Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him,
saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?” He
said in reply, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them
male and female and said, 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, man
must not separate. They said to him, “Then why did Moses command that the man
give the woman a bill of divorce and dismiss her?” He said to them, “Because of
the hardness of your hearts Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from
the beginning it was not so. I say to you, whoever divorces his
wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) and marries another commits
adultery. His disciples said to him, “If that is the case of a man with his
wife, it is better not to marry. He answered, “Not all can accept this word,
but only those to whom that is granted. Some are incapable of marriage because
they were born so; some, because they were made so by others; some, because
they have renounced marriage for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever can
accept this ought to accept it.
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Reflection:
From the beginning up until this very moment
separation is never in the agenda of God. God’s desire for married couples is
to remain married until death. Yet we contradict this agenda of God by
introducing separation in the marriage. We contradict this agenda of God by
betraying the sacred marriage vows, not once, not twice but many times.
There is a story of a wife who for three long years
was always being advised by her husband to stop her adulterous relationship
with her wicked officemate. Notwithstanding the advises of her husband the wife continued with the adulterous relationship. Finally, the husband realized that it’s
not worth anymore to stay in the marriage.
But come to think of it, why do married couple separate? They separate because there is an absence of God in their marriage. They separate because they allow the temptations of the devil to overpower God and His command to make marriage Sacred and Holy. This is the primary reason otherwise they wouldn’t separate if there’s an
active presence of God in their marriage.
When God is left out of the marriage or the teaching of God is not taken seriously. The devil is
given the opportunity to create havoc in the couple’s married life. And the
devil will never stop until it finally destroys the marriage covenant of the
couple.
Therefore, make Jesus an active player in your
marriage. How are you going to do this? Have time for Holy Mass as a
family. Have time for prayer as a family and have time for reading and
afterwards reflection of the words of Jesus in the bible as a family.
Is Jesus an active player in your marriage? – Marino
J. Dasmarinas
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