8.26.13

8.26.13

Lectio:  Mt 23.23-26                                                                

Meditatio: “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. [But these you should have done without neglecting the others.” Mt 23.23

Oratio: O God, how we get caught up in the small things while neglecting the important things You want of us.

I remember Jesus castigated the Pharisees and Scribes for their scrupulous tithing while neglecting mercy and fidelity to Your law.

Grant that I may have a right conscience; one that seeks to love others, God and self - for that will enable me to comply with all the laws and the prophets and love is what is pleasing to God most of all. I ask this and all things in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Contemplatio: spend some time in silence and meditate on the selected passage and hear what God is saying to you..

Operatio: reflect on "tithes...neglect mercy”; tithing means we give 10 % to support the church or to support charitable endeavors; mercy means we show true love to others especially those who do not deserve it. In prayer seek the grace to keep the Great Law of Love always in focus and to allow it to be the guiding principle in all my actions and inactions.

Tomorrow's reading: Mt 23.27-32