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• Holy of Holies -where it is believed that God is present
• The prophets reminded the people that God is not in the temple, but is with them, the community of believers.
• The Church – is the people called by God to share the same faith, who believe in the same moral teachings and 

                         the same sacraments and who are united in their love for Jesus; is a group of people called by 

                         God to achieve holiness in life. This holiness is not possible without the Holy Spirit
• Unlike the temple in Jerusalem that was destroyed, the Church, the temple of the Holy Spirit, cannot be destroyed.
• soul to the body - is said to be the animating principle or the one that gives life to the body.
• If it were not for the inspiration, guidance, and strength that the Holy Spirit gave to the apostles on Pentecost, the Church would not have grown to what it is today.
• If not for the continuous presence of the Holy Spirit in the Church today, there will be no women and men who will bravely carry out the role of missionaries courageously facing dangers and even death in order to help spread the Church in all parts of the world.
• As Christ is the Head of the Church, so is the Holy Spirit its soul.
• Salt and Light – represents the presence of Jesus in the world according to the Gospel of St.

  Matthew
• Sacrament – represent the visible and sacred signs instituted by Christ that give us graces
• Arrhoe / Coins – symbolize the promise of the man to provide for material needs of his soon-to-be-wife and the children they will have.
• Church – represent the Sacrament of Jesus who has the important mission of teaching about

  Christ's presence in our lives.
• Candles – symbolize the light of Christ which the couple need as they journey together. 
• Ring – symbolizes the unending love that the couple have for each other and their commitment to be faithful to each other forever.
• Veil – covers both man and the woman symbolizes their oneness while the cord symbolizes the unbreakable bond between the two of them.
• A sacrament is "a material sign which gives grace, effecting what it symbolizes"
• All the seven sacraments are the concrete signs of God's actions of cleansing, strengthening, providing for our spiritual needs, binding, calling to service, and healing.
• The Church

  They are essential to our life as Jesus' followers and as missionaries called to appeal God' love in words and actions.
• Jesus is the sacrament of God the Father because He is the concrete manifestation of the Father.
• “Jesus is the sacrament of the Father because He makes the Father present in our midst. This is what the name Emmanuel means: "God is with us."
• Just as the Church is a sacrament, we, the members of the Church, are called to be instruments of Jesus' presence in the world. This is what it means to be "salt of the earth" and "light of world."