LUNCH (Sext)
Gospel Reflection
How blest are those who are poor in spirit:
the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
How blest are the sorrowful:
they shall find consolation.
How blest are those of a gentle spirit:
they shall have the earth for their possession.
How blest are those who hunger and thirst to see right prevail:
they shall be satisfied.
How blest are those who follow Jesus
and the Saviour’s command to love.
Gospel Reading - Divorce and Adultery
2Some Pharisees came and asked him, “Do you permit divorce?” Of course they were trying to trap him.
3“What did Moses say about divorce?” Jesus asked them.
4“He said it was all right,” they replied. “He said that all a man has to do is write his wife a letter of dismissal.”
5“And why did he say that?” Jesus asked. “I’ll tell you why — it was a concession to your hardhearted wickedness. 6-7But it certainly isn’t God’s way. For from the very first he made man and woman to be joined together permanently in marriage; therefore a man is to leave his father and mother, 8and he and his wife are united so that they are no longer two, but one. 9And no man may separate what God has joined together.”
10Later, when he was alone with his disciples in the house, they brought up the subject again.
11He told them, “When a man divorces his wife to marry someone else, he commits adultery against her. 12And if a wife divorces her husband and remarries, she, too, commits adultery.”
. . . . .Mark 10:2-12The Gospel of the Lord,
Praise to you Lord Christ
Prayer
Our Father in heaven,
the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and for ever.
God,
you are our beginning and you will be our end;
we are made in your image and likeness.
We praise and thank you for this day.
This is the day on which you created light
and saw that it was good.
This is the day in whose early morning light
we discovered the tomb was empty,
and encountered Christ, the world’s true light.
This is the day you have made;
we shall rejoice and be glad in it.
Amen