Manual for Marriage (Bean)

This guide offers a clear, pastoral reflection on the vocation, sacrament, and meaning of Christian marriage drawn from the lived experience of a husband and wife married for many years, with insight from the Church’s teaching and Scripture that anchors the reader in tradition and grace. It also includes prayers, scriptural resources, wisdom from the saints, and hymns that support couples in living the sacrament with fidelity and love.

• Explains the Catholic understanding of marriage as vocation and sacrament rooted in Church teaching.
• Authors draw on personal married life to provide practical and spiritual insight.
• Includes prayers for marriage and family to support couples in daily devotion.
• Features scriptural passages and Church teachings that fortify marital love.
• Offers wisdom from the saints and hymns that enrich prayer and reflection.

Intended Audience

This book is suited for engaged couples preparing to enter the sacrament of marriage, newlyweds seeking spiritual and practical guidance, and long‑married couples desiring to deepen their union in faith and virtue.