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Do the spouses realize that they have a unique power that the priest does not have if he is alone in the rectory? To make the living Christ present in the community. Their family, their household, can become a temple of the living dwelling of God. That their mutual relationship becomes a monstrance in which Jesus himself lives. But representing Christ in the family is a reality so complex that many do not even start it. It is not enough to say Lord Jesus, we are gathered here in your name.  To live in the name of Jesus is to live in his spirit. It means a willingness to live for others. And through this willingness, the precious gift of God’s presence among us is established. Of course, then the apostle can say that where there is love, there is God. Thus, the family becomes a temple. But you can also trade with love. They desecrate God’s temple.

When we talk about marriage as the smallest cell of the Church, the Church is a sacrament of unity and salvation. In the diversity of our abilities, God creates us into one organism, despite our sinfulness. See how it is in politics. If they disagree on the party, they will already split. God holds the church together. That is why it is so essential for us to strive for unity. Sin is what divides. Our task is to live in Unity. And we live this unity in that way; we are learning to recognize our gifts and roles. And of course, the gifts and tasks of others. A cooperative environment is created among us.

We are not perfect, we are bound, we need one another. We are  dependent on each other. The life of God comes to me not through revelations, but through the ministry of brothers and sisters. Let us remember the statement of the Lord Jesus. If you bring a gift to the altar and remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift before the altar and go first to be reconciled with your brother. But someone may say he has something against me. I have nothing against him. But if you don’t go, there’s an obstacle between you and God’s life coming to you. If we do not resolve our interpersonal relationships, we will not move forward.

 Moses asks God for His name, and He answers him, “I am who I am.” What does that mean? God’s conversation with Moses becomes more interesting because Moses already knows who he is talking to. God had already told him before: “I am… God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob” (Ex 3, 6). In today’s reading, Moses seriously asks what to say to the Israelites when he tells them that God will save them. He is not so much interested in who God was in the past, but who he is now. Is he powerful enough to overcome the Egyptian gods and do what he promised?

God  answered this question, “Tell them I HAVE sent you.” He is not the God who only “was” the God of the ancestors of the Hebrews. He is their God even today. Likewise, he remains an effective and powerful God whose presence never fades or disappears. Furthermore, he is a God whose love is permanent. He is eternal and omnipotent. He is always and everywhere. This answer is a testament to God’s accessibility, understanding, and humility. The pagan gods demand gifts from their worshipers, and even then, they do not guarantee that their prayers will be answered. Unlike them, the God of the Hebrews finds and meets his people. He goes to meet them and offers them salvation and freedom. His love for them does not depend on what they offer him. He is, and what he is, straightforward and life-giving at the same time: God is love and redemption! Kiss that God? He is the God of Moses, Abraham, and David. He is the God of Jesus, Joseph, and Mary. However, he is also your God – your Father, breadwinner, redeemer, and protector. During the day, often remind yourself that God is the One who is. He who created the earth and the vast sky also made you and how you are to follow him. Bow to him. Praise him. Love him and trust him. He is and always will be, I AM!

 He that is sending me unto you › Ex 3, 14. Mose asks God for his name, and he answers him: „I am who i’m“ (Ex 3,14). What does that mean? God’s conversation with Moses becomes interesting because Moses already knows who he is talking to. For God had said unto him before, „I am.. The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of James“ (Ex 3, 6).  In today’s reading, Moses seriously asks what to say to the Israelites when he tells them that God saved them. He doesn’t care who God was in the past, but who He is now. Is he powerful enough to overcome the Egyptian gods and do what he promised? G answered this question: „Tell them I SENT you“. He is not just God, who was the God of the ancestors of the Hebrews. He is their God even today. Furthermore, he remains an effective and powerful God whose presence never fades or disappears. He is a God whose love is permanent. He is eternal, almighty. It is infinite and is everywhere. This answer is a testament to God’s accessibility, understanding, and humility. The pagan gods demand gifts from their worshipers and, even then, do not guarantee that their prayers will be answered. Unlike them, the God of the Hebrews finds his people and meets them. She goes to meet him and offers him salvation and freedom. His love does not depend on what his people offer him. He IS, and what He is straightforward and life-giving: God is love and redemption! Kiss it, God? He is the God of Moses, Abraham, and David. He is the God of Jesus, Joseph, and Mary. However, he is also your God – your Father, breadwinner, redeemer, and protector. During the day, remind yourself that God is the One who is. He who created the earth and the open sky also made you and the paths to follow him. Adore yourself in front of him. Praise him. Love him and trust him. He is and always will be, I AM!

 The passage begins with the sobering reality that a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. This king’s ignorance of Joseph’s legacy signifies a shift in the relationship between the Israelites and the Egyptians.  Joseph, once a savior and a leader, had become a distant memory. The new Pharaoh saw the growing population of  Israelites not as a blessing but as a threat.

In our lives, we too may face moments where our  contributions and the  sacrifices of  our  forebears are forgotten. We must actively remember our roots, our  history, and  the faith  that has  brought us to  where we  are today.  Just as  the Israelites had to  confront a new reality,  we  too must recognize the  challenges that arise when  we  forget  our heritage.  The Pharaoh’s response to his  fear is  to oppress the Israelites through forced labor. He enslaves them , subjecting them to rigorous and  and  bitter  toil.  This  oppression reveals a harsh   truth; fear can lead  to inhumanity. The  Egyptians, once  united with the Israelites through Joseph, have  now  become  their oppressors

The Sacrament is a manifestation of God’s presence with us and our relationship with God. As Christians, we learn from the very beginning to live by the Sacrament of Baptism. By giving himself to God, and God giving himself to him. In this way, he must learn to live also from the sacrament of marriage. Spouses are called to live the sacrament of marriage even if we were wholly separated from the world. We must also be able to live the sacrament. Spouses must understand the sacrament of marriage. Marriage is a vocation in the concrete life of the Church. We respond to this call with a free yes.

The sacrament of marriage, or the reception of the sacrament of marriage, is the confirmation that the spouses are giving themselves. This marriage transfer has all the elements of a contract. There is a great deal of trust associated with the marriage contract. Man cannot live the sacrament and marriage by his strength. Only with God’s help can you put up with the mistakes of the other person when we see Christ in the other person. There are three people in a Christian marriage—man, Woman, and Jesus. Jesus enters into a marriage. Those who dare to exclude Christ from marriage will inevitably encounter difficulties. Marriage is the smallest cell of the church. The Church is a sign of unity and salvation. And spouses are obliged to live in harmony. Spouses also have to fight against selfishness every day. I want to live for God through you. And I accept my partner as he is every day.  Whenever I do this, I present the sacrament of marriage. Spouses serve each other willingly and with love.  To what extent do we surrender ourselves to God, to such an extent that we can accept Him? At times, marital service can be a substitute for other religious activities. For example, he takes care of a sick man or a disabled child, etc. The granting of the sacrament of marriage is for all the spouses, one another giving to the other.

Marriage is a reality, so magnificent. Marriage is a reality as complex as life itself. Marriage has enormous value. It came out of God’s hands, and it always has a future ahead of it. The fact that marriage sometimes becomes commonplace for people. It is a manifestation of human smallness. Suppose we want to discuss marriage from God’s perspective. It’s good to keep it in front of your eyes from the beginning. What happened to marriage during the history of salvation? How disastrous it is that man has entered into God’s plan. And how ingeniously God began to correct this human confusion, God created man to be in his image. He created him male and female. And God blessed them. We know that the message of the Old Testament about marriage is also magnificent. A man and a woman stand before God in an equal relationship. A man is a gift to a woman, and a woman is a gift to a man. Their mutual relationship is then a gift from God. It is perhaps more important than people admit. Because if we look at a fact in life as a gift, we can’t approach it as critics out of principle. As those who choose and buy. A woman is not bought, nor is love bought, nor is it sold. It’s grace; we’re accustomed to having to obtain everything or buy it. Most young men don’t get a wife from God.  They find it.  She can be glad that they found her. And most husbands are not a gift to their wives. God had a goal with marriage. We know what happens when a person opens himself to sin. The man began to believe that he could do whatever he wanted with his wife. The women, on the other hand, think that she has value only when it becomes tempting for a man. We were born with a great affection for each other, love. This self-love takes many forms in our lives.  This self-love complicates the life of each of us immensely, and of course, it breaks every marriage from the beginning because people are called to love in marriage. And unless they are aware of this, they begin to blame others for a lack of love. And what was supposed to unite them? Will start to divide them. And this unsuccessful state, when people have to live in a marriage.

Someone wise, he noted. It’s hard with a woman, but it’s even harder without one. But God didn’t mean it that way.  We will now examine Jesus’ concept of marriage. This will exceed all expectations. Where Jesus entered, everything exceeded human expectations. We know that the dignity of man after redemption is far greater than in creation. We could also say that the sacrament of marriage, as he understood it, far surpasses the Old Testament idea of marriage. For this reason, we can appreciate how fortunate we are to live in today’s times. But living by Jesus’ideas ‘ ideas is not easy at all

July 10, commemoration

Position: king and martyr

Deaths: 1086

Patron: Denmark

Attributes: dagger, spear, royal insignia, arrow

BIOGRAPHY

From 1080, he was king of his native Denmark. He had a family, lived a pious life, and sought to spread and strengthen Christian life in his kingdom, where pagan customs still prevailed in some places. His pro-church rule was unpopular with some nobles, led by his treacherous brother Olaf, who longed for power. King Canute (Knut) was assassinated while praying at the altar of a church in Odense.

BIOGRAPHY FOR MEDITATION

PIOUS RULER AND PATRON SAINT OF DENMARK

He was born in Denmark around 1040 as the illegitimate son of King Sven III of Denmark and Estrid. He received a Christian upbringing and took the teachings of the Gospel very seriously. Furthermore, he later married Adele, the daughter of Robert, Count of Flanders, and had a son, Charles, who was nicknamed the Pious.

He became king in 1080, at the age of about 40, and his reign lasted only six years. He is often compared to the Czech ruler St. Wenceslas, especially in terms of his piety, love, justice, and martyrdom, in which his brother played a significant role.

From the beginning of his reign, he actively supported the spread of Christianity in the country and sought to eradicate paganism and its customs. Although he was king, he tried to live, fasted strictly, and wore rough penitential clothing under his royal robes like an ascetic. This helped him to maintain a conscious love and a correct attitude towards God and people. Before God, he accepted responsibility for governing the country and leading its people.

He was generous in giving alms to the poor and built hospitals and temples. In his humility, he donated his royal crown to the temple in Roskilde with the words: “This jewel is more fitting to adorn a sacred place than to be used for vanity and worldly pride.” After laying down his royal insignia before the image of the Crucified One, he also issued a declaration in connection with the victory over the enemies who had attacked the country, that he submitted himself and his entire empire to Jesus Christ, King of kings and Lord of lords, and had no other desire than that the Christian faith should flourish in his country and be preserved for all time.

He set an example of respectful behavior toward the clergy to his subjects and did not allow his courtiers to do anything that would be detrimental to the Church. He removed the clergy from the jurisdiction of secular courts and placed them under the full authority of the bishop and his court. Likewise, he elevated eight bishops to the rank of imperial princes, granting them a prominent seat in the parliament. He sent missionaries to neighboring nations, did not seek conflict, but strove for peace. He defended himself valiantly against pagan attackers and attempted to convert the defeated to Christianity.

Kanut’s apostolic activities also stirred up many enemies within his nation. His brother, Olaf, envied him a place on the throne and coveted the crown. Kanut, eager to ensure the future coverage of the needs of temples and clergy, began to think aloud about introducing church tithes, which aroused opposition and dissatisfaction with the king’s Christian rule among the greedy nobles. His brother, Olaf, was looking for a way to overthrow the king. An opportunity arose when a plea for help against enemies came from England to Denmark in 1085. Knut therefore ordered a navy to be prepared for help and entrusted the high command over it to his brother Olaf. He betrayed and incited the army of which he became the commander against his king, Kanut. The efforts of the conspirators resulted in the dissolution of the military, which ceased to heed the appeals of its monarch.

In his merciful justice, Kanut did not want to punish the conspirators with death under the law; instead, he imposed a conditional fine on them, which they were exempt from paying if they committed to paying church tithes. The magnates rejected the offer, and when the fine they had verbally favored was enforced, they led a general revolt in the country.

Anticipating his killing, King Kanut fled to the island of Funen (Fionia) to Odense, where in the temple of St. Albania he received the sacraments. Then he prayed aloud in front of the altar: “Lord and God! To you I like to sacrifice my life, for honor and glory and for the protection of your Church. Accept my sacrifice and grant the enemies the grace of knowing the truth and regret. Forgive them as I forgive them.” Meanwhile, the attackers tried in vain to pry open the gate, so the stones broke the windows and attacked the king with arrows from their bows and spears from the ladders. They also attacked his brother Benedict and 17 persons loyal to him.

Kanut’s grave was revered for its miracles. In 1101, Kanut was canonized by Pope Paschal II.

RESOLUTION, PRAYER

I will pray the tithe of the rosary for the increase of faith in my country.

Almighty, eternal God, grant that, following the example of the holy martyr Kanut, we live with awareness of responsibility to You and striving for the honor of Your name and the Church of which we are a part. We ask this through Your Son Jesus Christ, our Lord, for he lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit throughout the ages of ages.