Today is also the 40th anniversary of the death of Msgr. Josemaria Escriva, founder of Opus Dei and a canonized saint of the Catholic Church.
The former audaciously declared what marriage supposedly is. The latter humbly accepted what marriage is and exhorted couples to fully live out that vocation.
It was unfortunate -- to say the least -- that such a decision by the Supreme Court was made on an important day for the Catholic Church. However, we can look to St. Josemaria, not the Supreme Court, every June 26 and decide how to approach marriage: either as soft clay to be reshaped according to our whims or as a precious gift to be received and lived to the full.
For reflections by St. Josemaria on the marriage vocation, click here.
