Tuesday 22 June 2021
Theme : " Live well your widowhood as a Christian " Text : Ruth 1: 8-18
8. Naomi then said to her two daughters-in-law: Go, each go back to her mother's house! May the Lord be kind to you, as you did to those who died and to me. 9. May the Lord grant you rest in the house of a husband, each of you! And she kissed them. They lifted up their voices and wept; 10. And they said to him, No, we will go with you to your people. 11. Naomi, said: Go back, my daughters! Why would you come with me? Do I still have sons in my womb who can become your husbands? 12. Go back, my daughters, come on! I am too old to remarry. And when I would say: I have hope; when that very night I would be with a husband, and give birth to sons, 13. would you wait for them to grow up, would you refuse to marry for that? No, my daughters! for because of you I am grieved that the hand of the Lord is stretched out against me. 14. And they lifted up their voice, and wept again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth became attached to her. 15. Naomi said to Ruth, Behold, thy sister-in-law is returned to her people and to her gods; return, like your sister-in-law. 16. Ruth answered, Do not urge me to leave you, to return away from you! Where you will go I will go, where you will stay I will stay; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God; 17. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord treat me in all his severity, if anything other than death separates me from you! 18. Naomi, seeing her determined to go with her, ceased her pleading.
Let us remember :
Widowhood is the situation, the state of a widowed person and not remarried. This state must be the expression of seriousness, rigor and strong convictions. The death of one spouse should not lead the other to abandon their oath. The promises of fidelity and longevity made to the illustrious deceased must be kept after his death. Marriage concerns two families, this bond must last so that the words spoken have meaning and fulfillment. This is why we must live widowhood with the attachment to the in-laws. We must keep the bonds of union until the in-laws decide otherwise. Do not be in a hurry to detach yourself from this link. Naomi had respected the memory of her missing husband. Ruth also followed in the footsteps of her mother-in-law Naomi. She stayed with her following her instructions, praying to her God and refusing to leave her. Excellent Tuesday. Amen Alain Louz.-
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