In reference to the establishment of the family through marriage, that a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh (Gen 2:24). In the Gospel, Christ, disputing with the Pharisees, quotes these same words and then adds: So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder (Mt 19:6). In this way, he reveals anew the binding content of a fact which exists from the beginning (Mt 19:8) and which always preserves this content. If the Master confirms it now, he does so in order to make clear and unmistakable to all, at the dawn of the New Covenant, the indissoluble character of marriage as the basis of the common good of the family. Pope John Paul II Do we treat marriage in the way it is discussed here? How many times I want to look at spouses who are in my office and say...but you are one flesh...why do you see yourself separate? How do you not see that his illness is your illness? You are not you alone anymore, you are a communion of persons - two in one - as our God is three persons in one. Marriage needs God as its head, the Son in its heart and the Spirit as the love between persons. Marriage and families need prayer. Pray for marriage and pray for families and then live out your own marriage in His image - the image He created.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 21:58:26 +0000
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