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🗓️ 5 October 2024
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Homily from the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.
God has called us here. God is with us here. God will not leave us here.
Marriage will always be a challenge. But there is a way to move forward in this challenge that brings greater peace and joy. There are no guarantees other than "I will not leave" and "God will not leave".
Mark 10:2-16
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0:00.0 | So I'm always tempted to start, we're talking about marriage and I'm always tempted to start with the princess bride, like the marriage thing. I'm going to refrain. That's it. I just, I needed to say it, not do it. I just need to get it out of my system. But you know, it's just needed to say it not do it I just need to get it out of my system but you know it's |
0:14.6 | so interesting whenever I think it has to this happens whenever we talk about |
0:18.1 | marriage there is this sense of the there's the rise of what about is |
0:24.0 | so what about is it if you're familiar with that phrase what about is it's the |
0:27.3 | uh if you try to make any declaration on one topic it's like yeah but what about |
0:31.4 | what about these situations what what about that situation? |
0:33.4 | And we recognize that yes, there are a lot of various situations that people find themselves |
0:39.1 | in, especially when it comes to marriage. |
0:41.5 | I know that there are people who are joining us, |
0:42.9 | people who are listening to this, people who are part of this, |
0:45.3 | who your story is you wanted to remain married |
0:50.0 | but your spouse walked away. |
0:52.2 | And the question is, |
0:52.8 | what about them? |
0:53.4 | Like, yeah, I get it. |
0:54.5 | It's very complex. |
0:55.7 | Others will say, what about situations where there is violence? |
0:59.6 | Yeah, what about those situations? |
1:00.9 | Well, we know that every person has an obligation to protect themselves |
1:05.0 | so to be able to remove yourself from a violent situation of course |
1:08.0 | there's all those situations and I think especially when we come to the gospel today |
1:11.0 | where Jesus talks about the rule essentially of |
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