Vand I just attended a Pre-Cana Marriage Seminar. It was extremely helpful, especially because we learned new skills together which will help us communicate better in the future. Also, I really appreciated the counselling per couple during the Marriage Expectations Inventory and Genogram activities. I think it was good that our discussions, as a couple, were guided.
All in all, the seminar helped us find ways to understand and love each other more. More than that, it also put our marriage in the context of a larger perspective: our country, the body of the Church and our ultimate destinies. I don't think it made us re-think our decision to marry. Rather, it reinforced our decision.
I liked our counsellor's suggestion for us to come up with a family (or couple) mission statement. It will help us define what we stand for and it will articulate our common goal or dream.
Towards the end of the seminar, Fr. Ted, one of the facilitators, read the passage on the Wedding at Cana. It was Jesus' first miracle and it happened to be at a wedding. The image of water turning into wine is a powerful one. For me, the miracle is a metaphor for marriage: you can take something as ordinary as empty clay jugs, fill it up with a basic element like water, but if you put in faith and love, you will have a source of spirit and celebration. And not just any kind of wine. The best kind.
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