Saturday, August 28, 2021

22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time

 

Cleanse our Hearts! Mt. 7:1-23

Did you wash your hands before you came to church?
The Pharisees attacked Jesus for not washing His hands.

The whole point of washing hands, before eating in ancient Israel,
Was to symbolize the Purity of heart that one should have inside.

So Jesus reminded the Pharisees that
The washing of cups and kettles and hands,
Will never cleanse one’s heart.

How many times a day
Do we wash our hands,
Trying to keep the Virus away?

What about Spiritual Viruses?
Sins that eat away at our hearts and souls?

Evil thoughts, lust, theft, murder, adultery, and greed;
Anger, deceit, envy, blasphemy, and arrogance and gossip.

When it comes to these Spiritual Viruses
Jesus tells us that we do not contract them from other people.
Rather the Virus of Sin comes from within us.
We don’t “catch it” from other people.

Its already within us.

This is why Jesus could associate with all kinds sinners,
and never be infected,
For these things were never within Him.
His heart was Pure.

If we are Pure of heart,
Then what is going on in the world;
What is on the TV
Or what other people are doing will not infect us.

If we are not Pure of heart,
Then what is going on in the world,
What we see on TV
And what other people are doing,
Will only stir up what is already inside of us.

The whole point of Confession therefore,
Is to purify our hearts;
To wash us free from sin
And cleanse us of what is inside of us.

For COVID,
It is important to wash our hands,
But to be free from Spiritual Viruses,
We must wash our hearts.


God Bless

No comments:

Post a Comment