~ Marriage in the Catechism of the Catholic Church ~ 1601 “The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life, is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring; this covenant between baptized persons has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament.”[84] MARRIAGE IN GOD’S PLAN 1602 Sacred Scripture begins with the creation of man and woman in the image and liken