"To the married I give this command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife should not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And the husband should not divorce his wife." (1 Cor. 7:10-11)

“Divorce, understood as the dissolution of a marriage, is not possible between two believing persons”—so writes St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 7:10-11, echoing the words of Christ Himself. Yet, in the modern United States, first marriages end in divorce between 40 percent and 50 percent of the time,  and subsequent marriages fare even worse, with second unions failing 60 to 67 percent of the time, and third marriages surpassing a staggering 70 percent. 

Yet, today, in the quiet corners of neighborhoods and the loud public forums of social media, these unraveling marriages spread a contagion that the Catholic Catechism warns against—the epidemic of divorce.

“Marriage is just a mistake, a life adjustment”

It is a common refrain among the disillusioned: marriage is not sacred, merely a choice that can be reversed if it proves inconvenient or uncomfortable. Life changes, priorities shift, and suddenly love is measured not by vows but by personal satisfaction.........

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