GOSPEL OF THE DAY

From the Gospel according to Mark

Mark 10:1-12

Jesus came into the district of Judea and across the Jordan.

Again crowds gathered around him and, as was his custom,

he again taught them.

The Pharisees approached him and asked,

“”Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?””

They were testing him.

He said to them in reply, “”What did Moses command you?””

They replied,

“”Moses permitted a husband to write a bill of divorce

and dismiss her.””

But Jesus told them,

“”Because of the hardness of your hearts

he wrote you this commandment.

But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.

For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother

and be joined to his wife,

and the two shall become one flesh.

So they are no longer two but one flesh.

Therefore what God has joined together,

no human being must separate.””

In the house the disciples again questioned Jesus about this.

He said to them,

“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another

commits adultery against her;

and if she divorces her husband and marries another,

she commits adultery.”

The word of the Lord

 

More Sensitive to the Spirit.

Christ wants us to look back to the beginning, to contemplate how the soul of man and woman was when God created them and assigned them the grace of holiness through innocence. When their souls were more sensitive to the Spirit and they accepted each other as a gift from God, being free to give themselves and become one flesh. There is nothing more beautiful in creation than the full giving between spouses.

 

Applied to married life:

Ángeles: As God purifies my soul, I feel more yours, Juan.

Juan: As God purifies my soul, Ángeles, I discover such a beauty in your interior that I don’t consider myself worthy of such a great gift from God.

Ángeles: God’s work in our marriage is wonderful.

Juan: Absolutely. A little walk down La Castellana to enjoy together?

Ángeles: With you, to the end of the world.

 

Mother,

May we contemplate the beauty and interior purity that made us one in the beginning, so that, absorbed by such a gift, we may fight for our conjugal holiness with all our strength. Praise be to God our Creator.