October 04, 2015
27th Sunday
in Ordinary Time
1st Reading: Gen 2:18-24
2nd Reading: Heb 2:9-11
Gospel: Mk 10:2-16
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.
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the Assimilated Life Experience)
Not even weddings done sacramentally can assure parties of an “until-death-do-us-part” marriage.
Whether done in the Church or in our courts of law, couples must nurture their marriage on a daily basis. Fr. Michael Ryan, philosophy dean at the Regina Apostolorum University, in his book “The Last Straw…” (Circle Press) proposed three things for the preservation of marriage: “First, we must avoid in every way possible hurting others with words or actions. Second, we must foster the atmosphere in which one can express to the other what is hurting. And, finally, we must accept the fact that we can hurt others even when we don’t intend to do so”.
Observing these three requires an attitude that considers the other spouse as complementary. To expect the other spouse to be perfect when the one expecting is not perfect is to commit great injustice.
There is neither a perfect husband nor a perfect wife. Happy marriages are achieved when one complements the other. It is said that at marriage God gives the couple a wing each. They must flap those wings together in order to rise above the human blocks to a lasting marriage.— Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM. Email: dan.delosangeles@gmail.com. Website: www.frdan.org.
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