Matrimony:  By which a man and a woman form with each other an intimate communion of life and love.

•  The grace to love each other with the love with which Christ has loved his Church

• A perfecting of their human love

• A strengthening of this indissoluble unity

• Sanctification on their way to Heaven

• The grace to “help one another to attain holiness in their married life and in welcoming and educating their children.”

• An integration into God’s covenant with man: Authentic married love is caught up into divine love.