Daily Inspiration

“Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him, saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?" He said in reply, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female and said, 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, man must not separate." They said to him, "Then why did Moses command that the man give the woman a bill of divorce and dismiss her?" He said to them, "Because of the hardness of your hearts Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. I say to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) and marries another commits adultery." His disciples said to him, "If that is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry." He answered, "Not all can accept this word, but only those to whom that is granted. Some are incapable of marriage because they were born so; some, because they were made so by others; some, because they have renounced marriage for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever can accept this ought to accept it." -Matthew 19:3-12
 
God has embedded His power in the fabric of the family. Jesus could have chosen to bring Himself forth in any way He chose, yet He decided to come as a Child born into a family. Joseph and Mary were married in the sight of the Father as a part of the Divine plan.
 
A marriage sanctified in the Church carries extraordinary power from God. The enemy fears this power and works with all his might to destroy the family and remove that power. What we see in this world is merely the surface. We struggle to understand God's ways, but with faith, we trust that there is a deeper world we cannot see.  
 
God's plan for married couples goes far beyond the surface, where they may not see. Trust in Him and accept that “what God has joined together, man must not separate.”
 
Saint Rocco, pray for us.
 
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Jesus, I trust in you.