--- title: Daily Readings Reflection 2/12/09 description: Daily Readings Reflection 2/12/09 --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2009/02/12/daily-readings-reflection-21209#) # Daily Readings Reflection 2/12/09 Feb 12, 2009 3:00:42 AM  |  by [Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/guest) Reflection on the Daily Readings for 2/12/09 by Fr. Bertrand Buby, SM [Today’s Readings](http://www.usccb.org/nab/readings/021209.shtml) Scripture:  5th Thursday, ordinary. Genesis 2:18-25. Psalm 128:1-2,3.4-5. Mark 7:24-30. Lectionary # 332. Genesis now gives us the story of the creation of woman.  We are in the heart of the Yahwist Tradition, the most ancient of the theological and inspired writings of the Hebrew Scriptures.  It is fascinating for the language is simple, human-centered, and has an image of God that is childlike and yet profound.  Woman is created directly by God without the need for clay as was the man!  This story is important for the way in which Jesus will confront his own religious leaders who are not faithful to this text which makes this union of man and woman so great that no one should put it asunder--not even human laws.  But life is complicated enough for each person and when there are two involved in a marriage bond, the complications are doubled.  So too are the graces and that is what Jesus tries to bring out when he does use this text against those who are hard hearted.  In our Catholic tradition we call this union a sacrament which gives the couple the graces to persevere "until death do them part."  It is more that a contract, it is a vocation of love, a call to love the other as oneself for the love of God.  This demands a lot of maturity and faithfulness to the commitment. It is not a fifty-fifty one, but one hundred percent on the part of both, wife and husband. The intimacy of this relationship is beautifully described by Genesis: "This one, at last, is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; This one shall be called 'woman'. This free willed act of union is so great that it is even the reason for departing from one's life-givers, our parents, "That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body." The Psalm fits family life perfectly and describes in simple imagery the joy and beauty of a family that is together.  This shows the gift of progeny that it united to the gift of intimate love and friendship. The Psalm continues to describe family life and gives God praise because of the joy, happiness, and beauty that is experienced by those who choose this way of life.   The children are "like olive plants around the table." These thoughts may seem idealistic but in the realm of the spiritual lives of those who are married it is such that makes up the vocation and sacramentalizes it. We may wish to pray today for our parents who in many ways exemplified the ideals of a good wholesome marriage. It is they who also gave us the life we enjoy whereby we, too, can choose what is best for our calling in life. 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