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Deep Dives with Fr Sean: the Super Catholic Catechesis Podcast
Marriage #7: Marriage Is a Huge HELP! That grace within the sacrament of marriage
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Fr Sean OBrien
Sacraments are instruments, they do what they signify.
Sanctifying grace increases.
Sacramental graces are made available (constantly), though they might not be able to be fruitful because of mortal sin or lack of attentiveness to receiving it fruitfully.
**Through the sacrament of marriage, Jesus' love for the Church is MADE present!
There are helping graces for the natural ends of marriage that have now been supernaturalized: procreation/education of children, and to be helpmates to each other.
The other category of helping graces is to help re-order marriage, family life, and the world towards divine ends. Marriage, therefore, becomes a remedy for sin, it builds up the Church, and is an element of the substance of our divine worship.