Gospel: Matthew 18:15-20
(Jesus said to his disciples) “If your brother sins against you, go and
tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have
won over your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with
you, so that ‘every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three
witnesses.’ If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church. If he refuses to
listen even to the church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax
collector.
Amen, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in
heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again, amen,
I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to
pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father. For where two or three
are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
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Reflection:
What would happen if Jesus is at the center of marriage? There’s love,
humility and forgiveness inside the hearts of husbands and wives. There would
be peace and harmony in the family. Their children will grow up to become
Christ centered and not centered upon the material things of this world.
But reality check first, is Jesus at the center of all marriages? No,
often times what is at the center of marriage are ego, sinfulness and greed for
money, to name a few. This is the reason why there are betrayals in marriage
and if left unresolved may eventually result to broken marriages.
Jesus in our gospel is teaching us not only how to administer fraternal
correction. He is also teaching us how to administer spousal correction. If a
husband/wife sins against his/her spouse; they should talk about it among
themselves first.
No shouting, no air of dominance whatsoever rather bring into that
meeting the love, forgiveness and humility of Jesus. The moment this is done
the spouse who committed the transgression would have the humility to ask for
forgiveness and to walk away from the environment that made her/him sin.
Nothing is impossible when we commit to follow the teachings of the Lord
and when we decide to walk away from anything that make us sin. – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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