From the Gospel according to Matthew, 11, 16-19.
Jesus said to the crowds: “To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others: “‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”
Restless.
The Lord’s patience is infinite. He is always calling us, tirelessly, asking for our “yes” to him so that He may work in us. Yet we ignore Him, because we lack faith and because we stubbornly insist on doing our own will. The same happens with our spouse: we insist on being right, and we also lack faith because we fail to fully believe that our spouse is a means through which the Lord leads us to Him. It is part of God’s plan, a beautiful plan in which we must strip ourselves of our own ideas and hand them over to the Lord, so that He may accomplish His work in us and in our marriage.
Applied to Married Life.
Claire: It’s true, Charles, I feel something similar. And I also know now that I need to let go of my own criteria if I want to be in communion with you and with the Lord. Forgive me for all the times I tried to impose myself and didn’t value you enough, even knowing that you are a mediation for reaching God.
Charles: No, Claire, you forgive me. Because I know there are times when I fail. Thank God the Lord calls me again and again to trust Him more, so that we may place our marriage in His hands and unite ourselves to Him through our sacrament.
Mother,