Pulse 94.1 Fm

Pietà Lenten Series–Sr Anastasia Reeves OP–Practice What We Preach (Sr Anastasia Reeves OP is a reflection on Matthew’s Gospel for Tuesday, 27 February. In this Gospel passage Jesus charged the Pharisees with an attitude of hypocrisy. Jesus' critique ran deeper than words contradicted by actions. He wanted his community to be marked by humility. Jesus invites his listeners to concern themselves not with other people’s hypocrisy, but with their own. As members of the Church—the Body of Christ, God’s family—we are trying in our faltering ways to reach our eternal destiny. Yet, we all fail along the way, whether it be in bad moods, cutting remarks, white lies, and sometimes a lot worse. It seems this is all God’s mysterious plan: that we will have to rub shoulders with lovely and prickly people as part of our journey of salvation. And we ourselves are right there, both lovely and prickly.)