• Gospel of the day -24th May

  • Mark 10,1-12
  • Mark 10, 1-12

  • After leaving there, he came into the territory of Judaea and Transjordan. And again crowds gathered round him, and again he taught them, as his custom was. Some Pharisees approached him and asked, ‘Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?’ They were putting him to the test. He answered them, ‘What did Moses command you?’ They replied, ‘Moses allowed us to draw up a writ of dismissal in cases of divorce.’ Then Jesus said to them, ‘It was because you were so hard hearted that he wrote this commandment for you. But from the beginning of creation he made them male and female. This is why a man leaves his father and mother, and the two become one flesh. They are no longer two, therefore, but one flesh. So then, what God has united, human beings must not divide.’ Back in the house the disciples questioned him again about this, and he said to them, ‘Whoever divorces his wife and marries another is guilty of adultery against her. And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another she is guilty of adultery too.’

    The Saint of the day: Our Lady Help of Christians

    Telaq minn hemmhekk u mar fl-art tal-Lhudija u ‘l hemm mill-Ġordan, u n-nies mill-ġdid inġabret madwaru; u hu, kif kienet id-drawwa tiegħu, raġa’ qabad jgħallimhom. Resqu xi Fariżej lejh, u biex iġarrbuh staqsewh jekk raġel jistax jitlaq lil martu. Weġibhom u qal: “X’ordnalkom Mosè?” Qalulu: “Mosè ta  l-permess li wieħed jagħmel il-kitba tad-divorzju, u jibgħatha. ” Mbagħad weġibhom Ġesù: “Minħabba l-ebusija ta’ qalbkom kitbilkom dan l-ordni. Iżda sa mill-bidu tal-ħolqien Alla għamilhom raġel u mara. Għalhekk mela raġel iħalli lil missieru u ‘l ommu u jingħaqad ma’ martu, u t-tnejn isiru ġisem wieħed. Għalhekk m’humiex iżjed tnejn, imma ġisem wieħed. Mela dak li għaqqad Alla ma għandux jifirdu l-bniedem. ” Xħin daħlu d-dar id-dixxipli reġgħu staqsewh fuq dan, u hu qalilhom: “Min jitlaq lil martu u jiżżewweġ oħra jkun ħati ta’ adulterju kontra l-ewwel waħda; u jekk mara titlaq lil żewġha u tiżżewweġ ieħor tkun ħatja ta’ adulterju.”

    Il-Qaddis tal-jum: il-Verġni Marija Għajnuna tal-Insara