{"id":2298,"date":"2026-08-13T11:02:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/?post_type=mission&p=2298"},"modified":"2026-10-27T09:09:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:09:37","slug":"marriage","status":"publish","type":"mission","link":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/sacraments-christian-initiation\/the-sacraments\/marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Catholic marriage is a union of \u2026 three persons!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Catholic marriage is a union of \u2026 three persons! Yes indeed, the spouses are not the only ones to pledge their love for the rest of their lives on their wedding day. God \u2013 that perfect Loving Being \u2013 also pledges to be present in a real way in the daily life of the couple, so that they can constantly draw upon his love and can love each other freely, totally, faithfully, without reserve, following the deepest longing of their hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discover the Diocesan Centre for Marriage, Life and Family<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Meaning of Catholic Marriage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Marriage is the icon of God\u2019s love for us.<\/p>Pope Francis, April 2, 2014<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To get married in Church means so much more than getting married in a church. Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are all created in the image of God who is Love Personified. Human beings of all cultures, races and religions, aspire to love and be loved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This love does not come from us, its origin is not from within us: it is from God. Through this love and our whole existence, God wishes that we come to discover how very deeply he loves us. It is in the signs that he sends us and in certain particular experiences that we live through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a man and a woman celebrate their marriage, they are a reflection of God who has marked them with the traits and indelible characteristics of his love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A marriage of three<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Marriage is not a symbol that resembles the love of God, like the leaves that flutter in the wind. Catholic marriage IS the visible sign (= a sacrament) of the real \u2013 although invisible \u2013 presence of God in the spouses\u2019 love story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God knows our desire for love, but also our limitations for loving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, it is precisely to help us to become capable of loving as deeply as we would like to, without having to settle for a lesser love, that Jesus \u2013 God who became man \u2013 died on the cross for us and for his Church. That is the power of the glorious Cross: the death of our limitations for love, the infinite love of God that conquers the power that ego and death have over us!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Therefore, at each wedding, along with the spouses, Jesus also makes a commitment, as he did in Cana, in Galilee. Jesus offers them the same love as the one that he offered on the Cross. Invigorated and carried by this divine Love, the spouses are from then on able to love each other completely in their daily lives, in the little things and the bigger ones, as they mutually give their life as a gift to the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, marriage is a sacrament that is the visible and powerful sign of the invisible yet real presence of God\u2019s infinite love for each of the spouses throughout their lives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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