Pathways of Hope: "Understanding Jesus' Message on Marriage and Divorce"

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2025Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary TimeGOSPEL OF THE DAY: MARK 10:1 - 12After departing from there, Jesus came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. Again the crowds gathered around him, and, as was his custom, he began to teach them.Some Pharisees came forward and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” He replied, “What did Moses command you?” They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and dismiss her.” But Jesus said to them, “It was because of the hardness of your hearts that he wrote this commandment for you. But from the very beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two become one flesh.’ And so they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.”When they were again in the house, the disciples once more questioned Jesus about this. He said to them, “If a man divorces his wife and marries another, he commits adultery against her. In the same way, if a wife divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”Reflection by Jake Yap: Brother-Servants of the Word. Professor of dogmatic and systematic theology-Loyola School of Theology (ADMU). Coordinator-in-Charge of Teaching-Ang Ligaya ng Panginoon. Doctorate in Theology-University of Oxford#POHopegiver #LandasngPagasa #catholic #biblereadings #jesus #catholicchurch #christian #church #faith #god #jesuschrist #love #pray #bible #christianity #prayer #hope #gospel