Marriage Is a Sacrament Not a Social Event Says Mexican Cardinal

Guadalajara, Jun 17, 2008 / 09:07 pm (CNA).- The Archbishop of Guadalajara, Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez, has called on the faithful to reflect on the meaning of marriage as a sacrament in which the spouses promise before God to love each other and respect each other until death, as opposed to a social event “to show off one’s friends” or “making a show of one’s wealth.”

“For many people weddings are a social celebration, a pretext for showing off one’s friends to others or for making a show of one’s wealth.  It becomes an event that is anything but religious, when for Christians it should be a sacred act” in which God is witness to “the solemn promises to love one other, respect each other and be faithful all the days of their lives,” the cardinal said in an article published by the archdiocesan weekly Seminario.

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