Certainly, Jesus is far from being insensitive to the frailty of the feelings that distort the meaning of love, particularly the fact of adultery, of infidelity, of jealousy and lying. But he never approves sin or consents to it. When he gets to a person’s heart, Jesus descends with him into the depths of the truth, he renews the person and reorients him along the lines of the evangelical demands of love, and he saves the person. Spouses, therefore, need to understand and to receive this Divine Mercy, which renews their bonds of fidelity in the sacrament of marriage.
If you were to find a gold coin, would you ask yourself ‘Why has no one else found it?’ Of course not. You would not hesitate to take it as your own. Likewise, whenever you find a brother in need, realize that you have found something more valuable than any treasure - the opportunity to care for another (St John Chrysostom, Contra ludeos, 8).
How is your intimacy with Christ? The recollection precisely builds that intimacy with Christ, with time spent dedicated to him, and in a space that is dedicated to him, in His presence. In the recollection of Opus Dei, you enter in that tent, where your presence become enveloped in His. Every monthly, you do that, you go for the recollection, I can assure you, your intimacy with Christ will lead you to a fueling to continue that in your daily activities and daily prayer.
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