If we want to know what's most sacred in this world, all we need to do is look for what is most violently profaned.

Marital love is a reflection of how God loves. It is free, total, faithful and fruitful.

Marriage is a living sign that truly communicates the love of Christ and the Church.

Marriage is the most basic expression of the vocation to love that all men and women have as persons made in God's image.

The free exchange of consent properly witnessed by the Church establishes the marriage bond. Sexual union consummates it - seals it, completes it, perfects it. Sexual union, then, is where the words of the wedding vows become flesh.

Grace flows through wounds.

In the sacraments, spirit and matter "kiss." Heaven and earth embrace in a union that will never end.