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+ It is clear from our readings today that the
male and the female of the human species have an essential and correlative relationship with one another that cannot be denied. But this is getting ahead of
ourselves in the story at hand. God, if we noticed in the account from Genesis
today, had originally intended to create just “man” – just Adam. This was his
original intent. Why? Because he as a Personal, Trinitarian God thought it
sufficient to show his love to just one expression of human personhood, one
Man, one enormously graced Friend of
God!
But this Adam looked around
and saw other creatures with companions, helpmates and co-creators of new life
(babies), and so he asked God for a suitable partner for himself: “the Man.”
The suitable partner for the man became the wo-man:
one like him, taken from him! God then told them that they belong together and the two of them would best image this creation of
“marriage” by uniting themselves in the complementary way in which they were
made – to form one flesh – which
would in essence image the One Man that he originally envisioned.
And so, the “marital
unification” of male and female instantly became the standard, the visible
manifestation and the pattern for eons to come of the mind of God regarding the
happiness of mankind and the means by which it would preserve the species.
It is absolutely consistent to
say that the Creation of Man; and the Institution of Marriage between a man and
a woman happened at the same time. Both are entirely dependent on the Divine
Law which begot them, and both are forever tied to the supernatural, natural,
moral and ethical laws that derive from it. This only makes sense. In our day
and age – in our American society with its penchant for seeking what is just
and fair, come what may – a very fine line must not be crossed when dealing
with God on his own terms. For in the end,
it does not matter how we have rationalized anything at all; what will prevail is what God told us all
along about certain topics and how we respond to his clear message!
Therefore, marriage and family
life are to be highly regarded as gifts of God, not personal rights, and that
to alte not only their definitions, but also their inherent structures by any
rational, civilized society of any era at all – is not only presumptuous, but
also highly offensive to God the giver of all Good Gifts!
Our
responsorial psalm today calls blessed
and happy those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways! It would not be
untrue to say that the converse is also true: those who do not fear the Lord – those who think they know better
than him – and walk in their own ways – will be called unblessed and unhappy –
most likely in this life and most assuredly in the next! And this is not just
an opinion, it is a revealed fact.
Jesus
came to us to remind us of all the good things that are available
for those who love God and walk according to his immutable but very loving and
wise ways – and even when we sin and think that we know better than either
himself or his Father – he is always ready to take us back into the fold when
we realize our mistake and ask forgiveness.
If we
love one another, truly as brothers and sisters, God remains in us and his love is brought to
perfection in us! Amen.
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