"Because sanctity, which is the holiness of life that all of us are meant to look for in the marital state, will invariably be found in the struggle to obtain it; which, to succeed, must last as long as the marriage itself. Such perfection, in other words, decisively depends on how resolute we remain, under the Mercy, to pick ourselves up and soldier bravely on. And if the forbearance we practice be both genuine and hard-fought, the marriage will succeed. Isn’t that, this side of the grave, the best that any of us can hope to have? In a world where no asymptotic curve can ever quite reach its base line, it is the intention to try and do so anyway that finally matters. Here is the real signature note of the Church’s sacramental life, that as often as we fall down, and for some the recidivist rate approaches Alcatraz proportions, our disappointments need never be fatal since God is ever ready to fashion us anew. In the encounter with Christ in the confessional, for example, what is required of us penitents could hardly be more simple: to carry all the broken pieces of our lives into that little box where, mustering as much hope and humility as we can, we ask God to forgive us. And never mind how often we return to ask for the same medicine of mercy; because in asking him over and over to put the pieces of our lives together, we give him reason to smile." - Human Life International, On Marriage and Martyrdom
Posted on: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 05:48:46 +0000
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