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Why Catholics View Marriage as a Vocation (And Why It Matters)

• ​​Genesis 1:27–28 — God creates humanity male and female and blesses them.

• Genesis 2:18–24 — “The two of them become one body.”

• Matthew 19:3–6 — Jesus returns to God’s original design for marriage and declares: “What God has joined together, no human being must separate.”

• Mark 10:6–12 — Jesus teaches about the permanence of marriage.

• 1 Corinthians 7 — St. Paul addresses marriage, faithfulness, separation, and Christian married life.

• Ephesians 5:21–33 — Christian marriage is revealed in light of Christ’s sacrificial love for His Church.

• Colossians 3:12–14, 18–19 — Compassion, humility, patience, forgiveness, and love within Christian life and marriage.

• 1 Peter 3:1–7 — St. Peter speaks to husbands and wives about their relationship and life together before God.

CCC 1601–1605 — Marriage in God’s plan

CCC 1612–1617 — Marriage in the Lord and Christ’s relationship with His Church

CCC 1621–1624 — The celebration of Christian marriage

CCC 1625–1632 — Matrimonial consent and preparation for marriage

CCC 1638–1642 — The effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony

CCC 1643–1648 — Conjugal love, unity, indissolubility, and fidelity

CCC 1649–1651 — Separation, divorce, and difficult marital situations

CCC 1655–1658 — The Christian family as the Domestic Church

CCC 1659–1666 — Summary of the Church’s teaching on Matrimony

• Catechism of the Catholic Church — The Sacrament of Matrimony (Vatican)

• Catechism — Matrimonial Consent (Vatican)

• Catechism — The Goods and Requirements of Conjugal Love (Vatican) • Marriage & Family Life Ministries

• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

• Understanding Annulments / Declarations of Nullity

• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops