Marriage

Church marriage is a covenant of love between two people blessed by God. The sacrament of marriage gives the grace to create a strong Christian family based on love, fidelity and mutual respect.

A child is born into a family. The faces of his father and mother are the first sights of the world around him. In their smile, a human being is revealed to him. Holding their hands, he learns to walk and learns about love from them. For a person who has not experienced it at the beginning of his life, it is often very difficult to trust other people, believe in love and be loved.

A person becomes a lover himself, because God, who is Love, created him in his own image, "he created people as male and female" (Gen 1, 27). When a man and a woman find and love each other and no longer want to live separately, they promise to be faithful to each other throughout their lives - they offer each other the Sacrament of Marriage. Since it is not only the love of the two of them, but also the love of God, they promise publicly, in the presence of a priest, a representative of the Church, and two witnesses. The seal of their deal is giving themselves to each other: they become "one soul and one body" and thus find fulfillment and happiness. Being one body, they can awaken new life - then man and woman become father and mother. This is how they extend their life. Every child is a gift from God, but also an obligation. Therefore, spouses should plan their family together in the presence of God and according to their conscience.

Marriage is a lifetime deal. Jesus says: "What God has joined together, let not man put asunder!" (Mk 10:9) These words are very difficult for many people, because there is no guarantee that the partnership will be successful: people can be disappointed in each other. In sickness and poverty, love can die out. It is possible that two people who loved each other very much start not to understand each other anymore. They can no longer talk to each other, they become complete strangers. There are many broken marriages.

Christians can believe that even in this case they do not lose God's love and do not cease to be members of the Church of Jesus Christ.

Marriage Oath:

I take you to be my wife (husband)

and i swear to love you

to be faithful to you

in favorable and difficult days,

seeing you healthy or depressed,

to honor you and not forsake you until death.

The sacrament of marriage: "Oneness, indissolubility and the readiness to be fruitful are the essential elements of marriage. Polygamy is incompatible with the unity of marriage; divorce separates what God has joined together; refusing to be fruitful takes away from the life of the spouses 'its most precious gift' - the baby" (Gaudium et Spes 50, 1. Catechism of the Catholic Church 1964).

● Marriage candidates must **register with the pastor **no later than six (6) months before the planned date of marriage.

● You must have the following documents: baptismal certificate, confirmation certificate, identity document, certificate of free standing, permission to marry outside the parish (for people who live outside the parish), certificate of completion of the course for fiancés. For further questions and consultations only with the pastor.

● Marriage witnesses must be religious and practicing Catholics.