You have turned from your anger.

Reading 1 and//www.usccb.org/bible/ezekiel/16:1 EZ 16:1-15, 60, 63 The word of the LORD came to meandSon of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations.Thus says the Lord GOD to JerusalemandBy origin and birth you are of the land of Canaanyour father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.As for your birth, the day you were born your navel cord was not cutyou were neither washed with water nor anointed,nor were you rubbed with salt, nor swathed in swaddling clothes.No one looked on you with pity or compassionto do any of these things for you.Rather, you were thrown out on the ground as something loathsome,the day you were born.Then I passed by and saw you weltering in your blood.I said to youand Live in your blood and grow like a plant in the field.You grew and developed, you came to the age of pubertyyour breasts were formed, your hair had grown,but you were still stark naked.Again I passed by you and saw that you were now old enough for love.So I spread the corner of my cloak over you to cover your nakednessI swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with youyou became mine, says the Lord GOD.Then I bathed you with water, washed away your blood,and anointed you with oil.I clothed you with an embroidered gown,put sandals of fine leather on your feetI gave you a fine linen sash and silk robes to wear.I adorned you with jewelryand I put bracelets on your arms,a necklace about your neck, a ring in your nose,pendants in your ears, and a glorious diadem upon your head.Thus you were adorned with gold and silveryour garments were of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth.Fine flour, honey, and oil were your food.You were exceedingly beautiful, with the dignity of a queen.You were renowned among the nations for your beauty, perfect as it was,because of my splendor which I had bestowed on you,says the Lord GOD.But you were captivated by your own beauty,you used your renown to make yourself a harlot,and you lavished your harlotry on every passer-by,whose own you became.Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were a girl,and I will set up an everlasting covenant with you,that you may remember and be covered with confusion,and that you may be utterly silenced for shamewhen I pardon you for all you have done, says the Lord GOD. Or and//www.usccb.org/bible/ezekiel/16:59 EZ 16:59-63 Thus says the LORDandI will deal with you according to what you have done,you who despised your oath, breaking a covenant.Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were a girl,and I will set up an everlasting covenant with you.Then you shall remember your conduct and be ashamedwhen I take your sisters, those older and younger than you,and give them to you as daughters,even though I am not bound by my covenant with you.For I will re-establish my covenant with you,that you may know that I am the LORD,that you may remember and be covered with confusion,and that you may be utterly silenced for shamewhen I pardon you for all you have done, says the Lord GOD. Responsorial Psalm Is 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 R. (1c)You have turned from your anger.God indeed is my saviorI am confident and unafraid.My strength and my courage is the LORD,and he has been my savior.With joy you will draw waterat the fountain of salvation.R.You have turned from your anger.Give thanks to the LORD, acclaim his nameamong the nations make known his deeds,proclaim how exalted is his name.R.You have turned from your anger.Sing praise to the LORD for his glorious achievementlet this be known throughout all the earth.Shout with exultation, O city of Zion,for great in your midstis the Holy One of Israel!R.You have turned from your anger. Alleluia and//www.usccb.org/bible/1thessalonians/2:13 SEE 1 THES 2:13 R.Alleluia, alleluia.Receive the word of God, not as the word of men,but, as it truly is, the word of God.R.Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel and//www.usccb.org/bible/matthew/19:3 MT 19:3-12 Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him, saying, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?”He said in reply, Have you not read that from the beginningthe Creator made them male and female and said,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, man must not separate.”They said to him, Then why did Moses commandthat the man give the woman a bill of divorce and dismiss her?”He said to them, Because of the hardness of your heartsMoses allowed you to divorce your wives,but from the beginning it was not so.I say to you, whoever divorces his wife(unless the marriage is unlawful)and marries another commits adultery.”His disciples said to him, If that is the case of a man with his wife,it is better not to marry.”He answered, Not all can accept this word,but only those to whom that is granted.Some are incapable of marriage because they were born sosome, because they were made so by otherssome, because they have renounced marriagefor the sake of the Kingdom of heaven.Whoever can accept this ought to accept it.”