August 26, 2024 Monday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082624.cfm
Today’s first reading is back to the New Testament. Paul is elated by the faith of the Thessalonians and their perseverance through persecution. Keep the faith!
In the gospel, Jesus tells of the first three of seven woes. From Living Space commentary:
The Seven Woes are:
- You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven…(v 13)
(and You devour widows’ houses…this verse is not included in some texts – v 14) - You cross sea and land to make a single convert…(v 15)
- You, blind guides who say, ‘Whoever swears by the sanctuary is bound by nothing…”(vv 16-22)
- You tithe mint, dill, and cumin…(vv 23-24)
- You clean the outside of the cup and of the plate…(vv 25-26)
- You are like whitewashed tombs…(vv 27-28)
- You build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous…(vv 29-32)
Jesus keeps calling them hypocrites. Let’s review our own lives to see if we are leading others astray. Amen!
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