March 20, 2010 – Matthew 18:21-19:15

We had the reading about the servant who was forgiven his debt but refused to forgive his debtor a Sunday or 2 ago so I won’t say anything on that.  It should just all help us step back and think about when we judge others.  Something I am constantly trying to work on.

The marriage lesson is what I would really like to focus on.  Marriage is not something that should be divided unless it was not valid to begin with.  This teaching is why the Church does not allow divorces.  They allow annulments when there is some proof that the marriage was not valid in the first place, but not divorce. I have always wondered why divorces are so high, I believe it is because they are so easy to get.  But I think it may also be a bigger reason that marriages are too easy to get.  When people get married and aren’t ready for it then they are almost setting themselves up for divorce.  And don’t feed me any bull about living together first to test the waters.  Any stat you look at says couples that live together before marriage get divorced at a very high rate.  Really the only stat that shows a quality of keeping a marriage together is whether God is a part of their lives and their relationship. 

Divorce is not the problem that needs to be fixed or the right we need to worry about.  That is why the Pharasees were on wrong track.  Out concept and understanding of marriage needs to change.  We spilt up whenever things get difficult.  “In the beginning it was not so.”