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An internationally respected Roman Catholic leader on the mystery-sacrament of marriage Marriage and the family are at the forefront of the burning questions being debated by civil society and the church today. Cultural changes in our increasingly secularized society have dire consequences in the family sphere, requiring a Christian response that is faithful to the Church's tradition, says Marc Cardinal Ouellet. In Mystery and Sacrament of Love Ouellet clearly expounds a theology of marriage and the Catholic Church's understanding of the sacrament celebrated between spouses and God. Developed with influences from Pope Francis, the theological intuitions of Vatican II, the contributions of Saint John Paul II (the "pope of the family"), and the innovative thought of Hans Urs von Balthasar, Ouellet's study lays the foundations for a faithful resurgence of well-being for families in our contemporary day and age.

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• Preface(p. xii)
• Introduction: Sacramental Theology in Transition(p. 1)
• The Preliminary Pastoral Question(p. 1)
• The Cultural Matrix for the Renewal of Sacramental Theology(p. 3)
• The Basic Problematic of Sacramental Theology(p. 5)
• The Multiplicity of Sacramental Theologies(p. 6)
• The Transformation of Sacramental Theology in a Eucharistic Perspective(p. 10)
• Our Proposal in the Wake of the Apostolic Letter Novo Millennio Ineunte(p. 13)
• Part 1 The Mystery-Sacrament of Marriage
• Introduction: The Sacrament of Marriage Today(p. 17)
• Pastoral and Cultural Challenges at the Dawn of the Third Millennium(p. 18)
• John Paul IIs Engagement on Behalf of Marriage and Family(p. 22)
• New Developments in Sacramental Theology(p. 24)
• 1 The Revelation of the Marriage Sacrament(p. 29)
• The Covenant in Biblical Hermeneutics(p. 30)
• The Primordial Sacrament in the Old Covenant(p. 32)
• The Revelation of the "Mystery of Marriage" in the New Covenant(p. 36)
• The Gospels(p. 37)
• The Teaching of St. Paul(p. 38)
• 2 The Sacramentality of Marriage in the Tradition(p. 45)
• The Heritage of the Fathers(p. 45)
• St. Thomas Aquinas(p. 49)
• From the Council of Trent to Vatican II(p. 53)
• Conclusion(p. 56)
• 3 The Theology of Sacramental Marriage(p. 58)
• The Celebration of the Sacramental Sign of Marriage and Its Permanent Dimension(p. 59)
• The Exchange of Consent in the Context of the Liturgy(p. 61)
• Elements of the Rite(p. 62)
• The Spouses, Ministers of the Sacrament(p. 64)
• The Contribution of Consummation to the Stability and Fullness of the Sacrament(p. 66)
• A Community of Life and Love(p. 67)
• Historical Summary(p. 67)
• Vatican 11 and the Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris Consortio(p. 68)
• Essential Aspects of the Couple's Spousal and Sacramental Character(p. 69)
• Marriage, Virginity, and Spousal Love(p. 73)
• The Charism of Marriage and Sacramental Grace(p. 75)
• The Charism: A Bond Sealed by the Irrevocable Gift of Christ's Spirit(p. 76)
• The Objective Form of the Charism of Marriage in a Pneumatological Perspective(p. 77)
• The Charism of Consecration(p. 78)
• Sacramental Grace: Participation in Christ's Nuptial Love for the Church(p. 81)
• The Content of Matrimonial Grace(p. 81)
• A Genuine, Specific Participation in Christ's Love for the Church(p. 83)
• Charism and Grace with a View to an Ecclesial Mission(p. 86)
• To Attain the Ends of Marriage and Involve Oneself in Its Gifts(p. 87)
• Realizing the Vocation to Conjugal Holiness(p. 88)
• The Implications of the Sacramentality of Marriage(p. 89)
• Unity, Fecundity, and Indissolubility(p. 90)
• The Unity of Marriage(p. 90)
• The Indissolubility of Marriage(p. 93)
• The Fecundity of Marriage(p. 96)
• The Mystery and Ministry of the Domestic Church(p. 100)
• Conclusion(p. 105)
• Part 2 The Theology of Marriage and the Sacramentality of the Church
• Introduction: Marriage and the Family, an Essential Dimension of the New Evangelization(p. 109)
• 4 Presuppositions for a Nuptial Sacramental Theology(p. 112)
• Salvation History as the History of the Spousal Union between God and Man(p. 112)
• A Dramatic Understanding of Revelation and Anthropology(p. 116)
• Trinitarian Ontology and the Man-Woman Symbol(p. 118)
• Being-Gift, the Original Light for Living and Thinking(p. 119)
• The Family, Epiphany and Dramatic Symbol Par Excellence of Being(p. 120)
• 5 Jesus Christ, the Sacrament of the Covenant and the Church-Sacrament(p. 124)
• The Wedding of God and Man in Jesus Christ, Crucified, Dead, and Risen(p. 126)
• The Application of Nuptial Symbolism to Christ in the New Testament(p. 126)
• The Hypostatic Union of Jesus Christ, the Original Archetype of the Covenant(p. 126)
• The Unity of the Two Natures as the Unity of Two Freedoms(p. 126)
• The Spousal Meaning of Christ's Obedience(p. 129)
• The Gift of the Spirit, Fruitfulness of the Covenant(p. 132)
• The Role of the Spirit in the Event of Christ(p. 132)
• The Church-Bride, Sacrament of Christ the Bridegroom(p. 134)
• The Nuptial Symbolism of the Church in the New Testament(p. 134)
• The Participation of the Church-Bride in the Fruitfulness of the Covenant(p. 136)
• The Feminine "Common" Priesthood and the Masculine "Ministerial" Priesthood(p. 139)
• 6 The Sacrament of Marriage, Paradigm of the Sacramentality of the Church(p. 142)
• Marriage, the Primordial Sacrament(p. 143)
• The Couple, Image of God(p. 144)
• The Couple as Primordial Sacrament according to John Paul II(p. 146)
• Marriage, the Sacrament of Christ the Bridegroom and the Church-Bride in the New Covenant(p. 148)
• The Fruitfulness of Marriage and Trinitarian Fruitfulness(p. 154)
• 7 Marriage and the Other Sacraments(p. 157)
• Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage(p. 158)
• The Anthropological and Christocentric Foundation of the Sacraments(p. 158)
• Baptism and Marriage: The "Nuptial Continuity" of the Gift(p. 160)
• Nuptiality and Consecration(p. 162)
• The Eucharist and Marriage(p. 165)
• The Mystery of the Covenant(p. 165)
• Encounter, Assumption, Participation(p. 167)
• The Eucharist and Marriage, the Intimately Linked Sources of Spousal and Missionary Charity(p. 168)
• Holy Orders, Marriage, and the Sacrament of Penance(p. 170)
• Conclusion(p. 172)
• 8 The Sacramentality of the Domestic Church(p. 174)
• The Ecclesial Character of the Sacramental Couple(p. 175)
• The Family's Ecclesial Mission in Being and in Action(p. 180)
• Mission, Love, Communion(p. 180)
• The Model of the Holy Family, the Original Domestic Church(p. 184)
• The Domestic Church, Sacramentum Trinitatis and Symbol of the Civilization of Love(p. 187)
• Part 3 Trinity and Nuptiality: Toward a Eucharistic Theo-Drama of the Nuptial Mystery
• 9 The Eucharist as Trinitarian Event(p. 193)
• A Biblical and Liturgical Narrative(p. 195)
• The Theophany at the Jordan(p. 196)
• The Theophany of the Cross(p. 197)
• The Meaning of the Event Anticipated in Jesus' Prayer at the Last Supper(p. 197)
• The Unfolding of the Trinitarian Theo-Drama of the Redemption(p. 198)
• The Eucharist: "Memorial" of the Supper and of the Cross(p. 200)
• Who Offers?(p. 202)
• Who Is Offered?(p. 204)
• The Trinitarian Drama of the Eucharistic Celebration(p. 206)
• The Biblical and Patristic Notion of Mysterion(p. 209)
• The Mysterion in the Scriptures(p. 211)
• The Witness of the Gospels(p. 211)
• The Fourth Gospel(p. 212)
• The Pauline Letters(p. 213)
• The Trinitarian Drama of the Mysterion(p. 216)
• Mysterion and Sacramentum in the Writings of the Church Fathers(p. 217)
• The Mysterion-Event in the First Three Centuries(p. 218)
• The Mysterion-Rite in the Greek Tradition (Fourth and Fifth Centuries)(p. 220)
• The Mysterion-Sacramentum in the Latin Tradition(p. 222)
• The Meaning of a Semantic Evolution(p. 224)
• The Trinity in History and the Eucharist(p. 226)
• The Trinity in History: Jesus Christ, the One and Only Priest of the New Covenant(p. 227)
• Christ the Priest's Descending and Ascending Mediation in the Eucharist(p. 230)
• The Gift of the Spirit, Seal, Memory, and Fruitfulness of the Mysterion(p. 236)
• 10 The Spousal Mystery of the Eucharist(p. 241)
• The Trinitarian Gift of Christ the Bridegroom for the Church-Bride(p. 241)
• "The Eucharist Makes the Church"(p. 243)
• "This Cup Is the New Covenant in My Blood"(p. 246)
• "I Have Given Them the Glory That You Have Given Me"(p. 250)
• "Designated Son of God in Power according to the Spirit of Holiness"(p. 254)
• "This Is a Great Mystery"(p. 256)
• Welcoming an Incomparable "Present"(p. 260)
• Symbol and Sacrament in a Trinitarian Perspective(p. 261)
• Giorgio MazzantiÆs Symbolic-Nuptial Approach(p. 262)
• The Symbolic-Paschal Approach of Louis-Marie Chauvet: Exposition and Critique(p. 267)
• Toward a Deeper Trinitarian and Spousal Understanding of the Eucharist(p. 271)
• From an Anthropological-Linguistic to a Theological Symbolics(p. 271)
• The Holy Spirit and the Church's "Nuptial" Faith(p. 273)
• Is the Mass a Sacrifice of the Church?(p. 279)
• Anthropological and Ecclesiological Presuppositions in the Light of Pneumatology(p. 280)
• Contemporary Responses to the Question Regarding the Church's Sacrifice(p. 283)
• The Johannine Contribution(p. 286)
• Conclusion(p. 293)
• 11 Toward a Nuptial Trinitarian Anthropology(p. 294)
• The Eucharistic and Nuptial Meaning of Existence(p. 296)
• The Eucharistic and Spousal Paradigm(p. 296)
• The Ultimate Meaning of Human Existence in a Trinitarian and Spousal Perspective(p. 298)
• Man Fashioned in the Image and Likeness of God through Sacramental Grace(p. 298)
• Saved through the Fire of Trinitarian Love(p. 300)
• At the Service of the Beatitude of the Trinity(p. 302)
• Doxology, Missionary Fruitfulness, and the Theo-Logic of Nuptiality(p. 304)
• The Theological and Pastoral Importance of the Nuptial Eucharistic Model(p. 306)
• Epilogue: The Drama of the Eucharist and the Nuptial Mystery(p. 310)
• Bibliography(p. 314)

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Marc Cardinal Ouellet is Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. Formerly Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada, he is also the author of Divine Likeness: Toward a Trinitarian Anthropology of the Family.