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THEY ARE ONE BODY

FRIDAY WEEK 19 ORDINARY TIME

First Reading Ezekiel 16:1-15,60,63 
I clothed you with my own splendour but you made yourself a prostitute

The word of the Lord was addressed to me as follows, ‘Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her filthy crimes. Say, “The Lord says this: By origin and birth you belong to the land of Canaan. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. At birth, the very day you were born, there was no one to cut your navel-string, or wash you in cleansing water, or rub you with salt, or wrap you in napkins. No one leaned kindly over you to do anything like that for you. You were exposed in the open fields; you were as unloved as that on the day you were born.... Readings Meditation

Gospel Matthew 19:3-12 Husband and wife are no longer two, but one body

Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and to test him they said, ‘Is it against the Law for a man to divorce his wife on any pretext whatever?’ He answered, ‘Have you not read that the creator from the beginning made them male and female and that he said: This is why a man must leave father and mother, and cling to his wife, and the two become one body? They are no longer two, therefore, but one body. So then, what God has united, man must not divide.’ 

They said to him, ‘Then why did Moses command that a writ of dismissal should be given in cases of divorce?’ ‘It was because you were so unteachable’ he said ‘that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but it was not like this from the beginning. Now I say this to you: the man who divorces his wife – I am not speaking of fornication – and marries another, is guilty of adultery.’ 

The disciples said to him, ‘If that is how things are between husband and wife, it is not advisable to marry.’ But he replied, ‘It is not everyone who can accept what I have said, but only those to whom it is granted. There are eunuchs born that way from their mother’s womb, there are eunuchs made so by men and there are eunuchs who have made themselves that way for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.’

Livre du prophète Ézékiel 16, 1-15. 60. 63  
« Grâce à ma splendeur  je t’avais revêtue, mais tu t’es prostituée »

La parole du Seigneur me fut adressée : « Fils d’homme, fais connaître à Jérusalem ses abominations. Tu diras : Ainsi parle le Seigneur Dieu à Jérusalem : Par tes origines et ta naissance, tu es du pays de Canaan. Ton père était un Amorite, et ta mère, une Hittite. À ta naissance, le jour où tu es née, on ne t’a pas coupé le cordon, on ne t’a pas plongée dans l’eau pour te nettoyer, on ne t’a pas frottée de sel, ni enveloppée de langes. Aucun regard de pitié pour toi, personne pour te donner le moindre de ces soins, par compassion. On t’a jetée en plein champ, avec dégoût, le jour de ta naissance…….  Lectures

ÉVANGILE   Matthieu (19, 3-12)  « Ainsi, ils ne sont plus deux, mais une seule chair »
En ce temps-là, des pharisiens s’approchèrent de Jésus pour le mettre à l’épreuve ; ils lui demandèrent : « Est-il permis à un homme de renvoyer sa femme pour n’importe quel motif ? » Il répondit : « N’avez-vous pas lu ceci ? Dès le commencement, le Créateur les fit homme et femme, et dit : “À cause de cela, l’homme quittera son père et sa mère, il s’attachera à sa femme, et tous deux deviendront une seule chair.” Ainsi, ils ne sont plus deux, mais une seule chair. Donc, ce que Dieu a uni, que l’homme ne le sépare pas ! »  Meditation

Les pharisiens lui répliquent : « Pourquoi donc Moïse a-t-il prescrit la remise d’un acte de divorce avant la répudiation ? » Jésus leur répond : « C’est en raison de la dureté de votre cÅ“ur que Moïse vous a permis de renvoyer vos femmes. Mais au commencement, il n’en était pas ainsi. Or je vous le dis : si quelqu’un renvoie sa femme – sauf en cas d’union illégitime – et qu’il en épouse une autre, il est adultère. » 

Ses disciples lui disent : « Si telle est la situation de l’homme par rapport à sa femme, mieux vaut ne pas se marier. » Il leur répondit : « Tous ne comprennent pas cette parole, mais seulement ceux à qui cela est donné. Il y a des gens qui ne se marient pas car, de naissance, ils en sont incapables ; il y en a qui ne peuvent pas se marier car ils ont été mutilés par les hommes ; il y en a qui ont choisi de ne pas se marier à cause du royaume des Cieux. Celui qui peut comprendre, qu’il comprenne ! »

Your Birthday Saint. Saint Jane Frances de Chantal. May she pray for you as you celebrate your birthday today.

Pray the Holy Rosary. Ave Maria. Hail Mary. Hail Holy Queen.

Lord Jesus Christ I trust in you. Virgin Mary pray for me. Saint Joseph pray for me. God's Holy Angels and Saints pray for me. My Angel Guardian pray for me. Protect and defend me. Be my Guide  and guard.

Holy Family of Nazareth pray for us. Jesus, Mary and Joseph pray for all families. May God bless all couples. I pray for all men and women preparing for marriage. I pray for all believing and praying to God for life partner may God bless them and grant their hearts' desire through Jesus Christ our Lord. I pray for separated couples and broken homes may God intervene and restore peace.  I pray for childless couples may God bless them with children. Lord make us one. 

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