Rediscovering our Intimacy: A Parish-Based Process of Theological Reflection for Married Couples
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Author
Rydock, Berna
Date
2003
Degree
Master of Arts in Pastoral Theology
Abstract
Marriage is a sacrament, a sign of God’s
presence...of the unity between Christ and His Church and, for my own little take on
things, between Christ and His Father. But no matter what a person’s faith belief or nonbelief is, marriage in any culture is a sacred calling, a vocation. Marriage is truly
awesome. Not something to take lightly...not something to break up when the going gets
a little or a lot tough. Marriage is a devotion to this person to whom I have vowed my
life. This person is the one besides God to whom I am completely, vulnerably, nakedly
accountable.
Since I have this strong belief in the sacredness of marriage, I am concerned about the
innumerable amount of couples who don’t seem to recognize that or don’t want to
believe it or don’t want to care about it or even think about it. I am also concerned about
the children of these couples and what is being passed on to them about marriage by their
disillusioned, disheartened and sometimes bitter parents. It is a multi-faceted pastoral
concern and a huge one since most people that we encounter in our parish families are
married. We don’t need statistics to tell us what we can personally see and hear and
know that is going on around us every day. There is cause for much concern here. In the following pages, I will present to you a project focused on marriage and how
theological reflection can be used to help couples to re-discover the beauty, the sacredness
of their relationship.