READINGS AT MASS TODAY
Gen. 2:18-24
Psalm 128
Heb. 2:9-11
Mk. 10:2-12
Theme: BACK TO THE BEGINNING
Dear friends in Christ, N'wokafu YESU KRISTO...
Man has shown himself a pervert. Whenever he gets hold of a thing, he destroys it. He destroys the main cause and purpose of all he comes in contact with. This destruction of God's intended form and purpose of things is also the cause of pain and suffering on earth. When we consider how far man has removed himself from the will and intention of God, we can not but be surprised and, at the same time, come to understand so many things.
In today's Gospel, Jesus gets the opportunity to address an important anomaly of life. The question and problem of divorce have plagued the history of man for a long time. When this question came to Jesus today in our Gospel text. Though it was meant to be a test for Him, Jesus used the opportunity to give us a fundamental principle that not only will address the problem, but practically almost every problem and confusion that has ever troubled the mind of humanity.
Jesus points the Pharisees to the beginning of the institute of marriage, ignoring all the distortions that have occurred throughout history. Revisiting the very beginning of marriage (the first reading), we have come to know the divine purpose and the original nature of marriage and how divorce has no place in it. Thus, divorce, like any other problem of man, is a perversion, a deviation from God's intended purpose.
Beloved, so many questions and confusion can be cleared if we go back to the beginning. If ever humanity would like to solve its problems and correct the many anomalies that plague our existence, we must return to the Beginner and beginning of all things. There alone lies meaning, renewal and true joy.
PRAYER
Lord God, renew us by the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
May God bless you.
-Rev. Fr. Kenneth Debre
Sunday, October 6, 2024.
Holy Rosary Parish, Hohoe.
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