The Greatest Love After Love of God

The Greatness of Marriage and Family

Today’s   Gospel starts with a question from the Pharisees.

The story centers on marriage. Jesus states … “therefore, what God has joined together, no human being must separate”.

The Pharisees miss the point by asking a question; Does God allow a person to obtain a divorce? The question misses the point. It is not what I am allowed to do, but what one should do! Jesus goes on and answers . . . what should one do.

In the homily, it is stated that the love of man for his wife, and the wife’s love for her husband (after the human heart’s love for God), is the greatest of love. All other types of love are the  child of this love.

The Pharisees had an attitude of trying to trick Jesus. Because of their attitude, they did not understand marriage. They did not understand the beauty of the family. Jesus turns a question into a discussion on what marriage is and the importance of the family.

He makes a statement on the God given greatness of marriage . . . a statement on the greatness of the family. Jesus talks about what God intended for marriage and the family.

Jesus tells us of the dignity of marriage given to us by God! Hear more about this fundamental order within humans. Listen to this meditation piece and understand this special love … and gift from God.