighting of Candle: a reminder that it is Jesus who will light them in their married life.
Lesson 5: Three Goods of Marriage
- Offspring: the fruit of the unity between husband and wife.
- Conjugal Love: the most fundamental reality of human life, grounded on our free, unshakeable commitment to the other for the other's sake, not for our own good.
- Sacrament: a public, efficacious sign of Christ's redemptive love to each other, their offspring, and their community.
Marriage as a Sacrament
- An ongoing saving symbolic action grounded in the ministry of Christ and continued in, by, and for the Church.
- When proclaimed, realized, and celebrated in faith, it makes present and actually shares in God's love and faithfulness in Jesus Christ.
- The sacrament of Marriage begins when a man and woman stand before God and exchange their vows.
The Church and Marriage
- Christian marriage and family life are said to constitute the Church in miniature, the "domestic Church".
- The Church is the Foundational Sacrament, making the Risen Christ concretely present in history through its ritual sacraments to the members of his Body.
The Mission of the Family
- They are called to communicate Christ's love to their brethren, thus becoming a saving community.
- The family is called to serve life, serving the Lord, and serving others.
Conjugal Love and Fidelity
- Love in Christian marriage is the most fundamental reality of human life.
- Married love as friendship: authentic friendship is our most unselfish, enduring mutual love, grounded on our free, unshakeable commitment to the other for the other's sake, not for our own good.
- Practical implications in marriage: the couple should maturely respond to the ongoing changes that occur in every human person's life, and communicate with each other is very important in marriage.
Lesson 1: Christian Vocation
- Vocation is a calling from God, initiated by God, and rooted in our baptism.
- We share a common Christian vocation that is rooted in our baptism.
- The three types of vocation are:
- Lay State: the sacrament of vocation for most of the laity is Matrimony.
- Religious State: the chosen life of those who enter an order or a congregation of celibate men or women consecrated to God.
- Clerical State: Holy Order is the Clerical State sacrament of apostolic ministry.
Lesson 2: Matrimony
- Matrimony is the sacrament of vocation for most of the laity.
- The two basic ends of marriage are:
- Procreate: propagating the human race.
- Unitive: two are called to become one body in an equal partnership of life and love.
- The condition for this "becoming one body" is the basic equality of male and female, asserted in the creation account.
Lesson 3: Developing a Discerning Heart
- The heart is the universal symbol for love.
- Developing a discerning heart involves:
- An experience of God: any experience that God uses to break into our lives.
- Listening to the Living Word of God: authentic Christian discernment is always grounded in Sacred Scripture.
- Prayer: becoming a person of prayer.
- Seeking God in peace: silence is the language of God.
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Test your knowledge on the types of Christian vocation rooted in the concept of 'Vocare' meaning 'to call' or 'to summon'. Learn about the different forms of calling from God and the common Christian vocation shared with others.
