Monday, October 08, 2012

On marriage and divorce

Yesterday's reading was all about marriage.  First reading was from Genesis 2:18 on how God made Eve from a rib off Adam and the gospel reading was from Mark on marriage and divorce.

Mark 10:2-12

The Pharisees approached Jesus 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."

2 comments:

Zi said...

and for that reason, u will not marry a divorced man?

Felicia said...

Jesus' message not clear enough?