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.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh.
Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must separate.” (Mark 10:6-9 NABRE)
Today's passage is very familiar to many. Taken from a dialog between Jesus and the Pharisees on the subject of divorce, Jesus declares that the law of Moses permitted divorce only because of the hardness of the people's hearts. Jesus proclaims permanence to be the divine intent from the beginning concerning human marriage. He reaffirms this with the declaration that what God has joined together, no human being must separate.*
Our time doesn't seem all that different from the time of Moses. And so it is good to remember that God's intent for our marriage is permanence.
Today, I will thank God for my marriage, grateful that we have endured with the aid of his Spirit.
Saint Bernardine of Siena, patron of Italy as well as those involved with advertising and public relations, and who struggle with gambling and compulsive behavior, pray for us.
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