DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage
Dear Friend in the Lord,
Hypocrisy – Awareness: In today’s Gospel, Jesus describes the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees as, “you look like whitewashed tombs on the outside, but inside you are full of bones of the dead and every kind of corruption.” Ponder on, “Are we aware of our need to love God with greater sincerity and fidelity?
Fr Philip Heng, S.J.
Matthew 23:27-32
Jesus said: ‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look handsome on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and every kind of corruption. In just the same way, from the outside you look upright, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
‘Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build the sepulchres of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the upright, saying, “We would never have joined in shedding the blood of the prophets, had we lived in our ancestors’ day.” So! Your own evidence tells against you! You are the children of those who murdered the prophets! Very well then, finish off the work that your ancestors began.’