The two shall become one flesh.

7TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME The two shall become one flesh.  When Jesus talks about marriage in today’s Gospel, he reaches all the way back, beyond the Law of Moses, to the Book of Genesis. He tells some Pharisees that Moses permitted a bill of divorce, but that divorce...

The two shall become one flesh

The two shall become one flesh.  When Paul talks about two becoming one flesh, he is referring back to the story of creation in the Book of Genesis.   It’s a beautiful image, one that describes the kind of love and single-mindedness that God wants for every married...