Marriage

"The LORD God then built up into a woman the rib that he had taken from the man. When he brought her to the man, the man said: "This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; This one shall be called 'woman,' for out of 'her man' this one has been taken.' That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body." (Gen 2:22-24)

"Since God created him man and woman, their mutual love becomes an image of the absolute and unfailing love with which God loves man. It is good, very good, in the Creator's eyes. and this love which God blesses is intended to be fruitful and to be realized in the common work of watching over creation: 'and God blessed them, and God said to them: 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it.'" (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1604)

"’The intimate community of life and love which constitutes the married state has been established by the Creator and endowed by him with its own proper laws.... God himself is the author of marriage.’ The vocation to marriage is written in the very nature of man and woman as they came from the hand of the Creator." (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1603)

Please make arrangements with the Parish Office (507-288-5528) at least 6 months prior to the date you prefer. Finalization of the date depends upon successful completion of marriage preparation.

"The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life, is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring; this covenant between baptized persons has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament." (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1601)

Biblical references to love and marriage
Questions and answers about Christian marriage
An excerpt from "God and the World" by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)

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