Mark 10:1-12
He left that place and went to the region of Judea and
beyond the Jordan. And crowds again gathered around him; and, as was his
custom, he again taught them. Some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked,
‘Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?’ He answered them, ‘What did Moses
command you?’ They said, ‘Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of
dismissal and to divorce her.’ But Jesus said to them, ‘Because of your
hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you. 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, let no one separate.’ Then in the house the disciples asked him again
about this matter. 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.’
Reflection
Do I always treat relationship issues with legal approach?
Which part of today’s Gospel touches me most? Why and how?