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Module 8: Sacrament of Matrimony

Module 8: Overview

Welcome to module 8!

We will learn in this module the concept of the Sacrament of Marriage, its meaning, purpose,
essential elements and its spiritual effects to Christian family. In this module, we will also
discuss marriage as a vocation, a covenant and a sacrament.

Module 8: Learning Objectives:

By the end of the module, students will be able to:

1. manifest understanding of marriage as a vocation, a covenant, and a Sacrament;

2. value the holiness of marriage and discern prayerfully before entering into married life,
3. make a Family Tree

Module 8: Course Content

Below is the schedule for Module 8.

Activity Description Time to

Complete

Prayer 2 minutes

Checking of Attendance 2 minutes

Overview 2 minutes

Learning Objectives 2 minutes

1 Song Analysis (Synchronous) 5-10 minutes

2 Topic 1: Video: Concept of Marriage (Asynchronous) 5-10 minutes

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3 Topic 2: power point presentation 45-60 minutes

Meaning, purpose, essential elements and effects of the Sacraments of
Marriage (Asynchronous)

4 Assessment 1: Quiz (Synchronous) 10-20 minutes

5 Assessment 2: Reflection Writing (Asynchronous) 20-30 minutes

6 Topic 3: Discussion about Marriage as a Vocation, Covenant and a 45-60 minutes

Sacrament (Asynchronous)

7 Assessment 3: Make a Family Tree 30-40 minutes

8 Topic 4: Requirements of a Valid Marriage 45-60 minutes

Opening Prayer: As we start with this module, I invite you to

pray the Prayer before class.

Leader: When we live in unity,

All: How good and how pleasant it is.
Leader: Pray for us, Holy Father Augustine,
All: That we may dwell together in peace.
Leader: Let us pray,
All: God our Father, Your Son promised to be present in the midst of all who
come together in His name. Help us to recognize His presence among
us and experience in our hearts the abundance of Your grace, Your
mercy, and Your peace, in truth and in love. We ask this, through Christ
our Lord. Amen.

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Module 8: Song Analysis: Gaano ko ikaw kamahal by:(Celeste Legaspi)

https://youtu.be/l1jCoDP3sEw

Ikaw lamang ang aking iibigin Kailanman

Magpakailanman
Ang sumpa ko sa iyo'y asahan
Ang pag-ibig ko sa 'yo ay tunay Ikaw lamang ang aking iibigin
Nais ko sanang patunayan mapakailanman
Huwag ka nang mag-alinlangan
Ang pag-ibig ko'y hindi kukupas Chorus:
Tulad din ng umaga Ang ating buhay
May pag-asang sumisikat Maikli aking hirang
Kung kaya't kailangan ng pagsuyong
Chorus: wagas
Ang ating buhay Kailanman
Maikli aking hirang
Kung kaya't kailangan ng pagsuyong Ang sumpa ko sa iyo'y asahan
wagas Ikaw lamang ang aking iibigin
Magpakailanman

Introductory Questions:

1. What is the message of a song?

Module 8: Activity 1 General concept of Marriage.

Video: https://youtu.be/eNKVNvAK5_

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Marriage is a Sacrament, a sign of God’s

action, an occasion of grace. The human action of
both man and woman as they celebrate their
Matrimony in the Church is sacramentalized by
the special presence of God. In the expression of
the bond of love and unity between the spouses
is revealed the true nature of the Church – that is,
the indivisible union of the Church (the Bride)
with Christ where she gives her irrevocable Yes to
Him. Marriage as a Sacrament, therefore, is both
indivisible and indissoluble.

Man and woman by virtue of their

marriage, “are no longer two but one flesh”. To
them is offered the gift of a new communion of
love; a richer union with each other on all levels –
of the body, of the character, of the heart, of the
intelligence and will, of the soul-reflective of the
unique unity between Christ and the Church.

Because of the indivisibility and

indissolubility of marriage the PCP II exhorts that
it is urgently necessary to teach husband and wife
of their obligation both as husband and wife to
marital fidelity. (PCP II 588)

Faithfulness in marriage means more

than just avoiding to commit adultery. It also
means growing in faith, trust and love in each
other and in the marriage union itself (CFC 1596).

Today, however, this becomes a lot more

difficult. A number of factors bring about failure
in marriage fidelity: “ a double standard morality
which considers women inferior to men,
economic

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A man of such influence that as Time magazine

has observed in each of the sixteenth centuries
since his conversion he has continued to exert a
major intellectual spiritual and cultural force.
However, it is not just because of a sheer gift of
intellect that the writer has been so well regarded
in his life journey. Although in due course
triumphant mirrors that of many who stumble
along life's way hoping to find meaning to their
existence ultimately we love Augustine because
we see ourselves in him. We relate to his
difficulties which force members of Christian struggles, his quest for purpose and
families to live apart from one another, a understanding. And through his writings, we
materialistic worldview, false values propagated discover along with him the answers that he
by mass media, the querida system and early finally discovered in God.
marriages (PCP II 582 – 589; CFC 1501)

The presence of these obstacles to

fidelity in marriage does not, however, excuse the
couple from living out their marriage faithfully.
The grace of Christ that is precisely given through
the sacramental celebration of Marriage and that
continues to be poured out on the couple in their
on-going married life helps them preserve the
unity and love that bind them together. In God’s
plan the indissolubility of sacramental marriage is
“a fruit, a sign and a requirement of the
absolutely faithful love that God has for man and
that the Lord Jesus has for the Church… a sign of
the unfailing fidelity with which God and Jesus
Christ love each and every human being” (FC 20).
“Great art Thou O Lord and greatly to be praised
great is thy power and infinite is thy wisdom.”
(Conf 1,1)

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Topic 2: power point presentation

Meaning, purpose, essential elements and effects
of the Sacraments of Marriage (Asynchronous)

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pDjwNsJL1i3
PLmWzB1EFAuO8CKihpX31&authuser=0

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MARRIAGE AS Marriage as a
VOCATION Sacrament

The origin and Marriage is a

the final end of Sacrament, a sign
every Christian of God’s action,
vocation is God.
an occasion of
The initiative of
calling comes grace. The human action of both man and woman
from Him. He as they celebrate their Matrimony in the Church
calls those is sacramentalized by the special presence of
whom He wants. God. In the expression of the bond of love and
unity between the spouses is revealed the true
Every vocation or call – whether it be for nature of the Church – that is, the indivisible
priesthood, religious life, or marriage – needs a
union of the Church (the Bride) with Christ where
response.
she gives her irrevocable Yes to Him. Marriage as
Marriage is a call for a man and a woman to a Sacrament, therefore, is both indivisible and
keep holy and to foster the dignity of the married indissoluble.
state and its superlative value. (Gaudium et Spes,
47). Man and woman by virtue of their marriage,
“are no longer two but one flesh”. To them is
It is a lifetime commitment which calls for a offered the gift of a new communion of love; a
mutual self-giving and total fidelity to each other. richer union with each other on all levels – of the
Thus, the Christian spouses received a kind of
body, of the character, of the heart, of the
consecration in the duties of their state. By
fulfilling their conjugal and family obligations, intelligence and will, of the soul-reflective of the
they allow Christ’s Spirit to penetrate them. They unique unity between Christ and the Church.
increasingly advance their own perfection and
mutual satisfaction and contribute joyfully to the Because of the indivisibility and indissolubility
glory of God. (GS 48). of marriage the PCP II exhorts that it is urgently
necessary to teach husband and wife of their
Couples/Parents who fulfill their God-given obligation both as husband and wife to marital
task/responsibility in this way will cause a fidelity. (PCP II 588)
meritorious effect not only to their immediate
families but also to the community at large. With Faithfulness in marriage means
their spousal unity and concern for the welfare of more than just avoiding to commit adultery. It
their children and other families surrounding
also means growing in faith, trust and love in
them, the couple manifests in their lives that
indeed marriage is a vocation, a call from God each other and in the marriage union itself (CFC
and a response to holiness. 1596).

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MARRIAGE AS A
COVENANT

Marriage as a
covenant is not
simply a legal
document, a
ceremony or a
means to make sex
legal. It is a way of
life expressing a special kind of relationship which REQUIREMENTS FOR A VALID MARRIAGE
a man and a woman freely show because of love.
This is what makes marriage unique. Each party 1. Correct canonical rite
makes a personal covenant of love, steadfast
love, freely and fully expressing themselves with a 2. Full consent – a person contracts an invalid
solemn promise to each other in marriage. This marriage when he uses deceit in
involves an intimate self-revelation of the entire order to secure the consent of the other
self: body, mind and spirit; communication of self party in view of marriage.
to self, of person to person with respect for each
other; the full giving of oneself to the other and 3. Absence of Impediments.
the receiving of another in love.
IMPEDIMENTS IN MARRIAGE
The bond of love between the man and
the woman is the image, the symbol, a Impediments to marriage are
meaningful expression of the love of God for His circumstances that, by disposition of the law,
people. Likewise, the infidelity of the spouses to disqualify two persons for valid and lawful
each other is a sign of the people’s
marriage. They are factors, which render the
sinfulness/unfaithfulness to God. (Familiaris
marriage unlawful or invalid.
Consortio 12)
1. AGE:
Marriage is rooted in the conjugal covenant of
irrevocable personal consent. By this human act Canon Law- a man cannot validly enter
spouses mutually bestow and accept each other,
marriage before the completion of his sixteenth
a relationship arises which by Divine will and in
the eyes of the society too is a lasting one. year of age, nor a woman the completion of her
Marriage is the couples “mutual self-giving’ with a fourteenth year.
view to an exclusive community of life and love.
Civil Law- (Phil. Family code) 18-21 years
old with parents’ consent

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2. IMPOTENCY (Can.1084) is a lack of ability to 8. CRIME (Can. 1090).

engage in sexual act.
Antecedent and perpetual impotence to have One who, with a view to entering marriage
sexual intercourse whether on the part of the with a particular person, has killed the person’s
man or on the part of the woman, whether spouse, or his or her own spouse, invalidly
absolute or relative, by its very nature invalidates attempts marriage.
marriage.
TAKE NOTE: Sterility is not an 9. CONSANGUINITY (Can. 1091).
impediment to marriage.
3. EXISTING MARRIAGE BOND (Can. 1085). Marriage is invalid between those related by
A person bound by the bond of previous consanguinity in all degrees of the direct line,
marriage even if not consummated invalidly
whether ascending or descending legitimate or
attempts marriage. Even though the previous
marriage is invalid or for any reason dissolved, it natural. In the collateral line, it is invalid up to the
is not thereby lawful to contract another 4th degree inclusive.
marriage before the nullity or the dissolution of
the previous one has been established and with 10. AFFINITY – is a relationship between the
certainty. husband and those related to his wife and vice
4. DISPARITY OF WORSHIP (Can 1086). versa. Affinity in any degree of the direct line
A marriage is invalid when one of the two invalidates marriage.
persons was baptized in the catholic church or
received into it and has not by a formal act In Canon 1092, affinity in any degree of the
defected from it, and the other one was not direct line invalidates marriage.
baptized.
5. SACRED ORDERS (Can. 1087). 11. PUBLIC DECENCY (Can. 1093).
Those who are in sacred orders invalidly
attempts marriage. The impediment of public decency arises when
a couple live together after an invalid marriage,
6. PUBLIC PERPETUAL VOW OF CHASTITY (Can. or from a notorious or public concubine. It
1088). invalidates marriage in the first degree of the
Those who are bound by a public perpetual
direct line between the man and those related by
vow of chastity in a religious institute invalidly
attempts marriage. consanguinity to the woman and vice versa.

12. LEGAL RELATIONSHIP (Can. 1094).

7. ABDUCTION (Can. 1089).
No marriage can exist between a man and a
Those who are legally related by reason of
woman who has been abducted, or at least
detained, with a view to contracting marriage adoption cannot validly marry each other if their
with her, unless the woman, after she has been relationship is in the direct line or in the second
separated from her abductor and established in a degree of the collateral line.
safe and free place, chooses marriage of her own
accord.

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Module 8: Assessment 1: Short Quiz

Module 8: Assessment 2: Make a Family tree

Rubric
5 4 3 2 1
Categories

Clearly related
Related several Concept Concepts not
several concepts Concepts do not
Ideas concepts to answered well related to
to answer answer question
answer question question answer question
question

Main Idea,7 to 5 Missing Main

Main Idea,4 to 3 Main Idea,2 Main Idea,1
Supporting Idea and/or
Organization Supporting Supporting Supporting
Details, Supporting
Details Details Detail
Conclusion Detail

Pass the activity Pass the activity

Pass the activity Pass the activity Pass the activity
late (one day late (two days
Punctuality two days before one day before on the day of the
after the after the
the deadline the deadline deadline
deadline) deadline)

Closing Prayer: Prayer After the Class

Leader: Our help is in the name of the Lord,

All: Who made heaven and earth.
Leader: Let us pray.
All: God, the desire of every human heart, you moved Saint Augustine
to seek restlessly for truth and peace. Touch our hearts with his
burning desire for wisdom, for the Word made flesh. We ask this
through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Leader: Glory be to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
All: As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

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Module 8: References

Rev. Fr. Paolo O. Pirlo,

The Seven Sacraments

1st Edition, Manila, 15 August 2018.

New American Bible

Theology 103, Resource Guide: Liturgy and Sacraments: University of San Agustin. 2012. Iloilo City

Catechism for Filipino Catholics (CFC)

Sacrosanctum Concilium, 1975

Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1994

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