Gospel: Matthew
5:27-32
Jesus
said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit
adultery. But I say to you, everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already
committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear
it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than
to have your whole body thrown into Gehenna. And if your right hand causes you to
sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your
members than to have your whole body go into Gehenna.
“It was
also said, Whoever divorces his wife must give her a bill of divorce. But I say
to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) causes her
to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”
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Reflection:
A husband
without any qualms told his wife that it’s all over for them, that they can now
go on their separate lives. This is the culture nowadays; the sacredness of
marriage is not anymore being respected by married couples. Adultery and
divorce is always a tempting easy way out for them.
Why do
these two evil instruments exist? For the simple reason that we don’t value our faith in Jesus
anymore. Yes, we worship Jesus at church but we purposely imprison Jesus inside
the four walls of the church.
We don’t bring Jesus with us and we don’t allow Him to
live with us. Since if we live the teachings of Jesus we would be
afraid to even think of these two evil instruments. Much more commit and plunge
our very selves into it.
But all
is not lost yet, there is still hope and He is no other than Jesus. Let us
bring Jesus with us, let us live His teachings and let us make Him our armor.
So that we can easily protect ourselves from the evil scheming of the devil who
always seeks to destroy the sanctity of the Marriage Covenant. - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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