Responsorial Psalm
Blessed are you who fear the Lord
and walk in his ways.
You will eat the fruit of your toil;
you will be blessed and favoured
Your wife, like a vine,
will bear fruits in your home;
your children, like olive shoots
will stand around your table.
Such are the blessings bestowed
upon the man who fears the Lord.
May the Lord bless you from Zion.
May you see Jerusalem prosperous
all the days of your life.
May you see your children's children,
and Israel at peace!
2nd. READING (Heb 2,9-11)
But Jesus who suffered death and for a little while was placed lower than the angels
has been crowned with honour and glory. For the merciful plan of God demanded that
he experience death on behalf of everyone. God, from whom all come and by whom
all things exist, wanted to bring many children to glory, and he thought it fitting to
make perfect through suffering the initiator of their salvation. So he who gives and
those who receive holiness are one. He himself is not ashamed of calling us brothers
and sisters.
Gospel
Some (Pharisees came and) put him to the test with this question, "Is it right for a
husband to divorce his wife?" He replied, "What law did Moses give you?" They
answered, "Moses allowed us to write a certificate of dismissal in order to divorce."
Then Jesus said to them, "Moses wrote this law for you, because you are stubborn.
But in the beginning of creation God made them male and female, and because of this,
man has to leave father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall
become one body. So they are no longer two but one body. Therefore let no one
separate what God has joined." When they were indoors at home, the disciples again
asked him about this and he told them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries
another commits adultery against his wife, and the woman who divorces her husband
and marries another also commits adultery." People were bringing their little children
to him to have him touch them, and the disciples rebuked them for this. When Jesus
noticed it, he was very angry and said, "Let the children come to me and don't stop
them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly, I say to you, whoever
does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it." Then he took the
children in his arms and laying his hands on them, blessed them.
