Gospel: Mark
10:1-12
Jesus
came into the district of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds gathered
around him and, as was his custom, he again taught them. The Pharisees
approached him and asked, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?” They
were testing him. He said to them in reply, “What did Moses command you?” They
replied, “Moses permitted a husband to write a bill of divorce and dismiss
her.” But Jesus told them, “Because of the hardness of your hearts he wrote you
this commandment. But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and
female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined
to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two but
one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must
separate.” In the house the disciples again questioned Jesus about this. He
said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits
adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she
commits adultery.”
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Reflection:
Are you faithful
to your marriage vows?
When a
man and a woman are wed in the Catholic church the Priest pose this question to
them: "Do you take__as your lawful wife/husband, to have and to hold, to
this day onward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness
and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?"
The man
and woman will answer: I do.
The
Marriage bond is forever, but the reality of it all is some married couples
separate. I know of two couples who were married in the church, couple # 1:
husband simply left his wife and two very young children. Couple # 2: The wife
left the husband even though they already have a baby.
Oftentimes
couples separate for selfish reasons. They only care of what they want and
feel; they don’t give an iota of concern to the feeling of their spouse and
children. Instead of separating why not explore every possible means to
reconcile? Instead of separating, why not give love a second chance and why not
ask Jesus to heal the marriage?
Jesus
said to his disciples: a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to
his wife, and the two shall become one flesh (Mark 10:7). So they are no longer
two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must
separate.” Then he said again: “Whoever divorces his wife and marries commits
adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she
commits adultery (Mark 10:11-12).”
The Sacrament
of Marriage is one of the Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church, the first
miracle made by Jesus was when he made water into wine in the wedding at Cana.
The Priest that presides in the wedding ceremony does it in the person of Jesus
Christ.
Jesus
himself said it: “What God has joined together, no human being must separate
(Mark 10:9).”
Are you
still faithful to your marriage vows? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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