Daily Retreat 10/07/06
2006 Oct 8 SUN: TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Gn 2: 18-24/ Ps 127(128): 1-2. 3. 4-5. 6/ Heb 2: 9-11/ Mk 10: 2-16
From today’s readings: “The LORD God said: ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable partner for him.’... May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives.... He who consecrates and those who are being consecrated all have one origin.... But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. ...”
The Two of Them Become One Flesh
Clearly, the Bible espouses a sublime teaching about the matrimonial union of man and woman. Jesus Himself quotes chapter 2 of Genesis, reminding His followers that our conception of marriage must begin with God’s intention, not just human experience, for better or for worse.
But hardness of hearts has led to separating what God has united. In Holy Matrimony, God unites man and woman, but divorce separates. God unites the unitive and procreative dimensions of marital intercourse, but contraception separates. God unites the sexual and spiritual aspects of human life, but hedonism separates. God creates and unites male and female as partners, but chauvinism and militant feminism separate them as antagonists.
Those who abort and thwart God’s conception of marital unity, rebuking and rejecting the divine biblical and magisterial teaching, ultimately bear nothing in their lives but the sterile hardness of their own hearts. But those who embrace God’s design and are open to His will all the days of their lives bring forth the fertile fruits of Christ’s blessing which lead to the Kingdom of God!
Gn 2: 18-24/ Ps 127(128): 1-2. 3. 4-5. 6/ Heb 2: 9-11/ Mk 10: 2-16
From today’s readings: “The LORD God said: ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable partner for him.’... May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives.... He who consecrates and those who are being consecrated all have one origin.... But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. ...”
The Two of Them Become One Flesh
Clearly, the Bible espouses a sublime teaching about the matrimonial union of man and woman. Jesus Himself quotes chapter 2 of Genesis, reminding His followers that our conception of marriage must begin with God’s intention, not just human experience, for better or for worse.
But hardness of hearts has led to separating what God has united. In Holy Matrimony, God unites man and woman, but divorce separates. God unites the unitive and procreative dimensions of marital intercourse, but contraception separates. God unites the sexual and spiritual aspects of human life, but hedonism separates. God creates and unites male and female as partners, but chauvinism and militant feminism separate them as antagonists.
Those who abort and thwart God’s conception of marital unity, rebuking and rejecting the divine biblical and magisterial teaching, ultimately bear nothing in their lives but the sterile hardness of their own hearts. But those who embrace God’s design and are open to His will all the days of their lives bring forth the fertile fruits of Christ’s blessing which lead to the Kingdom of God!
posted by FrPitstick | 10/02/2006
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