Give me discernment, that I may observe your law and keep it with all my heart

Reading 1 and//usccb.org/bible/readings/bible/sirach/6and5 SIR 6and5-17 A kind mouth multiplies friends and appeases enemies,and gracious lips prompt friendly greetings.Let your acquaintances be many,but one in a thousand your confidant.When you gain a friend, first test him,and be not too ready to trust him.For one sort is a friend when it suits him,but he will not be with you in time of distress.Another is a friend who becomes an enemy,and tells of the quarrel to your shame.Another is a friend, a boon companion,who will not be with you when sorrow comes.When things go well, he is your other self,and lords it over your servantsBut if you are brought low, he turns against youand avoids meeting you.Keep away from your enemiesbe on your guard with your friends.A faithful friend is a sturdy shelterhe who finds one finds a treasure.A faithful friend is beyond price,no sum can balance his worth.A faithful friend is a life-saving remedy,such as he who fears God findsFor he who fears God behaves accordingly,and his friend will be like himself. Responsorial Psalm and//usccb.org/bible/readings/bible/psalms/119:12 PS 119:12, 16, 18, 27, 34, 35 R. (35a)Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.Blessed are you, O LORDteach me your statutes.R.Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.In your statutes I will delightI will not forget your words.R.Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.Open my eyes, that I may considerthe wonders of your law.R. Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.Make me understand the way of your precepts,and I will meditate on your wondrous deeds.R.Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.Give me discernment, that I may observe your lawand keep it with all my heart.R.Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.Lead me in the path of your commands,for in it I delight.R.Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands. Alleluia and//usccb.org/bible/readings/bible/john/17:17 JN 17:17B, 17A R.Alleluia, alleluia.Your word, O Lord, is truthconsecrate us in the truth.R.Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel and//usccb.org/bible/readings/bible/mark/10:1 MK 10:1-12 Jesus came into the district of Judea and across the Jordan.Again crowds gathered around him and, as was his custom,he again taught them.The Pharisees approached him 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 divorceand dismiss her. But Jesus told them, Because of the hardness of your heartshe 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 motherand 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 anothercommits adultery against herand if she divorces her husband and marries another,she commits adultery.