Broken Vessel On Nipple

Guide: How to leave his wife and become a saint?

is a Saint whose life (the fact that the hairy legend) has always aroused my doubts. These doubts are justified especially if you look at its history from the perspective of If only the Christians living in the twenty-first century (which is obviously unfair and is a manifestation of manipulation - but I hope that the hero of this post wants to forgive me - mea culpa maxima ).

Well, he was himself in the fifth century after Christ a Roman, Alexis, whose name was. Husband righteous and just, who also came from a wealthy family (probably something like the infamous Forresterów Fashion for Success - so that the Alexius family certainly ran a lot better in terms of some moral Eric, Thomas and Brooke).

comes a moment in the life of a man that falls to him to get married. Faithful to this trend Alexius becomes the aisle with Famijaną. Basically everything would "All right," , were it not that in place of the fairy-tale "and they lived happily ever after" separation occurs, and instead of the usual course of the wedding night - there are incentives to take the ascetic life. She describes this situation Legend of the Holy Alexei from the fifteenth century:

St. Alexei

And when her placed his,
That night he talked with her, he returned again
pirścień her
And somehow he said to her:
Ostawiam you by your dziewstwie,
back to me ji when both the blue będziewa krolewstwie;
Jutroć be taken from you
Use (c) morning, cożci is in heaven;
A gdyć osiędą all four tables,
Tedyć I've been through, I will.
nice wife! I tell you,
serves God for every day.
Poor feeding, Carlisle;

His legacy will never be angry (j);
hides in (e) of worship and torment,
nijednej Do not waste your friendship.

Snow responds to him:
I also have a good will k ago, my husband
Namilejszy!
That's all over me do not be afraid;
Each member in my womb
I want to hide in torment, and virtue;
Jinako wzwiesz after me,
Trains you live, me too.

Truly heroic (extremely abnormal?) Seems to be the attitude of Famijany. Which modern woman after marriage would make her wedding night had such a course? Wedding night is actually much more to say - because the decision has yet Alexei affect her whole future life!

Here comes my modest question is addressed with great humility the Holy Catholic Church:

Holy Venerable Alexis, wyznawco! You could not take their holy decision BEFORE the wedding?

Alexius I probably will not answer too quickly, I'll just add that today the Church in similar situations come to the poor, the women left behind by their husbands with the help of other similar situations. The Code of Canon Law (Canon 1061 § 1 CIC; 2) reads:

important marriage between baptized persons are called only included if it has not been completed; concluded and consummated if the couple took in a human way by the conjugal act is capable of generating progeny, to which the act of marriage is nature-oriented, and through which the spouses become one flesh.

Good news for the bet against the wall of his wife Alexei: unconsummated marriage is not consummated. On the other hand, both for her and for Alexei is now rather irrelevant. After all, Christ in the Gospel of Matthew (chapter 22, verse 30) says:

since the resurrection they neither marry nor be married to go out, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

Anyway, because of the summary: It's hard not to wonder Alexius, who when it comes to marriage does not put the proverbial dots over "and" , but chose life Pilgrim and almsgiving. On the other hand, many centuries after the Alexis one of the blessed of the Church say that (quote from memory) it is easier to keep clean in the law than in a marriage . Maybe poor Alexius it dawned on him and did not want to risk your salvation? That will probably never know.

guess falls and end this already lengthy post. I wish you all the way to your vocation in life does not run out of room for denial (regardless of whether it comes to marriage, consecrated life, the priesthood, or loneliness). I'm sure that with such an attitude of today's hero scraps of joy intercede for you with God.

PS Gentlemen, do not leave their wives on the wedding night (or later they do not leave).

PPS I can not resist impression that the Alexius wife deserves acclamation Holy more than himself. Oh, the poor (but the persevering) are sometimes women in Christianity ... Dear Smile!