14 June 2013
Friday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
“You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery. But I say to you, everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart… It was also said, Whoever divorces his wife must give her a bill of divorce. But I say to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”
I quote today’s Gospel at such length because I think these are words that many contemporary people, including Catholics, would rather forget. We must not forget. My only commentary is the following: here, as always, the Lord Jesus speaks with authority, and here, as always, he speaks with love. He tells us the truth about God and man, about man and woman. Whatever we have done with our lives, whatever we might do with them in the future, we must first listen to Jesus.