+ Our readings today celebrate God’s never-failing love! The
first reading beautifully describes for us the desire of God to re-establish
his covenant with his wayward children as exemplified by beloved daughters. It
breaks his heart when the loving relationship that he sets up is abandoned for
lesser goods and idols. But God is so very patient, and can wait for a very
long time for such children to come to their senses so that he can show them
his compassion, mercy and willingness to grant pardon.
The gospel passage is actually
a “trick question” that the Pharisees pose to Jesus to trip him up on a point
of the Mosaic Law regarding marriage. Since he is the Law, Jesus easily tackles
the problem and tells them, that in this case, the laws of marriage in fact
hold, they always hold, but in certain circumstances charitable applications of
the Law would allow for certain temporary alterations.
In our day and age, it is
important to restate with Jesus that the “laws of marriage hold” – the union of
a man and a woman so that they can become one flesh – and bearers of the joy of
offspring that might be gifted them from God.
O God,
you are ever ready to turn your anger away from us, may we be willing to then
turn our face toward you and bask in the radiance of your Light and Life!
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