[Grem] Gospel meditation

[Emoke Greschik]

Friends, in our Gospel today, *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, “Because we love
each other.” But I would reply, “Well, that’s no reason to get married in
church.”

They usually 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.*


*Imádkozzál érettünk, Istennek szent Anyja!  Hogy méltók lehessünk Krisztus
ígéreteire!  Könyörögjünk! Kérünk téged, Úristen, öntsd lelkünkbe szent
kegyelmedet, hogy akik az angyali üzenet által szent Fiadnak, Jézus
Krisztusnak megtestesülését megismertük, az ő kínszenvedése és keresztje
által a föltámadás dicsőségébe vitessünk! Krisztus, a mi Urunk által. Ámen.*
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