Daily Mass Gospel Reflection - The Sacramental Marriage

Word on Fire Ministry ^ | 10-3-2021 | Aux. Bishop R. Barron

[MurphsLaw]

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mark 10:2-16

Friends, in our Gospel, Jesus defines the fundamental sacredness of marriage. I’m convinced that the deep sacramental and religious meaning of marriage—even within the Church—has been, in recent years, dramatically compromised. We say that marriage is a vocation, but do we mean it?

We can look at human sexual relationships at a number of different levels. Two people can come together purely for physical pleasure, for economic reasons, or for psychological companionship. And we might witness two people coming together out of authentic love.

But none of these levels is what the Bible means by marriage. When I was doing parish work, I would invariably ask young couples, "Why do you want to get married in church?" Most would say something like, "We love each other." But I said, "Well, that’s no reason to get married in church." Usually, they looked stunned. But I meant it.

You come to church to be married before God and his people when you are convinced that your marriage is not, finally, about you; that it is about God and about serving God’s purposes; that it is, as much as the priesthood of a priest, a vocation, a sacred calling.

[MurphsLaw]

The LORD God said: "It is not good for the man to be alone...

"This one, at last, is bone of my
bones
and flesh of my flesh;
this one shall be called 'woman,
' for out of 'her man’ this
one has been taken."
That is why a man leaves his father
and mother
and clings to his wife,
and the two of them become one
flesh.

+++ But Jesus told them,
"Because of the hardness of your
hearts
he wrote you this commandment.
But from the beginning of creation,
God made them male and female.
For this reason a man shall leave
his father and mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two shall become one flesh.
So they are no longer two but one
flesh.
Therefore what God has joined
together,
no human being must separate."
In the house the disciples again
questioned Jesus about this.
He said to them,
"Whoever divorces his wife and
marries another
commits adultery against her;
and if she divorces her husband and
marries another,
she commits adultery."+++

[ebb tide]

I’m convinced that the deep sacramental and religious meaning of marriage—even within the Church—has been, in recent years, dramatically compromised. We say that marriage is a vocation, but do we mean it?

Bobby, the Heretic Barron, obviously doesn't mean it.

What Should We Make of Bishop Barron?

Bishop Barron was positively giddy with the publication of Amoris Laetitia, saying that Pope Francis maintained a beautiful balance in holding to the high, objective moral demands of the Church while extending great mercy to those who find themselves in “irregular situations.” He praised the Holy Father’s insights about how moral culpability can be mitigated in the life of someone, who is committing sin when they lack knowledge, freedom, or are dealing with certain extenuating circumstances.

Barron, like Bergoglio, is not only a heretic, he's a hypocrite.

[ebb tide]

Thus, over two millennia of Church tradition is swept away as Francis gives people permission to do something that our Lord did not.