Mary and Joseph did not consummate their marriage.

Mary remained a virgin for her entire life.

And so we know that's the case.

So here's this doctrine of marriage, being matchmony,

needing the sexual embrace in order to be complete, right?

And the other hand, the doctrine of Mary and Joseph

did not consummate their marriage and the sexual embrace.

Therefore, okay, here's the disconnect.

Hi, my name's Father Mike Schmidt and this is Essential Resents.

So a little while back, I made a video about how every time

a couple enters into the sexual embrace,

they are renewing their wedding vows

and actually it's participating in the grace of the sacrament.

They're hopefully, as St. Thomas Quynas had said,

every time a husband and wife come together

in the marital embrace in a state of grace,

they're going in grace and glory that the sexual embrace

is actually an essential part of matchmony,

essential part of the sacrament of marriage.

Number of people reached out and said, okay, interesting.

What about Mary and Joseph?

Are you saying they weren't sacramentally married?

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