World Day of Marriage
is a day to celebrate the Sacrament of Marriage once again. As we celebrate World Marriage Day, it is a great opportunity “to focus on building a culture of life and love that begins with supporting and promoting marriage and the family.”
The
Church reminds husbands and wives to understand that their call to marriage is
a call to make a total gift of self to their spouses and a deep union with each
other. Vocation is a calling and it is not a job. When we fail to recognise marriage as a
calling, we belittle it. All married
couples, single, divorced, widowed need to pray every day for the grace to live
out their vocation to perfection and holiness in an imperfect world.
Pope Francis says that
newly married couples should be helped “to enrich and deepen their conscious
and free decision to have, hold and love one another for life” (Amoris Laetitia, no. 217).
On this day let’s pray that
all married couples renew their marriage covenant, strengthen their bond of peace with
their children, grow closer
together and grow more confident in their vocation to share God’s love with all
those around them.
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