God’s Plan for Marriage

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The Pharisees asked Jesus if he thought it was lawful for a man to divorce his wife.

Jesus responded by pointing them back to God’s original plan: “From the beginning,” Jesus explained, “God made them male and female.  For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and the two shall become one flesh.  So they are no longer two but one flesh.  Therefore what God has joined together, no one must separate.”¹

Jesus came to restore what was lost in the Fall, to make us new creations who live by the power of the Holy Spirit.  We should recognize that the strife and troubles of our world are not normal, but the result of the Fall and sin.

Therefore, Catholic marriages should not look like secular marriages.  They are sacramental, which means that our marriages are to be the very thing in our lives that God uses to help us grow in holiness.  Those who truly put Christ and the sacraments at the center of their marriage will find that in spite of the challenges, their love for one another will grow and help lead them closer in union to God.

1 – Mk. 10:6-9