Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him ... Therefore a man leaves father and mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.”

Reading: Genesis 3:18, 24

Dear ____ and ____ :

I am sure that the wish of all this afternoon, not only yourselves, but also your parents and certainly our Lord, is that you together might begin this day to live lives of fullness and happiness. And what each of us would want to share most with you (even more than any gift, present, token, or tribute) would be a formula for this happiness. A prescription which suggests itself to us on this occasion is one taken from Holy Scripture. It is a prescription with three ingredients.

1. Remember that no one is perfect. No matter how deeply you …