Family and Personal Preparations

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FAMILY AND

PERSONAL

PREPARATIONS Prepared by: Hope Bicierro & Clarisse Duran



WHY TEACH ABOUT PREPARATION

FOR MARRIAGE?

A. BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF

MARRIAGE

B. BECAUSE OF THE

PERMANENCE OF THE MARRIAGE

BOND

C. TO AVOID THE EVIL OF DIVORCE

D. BECAUSE LOVE IS BINDING

E. BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY

FALSE IDEAS ABOUT MARRIAGE



PERSONAL PREPARATION

needed by the couple as they look forward to a life

together

starts from the moment they consider themselvesas engaged

time to make a last examination of their

relationship



SPIRITUAL PREPARATION

Gifts of living His life and love

Having Christ is having everything

they would need

Participating in Holy Mass together,

holy retreat, pre-Cana conference,

pre-nuptial seminars

The Lord must be first in the

Christian's life.



PSYCHOLOGICAL PREPARATION

preparing themselves mentally, emotionally

and spiritually for the “everydayness of

marriage” and “unexpected occurrences

honesty,openness to each other and to be true

to their own selves



1. The higher the educational level, the greater the

chance for success in marriage. 2. A study of 60 teenage brides in Iowa showed that

55 percent regretted marrying before completinghigh school.

3. One study of marriages in a high school showedthat among 240 married couples ••• (Where one or

both had dropped out of school) only sixteencouples were still living together after five years.

4. One sociologist reports that "the divorce rate forthose who marry in their teens is six times as highas that in any other group."



5. Reasons why teenagers are too young to marry:

a. Marriage is serious business and there is muchmore to being serious than simply to wish or desire.

b. Teenagers have not yet really learned to livethemselves.

c. Teenagers cannot promise to be steadfast, true andconstant to another human being because they arenot really in a position to keep that promise

d. Persons mature physically before they mature in

character. e. Ten years later, the teenager will not be at all the

same kind of person he or she is now.



EMOTIONAL PREPARATION

Adams' (Making Your Marriage Succeed , pp. 33,34)suggests the following tests for genuine emotionalmaturity:

a. carry a reasonable load of emotional tensionwithout blowing up

b. have outgrown childish and foolish fears andanxieties

c. learn to expect to be treated as a responsible

partner in marriage

d. emotionally independent of your parents and ableto stand on your own feet and make your owndecisions in life



ECONOMIC PREPARATIONS

couple should begin their married life living on their

own

couple should plan things together

discuss and settle material and financial aspects



PHYSICAL PREPARATION

assuring that both couple is physically healthy

medical check-up is recommended

A strong, healthy body is a wonderful asset to a happymarriage.

Illness and physical weakness often put severe

strains on marriage. Avoid habits such as smoking, drinking, and any

others that are harmful to the body.



True love embraces not only the good, the joyful and the happy times shared but also

the sad, the not-so good and the unhappysituations in married life.

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