Thursday, January 15, 2015
Throwback Thursday
"It seems to me that it [Gen 2:24; Mk 10:7-8] invites us to be more aware of a reality, already
well known but not fully appreciated: that matrimony is a Gospel in
itself, a Good News for the world of today, especially the
dechristianized world. The union of a man and a woman, their becoming
“one flesh” in charity, in fruitful and indissoluble love, is a sign
that speaks of God with a force and an eloquence which in our days has
become greater because unfortunately, for various reasons, marriage, in
precisely the oldest regions evangelized, is going through a profound
crisis. And it is not by chance. Marriage is linked to faith, but not in
a general way. Marriage, as a union of faithful and indissoluble love,
is based upon the grace that comes from the triune God, who in Christ
loved us with a faithful love, even to the Cross. Today we ought to
grasp the full truth of this statement, in contrast to the painful
reality of many marriages which, unhappily, end badly. There is a clear
link between the crisis in faith and the crisis in marriage. And, as the
Church has said and witnessed for a long time now, marriage is called
to be not only an object but a subject of the new evangelization." -- Pope Benedict XVI
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