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Dwelling Place of Love. Reflection for marriages. Luke 8:4-15

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From the Gospel according to Luke 8:4–15

 

When a large crowd gathered, with people from one town after another journeying to Jesus, he spoke in a parable.  “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path and was trampled, and the birds of the sky ate it up. Some seed fell on rocky ground, and when it grew, it withered for lack of moisture. Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it. And some seed fell on good soil, and when it grew, it produced fruit a hundredfold.” After saying this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear ought to hear.”
Then his disciples asked him what the meaning of this parable might be. He answered, “Knowledge of the mysteries of the Kingdom of God has been granted to you; but to the rest, they are made known through parables so that they may look but not see, and hear but not understand.

“This is the meaning of the parable.  The seed is the word of God. Those on the path are the ones who have heard, but the Devil comes and takes away the word from their heartsthat they may not believe and be saved. Those on rocky ground are the ones who, when they hear, receive the word with joy, but they have no root; they believe only for a time and fall away in time of temptation. As for the seed that fell among thorns, they are the ones who have heard, but as they go along, they are choked by the anxieties and riches and pleasures of life,  and they fail to produce mature fruit. But as for the seed that fell on rich soil, they are the ones who, when they have heard the word, embrace it with a generous and good heart, and bear fruit through perseverance.”

 

Dwelling Place of Love

 

Christ comes to our marriage today with immense tenderness, without reproach and without haste. He comes as the faithful Bridegroom, carrying in His hands a small seed that He gives us through His Word, His love, and His desire to dwell more deeply within our marriage. That seed also falls into the secret rooms of our hearts. Sometimes it falls by the wayside, when life moves too quickly and the soul does not let God in. At other times it falls on rocky ground, when we receive His Word with joy but lack the roots needed to sustain love in times of trial. And at other times it falls among thorns, when worries, weariness, fears, or wounds take up too much space. But Christ does not run away from these poor soils. He remains faithful; He does not force any door open. He waits for a small opening of trust, a humble word, a gaze that dares to say: “Lord, come in here too.”

Persevering together with the Lord and growing our prayer life enriches the soil of our hearts and strengthens our roots in Him. Then, little by little, His Word reaches the deepest places, brings light into the darkness, softens what has become hardened, and brings peace where there was once noise. And that dwelling place, when it humbly opens itself to Christ, becomes good soil. Not because it is a perfect marriage or a marriage without wounds, but because it allows God to care for it precisely in those wounded places. There, in forgiveness, patience, and faithfulness through times of trial, the seed takes root. And the husband and wife discover that we no longer love alone, but that Christ loves through us and makes our home His Dwelling Place of Love.

 

Applied to Married Life
 

Charly: Beth, lately I feel like God has been a little quiet… I find it hard to find Him in everything we have going on.

Beth: Charly, what if it isn’t He who is being quiet, but us who are making too much noise? Between the rushing around, the worries, and the exhaustion…

Charly: Yeah… maybe you’re right. Sometimes I go all day rushing from one thing to another and I don’t even stop for a moment. And when I do stop, I’m still running on the inside.

Beth: Darling, that happens to both of us. Our hearts are so full that we hardly leave Him any room.

Charly: Then maybe we need to slow down a little and open the door to Him.

Beth: Yes. We don’t need to have everything figured out. We can let Him in just as we are, into the things that worry us and the things we struggle with.

Charly: I like thinking that Christ is still there, patiently waiting, even though sometimes we don’t even remember to open the door to Him.

Beth: Then let’s open that door a little today. How about we pray together tonight and help each other persevere in prayer? Afterwards, we could spend a little while in silence.

Charly: Both of us?

Beth: We’ll try… five minutes would already be a miracle.

Charly: Deal.

Beth: And without thinking about the list of things we still have to do.

Charly: Now that really does require faith.

Mother,

 

Help us to care for the seed Your Son sows in our marriage, and make us good soil. Blessed and praised be the Lord.