October 4: Nurturing the Gift of Marriage
Posted October 4th, 2009 by fr. karl
Mark 10: 2-16
As Pharisees try to entangle Jesus in a theological debate regarding divorce, Jesus goes behind their question to God’s purpose for marriage. While Moses allowed divorce to limit the damage we can do to marriages, and while there is forgiveness for divorce, Jesus holds up the ideal of two becoming one and so shining God’s covenant-faithful love in world that needs to see unity, forgiveness, and love in action. We need to nurture the gift of our marriages - both our own and those of our brothers and sisters around us.