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You Shall Not Commit Adultery
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. (Genesis 2:24-25)
In a conversation about the 10 commandments, a friend of mine back in Houston said he and his wife tried to recite them in order one night. He got to maybe two or three and inserted, "You shall serve your husband and give him anything he asks." Oops. Not a great idea.
We come to the Sixth Commandment, "You shall not commit adultery."
The Catechism spends a considerable amount of time speaking of marriage and things of a sexual nature in today's world that can lead people astray from traditional marriage. Many verses you are familiar with are used to support the idea of traditional marriage and what can distract us in life before we are married, i.e. Premarital sex among several issues it presents.
Today, we pray for the marital relationship, the institution of marriage ordained by God after he created woman (Genesis 2), and the command for us to be together as one flesh in a state of innocence, sinlessness, and complete trust and love for our creator. We won't be there in this world, but we do ask God to give us wisdom, faith and strength when it comes to the things that tempt us, or lure us away, from our vows we take in marriage in his name. We ask God to help us live in love and forgiveness, and we ask that he forgive us when we fail (daily).