Mass Readings

Twenty–seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 8, 2006

(Mass Readings from the New Calendar)
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A reading from the Book of Genesis

Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make a helper for him.’
So out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper fit for him.
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh;
and the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.
Then the man said,
‘This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
this one shall be called Woman,
for out of Man this one was taken.’
Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Happy is everyone who fears the Lord,
who walks in his ways.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
within your house;
your children will be like olive shoots
around your table.

Thus shall the man be blessed
who fears the Lord.
The Lord bless you from Zion.
May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life.

A reading from the Book of Hebbrews

We see Jesus who, for a little while, was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
It was fitting that he, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. For this reason Jesus is not ashamed to call them brethren

V. The Lord be with you.

R. And also with you.

V. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark.

R. Glory to you, O Lord.

Some Pharisees approached Jesus and asked, ‘Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?’
He answered them, ‘What did Moses command you?’
They said, ‘Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.’
But Jesus said to them, ‘Because of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you.
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, let no one separate.’
Then in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter.
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.’
People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them.
But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, ‘Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.
Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.’
And he took them up in his arms, laid his hands on them, and blessed them.

Short Pause: V. The Word of the Lord.; R. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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