Inspirations at your Fingertips!

Getting married is such a profound, human experience; so profound that sometimes, we tend to attribute every relationship to ourselves. In the Christian context, marriage can most of all be a profound experience of God.  From the Book of Genesis 2:18-24, Adam uttered a most profound statement which cannot be uttered by any human being unless he has God's inspiration: "This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called 'woman, 'for out of 'her man' this one has been taken." Jesus in the New Testament, Jesus reiterated the words of Genesis with a deeper implication: "A man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.  So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no human being must separate" (Matthew 19:3-6). Angelica and Charles, as you're entering into a new chapter in your lives as a married couple, realize one ...

Dear Jo and Mar, I feel a certain admiration especially from couple who in a span of 25 years are totally sincere in aligning themselves with God and in enlivening and animating their faith. Jo and Mar, you gave me your preferred readings for your 25th Wedding anniversary.  I think that the readings you chose contain the blueprint of your marriage for the next 25 years.  You have started out correctly; but the next is yet to come and the keys for success in your marriage could probably contain the following:    1. The perfection of the love you have for one another and the love you bestow upon your children is the same love Christ has for you.  Keep the flame of God's love in your hearts.    2. On the more practical side, this love entails genuine communion to make it work - being one heart and one mind.  You all belong to Christ, why should there be disunity in the family?    3. Bear in mind the next 25 years till eternity in ...