In our Catholic doctrine classes for the past three weeks, we have been going over Pope Leo XIII’s beautiful encyclical on marriage Arcanum Divinae . Early on in the encyclical, he says the following: “the Universal Church has always taught that Christ our Lord raised marriage to the dignity of a sacrament; that to husband and wife, guarded and strengthened by the heavenly grace which His merits gained for them, He gave power to attain holiness in the married state”. When Our Lord made marriage a sacrament at the wedding feast of Cana, he raised it to the supernatural level. From that point, marriage was not only able to accomplish natural things like bringing children into this world and having husband and wife assist one another. It was now also able to accomplish supernatural things. Among those supernatural things is this one: your marriage is able to make you holy . Your sacramental marriage is able to draw you closer to God and get you to Heaven. It has the capacity to make you a saint!
