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Theo Tigno•
8/28/2007 12:59 am
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Tuesday, August 28th 2007 |
Matthew 23:23-26
Jesus said: "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and fidelity. But these you should have done, without neglecting the others. Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You cleanse the outside of cup and dish, but inside they are full of plunder and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup, so that the outside also may be clean."
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for an end to the use of contraception and abortion.
It is God Who purifies our hearts so that we are able to live in the freedom of serving God through making right judgement, exercising mercy, and practicing fidelity.
With that in mind, it is also God who calls us out of the veil of our own sinfulness and fears, just as He does for the Pharisees in today's reading. As we look at the trials we are called to endure, let us give thanks to God for giving them to us. All too often, we get so caught up in thinking that something is not fair that we lose sight of the call Jesus makes us as He made to the Pharisees in today's reading.
He calls you and me today to love Him more profoundly through interior devotion. Let us give thanks to Him! Take care and God Bless.
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