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The Practicality of St. Paul

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Father Joe

St. Paul is the Jew’s Jew.  He draws from the Old Testament relation of marriage between the Chosen People and God to speak analogously of Christ as the divine bride groom and the Church as his bride.  Paul is also very practical.  While he has a preference for single-hearted or celibate discipleship, he acknowledges that not everyone has that gift.

1 Corinthians 7: 1-16

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