Pope to Roman Rota: Legal and sacramental preparation
needed for married couples
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Saturday received members of
the Apostolic Tribunal of the Roman Rota on the occasion of the inauguration of
the judicial year.
Addressing those gathered for the opening of the judiciary
year of the Sacred Roman Rota, Pope Francis focused his attention on the
relationship between faith and marriage.
Love and Truth
Quoting from his predecessors including Pope Emeritus
Benedict XVI, he noted the importance of Love and Truth.
"Love needs truth”, Pope Francis said. “Just as
it is based on truth, love can last over time, overcome the ephemeral moment
and stand firm to support a common path. If love has no relationship to the
truth, the Holy Father explained, “it is subject to changing feelings and does
not stand the test of time. True love, he added, “unifies all the elements of
the person and becomes a new light towards a great and full life.
In his observations, the Pope underlined that, “the
experiences of faith of those seeking Christian marriage are very different.”
Faced with this situation, he said, “we need to find valid remedies.”
Prescribing the first of two remedies, the Holy Father
pointed out that young people needed to be trained through an adequate process
of preparation aimed at rediscovering marriage and the family according to
God's plan.
He said, it was therefore necessary that operators and
organizations in charge of the pastoral care of the family had the specific
skills in order to make preparation more effective for the sacrament of
marriage.
In this spirit, the Pope reiterated the need for a "new
catechumenate" in preparation for marriage.
The Holy Father’s second remedy involved helping
newlyweds to continue the journey in faith and in the Church even after the
wedding celebration.
You need, Pope Francis stressed, to identify with courage
and creativity, a training project for young married couples, with initiatives
aimed at increasing awareness of the sacrament received.
Legal and sacramental view of marriage preparation
The Holy Father said, that these two remedies were aimed at
encouraging an appropriate context of faith in which to celebrate and live
marriage.
What was needed, explained the Pope, was to move from a
purely legal and formal vision of the preparation of future spouses, to a
sacramental foundation.
Pope Francis said that this would require, “the generous
contribution of Christian men and women, who work with priests in the pastoral
care of families, in order to build a loving family according to God’s plan.
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