(No 4th Sunday in 2020)
Reflection from Marriage Matters
(www.twoinoneflesh.org.uk)
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13 1 Cor 1:26-31 Matt 5:1-12)
Being human - we are human be-ings, not do-ings
With the ever-increasing pace of life, when do we get a chance ‘to be’? Today, the Word of God is intended to relate more to the deeper aspects of our humanity and the inner essence of our being, and the qualities of our personhood. It’s about the ways we relate to each other in our marriages, our families, our communities.
No 9th Sunday in 2020
Reflection from Marriage Matters
(www.twoinoneflesh.org.uk)
Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Deut 11:18, 26-28,32 Rom 3:21-25, 28 Matt 7:21-27)
Let us build our house on rock to last
Jesus tells the people, and us, to build our houses on rock. With our ‘yes’ on our wedding day, the foundation stone was laid; each ‘yes’ since then has strengthened our building. Each time we make love, giving ourselves totally, we are saying ‘yes’ to the way of life that God has called us to; our intimacy is our strength
No 10th Sunday in 2020
Reflection from Marriage Matters
(www.twoinoneflesh.org.uk)
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Hosea 6:3-6 Romans 4:18-25 Matthew 9:9-13)
In the little things we glorify God
Today, with our love deeply embedded in our married relationship, the little courtesies, the steadying hand, the linking arm have come to mean so much more than those tiny gestures could ever mean in themselves. We still look forward with excitement to what each new day may bring, offering ...“one sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving which gives glory to God”.
No 11th Sunday in 2020
Reflection from Marriage Matters
(www.twoinoneflesh.org.uk)
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Exodus 19:2-6 Romans 5:6-11 Matthew 9:36-10.8)
Think of all the blessings
Priests offer sacrifice, and are ‘mediators’ between God and humans. Jesus was a Priest and a ‘mediator’, sacrificing Himself on the Cross and pleading, “Father forgive them”. Baptism made us ‘sharers’ in Christ’s Priesthood. At Mass, as a Priestly people, we join in His sacrifice and pray for ourselves and others. So, ‘serve the Lord with gladness’, counting our blessings.
No 20th Sunday in 2020 - replaced by the Feast of the Assumption
Reflection from Marriage Matters
(www.twoinoneflesh.org.uk)
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Isa 56:1, 6-7 Rom 11:13-15, 29-32 Matt 15:21-28)
Trust in each other
When we married, we promised ‘to love one another until death do us part’. In this promise we are called to put all our trust in each other, to persevere, no matter what life brings. This theme of trust is evident in the way the Canaanite woman believed that, if she persevered, Jesus would cure her daughter. He did!
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