
By Fr Brendan DugganMarriageThe Bishop, Patrick Keating, and the DennehysSunday's Gospel is about Jewish marriage law The Pharisees approached Jesus and asked him: "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" Jesus replied by asking another question: "What did Moses command you?" They answered that Moses allowed a man to divorce his wife in certain circumstances, such as for doing something indecent or disgraceful or scandalous, and he had to give her a writ of dismissal allowing her to marry again But according to Jesus, God's plan from the beginning did not envisage divorce READ MORE