Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
Taken from LWPT Meditations
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Meditation – 31st Sunday in Ordinary time Yr A
Joshua 3: 7-17
Psalm 107; 1-7, 33-37
1 Thessalonians 2: 9-13
Matthew 23: 1-12
Jesus had silenced the Pharisees (Matthew 22 v 46) but they had not silenced him. The words in our gospel passage (Matthew 23 v 1-12) are the harshest sayings of Jesus ever recorded. They form a serious indictment of the Pharisees, not for their human failings – common to all – but for their deliberate hypocrisy. Hypocrisy is the sin for which Jesus never showed tolerance or patience. There is no excuse for it; it is always calculated and therefore avoidable. It is deeply damaging to the Church, both to those within and without, and unfortunately it is a frequent feature of religious leaders...
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