This Sunday we heard in the Gospel reading:

“The children of this age marry and remarry;
but those who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age
and to the resurrection of the dead
neither marry nor are given in marriage. (Lk. 20:34-35)

This should remind us that, as beautiful and holy as marriage and the marital act really is, it is only a symbol that is meant to express an eternal reality, a foretaste of something greater that awaits us:

“For this reason a man shall leave (his) father and (his) mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

This is a great mystery, but I speak in reference to Christ and the church. (Eph. 5:31-32)

Eye has not seen, nor has ear heard what God has ready for those who love Him, but it has been described to us as a great “wedding feast” (see Rev 19:7), the ultimate Wedding Feast, the marriage of the Bridegroom and the Bride, of Christ and His Church. This means that there will be no more need for earthly marriage, no need for a sign, because then our eyes will be opened and we will finally experience that “great mystery” first hand.

As a young man marries a virgin, your Builder shall marry you; And as a bridegroom rejoices in his bride so shall your God rejoice in you. (Is. 62:5)