The readings for Mass today are a puzzling contrast. The first reading from Ephesians is beautiful, peaceful, affirming and full of love for Jesus Christ. Saint Paul is completely filled with the Holy Spirit when he wrote these words, and the Spirit still burns brightly in them.
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If We Live in the Spirit Let Us Follow The Spirit
In yesterday’s gospel, Jesus was invited to eat dinner with the Pharisees and he ended up insulting them to their face at the dinner table, by calling them fools and telling them that they were filled with plunder and evil inside. Then, he insulted the Pharisees and the scholars of the law to their face in today’s gospel.
Be the First to Show Respect for Others
Did you happen to notice that Jesus called the Pharisees fools in today’s gospel? Jesus was invited to dinner in someone’s home and yet he insulted them to their face, at the dinner table. (Surely that will make the pope cringe today when he reads the gospel.)