YOU MUST DO WHAT THE WORD TELLS YOU
Our readings this week challenge us to reflect on how much the word of God influences the way we live our lives. In the First Reading, Moses explains to the people that it is by obeying the laws given to them in the commandments that they will have life in the land promised to them by the Lord.
We, like the Jewish Christians who first heard the words of the letter of James in the Second Reading, must not only listen to the word, but also do what the word tells us, by caring for those in need, and living good and honest lives. In the Gospel, Jesus describes the lip-service of the Pharisees, who, as foretold in the words of Isaiah, offer ‘worthless worship’. Their adherence to human traditions and values takes their hearts far from God.
Source: Excerpted from the Scripture reflection courtesy of St Beuno’s Outreach in the Diocese of Wrexham, available at www.australiancatholics.com.au. Image from Liturgy Help.