Last week, my Couple Coordinators celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. They renewed their vows and were so generous enough to invite all their friends present who wished to renew their vows to join them.
I had the pleasure of seeing my parents renew their vows to each other. It was a joy to see my parents along with the other couples, facing each other, still smitten by their love, recommitting themselves to one another in front of everyone.
The vocation of marriage takes serious discernment just like any other vocation. For those called to married life, they are to be “no longer two but one” (Mt 19:6). In this way they are to live in love, be fruitful, and thus become a sign of God himself, who is nothing but overflowing love [Youcat 260].
The basic unit of our society, the family, starts with the marriage of a man and a woman, giving of themselves entirely to the other, in service and in love. An exchange of Trinitarian love with man, woman and Christ. A covenant made with the Eucharistic sacrifice uniting their offering of their lives to each other with the offering of Christ for his Church, so that they may be ‘one body in Christ’ (1621).
How blessed are we to be in a community called Couples For Christ, and to be witnesses to amazing couples, marriages, and families overflowing with Christ’s love.
I thank God for being able to witness the beauty of 15+ couples renew their vows with one another and to celebrate the fruitful love they have for each other.