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 Matrimony 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 the parents! Many of today’s parents pamper their children with
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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