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Today's Readings
Reading I
Jas 5:9-12
Do not complain, brothers and sisters, about one another, that you
may not be judged. Behold, the Judge is standing before the gates.
Take as an example of hardship and patience, brothers and sisters,
the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Indeed we call
blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of the
perseverance of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord,
because the Lord is compassionate and merciful. But
above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven
or by earth or with any other oath, but let your “Yes” mean “Yes”
and your “No” mean “No,” that you may not incur condemnation.
Responsorial Psalm
103:1-2, 3-4, 8-9, 11-12
R. (8a) The Lord is kind and merciful. Bless the LORD, O my
soul; and all my being, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my
soul, and forget not all his benefits. R. The Lord is kind and
merciful. He pardons all your iniquities, he heals all your
ills. He redeems your life from destruction, he crowns you with
kindness and compassion. R. The Lord is kind and merciful.
Merciful and gracious is the LORD, slow to anger and abounding in
kindness. He will not always chide, nor does he keep his wrath
forever. R. The Lord is kind and merciful. For as the heavens
are high above the earth, so surpassing is his kindness toward those
who fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he put
our transgressions from us. R. The Lord is kind and merciful.
Gospel
Mk 10:1-12
Jesus came into the district of Judea and across the Jordan. Again
crowds gathered around him and, as was his custom, he again taught
them. The Pharisees approached him and asked, “Is it lawful for a
husband to divorce his wife?” They were testing him. He said to them
in reply, “What did Moses command you?” They replied, “Moses
permitted a husband to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her.” But
Jesus told them, “Because of the hardness of your hearts he wrote
you this commandment. 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, no human being must separate.” In the house the
disciples again questioned Jesus about this. 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.”
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