Matrimony As A Living Symbol Of The Love Between Christ And His Church
By JAMES MONTI From the very beginning of her existence, the Church has seen herself as a bride, “the wife of the Lamb” as she is called in the Book of Revelation (Rev. 21:9), “prepared as a bride adorned for her husband” (Rev. 21:2). This nuptial imagery, which references in a particular manner the unitive dimension of marriage, has permeated the Church’s life for two millennia, expressed not only in the surpassing analogy of the bond between Christ and His Church, but also the bond between God and the soul, the spiritual bonds formed by vocations to the priesthood and consecrated religious life, the Church’s vision of the spiritual life and ascetical theology, the unique witness of martyrdom, and even…Continue Reading