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10-07-2018Weekly ReflectionFr. Bing Colasito

"God made them male and female…."

Mk. 10:6

In the Garden of Eden, God said, "It is not good for man to be alone." Thus, He created Eve, so that Adam will have someone with whom He could enter into a loving communion of life. The plan of God from the beginning was for man to be in a loving relationship with Him and with one another. The communion of man and woman forms the covenant relationship called marriage. The love of spouses require by its very nature, unity and indissolubility of the bond made in a marriage covenant, which embraces their entire married life. In the Gospel, Jesus identifies the root cause of many-failed relationship, the "hardness of heart."

The challenges for marital relationship or any relationship for that matter to grow in communion involve: fidelity, trust, mutual self-giving and respect. In hurt relationships, learn from Ps. 51:17 "A humble and contrite heart, God will not refuse…" The Gospel challenges all us to take some steps nurturing our human relationship, and our relationship with God.

Be in God,
Fr. Bing

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