Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, he commits adultery against her; and if the wife divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.- Mark 10, 10-12


When God made a covenant with the people of Israel, they swore fidelity to him on their very lives (see Exodus 24:7-8). In the same way, a man and woman who choose to marry bind themselves, both in their free consent and in their sexual union. They swear fidelity; they promise openness to children; they promise their whole selves. In so doing they create an unbreakable covenant bond. In their sexual union their bodies speak the truth of this covenant, echoing God's words of betrothal to Israel and Christ's words of love for his bride spoken from the cross." Mary Healy, Men and Women are from Eden, p.85