The Great Sacrament #1

A young woman in a red dress contemplates whether God is calling her to religious life or marriage, discussing these vocational paths with a nun. The nun explains that courtship with a man named Ned is a means to discern God's will, advising the woman to observe whether Ned brings out the best in her and would make a good father. The story culminates in a family picnic where a priest discusses the sacrament of marriage, emphasizing that it requires two people working together, and references Saint Paul's writings on the deep togetherness required in Christian marriage.