Pope Francis invites us to use our judgement when faced with situations that fall short of what the Lord demands of us (AL 6). In these situations, where the spirit of mercy ought to be present, firstly we need to examine our consciences to ensure that each of us lives a life according to the Lord\u2019s will; then we need to do our utmost to find the means and ways, in the human domain as well as that of grace, to align our life and lifestyle with God\u2019s thinking.\u00a0 It is not a question of adapting God\u2019s will to our will, but of doing what the Virgin Mary did, when she replied to the angel, \u201cLet it be done unto me according to your word.\u201d (Lk 1:38)
\nWhen the scribes and the Pharisees asked Jesus as to whether divorce was allowed according to the law of Moses, Jesus referred to the \u201cbeginning,\u201d \u201cThen God said, \u2018Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness.\u2019\u201d (Gn 1, 26-27) Jesus replied the following to the scribes and Pharisees, \u201cTherefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.\u201d (Mt 19:6)
\nReferring to St John Paul II\u2019s teachings of the theology of the body, Pope Francis in Amoris laetitia also talks about the \u201cprimordial divine plan clearly spoken of by Christ himself\u201d for couples. (AL 9; Mt 19:4; GN 2:24) The divine dream for couples and the family is that \u201cthey may become a communion of persons in the image of the union of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.\u201d (AL 9) And this divine dream comes true in Christ and the Church and in all couples and families who live from his Spirit, and in his image and likeness.\u00a0 Couples and families who live according to the thinking and will of God\u2014\u201cThus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord.\u201d (Ps 128:4; AL 15)\u2014uphold and support the world and are a source of blessing for everyone.<\/p>\n
A Source of Blessing for Everyone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.12.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["fr","pt","es","it","en"],"languages":{"fr":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"pt":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"es":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"it":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equipes-notre-dame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nJos\u00e9 Jacinto Ferreira de Farias, scj<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"