James portrays Moses, the author of Genesis, as knowing the full revelation, but because the world was not ready for it yet, Moses presented the marriage of Adam and Eve as a symbol of God's future plan. James claims that in the Epistle to the Ephesians, St. Paul removes the cover of symbol from marriage and reveals the full reality, namely that each marriage is a reenactment of that ultimate union between Christ and His bride, the Church. He put in his writings that a man should leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, so that the two of them might be one completely.' . . . He covered up his words by various means, hiding them from outsiders. Therefore, the mystery of marriage reveals a profound teaching and reality.
Love is at the heart of creation.
The ultimate goal of creation is the mutual love between God and His people. Each act of love by human beings is a participation in the divine plan. Among the forms of love expressed by human beings, especially significant is the committed and life-long love between man and woman. Each marriage celebrated before God and the Church is a microcosm of the love of God for His people. Each celebration of the mystery of crowning is an occasion for divine presence.