The Vows

Listen to a song about love.

Do love and marriage go together?

What sort of love should married love be ?

The Sacrament of Marriage

• To explain the purpose of Christian marriage

• To explain the purpose of the Sacrament of Marriage

• To evaluate what objects could make God’s power present in the Sacrament of marriage.

1. Mindmap the reasons why people get married.

**How is this different to why Christians get married?

For Family: Christian marriage means having children and a family. It is __________________

For Vocation: marriage is a calling from God to show his love to your partner & family – self-sacrificing . Marriage is the …

For Love: Christian marriage means loving someone in a …………..way, trusting in God’s help.

The Meaning of Christian Marriage1. Write out and complete the 3 things that make a marriage Christian. 2. Give 2 examples of something self sacrificing a husband and wife could do

for each other. **Why is true love always self-sacrificing?

faithful, and self-sacrificing

life-giving way.

the path God gives you to walk, so you grow in holiness

1. Bullet point 3 things that God’s power does for the couple in the Sacrament of Marriage. Give it a subtitle!

2. Which one do you think is the most important?

**What do you think “becoming one flesh” means?

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Why does a marrying couple need a Sacrament of Marriage? What can God’s life and power do for them?

Choose the true ones1. It will bless them with children2. It makes them “one flesh”3. It gives them God’s help to keep their vows,

even when it is difficult4. It allows them to have a nice wedding service

in a nice Church5. It gives them the task to love each other like

Jesus did6. It makes sure that they never have difficulties

in their married life 7. It makes sure they will always have everything

they want as a family

1. Can you identify and put the marriage service in order?2. What do you think these symbols are saying – explain

then draw them.• The wedding ring• The wedding vows• Receiving the Eucharist as part of their marriage• The white dress

Exchanging wedding ringsSaying wedding vows in public

Receiving the Eucharist as man and wife

- Symbol of faithful, permanent love-Symbol of a new life and a new vocation -Symbol that they want God to be with them in their marriage and help them-Symbol that they will be committed to each other in the sight of everyone

Plan your Own Wedding ServiceWrite your own wedding vows

I love you, (Name), and I know that this love is from God. Through all of the uncertainties and trials of the present and future, I promise to be faithful to you and love you. I promise to guide and protect you, as Christ does his Church, as long as we both shall live.I, (name), take you

(name), to be my (wife/husband),

to have and to hold for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part

I promise to love you, (Name), with an unselfish devotion. I will care for you with tenderness, and I will always seek to strengthen you, comfort you, encourage you, and hold you up daily in prayer before our Heavenly Father. I pledge you my faithfulness and eternal love, from this day forward.

What do the symbols of marriage mean ?

MassIn Church

White dress

Wedding rings

Wedding Vows

What they symbolise• promise to love and care for faithfully•Faithful, everlasting love•God’s self-sacrificing love, and promise to help them love like this•Reminder of baptism: a new life and vocation to live as a married person

1.Write out or draw the symbols of marriage, and write out what they symbolise. 2.What does God’s power do for the married couple in the Sacrament?

5 in a group: Write an Order of Service for a Wedding

A. Two people – decide on and write out the 1st reading and the gospel

B. One person – write out the Vows the couple are going to say

C. One person write the priest’s sermon/ homilyD. One person write the priest’s opening greeting,

questioning the couple and final blessing

• Then put it all together, presenting it as a complete “Order of Service” with all the headings (as on the example sheet)

Think of a word about marriage beginning with…

• R• M• F• C• V• V