PRAYER PAUSE
Tuesday 27 February 2018
DO
NOT DO AS THEY DO
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading: “Do whatever they teach
you but do not do as they do.” (Matthew
23:1-12)
Reflection. Jesus condemns the
Pharisisees for saying one thing and doing another: they preach about the Law
but they do not practice its spirit. He calls them hypocrites. And they represent all the hypocrites of history;
and they are with us still. Our dominant culture today preaches human rights and that is great
progress. But our world does not implement the basic rights of others . As we scan
the earth we see how much injustice, suffering and despair there is on the
faces we see on our TVs. And we have only to walk down the street in our big
cities to touch the poverty and struggle of our contemoprarise. We hold high
ideals but we do not - yet – live them.
Prayer. Lord, help us to live what
we believe. Amen.
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