"Not Everyone Can Accept This."

Jesus warned us that "not everyone can accept this, but only those to whom it has been given." He says this immediately after explaining God's view of marriage: "What God has joined together, let no man break asunder." In his time, and markedly in our own time, not everyone "gets it." It requires a gift from above, a grace, to understand the deepest nature of marriage, family and sexuality. It is painfully obvious that many of our contemporaries haven't received this gift. Happy are those of us who have received this blessing! It is not for us to judge others who not so blessed. This suggests to me a certain relaxation in the intensity, or at least the negativity, of the culture wars. This does not mean that we simply capitualte to the the spirit of the age, forces of bogus-liberation regarding marriage issues like cohabitation, divorce, and gay marriage. It does mean we relinguish righteousness and anger. It means that we be ever more grateful and joyous that we are granted this understanding and the miraculous ability to live this mystery.