27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Gen 2:18-24Heb 2:9-11Mk 10:2-16 Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must separate. Today’s readings are often chosen by couples for their wedding masses. I may have selected one of these passages at my own wedding years ago. That marriage lasted only a year. Looking back, I see... Continue Reading →
14 June, Friday — Are divorce and adultery sins?
Friday of Week 10 in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 19:9,11-16Mt 5:27-32 “…everyone who divorces his wife…makes her an adulteress; and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.” Is divorce a sin for Jews and Christians? Today’s gospel reading clearly states ‘Yes’, as it leads to adultery. Jesus even cited Moses’ teaching that allowed the... Continue Reading →