Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today the Church celebrates the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. The assigned readings are Genesis 2:18-24, Hebrews 2:9-11; and Mark 10:2-16. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 128 (Psalm 128:1-6).

For one version of the Responsorial Psalm set to music, please visit:

YouTube: Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 128 May the Lord bless us and protect us all our days

The Gospel reading is as follows:

The Pharisees approached Jesus and asked, "Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?" They were testing him.

He said to them in reply, "What did Moses command you?

"They replied, "Moses permitted a husband to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her."

But Jesus told them,"Because of the hardness of your hearts he wrote you this commandment. 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,no human being must separate."

In the house the disciples again questioned Jesus about this. 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."

And people were bringing children to him that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this he became indignant and said to them, "Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it." Then he embraced them and blessed them, placing his hands on them.

Reflections on these readings:

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (October 4, 2015)

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Salesian Sunday Reflection: Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (October 4, 2015)

Community in Mission: Marriage Is a Miracle! A Homily for the 27th Sunday of the Year (3 OCT 15)

Word on Fire: Sexuality, Love, and Marriage (Cycle B * Ordinary Time * Week 27)

St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology: What God Has Joined: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Twenty-seventh Sunday Ordinary Time (28 SEP 15)

CWR: The Dispatch: The Mystery of Creation and the Sacrament of Marriage (3 OCT 15)

Spirituality of the Readings: Flesh of My Flesh (27th Sunday of Ordinary Time B)

Let the Scriptures Speak: Male and Female (27th Sunday of Ordinary Time B)

The Word Embodied: The Two Shall Become as One (27th Sunday of Ordinary Time B)

Historical Cultural Context: Marriage and Divorce in Jesus' World (27th Sunday of Ordinary Time B)

Thoughts from the Early Church: Commentary by Jacob of Serugh (27th Sunday of Ordinary Time B)

Word to Life Radio Broadcast: Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (2 OCT 15)