Gospel:
Matthew 5:27-32
(Jesus
said to his disciples) 27 "You have heard that it was said, `You shall not
commit adultery.' 28 But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman
lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck
it out and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than
your whole body be thrown into hell. 30
And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is
better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell. 31 "It was also said, `Whoever divorces
his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.' But I say to you that every one who divorces
his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, makes her an adulteress; and
whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
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Reflection:
Why is there adultery? This is for the reason that we
don’t value the sanctity of the Sacrament of Marriage anymore. We treat
marriage as a contract that we can violate anytime we want to violate it. Why do many of us are not afraid to violate
our marriage covenant? This is for the reason that we don’t love God anymore.
The root
cause of adultery is our lack of proper instillation of the values of God. And
who is the culprit about our lack of values about God? No other than our parents! Many of today’s
parents pamper their children about the material things of this world. Such as
money, material possessions and so forth, yet when it comes to the values about
God they seldom care to teach them. Parents such as these rear children that
are not anymore afraid of God and children that have no values about God yet
they know God.
What must
we do therefore? We must teach our children about the values of God and as
parents we must also see to it that we are committed until the end to our
marriage. Parents are the best role models for their children. If they observe
their parent committed to their married life. They too would grow up to become committed
to their own marriage.
In our
gospel for today we see how Jesus abhors adultery. For the simple reason that the
mission and reason of marriage for both husband and wife is loyalty until the
end. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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