Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 13:1-11 Lauds on Ordinary Days
Mass: Ga 5:1-6; Resp Ps 119; Lk 11:37-41
As to what is within, give alms, and behold, everything will be clean for you.
Jesus' words to the Pharisees penetrate: 'Although you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, inside you are filled with plunder and evil. You fools!' There may times, now and again, when we find ourselves more concerned about our outward appearances than we are about our interior lives or the condition of our hearts. Pope Francis has this to say:
Be
careful around those who are rigid. Be careful around Christians – be they
laity, priests, bishops – who present themselves as so “perfect,” rigid. Be
careful. There’s no Spirit of God there. They lack the spirit of liberty. And
let us be careful with ourselves, because this should lead us to consider our
own life. Do I seek to look only at appearance, and not change my heart? Do I
not open my heart to prayer, to the liberty of prayer, the liberty of
almsgiving, the liberty of works of mercy?
(Pope Francis, Homily, October 16, 2018)
SAINT HEDWIG, SAINT MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE,
PRAY FOR US.
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