Fiddler on the Roof and Marriage
The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast)
Ascension
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2018
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Is love an emotion? Jeff answers this question by looking at the marriage of Tevye and Golde, the couple from Fiddler on the Roof who had an arranged marriage that lasted over twenty-five years.
At one point in the show, Tevye asks Golde if she loves him, and she is hesitant to respond. Together, they discover that in their daily commitment to one another, they had in fact acted out of love.
This doesn’t sound like our modern idea of a happy marriage (first comes love, then comes marriage), but Jeff shows how their love grew after marriage, and how we can use their example of commitment in our own lives. By choosing to love, we can strengthen relationships not just with our spouse, but with friends and family as well.
Jeff also answers a reader’s question about what to do with old Bibles.
"Marriage is not based on emotion but based on a commitment. And that commitment is a reflection of God’s love for the Church and a demonstration to the world of a commitment that goes beyond anything that the world is used to."
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Jeff Cavein Show episode 81, Fiddler on the Roof and Marriage. |
| 0:10.0 | Hey, I'm Jeff Caveins. How do you simplify your life? How do you study the Bible? |
| 0:14.8 | All the way from motorcycle trips to raising kids, we're going to talk about the faith and life in general. |
| 0:21.1 | It's the Jeff Kaven Show. |
| 0:30.7 | Hey, welcome to the show. We're going to talk about Fiddler on the roof this week. Probably didn't think you were going to get that. But most likely you have seen that |
| 0:35.8 | wonderful movie or a play, whether it's high school college or your community is put on Fiddler on the roof and it is just absolutely filled |
| 0:45.9 | with all kinds of good lessons for us and years ago in fact when I used to be a |
| 0:52.2 | Protestant pastor I did a whole course on Fiddler on the |
| 0:55.9 | roof and talked about different aspects of faith and marriage and family that, you know, a lot of different lessons we can learn from fiddler on the roof. |
| 1:05.4 | So we'll get to that in just a moment. |
| 1:07.0 | I want to, I want to, I do want to talk about, about love and marriage and fiddle her on the roof. |
| 1:13.0 | Got an email here from Nanette. |
| 1:16.0 | Thanks, Nanette. |
| 1:17.0 | She said, dear Jeff, it's a good question, by the way. |
| 1:19.0 | She said, I am a faithful listener to your podcast. |
| 1:22.0 | Love your message the way you turn everyday situations |
| 1:25.4 | into lessons from Jesus. |
| 1:27.6 | I intend on purchasing the new Bible, that's the great Adventure Bible she's talking about. |
| 1:33.0 | By the way, thank you for all of your comments. |
| 1:35.0 | Folks, you guys have been sending in some good, good remarks about the new Bible |
| 1:40.0 | that Ascension Press has put together, it's the new Great Adventure Bible. |
| 1:44.0 | She says, but I have one problem that I hope you can help me with. |
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