This book would like to invite its reader on a journey. On this path we will look at the beginning of the world, focus on the end and completion of creation as well as its central theme, and what part the Christian married couple plays in it. All this will serve the true understanding of marriage as a sacrament. (...) This book should also be a reminder that marriage is appointed for the glorification of God throughout life; in the sacrament of marriage the spouses pray, “Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come.” If they try to follow this precept, then these words of Christ apply: “For where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” —From the Foreword