{"id":18151,"date":"2017-01-12T01:01:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T06:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=18151"},"modified":"2016-12-07T07:28:24","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T12:28:24","slug":"the-couples-unity-is-cultivated-by-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2017\/01\/12\/the-couples-unity-is-cultivated-by-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Couple's Unity Is Cultivated by Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The couple that prays together makes fruit their talents and grow stronger spiritually<\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Only God is one, only to Him\u00a0belongs to the character to be one, so only God can foster the unity of the married couple.<\/span><span lang=\"en\">&#8220;That all may be one; <\/span><span lang=\"en\">as you o father, are in me and I in you, that they also be one in us &#8220;(Jn 17.22).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-91940\" src=\"http:\/\/img.cancaonova.com\/cnimages\/canais\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2004\/03\/formacao_a-perfeita-unidade-do-casal-e-cultivada-pela-oracao.png\" alt=\"A perfeita unidade do casal \u00e9 cultivada pela ora\u00e7\u00e3o\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Men and women who leave mom and dad depart towards the beautiful challenge of the experience of the unity, have the grace of the state of matrimony. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">&#8220;What God hath joined together, let not man put asunder&#8221; (Mk 10:9).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Marriage is a sacrament celebrated by spouses and blessed by the Church in the person of the priest. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">However, it is essential that both parties, man and woman, be aware that since the wedding, blessing the unity between them is made perfect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">We see, then, clearly, this sacrament is not a human society. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Either a recognition, on the part of the Church, of a couple who have lived together and happens to live under the blessing of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Unity in God<\/h3>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">From the beginning, the man and woman were created to be\u00a0united and live the mystery of oneness in God, u<\/span><span lang=\"en\">nity similar to the one experienced by the Holy Trinity. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">It is the mystical experience to learn to love your &#8220;neighbor most close&#8221;, as oneself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">In this relationship, where God raises the unity, there is continually a spiritual battle. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">A spouse is always lifting each other at the time of a possible fall, because God never allows both to fall at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">The spouses see the image of Jesus Christ on the face each other, and so they learn to love themselves. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">However, if there is a spiritual battle in the marital relationship, if the enemy of God tries every way destroy the marriage, it is necessary that the spouses are always very well armed to defend themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">In the modern world, the spouses hardly have an awareness of what is marriage. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Normally, when a situation more difficult or even a small disagreement of ideas happen, both react humanely, so often taking hasty positions, ignoring the tools\u00a0that God puts in your hands, on the occasion of the wedding.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Mission of the couple<\/h3>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">The couple has the mission to make your marriage more and more holy. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">So that this goal is reached, it is necessary a tireless toil, a cut of a rough diamond, for which it\u00a0becomes\u00a0bright, reflecting Jesus Christ for all who surround him for He they thirst.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">The spiritual life is dynamic. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">The Holy Spirit is the holy sword to every couple. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">How many misunderstood and harsh words can be exchanged between spouses who still don&#8217;t know that their Union is alive and effective sign of Jesus!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">A couple needs to pray together, with a view to the charisma of your unity. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Man and woman, made one by the sacrament of marriage, they need to pray. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">This prayer cannot be just personal, it needs to happen within the couple. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">The perfect unity of the soul and the body grows through prayer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">How many times couples propagate their\u00a0corporal and intellectual unity, but do not experience the union of their souls. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">A perfect harmony in marriage should be founded, rooted in Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">The couple, recognizing their\u00a0smallness while sinners, but their greatness by divine sonship, totally in need and stripped in front of the one true source of love and wisdom there pours their\u00a0souls and will live fully the graces of their unity. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">&#8220;When two or more are gathered in my name, I am in their midst&#8221; (Mt 18.20).<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The divine unity of the couple<\/h3>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">The prayer of the couple lead them to realize that the marriage is not just\u00a0on the human plane. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">This way of prayer deepens the unity of the couple in the mystery of the divine unity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">If the couple is something so wonderful, fruitful and that both pleases the heart of God, why doesn&#8217;t happen often? <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Often, under the guise of sleep or tiredness, spouses are mistaken by the enemy of God and looking like legitimate justifications, postpone or prevent the pouring of His grace more\u00a0and more upon the spouses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">A couple united in Jesus will have a family founded on the rock. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Satan tries to prevent this harmony. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">The couple fit through this battle with the Holy Sword of the spirit and who prostrate themselves daily at the foot of the cross of their Redeemer, to cry out for wisdom and unity, and living\u00a0by the grace of being able to forgive each other and, above all, living love so true.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Spouses who pray together, receiving the Eucharist together, make fruitful their talents and nourish themselves spiritually. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">No more will they walk with the world and its values as a model, but in Christ, and with fearlessness will face all the battles and challenges arising from the fact of living in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Maria Ad\u00edlia Ramos de Castro<br \/>\n<span lang=\"en\">Shalom Community<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/formacao.cancaonova.com\/vocacao\/matrimonio\/perfeita-unidade-do-casal-e-cultivada-pela-oracao\/\">Portuguese version<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The couple that prays together makes fruit their talents and grow stronger spiritually Only God is one, only to Him\u00a0belongs to the character to be one, so only God can foster the unity of the married couple.&#8220;That all may be&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32350,25555,25556],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18151"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18152,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18151\/revisions\/18152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}