In marriage, a few marriage vows are taken these vows are there to guide and help a marriage work out.

   This is another vow, which is done after the homily the priest will ask ‘will you accept children lovingly from god’. If you agree and confirm ‘yes’ then during marriage you should be willing to have children. If the answer is ‘no’ that, you do not want children then the consequences are that your marriage will not be valid. There is a big responsibility of having children as you are passing the word of god on. To do this you would need to have children then you would be able to teach gods teachings by taking them too church. You would also have to as a parent live in the way of Jesus as you would influence your child life.

The main problem is money matters but this can be dealt with now by benefits and other resource. The other problem maybe that you don’t want children as it may not help your marriage life it may make life stressful as you would not be able to spend time together which may cause problems. It maybe when the child is growing they make more demands example clothes, toys etc. You may not have enough money to keep the child happy so really you would not want to spoil a child’s life by giving them birth then not being able to take care of them. Those who have more money react different towards having a child.

         The final vow that I will look at is ‘for richer for poor’. This vow literally means that you will stay with your partner if they are rich or poor. It is most likely that if you get poor your partner may leave you but they should not leave you but they should get closer together through difficult times. Some good Christians would stay with their partner and follow the vow and not give up on their partner I would say this makes a couple have a much stronger relationship. If you decide not to stay with your partner then I would say that you are wrong, you should really stay with your partner, and you are making a mistake you should not leave your partner but you should support them even more as they will need it.

      The vows that are taken during a Roman Catholic marriage are the basic guide to a strong and good marriage they also determine the way a Christian couple should live during marriage. People that get married are all different from each other and they do not react in the same way and they all have they own views. Some couples are very different and they believe in what they think is right to do during marriage.