s only to keep its children from losing their
faith and becoming perverts by constant company with persons not
Catholics. The Church does not wish persons to become Catholics merely
for the sake of marrying Catholics. Such conversions are, as a rule, not
sincere, do no good, but rather make such converts hypocrites and guilty
of greater sins, especially sins of sacrilege.

Q. 1044. {290} Why do many marriages prove unhappy?
A. Many marriages prove unhappy because they are entered into hastily
and without worthy motives.

Q. 1045. When are marriages entered into hastily?
A. Marriages are entered into hastily when persons do not sufficiently
consider and investigate the character, habits and dispositions of the
one they intend to marry. It is wise to look for lasting qualities and
solid virtues in a life-long companion and not to be carried away with
characteristics that please only for a time.

Q. 1046. When are motives for marriage worthy?
A. Motives for marriage are worthy when persons enter it for the sake of
doing God's will and fulfilling the end for which He instituted the
Sacrament. Whatever is opposed to the true object of the Sacrament and
the sanctification of the husband and wife must be an unworthy motive.

Q. 1047. {291} How should Christians prepare for a holy and happy
marriage?
A. Christians should prepare for a holy and happy marriage by receiving
the Sacraments of Penance and Holy Eucharist; by begging God to grant
them a pure intention and to direct their choice; and by seeking the
advice of their parents and the blessing of their pastors.

Q. 1048. How may parents be guilty of great injustice to their children
in case of marriage?
A. Parents may be guilty of great injustice to their children in case of
marriage by seeking the gratification of their own aims and desires,
rather than the good of their children, and thus for selfish and
unreasonable motives forcing their children to marry persons they
dislike or preventing them from marrying the persons chosen by the
dictates of their conscience, or compelling them to marry when they have
no vocation for such a life or no true knowledge of its obligations.

Q. 1049. May persons receive the Sacrament of Matrimony more than once?
A. Persons may receive the sacrament of Matrimony more than once,
provided they are certain of the death of the former husband or wife and
comply with the laws of the Church.

Q. 1050. Where and at what time of the day sh