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The wedding celebration should be kept within the 

 bounds of decency and good order, so that Christ and 

 His blessed Mother could attend without offence, as they 

 did at the marriage feast in Cana of Galilee. Here, too, 

 St. Paul's admonition should be heeded : "Rejoice in the 

 Lord always !" 24 



Wedding feasts should not be celebrated on Saturday, 

 because if the celebration extends far into the night, as 

 often happens, there is danger that the participants may 

 miss Mass on the Sunday following. 



Readings. — Th. Slater, S.J., A Compendium of Moral Theology, 

 Vol. II, pp. 268 sqq. — Pohle-Preuss, The Sacraments, Vol. IV, pp. 

 140 sqq. — F. P. Kendrick, Theologia Moralis, Vol. II, pp. 279 sqq. 

 — H. Noldin, S.J., Summa Theologiae Moralis, Vol. Ill, pp. 

 572 sqq. — M. A. Gearin, C.SS.R., "The Matrimonial Law Ac- 

 cording to the New Code," in the Ecclesiastical Review, Vol. 

 LVIII, No. 5 (May 1918), pp. 473-495- 



24 Phil. IV, 4. — Cone. Trident., train potest. Nuptiae vero qud de- 



Sess. XXIV, De Ref. Matr., c. 10. cet modestia et honestate fiant; 



— Rit. Rom., tit. 7, c. 1, n. 18: sancta enim res est matrimonium 



"Matrimonium omni tempore con- sancteque tractandum." 



