October 4, 2015
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary
Time - Year B
18The LORD God said: "It is not
good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable partner for Him." 19So
the LORD God formed out of the ground various wild animals and various birds of
the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would call them;
whatever the man called each of them would be its name.
20The man
gave names to all the cattle, all the birds of the air, and all the wild
animals; but none proved to be the suitable partner for the man. 21So
the LORD God cast a deep sleep on the man, and while he was asleep, he took out
one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
22The LORD God
then built up into a woman the rib that He had taken from the man. When He
brought her to the man, 23the man said: "This one, at last, is
bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; This one shall be called 'woman,' for
out of 'her man' this one has been taken." 24That is why a man
leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become
one body.
1Blessed are all who fear the LORD,
and who walk in His ways.a 2What your hands provide you will enjoy;
you will be blessed and prosper:b 3Your wife will be like a fruitful
vine within your home, Your children like young olive plants around your
table.c
4Just so will the man be blessed who fears the LORD. 5May
the LORD bless you from Zion; may you see Jerusalem’s prosperity all the days
of your life,d 6and live to see your children’s children.e Peace
upon Israel!f
9But we do see Jesus "crowned
with glory and honor" because He suffered death, He who "for a little
while" was made "lower than the angels," that by the grace of
God He might taste death for everyone.
10For it was fitting that He,
for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory,
should make the leader to their salvation perfect through suffering.
11He
who consecrates and those who are being consecrated all have one origin.
Therefore, He is not ashamed to call them "brothers."
2The Pharisees approached and asked,
"Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?" They were testing
him. 3He said to them in reply, "What did Moses command
you?"
4They replied, "Moses permitted him to write a bill
of divorce and dismiss her." 5But Jesus told them,
"Because of the hardness of your hearts he wrote you this commandment. 6But
from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female. 7For
this reason a man shall leave his father and mother (and be joined to his
wife), 8and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer
two but one flesh.
9Therefore what God has joined together, no human
being must separate." 10In the house the disciples again
questioned Him about this.
11He said to them, "Whoever divorces
his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; 12and if
she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."
13And
people were bringing children to Him that He might touch them, but the
disciples rebuked them. 14When Jesus saw this He became indignant
and said to them, "Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for
the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
15Amen, I say to you,
whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter
it." 16Then He embraced them and blessed them, placing His
hands on them.
Notes
on Readings:
Genesis 2:23 There is a play on the
similar-sounding Hebrew words ishsha (woman) and ishah (her
man, her husband).
Mark 10:2-9 In the dialogue between
Jesus and the Pharisees on the subject of divorce, Jesus asserts that the law
of Moses allowed divorce (Deuteronomy 24:1) only because of the hardness of hearts (Mark 10:4-5). In quoting Genesis 1:27 and 2;24 Jesus asserts solidity to be the divine
purpose from the beginning with respect to human marriage (Mark 10:6-8).
He reaffirms this with the pronouncement that what God has joined together, no
human being must separate (Mark 10:9). See further footnotes on Matthew 5:31-32; 19:3-9.
Mark 10:15 Whoever does not accept
the kingdom of God like a child: that is to say in total reliance upon and
submission to the gospel; compare Matthew 18;3-4.
Reference: The New American Bible
Reference: The New American Bible
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I personally encourage everyone to emulate JESUS' values on LOVE, FAITH, HOPE
and CHARITY, as the humanity has been a failure; which resulted to the more than two (2) years of pandemic and its after-effects on economy, not only here in the Philippines but worldwide.
And the saddest part of it, is that, it affected the POOREST of the POOR to even extremely be more poorer, in exchange of the affluent to be more richer.
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