Can a marriage become sacramental?

[auntieneeker]

My husband and I were married in the Catholic Church when he was not baptized. I understand that it was non-sacramental marriage, but exactly does that mean? He has since joined the Church (thanks be to God). Is it now a sacramental marriage or is there something we need to do?

 

[Michelle_Arnold]

A marriage between a baptized person and an unbaptized person is presumed by the Church to be a valid (i.e., real) marriage. If both parties are baptized, the Church presumes the marriage to be both valid and sacramental, which means that this marriage has been given the supernatural grace of the sacrament of matrimony. If the unbaptized partner to a valid marriage later becomes baptized, then the marriage also receives the sacrament of matrimony at the time of the baptism. If your husband is now baptized, your marriage is now a sacramental marriage. There is nothing you need to “do” to make it sacramental.