Vocations LAP 3 😭

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MARRIAGE (ORIGINS)

name the 4 particular vocations discussed in class

• Matrimony/Marriage 

• Holy Orders (we focus on priesthood) 

• Concentrated/Religious Life 

• Committed Single Life

what is the purpose of a particular vocation

Our particular vocations are primarily about who we are, rather than what we do- God is inviting us to be someone. These states of life define who we are in relation to God and to each other

define covenant and explain its difference from a contract

• covenant is a solemn promise, a sacred, permanent and indissoluble exchange of persons that creates a family bond- not a contract

• contract is an agreement focused on the exchange of goods, services or value 

define and explain sacrament

outward sign of an inward grace instituted by Christ 

what are 3 reasons we can understand marriage as a vocation

• Marriage is for community, the union of spouses 

• Marriage is for procreation 

• Indissolubility of marriage Analogy of Christ and the Church

  • It is a sacred calling from God rather than a purely social or romantic arrangement, it is a path of sanctification and a lifelong covenant and sacrament

PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE

Explain the two purposes of marriage

Unite: Wife and husband are bound together, fulfilling their vocations by giving themselves to each other.

Procreative: Through the self-giving love of husband and wife, they bear life into the world. There must be openness to fertility.

explain the properties of Marriage

Exclusivity: Means that a person cannot give him/her self totally to more than one person in the same way.

Indissolubility: Marriage demands permanence and stability. Divine Revelation teaches us that this stability was intended by god to be permanent.

Consensual: Consent is an act of the will where both parties freely and completely give themselves to the other. A sacramental marriage requires both to be in the right state of mind without force.

explain the 4 key elements of marriage (as expressed in the vows) and how do they demonstrate the purposes and properties of marriage

Free: “N and N., have you come here to enter into marriage freely and wholeheartedly.”

Total: Giving of oneself, no matter what, through good and bad, sickness and health.

Faithful: Permanence until death do us part.

Fruitful: Are you prepared to have children and raise them accordingly?

Explain the Catholic Church’s perspective on divorce. When is civil divorce legitimate? Does civil divorce allow for remarriage?

• When it is necessary to protect an innocent spouse and children (situations of abuse, abandonment, and adultery)

• In a valid, sacramental marriage, the marriage bond remains, regardless of civil divorce.

• The Church acknowledges that these teachings are hard and should be handled with compassion and mercy.

how is annulment different from divorce

It is a declaration of the Church, after thorough investigation, that a sacramental marriage never existed due to a particular impediment. A divorce is different because it was a real, legitimate marriage

why does the church allow annulment

The marriage never existed in the first place

PRIESTHOOD

explain the role of the priest as someone who offers sacrifice

the priest acts as a mediator between people ands the divine and offers prayers and sacrifices

Who is Melchizedek and why is he important to the Christian understanding of priesthood?

He was the first person to be called a “priest” in Scripture. “Priest of God Most High.” He offered bread and wine. This is important because it foreshadows the priesthood of Jesus and our understanding of how priests are in todays world. 

How do we understand Jesus as a priest? What does this mean for the vocation of priesthood in the Catholic Church?

Jesus is the most high priest of the new covenant, acting as both a priest and a victim. He passed his priesthood on to the other apostles when he said, “Do this in memory of me.” The vocation of priesthood is a permanent divine call from God to act in persona Christi, and to teach the faithful.

Explain what the Catholic Church means when it says that a priest acts “in persona Christi”

catholic priests act “in the person of Christ” to offer the eternal