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You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery;'                but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.                If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.                If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.                'It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,'                but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.                'Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'                but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;                nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.                Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.                But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.                'You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'*                But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.                If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.                Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.                Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.                'You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor,* and hate your enemy.*'                But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,                that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven.               
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“Suffering accepted and borne together with others is joy”

 

Last summer, my family and I drove out to visit my godfather in the village where I was born. He is the husband of my deceased father’s sister, the last remaining member of that side of my family. My aunt is eighty-two years old and has been bedridden for three years. All this time my uncle has been looking after her. I was so impressed and charmed by what I saw that I just have to tell you about him.

My uncle is eighty-eight years old, enjoys robust health, and is full of good humor. He has an excellent memory and is a marvelous storyteller; and he has things to relate, for he has survived two world wars and a concentration camp. He says he has prayed all his life, especially in hard times. He always wears a holy medal — the childhood gift of his mother. He says prayer is raising oneself to God, directing one’s thanks and petitions to Him. He prays with my aunt, though praying the rosary and the litanies is becoming increasingly difficult for her, as she is losing her memory. It sounds awful, but my aunt is turning into a “vegetable.” But not for my uncle. With true devotion, he washes her, changes her napkins, dresses her, feeds her¬¬ — and always without any show of impatience. He has lived with her for sixty years and loves her still. Having watched them, I can state that the Sacrament of Matrimony is a gift, but it is also a pledge of caring for the other to the end of one’s days. 

I envy my aunt and would like to be treated like her one day. In our shallow, arid world such an uncle shines out like a diamond. I wish him good health. I am so proud of him.

 

Maria

 

 

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