Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 424 – Part I.
(Youcat
answer) Adultery is committed when two people, at least one of whom is married
to someone else, have sexual relations. Adultery is the fundamental betrayal of
love, the violation of a covenant that was made in God’s sight, and an injustice to one’s neighbor.
Jesus himself explicitly declared the indissolubility of marriage: “What
therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder” (Mk 10:9). Citing
the original will of the Creator, Jesus abolished the toleration of divorce in
the Old Covenant.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 2353) Fornication is carnal union between an
unmarried man and an unmarried woman. It is gravely contrary to the dignity of
persons and of human sexuality which is naturally ordered to the good of
spouses and the generation and education of children. Moreover, it is a grave
scandal when there is corruption of the young.
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) The encouraging promise of this message of
Jesus is, “as children of your heavenly Father you are capable of lifelong
love.” Nevertheless, it is not easy to remain faithful to one’s spouse for a
lifetime. We must not condemn people whose marriages fail. Nevertheless,
Christians who irresponsibly bring about divorce incur guilt. They sin against
God’s love, which is visible in marriage. They sin against the abandoned spouse
and against abandoned children. Of course the faithful partner in a marriage
that has become unbearable can move out of shared living accommodations. In
some serious circumstances, it may be necessary to go through a civil divorce.
In well-founded cases the Church can examine the validity of the marriage in an
annulment proceeding.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 2364)
The married couple forms "the intimate partnership of life and love
established by the Creator and governed by his laws; it is rooted in the
conjugal covenant, that is, in their irrevocable personal consent" (GS 48
§ 1). Both give themselves definitively and totally to one another. They are no
longer two; from now on they form one flesh. The covenant they freely
contracted imposes on the spouses the obligation to preserve it as unique and
indissoluble (Cf. CIC, can. 1056). "What therefore God has joined
together, let not man put asunder" (Mk 10:9; cf. Mt 19:1-12; 1 Cor
7:10-11).
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