Journey to Wholeness
Rend your heart, not your garments: discover the hidden treasures of Lent in secret prayer, fasting, and mercy.
Even now, says the LORD,
return to me with your whole heart,
with fasting, and weeping, and mourning;
Rend your hearts, not your garments,
and return to the LORD, your God.… Read the rest
Purity of heart involves cleansing the inner self through heartfelt almsgiving, not just performing superficial rituals.
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While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him, so he went in and reclined at table.
… Read the rest“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth. Even
… Read the rest“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the kingdom of heaven before human beings. You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter.
… Read the restThen one of the scholars of the law said to him in reply, “Teacher, by saying this you are insulting us too.” And he said, “Woe also to you scholars of the law!
28th Week in Ordinary Time, Friday (Year II)
Luke 12:1-7
Meanwhile, so many people were crowding together that they were trampling one another underfoot.
Sounds like rush hour in a New York City subway. In another manuscript of Luke, the crowds were “choking each other.”… Read the rest
21st Week in Ordinary Time, Tuesday (Year II)
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.… Read the rest
9th Week in Ordinary Time, Tuesday
Mark 12:13-17
“Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not? Should we pay or should we not pay?”
The Pharisees and the Herodians thought they had Jesus cornered.… Read the rest