My husband and I are celebrating 8 years of marriage today. Today, and every day I thank God for the gift of my husband. The past 8 years has included many beautiful moments and a fair share of struggles as well, and our marriage continues to stay strong with the grace of God in our relationship. The beauty of a sacramental marriage is such a true gift from God. God loves us so much that He comes in communion with us through this sacrament in an intimate way and through that love new life may be created.
The beauty of a sacramental marriage starts on the wedding day, exchanging vows, uniting with God and intimately conjugating the marriage, but the sacrament is a daily gift. I see the beauty of a sacramental marriage each day with every act of service and devotion that my husband and I give to each other and to God. Through the messy kitchen, the dirty diapers, the long work hours of residency, through each moment we are united with God and he makes us stronger together through Him. He makes it easier for us to get through each day and come together in prayer and thanksgiving for Him and for each other.
Today I thank God for the beauty and the gift of a sacramental marriage. Today I celebrate the gift of my husband and I thank God for the gift of the 8 years that we have had together. Today I pray that we are blessed with many more years together.
Here I reflect back on the joy of our wedding day and the beauty of a sacramental marriage with some of my favorite Bible verses and quotes about the sacrament of marriage.
"The marriage covenant, by which a man and a woman form with each other an intimate communion of life and love, has been founded and endowed with its own special laws by the Creator. By its very nature it is ordered to the good of the couple, as well as to the generation and education of children. Christ the Lord raised marriage between the baptized to the dignity of a sacrament."
-Catechism of the Catholic Church 1660
"And the two shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate"
- Mark 10:8-9
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
- Ephesians 5:22-24
"God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. And God blessed them, and God said to them "Be fruitful and multiply."
- Genesis 1:27-28
"God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him."
- 1John4:16
"A man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become on flesh" - Genesis 2:24
"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
-1 Corinthians 13:4-7
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord. - Proverbs 8:22
"Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her." - Ephesians 5:25
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