They have soon turned aside from the way I pointed out to them

“They have soon turned aside from the way I pointed out to them, making for themselves a molten calf and worshiping it, sacrificing to it and crying out, ‘This is your God, O Israel, who brought you out of the land of Egypt!’” (EX 32: 7-8) 

We know this from our own experience: we find something interesting, we find a good strategy for our relationship, we make some promises and a week, or a month later, we are back to the same routine, to the same rituals we had before. This is why it is so important to watch our daily marriage rituals. Keep the rituals, and the rituals will keep your relationship in a good condition.

“God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.” (Gospel Acclamation)