Sacrament of Marriage by Sharleen Myers https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu Year 9 Term 4 RE Assignment- Sharleen Myers en-us 2017-10-20 04:21:24 UTC 2025-03-30 19:08:13 UTC hello@padlet.com smyers27 https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/198935333 2017-10-20 04:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/198935333 Purpose smyers27 https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201467985  There are many purposes and reasons behind marriage. Many Christian followers believe the primary purpose of marriage is procreation but there are many other purposes and reasons for marriage. These include:

  • Companionship
  • Completeness
  • Fruitfulness
  • Protection
  • Lifelong Union
  • To serve and glorify God

 The husband protects the wife by laying down his life for her (Ephesians 5:25). The wife is to protect the home (Titus 2:4-5) and the parents together protect their children to raise up a godly seed (Malachi 2:15; Psalm 112:1-2). 

]]> 2017-10-29 08:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201467985 People involved smyers27 https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201468186 A wedding ceremony can be held with a minimum of tree people: the bride, the groom and the priest. Although in today’s catholic tradition, there are other people that play special roles including: 

  • The Priest or Presider: The priest plays a crucial role in the wedding ceremony and besides the bride and groom, is the most important individual to be present. He leads the bride and groom through their martial vows and makes their union official.
  • Parents: The father of the bride traditionally escorts the bride down the aisle and gives her hand in marriage away to the groom. Parents of the bride and groom can also be selected to give readings during the ceremony.
  • Bride and groom: In a catholic wedding, the bride and groom are the ministers of the sacrament of matrimony.
  • Witnesses: For marriage to be recognised as a civil law, two people are usually required.
  • The wedding parties: The wedding party consist of the bridesmaids, maid of honor, groomsmen and best man. The wedding party warmly greets guests as they arrive at the church.



]]> 2017-10-29 08:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201468186 smyers27 https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201624392 2017-10-30 08:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201624392 Symbols smyers27 https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201624746 Rings
Rings are a major symbol in a Christian marriage and is used to convey unity and to serve as tangible reminder to each spouse of the martial commitment. The ring symbolises endless love, just as the circle has no start and no end. The ring is worn on the left finger because it a believed a vein in this finger directly leads to the heart.

White gown
Traditional vestment of the bride and symbolises inner beauty and purity.

Dove
Doves are meant to represent peace and new beginnings. 

Unity candle
The unity candle symbolises their marriage and their Christians home will now serve as light. The light implies as each one's life and as a light to the people around.

Church
The church serves as an important religious symbol. Saint Barnabas indicates that holding a wedding in a church demonstrates the couple’s faithful commitment to a Christian marriage

White
Symbolises purity of the soul, light, innocence and goodness.

]]> 2017-10-30 08:39:54 UTC https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201624746 Prayers and Mass order smyers27 https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201625173 Many catholic marriages follow a sequential order of mass. The order is as follows:

1. INTRODUCTORY RITES
• Procession (with music) 
• Entrance Hymn/Song (optional)
• Greeting and words of welcome 
• Collect 
 
What this is about?
• Setting the atmosphere 
• Welcoming people officially, putting them at ease, and making them feel welcome 
• Preparing the assembly to listen to God’s word. 
 
]]> 2017-10-30 08:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201625173 smyers27 https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201625583 2017-10-30 08:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201625583 smyers27 https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201625900 2. THE LITURGY OF THE WORD
• Old Testament or New Testament Reading 
• Responsorial Psalm (sung, if possible)
• Gospel Acclamation (sung, if possible)
• Gospel 
• Homily 
 
What this is about?
• Listening to the scriptures and responding. When the scriptures are read, God speaks to his people. 
• You also speak to your guests through the choices you make.

3. GIVING OF CONSENT
• A short exhortation (or Introduction) by the Priest 
• Questions Before the Consent 
• Reception of the Consent 
 
What this is about?
• You marry each other 
• You make the promise to each other
]]> 2017-10-30 08:46:15 UTC https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201625900 smyers27 https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201627368 4. BLESSING AND GIVING OF RINGS
 
What this is about?
• A richly symbolic action that seals your commitment to one another.
 
5. PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL
 
What this is about?
• Praying for the needs of the church, the world and local community and the issues that are important to you. 
 
6. PREPARATION OF THE OFFERINGS (BREAD AND WINE)
 
What this is about?
•Preparing the altar for the Eucharist. 
 
7. THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
 
What this is about?
• Prayer of praise and thanks to God the Father for his goodness to us. 
 
8. THE NUPTIAL BLESSING
(during the Liturgy of the Eucharist, after the Lord’s Prayer)
 
What this is about?
• The Church asks God to bless your marriage. 
]]> 2017-10-30 08:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201627368 smyers27 https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201627625 9. SIGN OF PEACE - COMMUNION
 
What this is about?
• Prayerful preparation for communion by remembering we are called to become what we receive in Communion – the Body of Christ (cf. St Augustine). 
 

10. SOLEMN BLESSING OVER THE COUPLE
(during the Concluding Rites)
 
What this is about?
• A blessing-prayer by the community for the newly-married couple. Also a prayer that the couple may become blessings for the community. 
 
11. SIGNING OF THE MARRIAGE REGISTER
 
What this is about?
• Required by law. 
• Points to the broader social dimension of your marriage.
 
12. RECESSIONAL

]]> 2017-10-30 08:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201627625 Vows smyers27 https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201628057 Catholic wedding vows are usually preceded by three questions from the priest:

Priest: (Name), do you take (name) to be your wife? Do you promise to be faithful to her in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love her and to honor her all the days of your life? 
Groom: I do.
Priest: (Name), do you take (name) to be your husband? Do you promise to be faithful to him in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love him and to honor him all the days of your life? 
Bride: I do.
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  • The Sign of the Cross
  • Sign of Peace
  • Preparation of gifts
  • Receiving the Eucharist
  • Reading of the vows
  • Placing the rings
  • Lighting the unity candle

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The Church restricts sacramental marriage to men and women who do not meet certain requirements. In order to get married in the Catholic Church, you must:

  • Be a baptised Catholic
  • Not be too closely related
  • Be free to marry (the recipients should have married before)
  • Marry someone of opposite sex

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  • Jews considered marriage a commandment
  • Marriage is a concept so old, that it predates recorded history
  • From the early Christian era (30 to 325 CE), marriage was thought of as primarily a private matter, with no uniform religious or other ceremony being required.
  • Polygamy (to marry multiple people) was very popular in the past.
  • Monogamy (to marry one person) didn’t become the norm until the 9th century
  • Early marriage was a result of old social orders' having to secure a sheltered domain in which to breed, handle the giving of property rights (or money), and ensure bloodlines. 
  • One of the first recorded uses of the engagement ring was in 1477
  • Archduke Maximilian of Austria proposed to marry Burgundy with a diamond ring.

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  • In European nations, marriage was traditionally considered a civil institution.
  • Around 5AD, great Christian theologists such as Augustine wrote about Marriage and Christian Church started showing interest in the ceremony.
  • Christians then began to have their marriages conducted by ministers in Christian gatherings 
  • In the 12th century, Roman Catholic Church formally defined marriage as a sacrament, sanctioned by God.
  • The values of marriage were a life-long and monogamous covenant between a man and a woman.
  • In Catholicism, it is believed that the Sacrament of Matrimony is between God, the man and the woman
  • In 2100 B.C., marriage was established when the earliest surviving written laws in the Mesopotamian Code of Ur-Nammu provided many specifics governing marriage from punishments for adultery, to the legal status of children born to slaves


    • ]]>     2017-10-30 09:18:23 UTC https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201631919     smyers27 https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201633667 2017-10-30 09:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201633667 smyers27 https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201634174 2017-10-30 09:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201634174 smyers27 https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201635228 2017-10-30 09:30:25 UTC https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201635228 smyers27 https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201636163 Ecclesiastes 4:9: “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone?" ]]> 2017-10-30 09:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201636163 Bibliography smyers27 https://padlet.com/smyers27/pl1uih74sdwu/wish/201965946 Abott, E. (2010). A History of Marriage. Seven Stories Press

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